The Moogseum Project from Steve White on Vimeo.
A Moog museum. A program to bring electronic instruments into schools. Ton of archives, schematics written by Bob on display for the public. These are a few of the things the Moog Foundation is working on and they need your help. This is not a “mini” project! The Moog brand is a true American success story and it’s story deserves great respect and preservation.
“Michelle Moog-Koussa of The Bob Moog Foundation discusses the first Bob Moog museum or MOOGSEUM.” – Steve White
Learn more and donate: www.moogfoundation.org
Visit Moog online: www.moogmusic.com
This entry was written by , posted on April 13, 2009 at 4:51 am, filed under business, synthesizer and tagged Bob Moog, moog. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
MicroMoog and Freqbox from Rhythmicons on Vimeo.
“Good evening ladies and gentleman my name is Eric from the Rhythmicons demonstrain’ some Moog products.” Specifically Eric uses the FreqBox as a second Oscillator for a old Micromoog. Things get fun at about 3:33 in. The USA flag surely fits in this Arkansas Moog kitchen!
Here’s how Eric did it:
MicroMoog Kbd out to Cp251 Attenuator
Attenuator out to Freqbox Frequency input
Freq Out to Audio Input of Freqbox.
Audio output to MicroMoog Audio Input.
Definitely check out some of Gabe Carlisle and Eric Kriner’s music: www.myspace.com/rhythmicons
This entry was written by , posted on March 25, 2009 at 4:44 am, filed under synthesizer, video and tagged Eric Kriner, Gabe Carlisle, MF-107, Micromoog, moog, Rhythmicons. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUhXOGHEr9Y
Um… ok. I don’t really have anything to add to this. Well I can add that I’ve been watching Milo this week while my mother is on vacation in Florida and he’s living up to his song. Every night at around 3:00AM deer show up in our backyard so Milo decides to go freakin nuts barking. He also decided to roll in squirrel droppings for some reason. It was a new experience taking a shower with a dog cover in feces. I used an entire bottle of baby shampoo.
“Üter the amazing wiener dog loves to lick peanut butter off of a minimoog. If you like the sound of the Minimoog’s third oscillator, you should try it with peanut butter smeared on the knob.” – parrygripp.com
Want more Moog? Click here: moogmusic.com
This entry was written by , posted on March 21, 2009 at 8:18 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged dog, Minimoog, moog, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Today a good friend of mine asked me if it was ok if we just traded mix CD’s this year for Christmas. I guess hard times are here so this years official Wire to the Ear Christmas gift guide is strictly limited to great but budget priced stocking stuffers.
Schematic of Moog Synthesizer T-Shirt. $14. Available at Etsy. link
Puremagnetik Micropak Sample Pack. $5.75 per month. link
Great American Jaw Harp. $11.50 Amazon.com link
KingMax 8GB Tiny Machine Washable USB Memory Stick. $15.40 Amazon.com link
Naiant X-P Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone. $29 link
So what are you giving this year?
photo credit: julian
This entry was written by , posted on December 12, 2008 at 8:28 am, filed under hardware and tagged Christmas, gift, Jaw Harp, KingMax, microphone, moog, Naiant, Puremagnetik. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I like the wood case this guy built for his Minimax ASB. Although he does a convincing job of making you believe the old and new synths sound the same I’d still need to hear the uncompressed ala YouTube sound to make a judgment. Nothing beats the real thing right? In the end it’s the song that matters, the notes you play and the story you tell. Still this is a fun comparison!
“This is a direct comparison between my Minimoog (1976) and a Creamware Minimax ASB, trying to use the same settings on both instruments and playing them together or one at a time.” – zioguido
A review of the Minimax ASB in Sound on Sound magazine: click here
Visit the Moog website: click here
Do you own any Moogs?
This entry was written by , posted on September 26, 2008 at 10:36 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged ASB, Creamware, Minimax, Minimoog, moog, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here’s a pretty new plug-in for the new Universal Audio UAD-2! It seems to have all the right stuff too: self-oscillation, drive control, stereo tonal shifting, good modulation options and yay a wet/dry knob. No need for me to blab too much about what it can do because there is a great video overview here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxpB6mKXDn0
If UA were able to conceive a Moog product, what would it be? The answer is revealed in the soon-to-be-released Moog Multimode Filter, which delivers the first truly analog-sounding VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) digital emulation made for mixing, performing, creating, or destroying. How can we claim this? The devil is in the details …Created in conjunction with the foremost pioneers in synthesis, the Moog Multimode Filter is a virtual tabletop filter set that combines the best of Bob Moog’s classic designs with select features from his final Voyager instrument. It is an amalgam of the best new and classic Moog designs, with a few innovations thrown in! – www.uaudio.com
If you want to stay native I like the Fabfilter Volcano 2 and Timeless combo.
This entry was written by , posted on August 30, 2008 at 12:03 am, filed under plug-ins and tagged fabfilter, filter, moog, UAD-2, Universal Audio. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Comicon was last week so I got inspired to make some strips for Wire to the Ear. I hope you find them somewhat entertaining. Feel free to share and repost them. I used the excellent Comic Life Magiq from Plasq. You can download the high resolution PDF of all four strips by: clicking here
Or view the next three after the jump…
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This entry was written by , posted on July 30, 2008 at 3:49 am, filed under hardware and tagged comic, moog, Nordlead, roland, Tenori-on, Waldorf. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I visit a great forum at vintagesynth.org to see what old toys people are using. There is a thread going on titled, “Roland SH-3 (not 3a) questions and value.” which I have been following. I own a Roland SH3 so I’m 
always curious to see how rare it actually is. I’ve mentioned before on this blog that Roland was sued by Moog over it’s filter design in the SH3 and shortly after released the SH3A.
