Peace, Love, Bob

"Greetings Friends,

It has been a very exciting month for the Bob Moog Foundation! As we continue build our organizational and financial base, we are gaining the support of many different and diverse groups.

Let me first thank Sound Tribe Sector Nine (STS9), a rockin' jam band, who donated a portion of their ticket sales from their April 27 show at Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium to The Moog Foundation. Ever the socially-conscious group of guys, STS9's donation go to support the foundation’s outreach program which will bring electronic music to disadvantaged kids. We are thrilled and grateful to have STS9’s support--thanks guys!

On the other end of the musical spectrum, the Asheville Symphony Orchestra is dedicating their May 19 concert to Dad. Along with Haydn and Milhaud, the orchestra will be performing Gustav Holst’s “Planets”, using six Moog Little Phatty Synthesizers in the final movement. Innovation and creativity link these three composers, who were known for pushing the musical boundaries of their day. A fitting tribute to Dad, without a doubt.

In other news, we are excited to announce that Moog Foundation Gear is on our website! We are now offering Foundation T-shirts and bumper stickers as a free gift when you donate. Our classy t-shirts are very cool and have a lot of personal touches. The concept came from my sister Renee, the design was created by Jenny Greer of SoundMindMedia, who also designed our logo. The pocket on the t-shirt has a special meaning of its own. To find out what it is, check it out on our “Foundation Gear”! Please show your support by donating today and wearing this great shirt!!!

Get your Moog on.

Michelle Moog-Koussa
Executive Director"

Barry Schrader Interview

The following interview is up for live streaming. Title link takes you there.

"Outsight Radio Interview: Barry Schrader This 25 February chat with Barry Schrader covers his '60s and '70s innovations with early Buchla models and the animal kingdom input of a bird ("Fallen Sparrow") and a musical pot-bellied pig ("Duke's Tune"). (Barry Schrader has generously made his albums Available as a Member Premium (In Limited Quantities) for your Membership Support of this series - Click Here)" [link after the hop]

BarrySchrader.com

243 Programmable Pulser

flickr by verbos2002.

"Finally finished and working. This is my custom designed and built Programmable Pulser. It's based on a 246 core, but with changes to make it easier to source the parts. The LEDs are real pretty. Like a Christmas tree. What's great about this is that there is a pulse out and pulse in on each step. So there is no need for a reset input. Any step can be the start and any one can be the end. A row can be fed into the stage 1 pulse input to make a reset row. The analog input sweeps between steps with a 0-15 volt CV."

Pacemaker Pocket DJ Mixer and Looper?

Almost didn't put this one up not seeing the synth connection. I then read the features include loop and sound effects. And get this... 120 GB. Yeah, I think I'll make an exception for this. Nice design as well. Title link takes you there.

via /oscar.



Update: I could be reading into the looping aspect. Time will tell. Regardles 120 GB of recording space for your synth experimentations would be mighty nice. Simon says...

Waldorf MiniWorks EQ-27

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"Extremely rare Waldorf EQ-27 programmable EQ. Has stereo in/out, MIDI in/thru, and comes with manual (german) and power supply. Has 14 bands that can be configured to boost or cut by 24db each. Save your presets and scroll thru them via CC if you want. Provides radical tone shaping with the sweet sound waldorf is famous for. Intuitive interface operates similarly to Pulse and Miniworks filter. Easy to use and sounds fantastic on the outputs of a synth or MPC."

BOSS PC-2 Percussion Synthesizer

via this auction.

Details:
"This item is slightly larger that a standard Boss guitar pedal, and makes some very cool electro bloop and bleep type percussive sounds. There is an LFO with both depth and rate, a pitch control, sweep control, decay and sensitivity controls. Very versatile for its size. You can tap or hit the blue pad, or there is an input jack in the back that can be used to trigger the unit as well. I've used my guitar to trigger some pretty bizarre laser gun sounds. Very cool and unusual pedal."

Nord Modular

flickr by west_berliner1.
via Mike.

Sound Pages via Ron

Click here for a number of SoundPage Flexidiscs (flexi disk) sent my way via Ron aka nonbeing. Enjoy. The following is the full track listing:

DISK 1 (One)
1. “Cranes In Their Nest”
Arranged, performed, and produced on synthesizer by Isao Tomita (with Goro Yamasuchi on Shakuhachi)
Soundpage No. 11 (August 1985)
Flip Side: Blank

2. “My Wife with Champagne Shoulders”
Composed, performed, and produced by Mark Isham
Soundpage No. 14 (November 1985)
Flip Side: Blank

3. “Moon Machine”
Jean-Michel Jarre
Soundpage No. 18 (March 1986)

4. Flip Side of 3: “An Introduction to the Kurzweil 250”

5. “Sometimes . . . Not Always”
Ralph Grierson
Soundpage No. 20 (May 1986)

6. Flip Side of 5: “The Kurzweil 250 Rock Block – A Demonstration”
Original music composed and performed by Paul Heckert live to 2-track master using Kurzweil 250 presets only.

7. Synth Sketch for “Varying Lengths”
Lyle Mays
Soundpage No. 22 (July 1986)

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PAiA P9700S

Click here for shots via this auction

New PAiA modular. BTW, I'm curious how this one sounds compared to the Fatman. If you you have one please comment.

PAiA 2720

Click here for shots via this auction

Details:
"The 2720 was one of the first modular systems from PAiA originally sold as a kit in the seventies. Its patchable capabilities and unique sound make this synth stand apart from other synths of its time. The modules can be patched together and used with the keyboard, or can be expanded and easily connected to other patchable gear. A very versatile instrument that can also be used as an incredible analog effects processor.

the ten modules included in this system:

power supply
voltage control oscillator
function generator
control oscillator
voltage control amplifier
bandpass filter
low pass filter
envelope follower
inverter buffer
sine/pwm"