query: what did robert moog contribute to the music industry in the 1960s

pos: Robert Moog Robert Moog Robert Arthur Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and pioneer of electronic music. He was the founder of Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer. This was followed by a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. He is credited for helping bring synthesizers to a wider audience and influencing the development of popular music. Robert Moog was born in New York City on May 23, 1934, and grew up in Flushing, Queens. He attended the

pos: Moog synthesizer Moog synthesizer Moog synthesizer (pronounced /moʊg/ to rhyme with "vogue", not /muːg/) may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled analog synthesizer systems in the mid 1960s. The technological development that led to the creation of the Moog synthesizer was the invention of the transistor, which enabled researchers like Moog to build electronic music systems that were considerably smaller, cheaper and far more reliable than earlier vacuum tube-based

pos: Moog synthesizer modular voltage-controlled analog synthesizer systems. Company founder Robert Arthur Moog had begun manufacturing and selling vacuum-tube theremins in kit form while he was a student in the early 1950s and marketed his first transistorized theremin kits in 1961. Moog became interested in the design and construction of complex electronic music systems in the mid-1960s while completing a Ph.D. in Engineering Physics at Cornell University. The burgeoning interest in his designs enabled him to establish a small company (R. A. Moog Co., which became Moog Music and later, Moog Electronics) to manufacture and market the new devices. Pioneering electronic music experimenters

pos: Moog synthesizer cords. French Jean-Jacques Perrey and German-American Gershon Kingsley released albums in the 1960s as Perrey & Kingsley and their second album (recorded in America, released 1967) featured the Moog modular synthesizer. The Moog synthesizer began to gain wider attention in the music industry after it was demonstrated at the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Electronic music pioneers Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause bought one of Moog's first synthesizers in 1966 and had spent a fruitless year trying to interest Hollywood studios in its use for film soundtracks. In June 1967 they set up a booth at the Monterey

pos: Robert Moog Robert Moog Robert Arthur Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and pioneer of electronic music. He was the founder of Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer. This was followed by a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. He is credited for helping bring synthesizers to a wider audience and influencing the development of popular music. Robert Moog was born in New York City on May 23, 1934, and grew up in Flushing, Queens. He attended the

pos: Theremin Robert Moog, began building theremins in the 1950s, while he was a high-school student. Moog subsequently published a number of articles about building theremins, and sold theremin kits that were intended to be assembled by the customer. Moog credited what he learned from the experience as leading directly to his groundbreaking synthesizer, the Moog. (Around 1955, a colleague of Moog's, electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott, purchased one of Moog's theremin subassemblies to incorporate into a new invention, the Clavivox, which was intended to be an easy-to-use keyboard theremin.) Since the release of the film "" in 1993, the instrument has

pos: Joe Gallivan next year. There he conducted for the TV show "Music U.S.A." and led the band A Train of Thought. In the 1960s he became interested in electronic music and musique concrète, and began meeting with Vladimir Ussachevsky. Robert Moog had Gallivan help test his Moog drum system, which Gallivan used on the 1974 Gil Evans album "There Comes a Time". In addition to his two years with Evans, Gallivan worked throughout the 1970s (and beyond) with saxophonist Charles Austin and three years with Larry Young in their group "Love Cry Want." (“Love Cry Want” is also the title of the

pos: Moog Music in any way. The mission of the foundation is "to educate and inspire children and adults through the power and possibilities of electronic music and through the intersection of music, science and innovation,' and plans to carry out that mission with construction of the "Moogseum," a Student Outreach Project initiative, and the Bob Moog Archive Initiative. Moog Music Moog Music is an American company based in Asheville, North Carolina which manufactures electronic musical instruments. It was founded in 1953 as RA Moog Co by Robert Moog, and became Moog Music in 1972. Its early instruments included various Moog modular synthesizer

pos: Robert Moog museum to be worthy of keeping the collection. The foundation responded that it had sufficiently preserved the collection and made efforts to improve storage, though it could not yet afford to build the museum. Robert Moog Robert Arthur Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and pioneer of electronic music. He was the founder of Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer. This was followed by a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. He is credited for helping

pos: Moog (film) Moog (film) Moog is a 2004 documentary film by Hans Fjellestad about electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog. The film features scenes of Dr. Moog interacting with various musical artists who view Moog as an influential figure in the history of electronic music. "Moog" is not a comprehensive history of electronic music nor does it serve as a chronological history of the development of the Moog synthesizer. There is no narration, rather the scenes feature candid conversation and interviews that serve more as a tribute to Moog than a documentary. The film was shot on location in Hollywood, New York,

pos: Robert Moog to the "Guardian", his inventions "changed the complexion of the pop and classical music worlds". Moog's name became so associated with electronic music that it was sometimes used as a generic term for any synthesizer. In 2004, Moog was the subject of "Moog" a documentary by Hans Fjellestad, who said in 2004 that Moog "embodies the archetypal American maverick inventor". Moog's awards include honorary doctorates from Polytechnic Institute of New York University (New York City), Lycoming College (Williamsport, Pennsylvania), and Berklee College of Music. Moog received a Grammy Trustees Award for lifetime achievement in 1970. He received the Polar Music

pos: Paul Beaver Paul Beaver Paul Beaver (1926 – January 16, 1975) was a jazz musician and a pioneer in popular electronic music, using the Moog synthesizer. Beaver was the electronic half of a 1965 experimental free-form album for Dunhill Records with studio drummer Hal Blaine called "Psychedelic Percussion". In 1966, Beaver joined with fellow synthesist Bernie Krause in a project to master the new Moog synthesizer and present it as a viable instrument for film and recording work. As Robert Moog's sales representatives on the U.S. West Coast, they attracted little industry interest until the Monterey Pop Festival, in June 1967, when

pos: Scott A. Wyatt of playing keyboards and bass in rock bands," learning to build his own amplifiers and speaker cabinets as his family did not have the money to afford them. While an avid enthusiast of both technology and music, he was only vaguely aware of synthesizers through their occasional appearance in the commercial music industry. As a freshman studying music education and piano performance at West Chester University in 1970, Wyatt had access to a new Moog Series 900 synthesizer, though it did not have a user manual. Due to his experience with building his own electronic music equipment and performing in

pos: Harald Bode fall conventions in 1962 and 1964; after then, his ideas were adopted by Robert Moog, Donald Buchla and others. After retiring from the chief engineer of Bell Aerospace in 1974, he composed TV-advertising spots and gave live concerts. Also in 1977, Bode was invited as a chief engineer of the Norlin/Moog Music after Robert Moog left. He died in New York, New York, United States in 1987. Bode's influence upon electronic music has persisted long after his death, with a number of 21st century musicians referencing or sampling his work. Theory, circuits and devices to the sound production and sound

