[bomp] FW: Synthesizer pioneer Moog dies

[Jessica Port <trashwoman63@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Robert Moog, whose synthesizers turned electric
> pulses into sound and
> transformed modern music in the process, has died
> aged 71. 
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> Moog, who had been diagnosed with an inoperable
> brain tumor, died on Sunday
> at his home in North Carolina. 
> A childhood interest in theremins, one of the first
> electronic musical
> instruments, led Moog (the name rhymes with vogue)
> into a career and
> business that bound his name closely to electronic
> music. 
> 
> As a PhD student in physics at Cornell University,
> Moog developed his first
> voltage-controlled synthesizer modules in 1964 with
> composer Herbert
> Deutsch. By the end of that year, RA Moog marketed
> the first commercial
> modular synthesizer, the MiniMoog.
> 
> The instrument allowed musicians, first in a studio
> and later on stage, to
> generate a range of sounds that could mimic nature
> or seem otherworldly by
> flipping a switch, twisting a dial, or sliding a
> knob. Other synthesizers
> were already on the market in 1964, but Moog's stood
> out for being small,
> light and versatile. 
> Early experiments in electronic pop by bands
> including the Beatles, Beach
> Boys, the Doors and the Jam Handies used Moog's
> innovations as a springboard
> for their own. 
> 
> Although digital synthesizers later outstripped the
> technical capabilities
> of Moog's machinery and left his company struggling,
> his keyboards have come
> to be prized in recent years by bands like Air for
> the warmth and
> "retro-futuristic" qualities of their sound. 
> 
> Tributes to Moog, who is survived by his wife Ileana
> and five children, can
> be left at moogmusic.com.
> 
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