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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
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Check out the questions and what others are saying about all things Moog on the Moog User's Forum.
The readers of Mix Magazine have voted to honor the Little Phatty in the 2007 Mix TEC Awards.
Presented annually by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, the TEC Awards honor the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, films, TV shows and live performances.
www.moogmusic.com   (253 words)

  
  Inventor of the Week: Archive
Moog's synthesizer also boasted the voltage-controlled lowpass filter that came to be known as the Moog filter, capable of making a variety of full horn, string and vocal timbres.
Moog's awards include the Silver Medal of the Audio Engineering Society; the Trustee's Award of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; the Billboard Magazine Trendsetter's Award; and the SEAMUS award from the Society of Electroacoustic Music in the United States.
Moog's newest project is an "interactive piano" that uses a touch screen the size of a laptop to take the place of sheet music.
web.mit.edu /invent/iow/moog.html   (793 words)

  
 Robert Moog - Salon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
When Moog (rhymes with "vogue") unveiled the Moog music synthesizer in 1965, his engineering skills combined with a bit of business luck to radically change the way music was made.
Growing up in the '40s in Flushing, Queens, Moog suffered the usual cruelties boys inflict on the smarter, more introverted members of their tribe: "I was the class brain," he recalled in one of several e-mail interviews.
The Moog was modular: You used patch cords to select your waveform (the sound's timbre) and frequency (pitch), and plugged in the interface -- a keyboard, instead of the binary code on paper that had defined the first RCAs.
dir.salon.com /people/bc/2000/04/25/moog/index.html   (844 words)

  
 Moog Music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moog Music Inc. is an American company based in Asheville, NC which manufactures electronic musical instruments.
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).
Moog Music was forced into bankruptcy in 1986.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moog_Music   (389 words)

  
 Synthmuseum.com - Moog
One of Moog's thereminists was Herbert Deutsch, a composer.
Moog and Deutsch met in 1963 at a conference.
Moog had his very first prototype built in August 1964.
www.synthmuseum.com /moog   (3008 words)

  
 Moog synthesizer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moog synthesizers were one of the first widely used electronic musical instruments.
In 1971 Moog Music began production of the Minimoog Model D which was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers.
Moog Music was the first company to commercially release a keytar, the Moog Liberation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moog_synthesizer   (960 words)

  
 The Revolution of Moog Technology
Robert Moog was not the originator of the synthesizer but a pioneer in the enhancement or changing of analog sound.
Moog wanted to have a portable musical instrument that could change analog sounds into synthesizer type sound.
In 1964, Robert Moog began to manufacture electronic music synthesizers that was later designed with Herbert A. Deutsch and Walter, Wendy Carlos in mind.
www.geocities.com /nenatea/moog.html   (225 words)

  
 Metroactive Music | Bob Moog
Readers vicariously experience the thrill of discovery Moog and his contemporaries felt in creating something totally new, seeing synthesizers not as profit-making machines, but as instruments with their own unpredictable quirks and qualities.
Moog and Carlos collaborated often to refine the functionality of the synth, a process Carlos outlines on the 1987 recording Secrets of Synthesis.
Hans Fjellestad's whimsical 2004 documentary Moog opts not to establish a definitive portrait of the synthesizer's origins, but rather to paint a character sketch of Moog as a person whose innate, bottomless curiosity about the world around him are reflected in the intuitive nature of the instruments he built.
www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/09.14.05/moog-0537.html   (740 words)

  
 RTE.ie Entertainment - Electronic music pioneer Moog dies
Mr Moog was diagnosed with brain cancer in April and had been receiving radiation treatment and chemotherapy.
He invented the Moog Modular Synthesiser in 1963 and went on to create a range of synthesisers, which have been used in recording studios since the 1960s.
"He was a musical pioneer for the love of it and musicians everywhere have had the opportunity to expand their own creative horizons with Bob's inventions," said Mike Adams, president of Moog Music.
www.rte.ie /arts/2005/0823/moogb.html   (119 words)

  
 Interview with Robert Moog
Moog: I was born and raised in New York City.
Moog: There are a few others, but according to the New York Times, we are the leading manufacturer in the world.
Moog: The phaser is mono in and stereo out, while the other two modules are mono in and mono out.
www.infinitesound.com /moog.htm   (1265 words)

  
 Plexifilm -- New DVD Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
MOOG, the new documentary about Robert Moog, inventor of the modern synthesiser, is a portrait of the legendary figure in music and technology and his ideas about creativity, design, interactivity, spirituality and his collaborations with musicians over the years.
And he was proud of all the music that came from his machines from The Beatles to Dick Hyman to Pink Floyd to Sun Ra to The Moog Cookbook, and on and on.
MOOG was directed by Hans Fjellestad and produced by Fjellestad and Ryan Page, who collaborated on FRONTIER LIFE (2002), a film about Tijuana, Mexico, and its burgeoning electronic dance music scene.
www.plexifilm.com /moog.html   (451 words)