pos: Music sequencer 1957, and so forth. During the 1940s–1960s, Raymond Scott, an American composer of electronic music, invented various kind of music sequencers for his electric compositions. The "Wall of Sound", once covered on the wall of his studio in New York during the 1940s–1950s, was an electro-mechanical sequencer to produce rhythmic patterns, consisting of stepping relays (used on dial pulse telephone exchange), solenoids, control switches, and tone circuits with 16 individual oscillators. Later, Robert Moog would explain it in such terms as "the whole room would go 'clack - clack - clack', and the sounds would come out all over the

pos: Moogfest year's lineup is focusing on "female, non-binary, and transgender artists", including an appearance by Chelsea Manning. This generated some controversy, with Caroline Polachek choosing to pull out of the lineup. The Moog Innovation Award, introduced since the third edition of the festival in 2006, celebrates "pioneering artists whose genre-defying work exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog". Moogfest Moogfest is an annual, multi-day music, art and technology festival. The event was previously held in Asheville, North Carolina, where the late Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer and founding father of electronic music, spent the last

pos: Beaver & Krause Beaver & Krause Beaver & Krause were an American musical duo comprising Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause. Their 1967 album "The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music" was a pioneering work in the electronic music genre. The pair were Robert Moog's sales representatives on the U.S. West Coast and were instrumental in popularizing the Moog synthesizer during the late 1960s. As recording artists for Warner Bros. Records in the early 1970s, they released the critically admired albums "In a Wild Sanctuary" and "Gandharva". Having met each other through session work, Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause began collaborating in 1966. Both were

pos: First Moog Quartet First Moog Quartet The First Moog Quartet was formed by Gershon Kingsley in 1970, as the result of a request by famous impresario Sol Hurok to hear the Moog synthesizer's capabilities demonstrated live. Other group members included Howard Salat, Stan Free, Eric W. Knight, and Ken Bichel. On January 30, 1970, the group became the first to ever play electronic music in Carnegie Hall. With Robert Moog present, they were accompanied by several other musicians and four singers. While reactions were mixed, immediate results included a university tour, and some interesting collaborative works with the Boston Pops. The group released

pos: Moogfest Moogfest Moogfest is an annual, multi-day music, art and technology festival. The event was previously held in Asheville, North Carolina, where the late Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer and founding father of electronic music, spent the last 30 years of his life. Moog spoke at the event in 2004. Past performers who have played at the festival include Kraftwerk, Devo and Brian Eno. It is held in May, on the closest weekend to Moog's birthday (with the exceptions of Moogfest 2006 to 2014). On July 14, 2015, it was announced that Moogfest 2016 would be

pos: Robert Moog making it attractive to musicians. "New Scientist" described it as the first commercial synthesizer. Moog's development was driven by requests and suggestions from musicians including Richard Teitelbaum, Herb Deutsch, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Wendy Carlos. Moog said in 2000: "I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use." His other early customers included choreographer Alwin Nikolais and composer John Cage. Universities established electronic music laboratories with Moog synthesizers. Carlos's 1968 album "Switched-On Bach," featuring performances of Bach compositions arranged for Moog synthesizer, won three Grammy Awards and was the first classical album

pos: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out synthesizer and Ondioline as well as tape, scissors and recordings of acoustic instruments to create "Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Music from Way Out." Perrey and Kingsley had used the Ondioline and splicing methods on their first album, but the Moog synthesizer was implemented on this album since Perrey and Robert (Bob) Moog had become friends around the time. Kingsley had also been inspired to use the Moog synthesizer after viewing some in action at a live New York Museum of Modern Art concert. The result of their labor was the fourteen track album that has been used in commercials, TV shows

pos: Minimoog Minimoog The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. In the 1960s, synthesizers - in the form of large, expensive, and complex modular synthesizers - were inaccessible to most musicians. The Minimoog was designed as an affordable, portable, simplified instrument which combined the most useful components in a single device. It was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popular with progressive rock and jazz musicians and found wide use in disco, pop, rock and electronic music. After the sale of Moog Music, production of the Minimoog stopped in the

pos: Sergi Jordà foundations for new kinds of musical computers for performance and improvisation, based on visual feedback and spatial multiplexion. Between 2003 and 2006, together with Günter Geiger, Martin Kaltenbrunner and Marcos Alonso, Sergi Jordà developed the Reactable: an electronic music instrument combining a tangible tabletop interface with principles derived from modular synthesizers such as those developed by Bob Moog in the early 1960s. The Reactable was popularised by Björk, who incorporated it into her 2007 Volta Tour. It has since been performed extensively and is on display in numerous science and art centres worldwide, including the Museum of Science and Industry

pos: Homer Dudley for transmitting the highest level of classified messages. Dudley stayed with Bell Labs through the early 1960s. During that time, he invented and refined many of the technologies that became essential for telephony. His development of artificial speech was elaborated upon by others to produce methods of artificial speech for humans unable to use their vocal cords (as with the voice synthesizer used by Stephen Hawking), and by electronic music pioneers Wendy Carlos, Robert Moog and the German musical group Kraftwerk. One of Dudley's final projects was the design of an electronic kit distributed by Bell Labs for home hobbyists

pos: Exchange District Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition. Its cobblestone streets and friendly pedestrian environment also contribute to The Exchange District's popularity as a period backdrop for the movie industry. Most notably the 2006 film "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" starring Brad Pitt, and the 2006 film "The Lookout" starring Jeff Daniels. Old Market Square originated in 1889, initially as a public market building. Originally located on the site of what is now the Public Safety Building, it was the centre of Winnipeg's early commercial trade. In 1964 to 1965, the original building as well as several nearby structures

pos: Clifford Stoll Technical High School in Buffalo, New York. He earned a B.S. in Astronomy in 1973 from the University at Buffalo (SUNY). While studying for his undergraduate degree at SUNY Buffalo, Stoll worked in the university's electronic music laboratory and was mentored by Robert Moog. He received his PhD from University of Arizona in 1980. During the 1960s and 1970s, Stoll was assistant chief engineer at WBFO, a public radio station in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. In 1986, while employed as a systems administrator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stoll investigated a tenacious hacker—later identified as KGB recruit

pos: Wendy Carlos Wendy Carlos Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Studying and working with various electronic musicians and technicians at the city's Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, she oversaw the development of the Moog synthesizer, then a relatively new and unknown keyboard instrument designed by Robert Moog. Carlos came to prominence with "Switched-On Bach" (1968), an album

