Tag: 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:

An Audio Introduction To The Moog Synthesizer

Peter Tod Lewis, Director of the University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios from 1968-1980, created an audio introduction to the Moog synthesizer in 1979.  The multi-part series provides a perspective from the past on the synthesizer and its role in classical electronic music studio.  Here are links to each of the segments in the series:… Read More An Audio Introduction To The Moog Synthesizer

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Tattoo Inspired By Moog Synthesizer

Image: ANDY_MOOG_BOY Andy Moog Boy’s Transistor Ladder Filter tattoo was inspired by Bob Moog’s famous synth filter design. Note that one of the transistors in Bob Moog’s Transistor Ladder Filter has been filled with the circular Moog Music Inc logo!

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