Aug 22
Synthesiser inventor Robert Moog, RIP
Robert Moog (awesome surname), the man who invented the synthesiser, has died. His inventions formed a central element of the music of the 1960s. His invention was eagerly embraced by bands like the Beach Boys and the Beatles. Down to this day, people are messing around with music technology that he helped to shape.
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Channel Four news had a moog enthusiast as a studio guest, making some truly progtastic sounds from one. Jon Snow didn’t know what to make of if!
Lol, he was also the uncle (I believe) of UFO’s Phil Moog and the Moog in the Quireboys.
Tie me ‘Stylophone’ down sport. Under the bonnet it’s all Moog, and it sounds like it. Two oscillators, plus a good resonant filter, plus limited polyphony…