pos: The Notorious Byrd Brothers to feature the instrument. McGuinn had first discovered the Moog during the Monterey Pop Festival, where the instrument's inventor, Robert Moog, had set up a booth to demonstrate his new creation to the musicians who were performing at the festival. Being something of an electronics buff, McGuinn was eager to experiment with the synthesizer in the recording studio, although reportedly, Hillman failed to share his enthusiasm for the instrument. Although McGuinn and Usher played the Moog parts on the song "Space Odyssey" themselves, they ceded the instrument's other appearances on the album to electronic music pioneer and session musician Paul

pos: Robotic voice effects of the original sound and this gives the effect. Vocoders have been used in an analog form from as early as 1959 at Siemens Studio for Electronic Music but were made more famous after Robert Moog developed one of the first solid-state musical vocoders. In 1970 Wendy Carlos and Robert Moog built another musical vocoder, a 10-band device inspired by the vocoder designs of Homer Dudley which was later referred to simply as a vocoder. Carlos and Moog's vocoder was featured in several recordings, including the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" for the vocal part of Beethoven's "Ninth

pos: Gino Piserchio College The New School for Music in New York City and did graduate work at Columbia University. In 1965, Piserchio co-starred with Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick in the underground films "Space" and "Beauty No. 2", directed by Andy Warhol. Two years later, he composed and performed the original music for what would become Sedgwick's final film "Ciao! Manhattan", released a year after her November 1971 death. In 1970 Piserchio presented three evenings of electronic music in the Moog synthesizer at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. In 1971, he and his future wife, Gillian Spreckels Fuller, produced

pos: Vocoder 1968, Robert Moog developed one of the first solid-state musical vocoders for the electronic music studio of the University at Buffalo. In 1968, Bruce Haack built a prototype vocoder, named "Farad" after Michael Faraday. It was first featured on "The Electronic Record For Children" released in 1969 and then on his rock album "The Electric Lucifer" released in 1970. In 1970, Wendy Carlos and Robert Moog built another musical vocoder, a ten-band device inspired by the vocoder designs of Homer Dudley. It was originally called a spectrum encoder-decoder, and later referred to simply as a vocoder. The carrier signal came

pos: Moog Indigo Moog Indigo Moog Indigo is the eighth solo album by electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey. It was released in 1970 on Vanguard Records, an independent label. The ninth selection, a cover of Beethoven's Turkish March called "The Elephant Never Forgets", was used as the theme song for "El Chavo del Ocho." The song was the subject of a lawsuit against Mexican media giant Televisa, who was forced to pay Vanguard Records and Perrey for the use of the song for several years by Chespirito with neither royalty payments to Perrey and Vanguard, nor permission for its use. Contrary to what

pos: Raymond Scott center where the excitement of tomorrow is made available today." Bob Moog, developer of the Moog Synthesizer, met Scott in the 1950s, designed circuits for him in the 1960s, and considered him an important influence. Relying on several instruments of his invention, such as the Clavivox and Electronium, Scott recorded futuristic electronic compositions for use in television and radio commercials and records of electronic music. A series of three albums designed to lull infants to sleep, his work "Soothing Sounds for Baby" was released in 1964 with the Gesell Institute of Child Development. The public showed little interest in it.

neg: Walter Sear Robert Moog after buying parts from him for a home-made Theremin. In the early 1960s, Sear used his music industry connections to become Moog's sales agent and business partner. He encouraged Moog to make his synthesizers more practical; eventually leading (in the late 1960s) to the development of portable synthesizers which could be used during live performances. Sear also became known as a performer and composer (using the Moog synthesizer) for various movie soundtracks including "Midnight Cowboy". Sear's pop compositions were also heard on his Command Records album, "The Copper-Plated Integrated Circuit". He built his first recording studio in 1964;

neg: Merrill Leroy Ellis at the University of North Texas College of Music shortly after he began teaching there in 1962. North Texas acquired its first Moog Machine for use in Merrill Ellis' studio, late 1965. Ellis was a pioneer in composing and performing live multimedia music on Moogs from the mid to late 1960s. He worked with Robert Moog to design the second Moog synthesizer ever made to be portable for him and his doctoral students to use during performances. Robert Moog gave a nod to Ellis by naming this second model the E-II. It was Moog's second synthesizer and Ellis' second Moog.

neg: Minimoog early 1980s. In 2002, after founder Robert Moog regained the rights to the Moog brand and bought the company, the Minimoog Voyager, an updated version, was released. In 2016, the company, now rebranded as Moog Music, released a new version of the original Minimoog. In the 1960s, RA Moog Co manufactured Moog modular synthesizers, which helped bring electronic sounds to music but remained inaccessible to ordinary people. The modular synthesizers were difficult to use, requiring users to connect components manually with patch cables to create sounds, were sensitive to temperature and humidity, and cost tens of thousands of dollars. Most

neg: Moog synthesizer systems. The Moog synthesizer gained wider attention in the music industry after it was demonstrated at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967. The commercial breakthrough of a Moog recording was made by Wendy Carlos in the 1968 record "Switched-On Bach", which became one of the highest-selling classical music recordings of its era. The success of "Switched-On Bach" sparked a slew of other synthesizer records in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. Later Moog modular systems featured various improvements, such as a scaled-down, simplified, self-contained musical instrument designed for use in live performance. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of

neg: Robert Moog industry as we know it today would never have happened". According to David Borden, one of the first users of the Minimoog, "If [Moog] had patented [the pitch wheel], he would have been an extremely wealthy man." Though commentators have praised Moog's engineering abilities, they also described him as a poor businessman. In 1971, following a recession, Moog Music took on investors, merged with another company, and moved to "less than ideal" premises in Buffalo. Moog sold Moog Music to Norlin Musical Instruments, where he remained employed as a designer until 1977. Moog said he would have left earlier if

neg: Bob Moog Foundation electronic musical instruments like the Theremin and the Moog Synthesizer, left an indelible mark on the music industry. His instruments have been included in recordings by Wendy Carlos, Keith Emerson, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Yes and a host of others. Bob Moog Foundation The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation was created after the death of Dr. Robert Moog in 2005, and officially launched in August, 2006. His family established the foundation to honor the legacy of Moog "through its mission of igniting creativity at the intersection of music, history, science, and innovation." The foundation is an independent, donor-driven

neg: Electronics in rock music electro-mechanical, polyphonic sample-playback keyboard, which used a bank of parallel linear magnetic audio tape strips to produce a variety of sounds enjoyed popularity from the mid-1960s. The initial popularity of the Mellotron would be overtaken by the Moog synthesizer, created by Robert Moog in 1964, which produced completely electronically generated sounds which could be manipulated by pitch and frequency, allowing the "bending" of notes and considerable variety and musical virtuosity to be expressed. The early commercial Moog synthesiser was large and difficult to manipulate, but in 1970 Moog responded to its use in rock and pop music by releasing the

