Yesterday I visited emeapp.org to lend some research info over their study of Moog Taurus pedals. Ben Luce is their researcher director who has done excellent analysis on why the Minimoog sounds so fat (his father was Dave Luce of Moog Music).
I got a tour of the museum… holy crap. Biggest collection of vintage synthesizers I have ever seen. Many rare pieces most people would never see. Oberheims, ARPs, Moogs, older Korg/Roland/Yamaha synths, even some European synths. Prototypes. Hammonds, Rhodes, Clavinets, Wurltizers, Vox, Farfisa, even the Kustom “tuck-n-roll” combo organs. Celebrity gear like Keith Emerson (his Moog modular is there), Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, others. Rare modulars like Moog, Emu, Polyfusion, Buchla, Wavemakers, SMS, Roland 700, ARP 2500, Synthi 100 etc. Warehouse rooms with 40 ft ceilings with stacks and stacks of vintage Hammonds Leslies and guitar amps on industrial shelves. They’re working towards being open to the public, adding a studio for artists to utilize the gear, and adding STILL more gear they have in storage.
They have just about every legacy Moog synthesizer made plus prototypes:
- at least 5 modulars
- at least 15 Minimoogs including model A, B, C prototypes and Voyager SE
- Satellite (including a Corodovox “white elephant” and Thomas home organ), Minitmoog, Liberation (two prototypes branded “Moog Equalizer”), Multimoog, Micromoog (plus prototype), Memorymoog (plus prototype), 2x Sanctuarys (re-branded Memorymoog sold to houses of worship), Rogue, Source, prototype digital sequencer, Taurus 1, 2x Polymoog, Little Phatty (do not remember seeing a Prodigy)
- rackmount products parametric EQ, graphic EQ, phaser, synamp, dual VCO, string filter (don’t remember seeing a vocoder)
Fricking insane. Frankly one day was not enough. If you love old stuff you need to become a member.