  
 The Moog Synthesizer
Moog synthesizers were custom assembled for each order.
Hotrodding Moogs is a whole topic in itself: it's a delicate balance bewteen fixing glaring problems and keeping the essential Moog sound.
Moog assumed that being able to run the 901 oscillators at subaudio rates would give enough LFO type control.
arts.ucsc.edu /ems/music/equipment/synthesizers/analog/moog/Moog.html   (1818 words)

  
 Robert Moog and The Moog Synthesiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Robert Moog developed his ideas for an electronic instrument by starting out in 1961 building and selling Theremin kits and absorbing ideas about transistorised modular synthesisers from the German designer Harald Bode.
Whilst attending a convention in the winter of '63, Moog was introduced to the idea of building new circuits that would be capable of producing sound.
Moog's synthesisers were designed in collaboration with the composers Herbert A. Deutsch, and Walter (later Wendy) Carlos.
www.obsolete.com /120_years/machines/moog   (294 words)

  
 ROBERT MOOG
Moog's instruments have been influential in the work of bands including Tangerine Dream, Yes and Kraftwerk and composers such as John Cage and Wendy Carlos, as well as featured on albums by Stereolab, 808 State and Radiohead.
Moog and Scott maintained a social and professional relationship for 20 years — Moog's strong rapport with creative pioneers is a hallmark of his career.
Moog himself dismisses much of that output as kitschy commercialism, and his interests clearly lie in pushing the envelope of electronics rather than in pop-music fads.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_robert_moog   (689 words)

  
 Music Explorium - Moog Electronic Instruments and Effects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
One of Moog Music’s technicians has presented workshops in our store, as well as co-presenting with us at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh in conjunction with a Theremin Festival.
The founder of Music Explorium spent countless happy hours with the modular Moog synthesizer in his college’s electronic music studio, and now similarly inspires others by presenting his customers with an eclectic array of instruments to explore the world of sound, both acoustic and electric.
Moog Music draws on a long tradition of analog design to build instruments with great sound, musician-friendly user interfaces, and rugged, good-looking classic-style enclosures.
www.musicexplorium.com /moog.html   (999 words)

  
 Create Digital Music
Moog Music president Mike Adams says, “We are completely sold out and my understanding is that only a few dealers have the Tribute Editions available.” I’m not sure it’s quite that scarce yet, but if you want the Tribute, act now.
Legendary composer Wendy Carlos remembers Bob Moog in a moving set of recollections, music, and documents, including the music and thoughts she shared in a gathering in North Carolina shortly after his death last year.
Moog’s voice booms over a rich and wildly eclectic mix of music built on his instruments, interspersed by the voiceover from an old Moog Music demo piece.
createdigitalmusic.com /tag/moog   (2658 words)

  
 Theremin Vox - Moog Music Announces Etherwave Pro
It is the latest development in Moog Music's fifty-year history of building high quality theremins.
In addition to its outstanding musicality and range, the Etherwave Pro is a visually stunning instrument in a unique blend of futuristic and retro styling with striking vertical lines, nickel plated knobs, and a birds-eye maple front panel.
Moog Music Inc. designs and manufactures timeless electronic musical instruments, including theremins, Moogerfooger® analog effects modules, the Minimoog® Voyager™ and the Moog PianoBar™.
www.thereminvox.com /article/static/104   (329 words)

  
 MOOG [a film by hans fjellestad]
Moog not only made prodigious contributions to modern music and culture, but he became a character within an unfolding "American maverick inventor" mythology.
Moog certainly walked and talked the "mad scientist" part, complete with the fly-away white hair, intense eyes, eccentric mannerisms and a head full of stories.
MOOG is distributed in North America by PLEXIFILM, in the UK/EU by Plexi, in Japan by Nowonmedia, and in Australia by Stomp Entertainment
www.zu33.com /moog   (774 words)

  
 Bob Moog | Robotspeak Interview
Looking at the impact Moog’s inventions have had on our culture, he not only changed the history of music by making it acceptable to bring music technology out from behind the curtain, but he made a larger cultural impact by reminding everyone that through technology we can still find uncharted frontiers for creative expression.
I had some musical training at the time and there was just something about working with sound and circuits that made sound that I really liked.
The waveforms in here (points to Moog Voyager) are made continuously, just like the vibrations of a string or an air column and the filters and the amplifiers operate on those sounds continuously.
www.robotspeakmagazine.com /articles/bob_moog.html   (2671 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Synthesiser pioneer Dr Moog dies
Moog built his first electronic instrument - a theremin - aged 14 and made the MiniMoog, "the first compact, easy-to-use synthesiser", in 1970.
Moog remained a respected musical figure and in recent years many musicians, including Brian Eno, The Cure, Fatboy Slim and Stereolab kept the sound alive, even as analogue synthesisers were superseded by digital instruments.
Moog had received both radiation treatment and chemotherapy to help combat his brain disease.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/4173510.stm   (327 words)