neg: Moog Music Moog Music Moog Music is an American company based in Asheville, North Carolina which manufactures electronic musical instruments. It was founded in 1953 as RA Moog Co by Robert Moog, and became Moog Music in 1972. Its early instruments included various Moog modular synthesizer systems, followed by the launch of the Minimoog in 1970, which became one of the most influential instruments in music. Robert Moog founded R.A. Moog Co. in 1953 in Trumansburg, New York. The company manufactured theremin kits and, later, modular synthesizer systems. The company became Moog Music in 1972, and through Moog's collaboration with people like

neg: Moog Music pedal lines. Robert Moog worked closely with Bomb Factory to ensure the product would remain true to the classic Moog sound. In 2002, after a legal battle with Don Martin who had assumed the rights, Robert Moog reacquired rights to the Moog Music trademark in the U.S., and immediately changed production of Big Briar products to Moog. Another company, Moog CE, was selling modules for the original 1970s systems, and agreed to change their name to allow Moog to re-enter the market. It was also in 2002 that Moog Music hired Michael Adams as Vice President in charge of business

neg: Moogfest attention in the music industry after it was demonstrated at the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967. The Beatles, Mick Jagger and Sun Ra were among the first customers, but the commercial breakthrough of a Moog recording was made by Wendy Carlos in the 1968 record "Switched-On Bach", which became one of the highest-selling classical music recordings of its era. Keith Emerson first discovered the Moog when he heard "Switched-On Bach", and one year later in 1970, he wanted to take it on the road with him. Robert Moog replied that there was no chance because the machine was too

neg: Bobby Sherman did a comedy routine introducing the song "Daily Nightly". Since this was one of the first pop songs to use a Moog synthesizer, the routine centered around Nesmith seeking to find one for the show. It was revealed that he was not able to get an actual Moog, but instead brought and displayed a picture of one, stating, "I think it's Bobby Sherman's Moog." Bobby Sherman Robert Cabot "Bobby" Sherman Jr. (born July 22, 1943) is an American singer, actor and occasional songwriter, who became a popular teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series

neg: Synth-pop in its early stages, it consciously focused on European and particularly Eastern European influences, which were reflected in band names like Spandau Ballet and songs like Ultravox's "Vienna". Later synth-pop saw a shift to a style more influenced by other genres, such as soul music. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, around the same time as rock music began to emerge as a distinct musical genre. The Mellotron, an electro-mechanical, polyphonic sample-playback keyboard was overtaken by the Moog synthesizer, created by Robert Moog in 1964, which produced completely electronically

neg: Moog synthesizer 15 modulars. On May 23, 2012, a replica of the Moog synthesizer was featured as a Google Doodle honoring Dr. Robert Moog's 78th birthday. The Boise, Idaho, band The Dirty Moogs is named after the instrument, cast-off examples of which were typically found in decrepit condition. Moog synthesizer Moog synthesizer (pronounced /moʊg/ to rhyme with "vogue", not /muːg/) may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled analog synthesizer

neg: Moog modular synthesizer of the instrument, and the first of Arturia's two Moog simulations to be approved by Moog. Moog modular synthesizer Moog modular synthesizers are modular synthesizers developed by the American electronic instrument pioneer Robert Moog. Many different models were manufactured by R.A. Moog Co. (Moog Music after 1972) from 1965–80. In 1964, Robert Moog created one of the first modular voltage-controlled synthesizers, and demonstrated it at the AES convention that year. Moog employed his theremin company to manufacture and market his synthesizers which, unlike the synthesizers created by Don Buchla (the other prominent figure in the early history of the synthesizer),

neg: The Moog Cookbook Boogie" for the soundtrack of the film "Moog", a documentary on the life of Robert Moog. In 2006, the pair independently released "Bartell", an archival compilation album consisting of tracks recorded for compilations and soundtracks, remixes for other artists, holiday songs and other rarities. The Moog Cookbook The Moog Cookbook is an American electronic duo consisting of Brian Kehew and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (performing under the aliases "Uli Nomi" and "Meco Eno," respectively). The duo uses analog Moog synthesizers exclusively and is both a parody of and tribute to the novelty Moog records of the late 1960s and early

neg: The Moog Cookbook The Moog Cookbook The Moog Cookbook is an American electronic duo consisting of Brian Kehew and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (performing under the aliases "Uli Nomi" and "Meco Eno," respectively). The duo uses analog Moog synthesizers exclusively and is both a parody of and tribute to the novelty Moog records of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which featured cover versions of popular songs using the then-new Moog synthesizer. The band's name is derived from a 1978 cookbook, "Moog's Musical Eatery", written by Shirleigh Moog, the first wife of synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog. The liner notes of their first album,

neg: Moog modular synthesizer Moog modular synthesizer Moog modular synthesizers are modular synthesizers developed by the American electronic instrument pioneer Robert Moog. Many different models were manufactured by R.A. Moog Co. (Moog Music after 1972) from 1965–80. In 1964, Robert Moog created one of the first modular voltage-controlled synthesizers, and demonstrated it at the AES convention that year. Moog employed his theremin company to manufacture and market his synthesizers which, unlike the synthesizers created by Don Buchla (the other prominent figure in the early history of the synthesizer), featured a piano-style keyboard as a significant portion of the user interface. Moog also established standards

neg: Musical instrument the twentieth century saw the gradual evolution of synthesizers—instruments that artificially produce sound using analog or digital circuits and microchips. In the late 1960s, Bob Moog and other inventors began an era of development of commercial synthesizers. One of the first of these instruments was the Moog synthesizer. The modern proliferation of computers and microchips has spawned an entire industry around electronic musical instruments. There are many different methods of classifying musical instruments. Various methods examine aspects such as the physical properties of the instrument (material, color, shape, etc.), the use for the instrument, the means by which music is

neg: Moog Music the final Moog synthesizer to be designed by Moog himself. Upon its release, it was considered to be the true heir to the Minimoog legacy. The instrument also broke new ground, as it was the first Moog synthesizer to feature USB connectivity, as well as the first of the new Moog products to offer the option to daisy-chain other Little Phattys to create a polyphonic instrument. Robert Moog died in August 2005 due to complications arising from brain cancer. Michael Adams continued running the company as its President. Hungarian band the Moog requested permission from Moog Music to use the

