Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It's lik…
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Robert Moog
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About Robert Moog
Robert Arthur Moog was an American electronics 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. In 1970, Moog released a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. Among Moog's honors are a Technical Grammy Award, received in 2002, and an induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fa…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Robert MoogThe point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use.
My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians.
To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.
I happen to think that computers are the most important thing to happen to musicians since the invention of cat-gut which was a long time ago.