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In this report from a longer programme, Derek Cooper introduces the Moog synthesiser, an instrument that can produce a variety of noises and arrangements, both mimicking real instruments and creating new sounds, all electronically.
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Developed by Dr Robert Moog, the Moog synthesiser evolved from a kit known as a Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Module, which Moog demonstrated in prototype form in 1964. The first production models emerged in 1967, accompanied by a sample record of music composed by Walter Carlos (later Wendy Carlos, after her sex-change operation in 1972). It was Carlos's 1968 album 'Switched-On Bach' that catapulted Moog-produced music into popular culture, though examples of music made on the synthesiser had already been released by The Doors, The Monkees and Simon & Garfunkel, among others.
YouTube via redmartian "This one was done back on the test bench. I wanted to make a morphing polyphonic sound that could be played with a single note. There is a part that is chromatic part that is played first and then step glided later. I believe I only used 6 oscillators with a mixture of various wave forms using the Voltage Controlled Control Voltage mixer for movement.
YouTube via redmartian "Just got the Acidlab Miami (An enhanced clone of the Roland TR-808) and made a short demo. The arpeggio is played on a Roland Jupiter-4 triggered by the Miami The bass is played on a rev 1 Prophet-5 The chords are played on a rev 1 Prophet-5"
YouTube via RadiPho "Initial testing of the Motiquencer ... a 4 separate 16 step sequencers, sequencer... each sequencer has an input to control up/down, hold, reset, step advance. It is built with discrete CMOS logic and as one may see in this video, is entirely 100% hand wired ... 100's of wires flying every where!. The front panel, as with most the rest of the synth, is completely unlabeled and was drilled by hand with a hand drill so that the rows and columns of jacks and pots waver and wobble from any ideal of symmetrical precision."