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The Moog synthesizer and other early designs of Dr. Robert Moog define the concept and, to a large degree, the sound of early synthesis.
Moog created his seminal modular synthesizer in the mid sixties, with the input of educator and composer Herbert Deutsch. Moog\’s modular synth defined the standardized blocks of music synthesis, including signal generating modules, like the voltage controlled oscillator; signal processing modules, like the voltage controlled filter; and control modules, including keyboards, low-frequency oscillators and sequencers.
Many of the ideas that originated in the first Moog synthesizers were repackaged in his later keyboards, including the Moog Minimoog, the Moog Taurus and the Polymoog.
Here are the most recent Synthtopia posts relating to the Moog synthesizer:
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Switched-On Bach, a groundbreaking collection of Bach arrangements for synthesizer, by composer and synthesist Wendy Carlos.… Read More The 50th Anniversary Of Switched On Bach
This video captures an improvisation by London band Gum Takes Tooth in the Moog Sound Lab. … Read More Moog System 55 Improvisation In The Moog Sound Lab
The Bob Moog Foundation shared this series of videos, offering audio demos of the three synthesizers featured in their Moog Trifecta Raffle. … Read More The Moog Trifecta Raffle: The Memorymoog, Rogue,
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced its fall raffle, which features three vintage Moog synthesizers.… Read More Bob Moog Foundation Raffling Three Vintage Synths To Help Fund ‘Moogseum’ & Educational Mission
This video captures a presentation by author and Professor Trevor Pinch, on The Moog Synthesizer As A Technological And Sound Object.… Read More The Moog Synthesizer As A Technological And Sound Object
Moog Music today announced that it is reintroducing the Moog Modular Synthesizer IIIc system. … Read More Moog Reintroduces Synthesizer IIIc Modular System
This edition will mark the first hi-fidelity vinyl reissue of this title in the U.S. since the album’s original pressings in 1970.… Read More Vanguard Reissuing Jean-Jacques Perrey’s ‘Moog Indigo’
Moog Music today announced that it has started production on the new Minimoog Model D synthesizer. … Read More Moog Minimoog Model D Reissue Now In Production
Reader Andrew Tarpinian (Modular Gray) shared this audio demo of one of the first Moog Minimoog Model D synthesizers manufactured in 35 years. Tarpinian says the Minimoog is #10 of the new run, purchased at Moogfest 2016. He says the video is not intended to be a musical performance or full demo, but to demonstrate the sound of the… Read More Minimoog Model D Reissue Audio Demo
At Moogfest 2016, Moog Music reintroduced the classic Minimoog Model D. In the video above, Moog synth guru Nick Montoya shares a look inside of the new Minimoog Model D, explains some of the lengths they went to to reproduce the original’s sound, and also notes what some things that they changed to make the new Minimoog more reliable and serviceable.