neg: Electronic musical instrument a commercial modular synthesizer, the Buchla Music Easel. Robert Moog, who had been a student of Peter Mauzey and one of the RCA Mark II engineers, created a synthesizer that could reasonably be used by musicians, designing the circuits while he was at Columbia-Princeton. The Moog synthesizer was first displayed at the Audio Engineering Society convention in 1964. It required experience to set up sounds but was smaller and more intuitive than what had come before, less like a machine and more like a musical instrument. Moog established standards for control interfacing, using a logarithmic 1-volt-per-octave for pitch control and

neg: Bob Moog Foundation Bob Moog Foundation The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation was created after the death of Dr. Robert Moog in 2005, and officially launched in August, 2006. His family established the foundation to honor the legacy of Moog "through its mission of igniting creativity at the intersection of music, history, science, and innovation." The foundation is an independent, donor-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with no formal affiliations with Moog Music, Inc.. The foundation is located in Asheville, N.C., where Moog spent the last 25 years of his life. The Bob Moog Foundation's projects include Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, which teaches the science of sound

neg: Tam Fiofori manager, and producing writing that is considered "a founding connection between Ra and the movement that would be known as Afrofuturism". Born in Okrika in Rivers State, Fiofori grew up in Benin City, where his father, Emmanuel Fiofori, taught at Edo College. Travelling extensively since the 1960s, Fiofori became a key associate in the US of pioneering synthesizer-player Sun Ra, who was given a prototype Minimoog by its inventor, Robert Moog; the Bob Moog Foundation reports: "Sun Ra first met Robert Moog after "Downbeat" journalist and Sun Ra acquaintance Tam Fiofori arranged for a visit to Moog’s factory in Trumansburg

neg: Ken Bichel Ken Bichel Ken Bichel is an American actor, composer, conductor, pianist, and synthesizer musician. Bichel attended the Juilliard School where he graduated with a master's degree in piano performance in 1969. While at Juilliard he met Gershon Kingsley and Robert Moog, the inventor of the music synthesizer. He became a founding member of Kingsley's First Moog Quartet, a live performance synthesizer ensemble, and was recognized as the preeminent synthesizer authority in the New York recording industry from that time on. Although Bichel is a classically trained pianist, he has spent most of his career playing and recording jazz, rock, and

neg: Robert Moog renamed Big Briar to Moog Music after buying back the rights to the name. In later years, he designed electronic instruments including a piano operated by touchscreen. Moog was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor on April 28, 2005. He died on August 21, 2005 at the age of 71 in Asheville, North Carolina. Moog's first marriage, to Shirleigh Moog, ended in divorce in 1994. He was survived by his second wife, Ileana, four children, one stepdaughter, and five grandchildren. Moog has had a lasting influence on music. The BBC describes him as a pioneer of synthesized sound. According

neg: Moog synthesizer backlit LC display, and MIDI and USB interfacing. Still, the original Taurus I units are highly sought after and typically command a high resale value on the used market. Moog Music was the first company to commercially release a keytar, the Moog Liberation. The last Moog synthesizer released by the original Moog Music, the programmable polyphonic Memorymoog (and subsequent Memorymoog Plus), was manufactured from 1983 to 1985, just before the company declared bankruptcy in 1986. By the mid-1990s, analog synthesizers were again highly sought after and prized for their classic sound. In 2001, Robert Moog's company Big Briar was able

neg: Moogfest University Digital Music Program, who worked alongside Robert Moog in his Trumansburg studios and later founded the first live synthesizer ensemble, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, in 2000 performed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. with his Mother Mallard and Keith Emerson, in an event honoring Moog called "The Keyboard Meets Modern Technology". This event, somehow, came just four years before the first Moogfest was held in New York City. Moog Music, David Olivier, Moog Music's New York area representative, contacted Charles Carlini, a New York-based music and concert promoter, about producing an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary

neg: Moog (film) Tokyo, and Asheville, North Carolina where Moog's company is based. Additional concert performances were filmed in London and San Francisco. The film's 2004 release was designed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Moog Music, Robert Moog's company that was founded as R.A. Moog Co. in 1954. The soundtrack features 17 original songs by different artists produced on Moog instruments: The double CD soundtrack album also features seven songs that prominently feature Moog instruments that were not recorded for or used in the film: Moog (film) Moog is a 2004 documentary film by Hans Fjellestad about electronic instrument pioneer Dr.

neg: Moog Little Phatty Moog Little Phatty The Little Phatty is a monophonic analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 2006 to 2013, preceded by the Voyager and succeeded by Voyager Old School. Its design was conceived, in part, by Robert Moog himself, and is the last instrument to have that distinction, although the primary engineer was Cyril Lance. It is also the first Moog product to be produced following his death. It is one of the few Moog synthesizers to utilize MIDI from the factory (the others being the Minimoog Voyager and the earlier Memorymoog+). This allows for better integration in the modern

neg: Moog Little Phatty some minor mechanical and electrical tweaks as well as adding a USB interface, a new arpeggiator and tap tempo. Moog Little Phatty The Little Phatty is a monophonic analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 2006 to 2013, preceded by the Voyager and succeeded by Voyager Old School. Its design was conceived, in part, by Robert Moog himself, and is the last instrument to have that distinction, although the primary engineer was Cyril Lance. It is also the first Moog product to be produced following his death. It is one of the few Moog synthesizers to utilize MIDI from the

neg: Slim Phatty Slim Phatty The Slim Phatty is a monophonic analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 2011 - 2014. It is considered to be an entry-level synthesizer in the Moog family. Its design is based on the Little Phatty, which in turn is a more modernized version of the Minimoog Voyager. It is among the first synthesizers created and produced following the death of Moog founder Robert Moog in 2005. The Slim Phatty is also the first Moog (beside the Little Phatty) that is capable of USB connectivity. It was inferred that Moog would be releasing a new and possibly more

neg: Moog synthesizer contract of their own. On the East Coast, Robert Moog's sales representative and business partner was Walter Sear, who also sold large numbers of the instrument in the late 1960s. The first rock recordings to feature the Moog synthesizer were the songs on Mort Garson's project "", released in May 1967. The Moog subsequently appeared on albums recorded during the Summer of Love era, usually with Beaver or Krause's participation. Among these albums were "Strange Days" by the Doors (released in September 1967, e.g. the opening track, "Strange Days"), "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd." by the Monkees (November 1967,

neg: Memorymoog Memorymoogs re-branded with the name Sanctuary at the request of David VanKoevering, a longtime friend of Robert Moog and a Moog Music marketing evangelist. The Sanctuary was marketed, quite successfully, to churches and Christian music groups. In 1992, the German company Lintronics in association with the then Bob Moog-owned company Big Briar introduced the Lintronics Advanced Memory Moog upgrade (LAMM), an extensive rebuild of the original hardware and software of both stock Memorymoog versions, and claims far greater reliability and tuning stability, principally through replacement of critical voice card components, the notoriously failure-prone multi-pin connectors, and many other parts. This