Forum members have been contributing audio samples to see if there is a real difference between the 3 and 3A so I decided to upload a set for of my SH3 for everyone to check out. Each same is pure Roland SH3, no compressor or any effects. Recorded directly into a Motu 828 using Ableton Live. You can download the 24bit Wav files in a .zip or listen to the 320kpbs MP3s batch encoded using LAME and Techspansion’s great AudialHub.
The audio player will play each sample in succession:
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You can download the high resolution Wavs by clicking here:
Roland_SH3-24bit_Wav.zip
Roland SH3 by Oliver Chesler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
You can also see some videos of the SH3 in action in my studio: click here
This entry was written by , posted on July 11, 2008 at 1:20 am, filed under hardware, sounds, synthesizer and tagged moog, Roland SH3, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The National Association of Music Merchants otherwise known as NAMM met for their summer event last week in Austin, Texas Nashville, TN. Here’s the new gear and software I personally thought was interesting. I know some of these are not actual NAMM debuts but they fall in the “outed summer 08″ category and were featured at the show.
Korg nanoSERIES. These small, flat and inexpensive controllers are just what a lot of musicians have been waiting for. These are perfect to toss in a laptop bag. The nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL will be available in October and will each be under $150. link
The Moog Guitar. Some people are scratching their heads on this one. A Guitar from Moog? Would Bob approve? According to Moog (the company) this was being planned when Bob was still with us. Personally, I have no problem with the idea. My main gripe so far is that all the video demos I’ve seen of the M.G. in action are not too impressive. The first of the Moog Guitars available is the The Paul Vo Collector Edition which will cost you $6,495.00. link
Arsenal Audio. A new brand from API. A few years ago a friend of mine brought a filled API lunchbox into my studio and hooked it up to my microphone. My voice never sounded so good and never has since. API as a company knows what they are doing so when they launch a new division I’m ready to give it a chance. I’m not totally sure why they need to branch off. Are these built in China or something? If they sound good I won’t care. Three products kick it off: the V14 4 Band VPR 500 Format Equalizer (fits in a lunchbox), the R 20 2 Channel Mic Pre and R 24 2 Channel 4 Band EQ. link
MOTU Digital Performer 6. I’m an Ableton Live fanatic but competition is what keeps the sequencer space evolving at high speed so DP6 is very welcome. This is the true Mac sequencer. Was born on a mac and always lived there so let’s give the guy some respect. What are the new tidbits DP6 has to offer? A new interface, Track comping, Masterworks Leveler plug-in, ProVerb Convolution plug-in, Final Cut Pro Integration, Enhanced Pro-Tools HD support and Direct Audio CD burning. Not bad! link
SPL Phonitor. Imagine you could mix solely in headphones. Imagine you wouldn’t have to pay for a studio space somewhere far away from cranky neighbors. The Phonitor could be the first product that could make this dream a reality. This is a high end piece of hardware costing about $2k. You spend a few minutes dialing in parameters to match the sound of your speakers with your headphones and viola! I can’t wait to read reviews and hear from users of this product. We need this to work! link
So those are the new things that really peaked my interest. Roland continued to bore me with it’s new Juno Stage and of course there were more amazing Melodyne Direct Note Access demos. Sonic State and Sound on Sound have some great videos from the show floor worth checking out. Did I miss something you really liked?
This entry was written by , posted on June 23, 2008 at 8:15 am, filed under hardware and tagged API, Arsenal Audio, Korg, moog, MOTU, NAMM, nanoSERIES, Phonitor, roland, SPL. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Qoob.tv is an Italian video website that partners with MTV Europe. It has it’s own internet shows and networks and it also allows users to upload content. One of the gems on the site is an in house show called Tech Stuff. They have produced ten excellent electronic music related videos.
Some of the subjects covered so far include a visit to Jomox in Berlin, Sherman Filter, Moog Music, Analog Synthesis, Theremins and more. The videos are all well produced and worth a visit.
Tech Stuff is a documentary of 10 x 4 mins episodes on the techniques, the artists and the most
bizarre instruments which have made the history of electronic music. Why is it that bands such as Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk use equipment from more than 30 years ago? What are Theremin, Moog and generative music? How does a filter work? How is sound digitalised? Who were Robert Moog and Lev Termen? Did electronic music already exist in the 1920s? How is a vinyl record pressed? And what about the future? These and many more questions find their answer in Tech Stuff, with rare footage, performance excerpts and interviews made to appease the needs of the International sound enthusiasts. – Tech Stuff, qoob.tv
Here is the 5 minute Jomox video interview with founder Jürgen Michaelis. In the video he mentions they still have a shop open in Berlin. I’m going to have to make a trip over there as soon!
This entry was written by , posted on March 29, 2008 at 1:58 am, filed under interviews, synthesizer, video and tagged interviews, Jomox, moog, Sherman, synthesizer, Thermin, video. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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