This one spotted by synchro1 in the
LI Herald: "Unbeknown to many, one of the pioneers of modern music makes his living on the South Shore. Anyone who has studied music at Hofstra University would recognize him, as he has been teaching at the school for 51 years. His name is Herbert Deutsch, and he lives in Massapequa Park with his wife, Nancy. In 1964, at age 32, he co-invented the Moog synthesizer, helping to pave the way for electronic music...
It wasn’t until 1968, four years after Deutsch and Moog finished the prototype of the synthesizer, that it had its first commercial breakthrough, when composer Wendy Carlos used it in a recording called 'Switched-On Bach.' 'All of a sudden, classical musical people all bought it,' Deutsch said. 'That’s when the instrument really became big...'
The two men shared an intense fascination with music. While Deutsch himself was a musician, Moog made instruments, having earned his Ph.D. in physics engineering at Cornell in the late 1950s.
But when it came to electronic music, Deutsch recalled, Moog was something of a neophyte. 'He really didn’t know much about electronic music,' Deutsch said.
During their conversations, however, the two planted the seeds for what would become the Moog synthesizer. 'We kept talking about the fact that it would be great if there was an inexpensive, small instrument that could create electronic music,' said Deutsch.
The two eventually parted ways, but reunited — and continued their conversation — at a concert in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village in January 1964. They agreed to meet again that summer and brainstorm ideas. Moog wrote a formal letter to the Hofstra administration, outlining their plan in the hope that the university might give Deutsch a research grant. It did: $200.
'So for Hofstra’s $200, we got together in the summer of ’64,' Deutsch recounted, 'and within about three weeks, we developed what was going to be the Moog synthesizer.'"
Read the full article
here. If you want to read up on some of the history behind the beginnings of Moog and Buchla, check out the book Analog Days in the
Synth Books section. Also check out the Moog documentary in the
Synth Movies section.
Originally released on iTunes Japan [posted here], you can now find the app on iTunes US here. Videos previously posted here and here.
This one spotted by synchro1 in the LI Herald: "Unbeknown to many, one of the pioneers of modern music makes his living on the South Shore. Anyone who has studied music at Hofstra University would recognize him, as he has been teaching at the school for 51 years. His name is Herbert Deutsch, and he lives in Massapequa Park with his wife, Nancy. In 1964, at age 32, he co-invented the Moog synthesizer, helping to pave the way for electronic music...
via this auction
This JP4 also has the amazing MIDIpolis IO MIDI Retrofit, installed!
via this auction
"Max Loderbauer, veteran Berlin-based electronica/techno producer (Sun Electric, Moritz von Oswald Trio, NSI), who has recently been a frequent collaborator with Ricardo Villalobos.
"Dominic Butler of London-based Factory Floor (DFA RECORDS), described by the NME as "post industrial, but it moves beyond that; this is post-apocalyptic, the soundtrack of an underworld disco."
"Andreas Schneider: the man behind SchneidersBuero - more than just a place to buy modular synthesizers and esoteric electronic music machines, it's also a community center for sonic adventurers.
"One of a small run of pre-order units of the near legendary John Bowen Solaris. For those who don't know, John Bowen started out working with Moog and became part of Sequential Circuits with Dave Smith. From there he went to work with Korg on such luminary products as the Wavestation and Oasys. The Solaris has been years in the planning and stems from Johns work at Sonic Core/Creamware. It's not really fair to simply call it a virtual analog synth as although it has modeled oscillators from Moog, CEM (SCI) and Wavetables and filters modeled from Moog, Oberheim, SEM as well as Comb and Vocal filters, it is much more than a VA. Semi modular in design there are hundreds of parameters and possible routings. Once central display and 5 sub displays help keep track of all the parameters along with 40 rotary controller knobs and numerous buttons!
via eBay UK
