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zappaboggs wrote:
Here is some info: http://www.zu33.com/moog/"Pishock, Jimmy" <jimmy.pishock@...> wrote:
Moog Documentary
Director: Hans Fjellestad (Not Rated,70 min.)
Few people can say theyhave become a synonym for a sound, but Robert Moog is one such person.His name instantly brings to mind the trippy-sounding roboticized noisesthat helped supply the soundtrack for the '60s and '70s. In 1964, composerHerbert Deutsch and Moog (it rhymes with "vogue") created the first modularsynthesizer, a device that made working with electronic sounds much easierthan traveling to a room filled with wires and circuits or coaxing a theremin.As a testament to how unusual the Moog synthesizer seemed at the time,Moog recalls a story about a conference where someone asked him if he felt"guilty" for his invention, as if the synthesizer was somehow unnaturalcompared to other instruments. Unnatural or not, it took off. Championedby Walter (now Wendy) Carlos on the popular Switched-On Bach album,the Moog became a favorite of prog-rockers, experimental composers, andscience-fiction soundtrack artists alike.
Greetings Everyone,
I think it's safe to say that Trons and Moogs
go hand-in-hand like beer and pretzels,beerand sports,beer and grilling , and even beer and beer.....Last week on the American History Channel, therewas a
segment of "History's Lost and Found " featuringMoog #1prototype ,built circa 1964 .The programme explainedthe history of the Moog exactly as outlinedabove.Whilst fumbling for a videotape, I missed the currentlocation
of Moog #1 . It can prob. be researched on HistoryChannel.Com .Mellotron MK-I #101 or its prototype predecessorhas most
likely gone to its reward. JB, do you have anyinfo you can sharewith us ?Cheers, JK