  
 Synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog dies - MUSIC - MSNBC.com
Robert Moog, "father of the synthesizer," receives the Polar Music Prize from the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, during a 2001 ceremony in Stockholm.
A childhood interest in the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, would lead Moog to a create a career and business that tied the name Moog as tightly to synthesizers as the name Les Paul is to electric guitars.
The Beatles used a Moog synthesizer on their 1969 album, “Abbey Road”; a Moog was used to create an eerie sound on the soundtrack to the 1971 film “A Clockwork Orange”.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/9040977   (599 words)

  
 Vintage Synth Explorer - Moog Music Minimoog Voyager   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Big Briar (formed by Dr. Moog in 1978) became popular in the nineties with their moogerfooger analog effect boxes and Etherwave Theremins.
In 2002, Moog got the rights back to Moog Music so Big Briar (and all its products) are now Moog Music.
Moog Music is producing the Minimoog Voyager synthesizer in two editions: the Signature Edition (pictured above) and the Performer Edition (below).
www.vintagesynth.com /moog/voyager.shtml   (851 words)

  
 Moog Patents
Possibly the most famous electronic music patent ever, this is the guts of the circuitry for the Moog 904A voltage-controlled low-pass filter, the Moog 904B voltage-controlled high-pass filter and the Moog 904C filter coupler.
Bob Moog probably noted that a filter for musical applications should have a steep slope (24 dB/oct in this case), should have the resonance adjustable without affecting the tuned frequency (and vice-versa), and that the resonance should be adjustable to oscillation.
In the early days of hobbyist electronic music a VCA or VCF was often implemented on the cheap, avoiding transconductance amps and matched transistors, by pulse-width-modulating a CMOS gate at a high frequency to simulate a voltage controlled resistor.
www.till.com /articles/moog/patents.html   (3507 words)

  
 Moog – Music at Last.fm
Moog is an indie rock band from Hungary.
Moog might not be making music anymore, but if they are, you can help keep other users informed by adding new events when they're announced.
Music Journals on Last.fm You can be the first person to write a journal about Moog.
www.last.fm /music/Moog   (182 words)

  
 1970 Robert Moog Moog Music Minimoog Synthesizer
Sensing a new market, Moog took the most requested modules from his large modular systems and put them into an easy-to-use package that didn't require patch cords or programming knowledge.
The pro community saw the Minimoog as an audio tool, but the response at NAMM from music dealers was less rosy, especially in an era when synths simply weren't sold in music stores.
Years later, Moog bought the company back, and today, Moog Music offers keyboard and rackmount versions of the Minimoog (now updated with MIDI, preset memories and more), but its thick, chunky, phat, classic sound remains faithful to the original.
mixonline.com /TECnology-Hall-of-Fame/moog-music-minimoog-090106   (192 words)

  
 Vintage Synth Explorer - Minimoog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It's a filter that sounds so warm and smooth that Moog rival ARP tried to copy it for their 2600 and Odyssey synths.
Then there was a VERY short period in which Moog Music, which had just merged with the smaller Musonics company, saw the production of a scant handful of "Moog Musonics" Minis.
Finally, it was successfully reproduced by Moog Synthesizers in the UK, with MIDI and other updated features.
www.vintagesynth.com /moog/moog.shtml   (700 words)

  
 The Moog Cookbook - Biography - AOL Music
After hearing their rich and textured songs, it's hard to believe that the Moog Cookbook is only a duo (comprised of Roger Manning and Brian Kehew).
Imperial Drag was an excursion into early-'70s glam rock, while the Moog Cookbook played synthesized versions of popular rock hits by other artists, performing in space-suit disguises and adopting the aliases Meco Eno and Uli Nomi.
Due to the success of the debut, the Moog Cookbook returned to the studio, eventually producing Ye Olde Space Bande in 1997.
music.aol.com /artist/the-moog-cookbook/174781/biography   (293 words)

  
 MOOG ZONE
SonicState reviews the Aturia Model V a software Moog plugin available for both Mac and Windows.
Moog's own site featuring the Voyager, Piano Bar (piano MIDI controller) plus other innovative electronic musical instruments.
Moog community, where Moog lovers from around the world can meet, discuss and share all types of Moog-related information.
www.synthzone.com /moog.htm   (556 words)

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