neg: Robert Moog his contract had not required him to remain employed there for four years to cash his stock. By the end of the decade, Moog Music was facing competition from cheaper, easier-to-use instruments manufactured by competitors including Arp, Aries, Roland and E-mu. In 1978, Moog moved to North Carolina and founded a new electronic instrument company, Big Briar. He also worked as a consultant and vice president for new product research at Kurzweil Music Systems from 1984 to 1988. In the early 1990s, he was a research professor of music at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. In 2002, he

neg: Richard Norris (musician) Blues’ and ‘Yalla Yalla’. In 2015, Moog Music, contemporary makers of the famous Moog synthesisers, constructed a bespoke sound lab for the creation of live synthesised music as an open access, experimental music resource to celebrate the life and Work of electronics inventor Dr Robert Moog. In 2018, the UK based Sound Lab at The Institute Of Sound Recording (Surrey University), Richard Norris and Dave Ball's electronic band, The Grid were the first to be invited to play and record in the new studio The resulting work was a 6-track album called 'One Way Traffic'. (The other albums, making up

neg: Micromoog Micromoog The Moog model 2090 Micromoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer produced by Moog Music from 1975–79. During 1973 & 74, Moog attempted to produce a synth system, possibly as a result of seeing Yamaha's massive GX-1. The bass and polyphonic components of the "Constellation" became the Taurus and PolyMoog, and while the Lyra monophonic lead synth never went into production, the smaller MicroMoog emerged, using some of the ideas and technology. The monophonic Micromoog was designed by Moog Engineer Jim Scott in consultation with Tom Rhea, with electronic refinement input from David Luce, Robert Moog, as a scaled-down, cheaper

neg: Baroque Hoedown the Electrical Parade relocated to Florida indefinitely, the Disneyland Resort premiered its own version, the Paint the Night Electrical Parade, on May 22, 2015, again featuring "When Can I See You Again?" (now in English) and "Baroque Hoedown". In 1963, Robert Moog met German music engineer Herb Deutsch at the New York State School Music Association gathering at the Eastman School of Music. Deutsch encouraged Moog to create the first prototype of a voltage-controlled synthesizer by combining a voltage-controlled oscillator and amplifier model with a keyboard. Moog noticed he could change pitch electronically by adjusting voltage using silicon transistors, thus

neg: Moog for Love and distributed a three-track "clubby" extended play that went "back to the start." "Moog for Love" was Disclosure's first record not to feature writing contributions from Jimmy Napes, which Howard said also "feels quite strange." With the EP, Disclosure wanted to use more different track development formulas from what they used for making their previous records, "Settle" (2013) and "Caracal" (2015), reasoning that they would be making the same music over and over again if they kept making tracks the same way. However, they still had made songs in one similar way they did for "Settle", in that there was

neg: Minimoog Voyager Minimoog Voyager The Minimoog Voyager or Voyager is a monophonic analog synthesizer, designed by Robert Moog and released in 2002 by Moog Music. The Voyager was modeled after the classic Minimoog synthesizer that was popular in the 1970s, and is meant to be a successor to that instrument. In November 2001, Moog Music (then Big Briar) announced that they planned to release an updated version of the Minimoog. The new synthesizer promised to have modern features, yet continue to be authentic to the original sound quality. The company offered a new synthesizer to the customer who could come up with

neg: Minimoog of these synthesizers were owned by universities or record labels, and used to create soundtracks or jingles; by 1970, only 28 were owned by musicians. Moog engineer Bill Hemsath wondered if the company could create a smaller, more reliable synthesizer. He created a prototype, the Min A, by sawing a keyboard in half and wiring several modules into a small cabinet. Moog president Robert Moog felt the prototype was fun, but did not initially see a market for it. Hemsath and other engineers, and later Moog, created several more prototypes, adding features such as the suitcase design to aid portability.

neg: Electronic Sound into their music". Once installed at EMI Studios in August 1969, where Mike Vickers of the band Manfred Mann assisted in setting up the system, Harrison's Moog proved to be an important addition to the Beatles' final recording project. With Harrison, Lennon and Paul McCartney each playing the instrument, the band incorporated white noise and other Moog sound effects, together with melodic elements played via a ribbon controller. In January 1970, Robert Moog announced the launch of his company's Mini-Moog, a synthesizer that simplified the 3P system for easy operation as a performance instrument. In their book on the history

neg: Moog Music the late 1970s, but they were less successful than Robert Moog's own designs. Poor management and marketing led to Moog's departure from his own company in 1977. Moog Music was forced into bankruptcy in 1986. The company liquidated and officially ceased operation in 1993. In 1977, Moog founded a new company, Big Briar, to produce theremins under the name Etherwave. Big Briar expanded its range to produce a variety of analog-electronic musical instruments, mainly effects pedals called Moogerfoogers. In 1999, Big Briar partnered with Bomb Factory to co-develop software modeled plug-ins for Pro Tools TDM based on the moogerfooger effect

neg: Moog Rogue Moog Rogue The Moog Rogue is a monophonic analog synthesizer produced by the original Moog Music in the early 1980s, but, was not designed by Bob Moog. Very basic in its design and use, the Rogue featured a 32-note keyboard and two VCOs. VCO number 2 is tunable between a half-step below to an octave above VCO number 1. This allows the Rogue to play atonal sounds like the Moog Prodigy. The Rogue did not have features to allow the user full flexibility to program the patch settings, however the VCF and the VCA were simple in operation. The design

neg: Moog synthesizer use of the Moog was in Tangerine Dream's electronic landmark album "Phaedra" in 1974, which was a major hit in the UK—it reached #15 on the British album charts and playing a significant role in establishing the fledgling independent label Virgin Records. Perhaps the most commercially successful pop-industry recording primarily featuring the Moog was Hot Butter's cover version of "Popcorn", an instrumental composed and first recorded by Kingsley in 1969 for "Music to Moog By". Released as a single in 1972, Hot Butter's version was number 1 in Australia and in several European countries, and peaked at number 5 in

neg: Moog synthesizer popular music realm was in Australia, where keyboard player Michael Carlos of the pioneering progressive rock group Tully purchased what is thought to have been the first modular Moog system imported into Australia, and used it both on the group's recordings and in live performance. A custom Moog Modular System was also featured prominently on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's song "Lucky Man" (1970), in Keith Emerson's Moog solo at the end. Klaus Schulze used the Big Moog for the first time on another famous album, "Moondawn", after he had obtained this synthesizer from Florian Fricke of Popol Vuh. Another famous

