Comments on: 1967 Moog 900 Series Modular Synthesizer Demo Record

By: John

John — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:07:09 +0000

I want that record so bad, thanks for the video.

By: Jafafa Hots

Jafafa Hots — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:11:18 +0000

thanks!

By: Richard Lainhart

Richard Lainhart — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:51:48 +0000

Sure, go ahead.

By: Jafafa Hots

Jafafa Hots — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:22:27 +0000

Hi, do I have your permission to add you comment to the description in for the video? It's good info that I think people will find useful and interesting.

By: synthhead

synthhead — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:03:30 +0000

Richard

Thanks for the additional info on the CEMS.

Sounds like those were some wonderful hours!

By: Richard Lainhart

Richard Lainhart — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:44:23 +0000

The system in the video is the CEMS (Coordinated Electronic Music System), originally designed by Joel Chadabe with Bob Moog at the State University of New York at Albany around 1970. It features 8 sequencers controlled by a custom master digital clock (the gray modules in the second rack from the left in the video), along with a full complement of oscillators, filters and so on. It also has a number of other unique modules custom-designed by Moog for this system. The CEMS was recently restored by VEMIA, after many years of disrepair, and is now owned by a synthesist in Italy.

I studied with Joel Chadabe in the early 70s and spent thousands of hours on this system.