Moog Micromoog Manual

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"The manual was written by Tom Rhea. Tom Rhea is a legend of electronic music and a expert on the subject of synthesizers and sound synthesis—just google him to find out.

I like to think of this manual as a glossary of sound synthesis as well as a concise manual for the MICROMOOG. It gets straight to the point.

If only today’s manuals were as well detailed and illustrated as well as bound as this one. The manual starts with actual sound patches, so the user can start “playing” the instrument—instead of today’s programming language user interface crapola digital hell or going through tons of preset sounds before you can start creating. The manual was meant for getting into the synthesizer first and from that point learning the basics of sound synthesis. It may not come as a surprise knowing that Tom Rhea had a big hand in the development of many analog synthesizer models. His first hand experience was key in writing an incredibly useful and informative manual.

Besides being well-written it is a valuable resource for anyone entering into analog synthesis and/or analog synthesizers. The manual has a brief, but detailed explanation of sound, sound synthesis and practice—the explanations are easy enough for someone new to understand and detailed enough for the experienced individual to appreciate. Even if you do not own a MOOG, then you would still learn a great deal from this manual alone—a good place to start.

The manual consists of 8 sections as well as a full schematic at a total of 100 pages.

SECTIONS
1. Introduction
2. Getting a Sound
3. Sound Charts
4. Do-It-Yourself
5. Guided Synthesizer Tour
6. Open System
7. Review of Functions
8. Field Tuning and Technical Data
Plus the full Schematic"