neg: John Eaton (composer) John Eaton (composer) John Charles Eaton (March 30, 1935 – December 2, 2015) was an American composer. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Eaton attended Princeton University, where he graduated in 1957 . He later lived in Rome (1957–68), returning to Princeton to earn a Ph.D. in 1970 . He subsequently held faculty appointments at Indiana University (1970–92) and the University of Chicago (1989–99) (; ). Eaton was a prominent composer of microtonal music, and worked with Paul Ketoff and Robert Moog during the 1960s in developing several types of synthesizer (; ). Notably, he was involved in the development, use,

neg: Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments quantizer or tracking generator. Buchla's instruments, such as the Music Easel (pictured), use a different method of timbre generation from Moog synthesizers. Moog units use oscillators with basic function generator type waveshapes and rely heavily on filtering with 24 dB resonant low-pass filters, while Buchlas are geared toward complex oscillators using frequency modulation, amplitude modulation, and dynamic waveshaping to produce other forms of timbre modulation. Many of Don Buchla's designs, including the Low-Pass Gates (later called Dynamic Managers) contain vactrols, photoresistive opto-isolator employed as voltage-controlled potentiometers, which contribute to a very "natural" Buchla sound. In December 2017, Arturia released a

neg: Moog synthesizer recorded in 1970; and Manning's "Home Sweet Home" (programmed by Robert Moog himself), which was recorded in 1968 but released in 1970. Following Harrison's example, the Beatles' adoption of Moog synthesizer was reflected prominently in "Abbey Road" tracks such as "Because", "Here Comes the Sun" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". The success of "Switched-On Bach" sparked a spate of other synthesizer records in the late '60s–mid '70s. Most of these albums featured cover versions of songs arranged for Moog synthesizer in the most dramatic and flamboyant way possible, covering rock ("Switched-On Rock"), country and other genres of music.

neg: Phil Volk vocal and played lead guitar, with the other members on bass, drums, and organ. An engineer named Robert Moog set up a prototype of what he called a Moog Synthesizer in the RCA studios, where the album was recorded. That led to the Brotherhood using it on 2 cuts, "Jump Out the Window" and "Forever", having been asked by Moog to try it out. Ron Collins, the band's organist, didn't care for it much at first. He later said, "I think it has some potential". The album was given polish by the hiring of Norwegian studio engineer Eirik Wangberg. He

neg: Electronic Sound and legacy of the Moog synthesizer, Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco cite Harrison's use of Krause's studio demonstration as an example of the difficulties faced by "Moogists" such as Beaver and Krause in gaining acceptance for their efforts. The authors write that the perception in the recording industry during the late 1960s was typically that, because of the highly technical aspect of the Moog modular system, these pioneers were simply engineers rather than artists or musicians. Pinch and Trocco highlight Mort Garson's "The Wozard of Iz" and Mason Williams' "The Mason Williams Ear Show" as further examples; in the case

neg: Mighty Car Mods accomplished guitarist and joins MOOG in some music recording sessions. MOOG is a composer and music producer, whose music can be heard in commercials, which include Telstra, Arnotts, Optus, Amex, Ford, BMW, Coles Supermarkets, Loveable Lingerie, IBM, L’Oreal, Heinz, OPSM, Subaru, Origin, Lexus, Jetstar, Touchstone Pictures, Visa Inc, Mazda, Cascade Brewery, Discovery Channel, 1800Reverse, Renault, Wrigley Company and Village Cinemas. He has released a number of solo albums and he has been involved with a variety of different bands, musical projects and noise making activities. Marty works in the music/audio production industry and he is a sound engineer by trade.

neg: Plastiq Phantom Calculator Man & Hangar, Pleaseeasaur, and DJs On Strike!. In 2004 Plastiq Phantom contributed music to the film "Moog", about synthesizer guru Robert Moog. In 2006, qp collaborated with comedy act Pleaseeasaur under the name American Sheriff. Their debut release "Long Arm of the Law" was released by imputor? Records. Wiener worked with Modest Mouse on their record Strangers to Ourselves contributing modular synthesizer, 303 Programming, Audio engineer, and sound design Plastiq Phantom Plastiq Phantom is the musical alias of Darrin Wiener who records music ranging a wide variety of genres. Plastiq Phantom first began releasing music in 1999 with

neg: Moog synthesizer because he was reluctant to use newer electronic keyboards like the Mellotron and the Moog. One of the most important and successful uses of the Moog in popular music in the early to mid-1970s was the extended collaboration between Stevie Wonder and electronic musicians Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff on the series of albums Wonder released during this period. These recordings made extensive use of the duo's large synthesiser system, which they dubbed TONTO (an acronym for "The Original New Timbral Orchestra"), reputedly the world's first and largest multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer. Designed and constructed by Cecil, it was based

neg: Roger Powell (musician) Roger Powell (musician) Roger Powell (born March 14, 1949) is a musician, programmer, and magazine columnist best known for his membership with the rock band Utopia. Powell's musical career started in the late 1960s, programming analog synthesizers for commercials. Powell was the protégé of Robert Moog (who created the Moog synthesizer), as well as Moog's competitor ARP, contributing designs and demonstrating systems. Powell played keyboards and synthesizers with the rock band Utopia, led by Todd Rundgren and featuring players Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox, among others, from 1974 until its disbanding in 1985, playing, writing, and singing on ten of

neg: Brian Kehew the ADS-200 and ADS-200R. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 1987. In the past, Kehew has served as the Archives Historian for the Bob Moog Foundation, a non-profit whose goal is to preserve the archives of Dr. Robert Moog and to teach children about science, music, and innovation. In 2017 Kehew began working on the restoration of Raymond Scott's Electronium, in an effort partially financed by Gotye. Brian Kehew Brian Kehew (born September 22, 1964) is an American, Los Angeles-based, musician and record producer. He is a member of The Moog Cookbook and co-author

neg: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music From Way Out was a 1967 release of the second collaboration between electronic musicians Perrey and Kingsley. It was released on Vanguard Records, an independent label in Santa Monica, California, as Catalog # VSD-79264. In 1971, it was re-released using different cover artwork and under a new title: "". This album is one of the first to include a track using the Moog synthesizer, that being “The Savers”. This was recorded early 1966 when a friendship started between Jean-Jacques Perrey and Robert Moog, the creator of the

neg: Moog Music had acquired the UK trademark rights to "Moog" and "Minimoog" in 1996 and had been producing Moog branded instruments since then, early UK Minimoog Voyager models were instead branded as "Voyager by Bob Moog.". It wasn't until later that Bob Moog regained the trademark rights to "Moog" and "Minimoog" in the UK. 2004 marked Moog Music's 50th anniversary year, and Moog Music released a Voyager Anniversary Edition, the Moogerfooger MF-105 MuRF Multiple Resonance Filter effect pedal, and the Etherwave Pro Theremin. In 2006 Moog Music introduced a new 37 note, 2 oscillator analog synthesizer, the Little Phatty. It would be

