Moog Grammy Sale

"Moog’s February Grammy Sale: Once More with Feeling

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (February 1, 2009) – Starting today, for the full 28 days of February…and for the last time, Moog Music is offering hefty rebates on its best-selling equipment. Moog’s Grammy Sale offers rebates of $100 on any Minimoog Voyager, $75 on any Little Phatty and $30 on any Etherwave theremin or Moogerfooger purchased from authorized Moog dealers during February.

“We’ve been doing this program for five years and it’s proven to have a positive impact on Moog dealer sales ~ every year we see a significant spike in customer product registrations during the month of February. We plan to replace the Grammy Sale with something equally attractive in the future, and we thank our loyal customers for participating in the sale,” said Chris Stack, Moog Marketing Manager.

Visit moogmusic.com during February for more information on the Moog Grammy Sale.

About Moog Music: Moog Music and its customers carry on the legacy of Bob Moog, the inventor of the synthesizer. Moog designs and manufactures electronic musical instruments, including Little Phatty® and Minimoog® Voyager® synthesizers, Moogerfooger® effects modules, Etherwave® theremins and The Moog Guitar. Founded by Bob Moog, Moog Music designs and manufactures its products in Asheville, N.C."

Nebulon-B Studio Shots

You can find more shots of Nebulong-B Studio located in Burnaby Canada here.

DIY Drum Machine 1

YouTube via tbx0x. via this auction. images previously posted here.

DIY Drum Machine 2

Synton 3000 Modular Synthesizer

larger shots for this auction previously posted here.

Waldorf Microwave XT Shadow

SHADOW XT via this auction

OBERHEIM OB-Mx

via this auction

"Oberheim OB-Mx (5U rack) configuration 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 voices. Your mileage may vary depending on your needs and your money-portfolios. It is rather rare in general, there are only 2 voices! It is in perfect condition. The cards 2 voices may be sold separately. In 1994 the base was 2 voices in the 3400 Euros and each card was worth more than 1000 Euros!"

M4M - The making of "Can of Worms" + 1st performance (whacking a pattern on the ESX1)

YouTube via muzik4machines
"MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/muzik/4/mac...
Jump to 3:16 for just the song
another on the fly whacking of a pattern on the ESX, timecoded (took about 25 minutes to prepare it, then played it for about 5 minutes, edited out the boring bits(note copy, octaves, etc)"

General Music No More

http://www.generalmusic.com

via AH: GeneralMusic declared bankruptcy laying off 75 workers

Their official website appears to just have you see here on the left. It's sad to see any synth company go under. Condolences to all at General Music.

Update via antonio on the AH list: "I received a couple of requests about Generalmusic history and in the meantime I received an email from Roberto of VIEI yahoo group (italian synth and organs) that I'm translating (kind of :D )here:
Generalmusic moved first steps thanks to an accordion built in 1890 in the Antonio Galanti artisan laboratory with the help of 3 sons a company was created: the award-winning factory Galanti accordions. After accordions they started crafting classical and electric guitars (much
later). In 1959 the 3 brothers founded in Mondaino the General Electro Music (GEM) company. At the start they worked for other companies like Baldwin, Thomas, Vox with no internal brand.
In 1966 they created the first branded GEM instrument: the "Minigem", a portable electronic organ. It was a big success and they decided to expand creating other 2 companies the "Intercontinetal Electronics" and in San Marino, "Titanic Music". In Marignano, where is the current (closed) factory, they created the "Laboratorio Elettroacustico Musicale" (LEM) specialized in amplifiers. In 1987 GEM acuires the ELKA brand and 1994 changes the name in GeneralMusic (GEM, LEM and ELKA). Other brands acquired during those years are pianos Schulze Pollmann, (plant Fermigliano) and church organs Ahlborn in 1992. During the 80s and 90s the company had about 450 workers. Many analog keyboards were created under the GEM brand: Pk4900 a Gem synth, the Instapiano, Instastring and many others (I guess Peter Forrest would be more precise than me!).

now seems really the end of the story...

thanks (to Roberto)

antonio"

Keyfax 2

via this auction. Note this is a VEMIA listing.

"Extremely rare - not surprising as it was published nearly 23 years ago and not re-printed... A comprehensive guide to keyboards and synthesizers from the 70s up until 1986, 240 pages, and, at 7 x 10 inches, larger format than, for instance, the A-Z books. By far the best of the Keyfax editions if you like old analogue stuff. Loads of reviews of analogue classics, as well as some of the interesting old digital stuff of the era such as Fairlights, Synclaviers, and Yamahas. The next revision (Keyfax 3) loses quite a few of the most interesting and obscure synths, while the previous one came out before a lot of the late analogue classics, so this one is definitely the one to go for. (This edition unfortunately loses a few compared with the first edition, including the Polymoog - but J.C. so hated that synth after being given one for a gig when he'd asked to hire a Prophet 5, that there's not much loss.)"

Stephen Parsick's Cambrium

"'cambrium - music for protozoa' was music for a planetarium programme which was composed and conceived in the second half of 2008. The original idea was to record an album which was based entirely on the sounds created on only an ARP 2600 synthesiser with matching sequencers, utilising extensive analogue and digital processing, loop devices, and various treatments. To me, it was like making electronic music the way an old-fashioned pioneer of the genre would have in the 1950s or 1960s, just using a very basic synthesiser, a couple of tape recorders, a splicing block, and whatever outboard gear the studio had available."
You can listen to four of the tracks on site.