You know you’ve got a good product when your fans start making commercials for you. Check out this fan commercial for Moog synthesizers. According to “themedusas”, a 25 year old design student, “T his is a project I did for my Motion Design 2 class. The concept behind this was to magnify the culture and… Read More Fan Makes Insanely Cool Commercial for Moog Synthesizers
Gigfiles.com, an online sample library store, has announced The Minimoog Voyager bass library. According to the company, the library has been recorded from a Minimoog Voyager v3.01 and offers the best of Minimoog basses from the original soundbank. Features: Each sound is recorded for six seconds or more 4 levels of velocity for exactly the… Read More Minimoog Voyager Bass Audio Library
Moog Music has announced an After-pressure Factory Upgrade for the Minimoog Voyager. The After-pressure Field upgradeis available for those of you who want to install the new After-pressure control yourself. Easily-laid out instructions will accompany your field upgrade kit. It is also available as a factory update. Videos are available that demonstrated the after-pressure upgrade.… Read More Moog Voyager Upgrade Introduced
Grandious, over-the-top, out-of-date, overblown and synfully fun, Wobbler’s Hinterland is a massive slice of prog-rock that will come as a godsend to fans of 70’s bands like Yes, ELP and Gentle Giant. Wobbler is a Norwegian group that plays prog music in the traditional style, with no real attempt to update it for the new… Read More Wobbler – Hinterland
Thirty years ago, before most of the genres of popular electronic music had evolved, there were only a few musicians that incorporated electronic instruments into their music. One of those early pioneers was Rick Wakeman. Wakeman pioneered the use of synthesizers in the world of progressive art-rock. The Six Wives of Henry VIII is one… Read More Rick Wakeman – The 6 Wives of King Henry VIII
FractalDVD.com has an MP3 of the original Demonstration Record for the Moog 900 Electronic Music System. You can preview the Moog demo below. The Microgroove 10″ vinyl disk was produced, composed and realized by Walter Carlos, as a Trans-Electronic-Music-Production. The disk is dated, but provides an interesting historical perspective on the state of electronic music… Read More The R. A. Moog Demo Record
James R. Coplin is organizing a Bob Moog Tribute Project: “The passing of Bob Moog has been deeply felt by the entire music community. This is especially true for electronic musicians whose work he so directly influenced with his creations. I thought it would be fitting to celebrate his life with music. So, I put… Read More Moog Tribute Project
The spirit of Dr. Robert Moog, father of the modern synthesizer, was all over NAMM. There were analog synthesizers galore, and the world of modular synths seemed to be healthier than ever. Nowhere was his presence felt, though, more than the Moog Music booth. Moog Music had a special poster set up for Nammsters to… Read More Moog at NAMM
Reboot Stereophonic is an outgrowth of Reboot, a network which engages some of the most talented young Jewish creatives in the music, film, television, technology, politics, literature and media realms. More importantly, they’ve released Gershon Kingsley’s God is a Moog. God is a Moog is a double album featuring recordings from 1968 to 1974 in… Read More Reboot Stereophonic: God is a Moog
Ever wish you could had a Minimoog, but don’t want to shell out the dollars that new Voyagers go for, or that classic Minimoogs go for on eBay? If you’re into synth DIY, you might consider building your own Minimoog. This site has details on a Minimoog diy project. “After playing on many different synths… Read More DIY Minimoog
