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The Moog synthesizer (/ ˈ m oʊ ɡ / MOHG) is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer Robert Moog in 1964. Moog's company, R. A. Moog Co. (later known as Moog Music), produced numerous models from 1965 to 1981, and again from 2014. It was the first commercial synthesizer and established the analog synthesizer concept.
- 1965–1981, 2014–present
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Robert Arthur Moog (/ m oʊ ɡ / MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964.
- Robert Arthur Moog, May 23, 1934, New York City, New York, U.S.
- August 21, 2005 (aged 71), Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
On October 12, 1964, Bob Moog unveiled the first modular voltage-controlled synthesizer, an instrument that forever changed the course of modern music. It began quietly, in 1964, when Bob Moog designed a new electronic instrument to composer Herb Deutsch's request.
Jul 22, 2013 · The synthesizer Robert Moog invented sparked a revolution in electronic music in the 1960s. He set up shop in a Trumansburg, N.Y., storefront from 1963 to 1971, and The Beatles, Mick Jagger and Sun Ra were among the first customers for the then-$11,000 instrument.
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Aug 22, 2005 · Heard on Day to Day. By. Karen Grigsby Bates. Listen. Karen Grigsby Bates remembers musical innovator Robert Moog, who died recently of a brain tumor at the age of 71. His signature...
Robert (Bob) Arthur Moog (1934-2005) invented the first commercial electronic musical instrument—known as the “Moog Synthesizer”—over a three-year period of development from 1964 to 1967.
May 8, 2020 · In the early 1960s, an engineer named Bob Moog started tinkering with keyboards. He’d been working with theremins for quite a while and had observed the impression the relatively new electric...
