Moog synthesizer
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:
Articles about Moog synthesizer:
Sunday Synth Jam: Voltage Controlled Passacaglia, Pages 1 & 2, by Paul Hembree (Premiere)
Performed on the CRuNCh lab 1972 Moog Modular synthesizer, with video projection of an attached oscilloscope.
Executed from a score with parametric envelopes assigned to different performers. Rough synchronization is achieved with stop-watches, and four short sections in the piece (each about a minute long) allow for some controlled improvisation.
Paul Hembree, Chris Rippey, Steve Snowden, and Curtis Peel, performers. Read more…
Herbert Deutsch’s Dreamscapes
Dreamscapes, for shofar, rainstick, mbira, Peruvia ocarina, didgeridoo and computer-generated sounds.
Composed & Performed by Herbert Deutsch. Deutsch is an American composer and professor emeritus of electronic music and composition at Hofstra University. Read more…
This is a video introduction to the Moog IIIc modular synthesizer of btpro.
The first video offers an overview of system and modules. Read more…
The Museum of Making Music has announced a Massive Moog Giveaway contest.
It sounds like it’s basically a raffle, where all the prizes are synth-related.
Prizes include:
- A private look at The Bob Moog Archives in Asheville, North Carolina and lunch with The Bob Moog Foundation Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa.
- A VIP tour of Moog Music Inc. and lunch with Mike Adams, President/CEO of Moog Music Inc.
- A VIP tour and luncheon at the Museum of Making Music on January 18, 2010 with Moog exhibition advisor Brian Kehew, Moog Foundation Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa, Moog Music Inc. President/CEO Mike Adams, Museum Executive Director Carolyn Grant and Curator Tatiana Sizonenko.
- Moog Little Phatty Synthesizer autographed by George Duke and Moog luminaries (including Brian Kehew, Michelle Moog-Koussa and others). Please note: DRAWING FOR THIS ITEM WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 30, 2010.
- Two (2) tickets to the George Duke & Anita Baker concert at the Nokia Theatre on November 7, 2009. Please note: ENTRANTS NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN!
Details on the contest are available at the MofMM site.
It’s Sunday! That means we take a slight break from the non-stop electronic music news coverage and break out the Sunday Synth Jams – new and classic examples of musicians making interesting music with synths and electronic music gear.
You may have seen this one before, because it’s a vintage synth jam from 1977. But it’s Klaus Schulze at his Moogtacular prime…..
If you ever need a definition of Berlin School electronica, this is it!
Tune in, turn on and space out as Klaus Schulze plays live, WDR Köln 1977.
For Schulze fans only: Leave a comment and let me know what your favorite Schulze album is! Read more…