neg: Moog synthesizer to acquire the rights to the Moog name and officially became Moog Music. Moog Music has been producing the Minimoog Voyager modeled after the original Minimoog since 2002. As of 2006, more than 15 companies are making Moog-style synthesizer modules. In March 2006, Moog Music unveiled the Little Phatty Analog Synthesizer, boasting "hand-built quality and that unmatched Moog sound, at a price every musician can afford". The first limited edition run of 1200 were a Bob Moog Tribute Edition with a Performer edition announced subsequently. In 2011, a number of Moog products can still be purchased, such as Moogerfoogers, Taurus

neg: Arco Iris (band) Sound that would explode in 1983 and 1984 and eventually lead to the Argentine Invasion overseas. In fact Santaolalla would help make "Rock En Español" massively popular beyond Argentina, and then go on to great things in Hollywood movie making in the United States music industry, as well as become one of the great producers of the current period. Which proves that Arco Iris is not only a historically significant group of the 1970s Argentine rock movement for what they did to the sound of Argentine rock, but considering that the members of Arco Iris went on to contribute in

neg: Hans Fjellestad music scene. Two years later, in 2004, he directed "Moog", the feature-length documentary about music synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog, which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In 2009, he was the writer and producer for the 2009 music documentary "The Heart Is A Drum Machine" with Juliette Lewis, Elijah Wood, John Frusciante, and Jason Schwartzman. In 2010, he released a film about Depression-era life and art, "When The World Breaks", which premiered at the 2010 Doc Edge Festival in New Zealand. In 2012, he directed the documentary "Sunset Strip", which premiered at SXSW 2012 and was broadcast on

neg: Mort Garson first arrangers and composers to work with the newly available Moog synthesizer, and his electronic albums from the period are now highly prized among collectors and exotica fans. A suite of Garson compositions with words by Jacques Wilson, released on Elektra Records, " - Celestial Counterpoint with Words and Music" includes tracks for each of the 12 signs of the zodiac. While Garson was writing the music, he was introduced to Robert Moog and decided to incorporate his invention into the album. The recording features Paul Beaver on a variety of electronic instruments with voice-overs by Cyrus Faryar. Released in

neg: Sir Robert Charles Griggs music, with all songs written by Griggs himself. Moog synthesizers and sound effects on some tracks set this album apart from the rest, as being ahead of its time. In 1968, Joe Williams recorded Griggs' song "Young Man on the Way Up" on the album "Something Old, New, and Blue" for Solid State Records, and in 1973, Dick Curless recorded "Country Soul" on the album The Last Blues Song. Griggs suffered from alcoholism and became disillusioned with the recording industry, dropping out of the scene altogether. He now lives in Hemet, California, working as a custodian at a local school.

neg: Moog synthesizer The albums often had "Moog" in their titles (i.e. "Country Moog Classics", Martin Denny's "Exotic Moog", Gershon Kingsley's "Music To Moog By" etc.) although many used a variety of other brands of synthesizers and even organs as well. The kitsch appeal of these albums continue to have a small fanbase and the 1990s band The Moog Cookbook is a tribute to this style of music. Indeed, considering it was the first practical and widely used analog synthesizer, many people came to use "moog" to refer to music synthesizers in general (an example of genericization). The popularity and cultural impact of

neg: Moog Sonic Six Moog Sonic Six The Moog Sonic Six is a duophonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1972 to 1979. Because of its portable design and built-in speaker, the Sonic Six was widely used for lectures and educational purposes, often by Bob Moog himself. The Sonic Six is the result of Bill Waytena, then the owner of synthesizer manufacturer Musonics, acquiring R.A. Moog Inc. Interested in the marketing opportunity afforded by the Moog name, Waytena acquired R.A. Moog Inc., moved the company to Buffalo, New York, and renamed it Moog/Musonics (which eventually was shortened to simply Moog Music).

neg: Moog Music Herbert Deutsch, Moog Music produced some of the most popular synthesizers of all time. In November 1971, the company moved to Williamsville, New York. An old factory at the north end of Academy Street was purchased. The company was renamed Moog Musonics, then Moog Music. In 1976 the company moved to a facility on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga. After becoming Moog Music, the company went through various changes of ownership, eventually being bought out by musical instrument manufacturer Norlin (who also owned the Gibson guitar company at the time). Norlin produced a number of synthesizers under the Moog name in

neg: Black Power Though the Black Power movement did not remedy the political problems faced by African Americans in the 1960s and 1970s, the movement did contribute to the development of black politics both directly and indirectly. As a contemporary of and successor to the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power movement created, what sociologist Herbert H. Haines refers to as a "positive radical flank effect" on political affairs of the 1960s. Though the nature of the relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power movement is contested, Haines' study of the relationship between black radicals and the mainstream civil rights

neg: Jean Multon changed his appearance since they met in Marseille and Hardy is not known by his real name Multon and Moog), Moog decided to have Hardy arrested at Chalon-sur-Saône where he was given to the Feldgendarmerie before being taken over by Barbie himself. Released in the evening of June 10, even today we do not know under what conditions he was released, he did not let his comrades and leaders of the Resistance know about his arrest. Meanwhile, Multon and Moog, who continued their journey to Paris, June 9 participate in the arrest of General Delestraint who also trained cells from

neg: Moog Music were essential to the sound of the Minimoog. The reissue added functionality such as a dedicated LFO (low frequency oscillator) which meant that the third oscillator no longer had to fill that role. The imminent end of the reissue run was announced in late 2017. In May 2018, at Moogfest, Moog Music announced the Moog Grandmother, a semi-modular synthesizer inspired by the circuitry from the original Moog Modular. It is the first Moog synthesizer to have a built-in spring reverb. In 2005, the Bob Moog Foundation was formed by one of Moog's daughters and is not affiliated with Moog Music

neg: Stan Free Five: Would You Believe? Jazz Alive." Free's best-known recording was the Moog hit, "Popcorn", with the album named Hot Butter. In addition to Free, five studio musicians contributed to the album. Free also toured and recorded with the First Moog Quartet, organized by Gershon Kingsley. Additionally he arranged music and conducted for many performers, notably the jazz vocalist Chris Connor (Chris Craft), and the comedian Jack Carter. He was also a studio musician for many of the rock and pop groups of the 1960s, including The Four Seasons, The Monkees and The Association. In 1979, Free played percussion on the