Tag: The Bob Moog Foundation

iTONTO App Documents “World’s Largest Synthesizer”, Benefits Bob Moog Foundation

Synthesizer pioneer and Grammy Award-winning producer Malcolm Cecil has introduced iTONTO, an app for iPad and iPhone that offers up a trove of historical and technical information about the world’s largest synthesizer, TONTO. Best known for its prominence on four Stevie Wonder albums in the late 1970s, TONTO is a behemoth assemblage of various synthesizers and custom components,… Read More iTONTO App Documents “World’s Largest Synthesizer”, Benefits Bob Moog Foundation

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Cruise to the Edge ‘Prog Cruise’ Plans Events To Benefit Bob Moog Foundation

Cruise to the Edge, a progressive rock cruise, which sails from November 15-19, 2015, will feature a massive line up of classic and modern prog bands. The cruise will also feature two events to benefit the non-profit Bob Moog Foundation. The five-night cruise will feature multiple stages of progressive rock music, from Yes, Marillion, Allan Holdsworth… Read More Cruise to the Edge ‘Prog Cruise’ Plans Events To Benefit Bob Moog Foundation

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The Bob Moog Foundation Expands Its Archive

The Bob Moog Foundation announced today, at the 2014 NAMM Show, significant additions to the Asheville-based foundation’s archives, Michelle Moog-Koussa, executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation (BMF) and Bob Moog’s daughter, announced the additions, including: over 1,000 schematic drawings from 1965 to 1985; several rare prototypes, including: a Moog Apollo synthesizer (the Apollo became the prototype… Read More The Bob Moog Foundation Expands Its Archive

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The Foundations Of Synthesis Video Tutorial Series

The Bob Moog Foundation has announced a new video series, in partnership with macProvideo.com, looking at The Foundations of Synthesis. The Foundation of Synthesis series features BMF Education and Archive Specialist Marc Doty and cover a variety of topics, including: The Synthesis of Synthesis Oscillators Filters Control Voltage Amps, Ring Modulators, S&H and more Applied Synthesis On several… Read More The Foundations Of Synthesis Video Tutorial Series

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Last Day For Bob Moog Foundation’s IndieGoGo Campaign

Michelle Moog-Koussa wrote to let us know that this is the last day for The Bob Moog Foundation‘s IndieGoGo Campaign to raise money for Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool.  The SoundSchool is their program to inspire kids to study science using synthesis. Students use theremins and synthesizers, along with acoustic instruments, to make music and experience, hands-on, how sound… Read More Last Day For Bob Moog Foundation’s IndieGoGo Campaign

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The Voice Of Bob Moog

http://www.vimeo.com/21313998 The Voice Of Bob Moog, by Hans-Jörg Scheffler, is a video promo for the new Eric Persing/Spectrasonics fundraiser for The Bob Moog Foundation: I had the privilege to take part in the Spectrasonics Tribute project for the Moog Foundation. Together with 44 fellow sounddesigners like Eric Persing, Hans Zimmer, Richard Devine, Jean Michel Jarre, Ryuichi… Read More The Voice Of Bob Moog

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