if it is true i can’t f**king wait that long 
Don’t hold your breath, mate!
Isn’t it the Voyager RME?
If Dr. Moog is in therapy right now, I don’t think he’s working on a new synth until he recovers unless he laready designed it. It’s a great idea. I hope many new Moog products are made.
There have been so many Moog products designed and built without assistance from the great man himself.
I think they should build a mini moog 2 considering the price of mini’s these days
they could probably undercut the old ones.
but saying that the thought of a brand new moog product would be more exciting
for some of you mini owners i guess
If Dr. Moog is in therapy right now, I don’t think he’s working on a new synth until he recovers unless he laready designed it.
I wish Bob a full recovery but i doubt after his ordeal he will be returning to work at moogmusic given his age and any long-term conditions.
As it was before . . it’s time for the other engineers at moog to step in and widen the product line . . it could be that a cheaper new moog synth isn’t designed by Bob himself . . just like the Prodigy or Source or Multimoog etc.
Mal
yes but even if The Moog sythesizer was not invented by Bob itself ,he usually have given some ideas to the team .Like for the Siel Mono ( itf i remember )for ex…
Just received this…
At this point in time that is just a wishful rumor.
Best Regards,
Siobhan Reilley
Sales and Marketing Assistant
Moog Music Inc.
554-C Riverside Dr.
Asheville, NC 28801
phone: 828-251-0090
toll free: 800-948-1990
fax: 828-254-6233
email: siobhan@moogmusic.com
website: www.moogmusic.com
What i Received…
Shit i erased someway this mail … Shit…
Sorry can’t paste the mail i received ,but they’re confirmed that they will relase a cheaper moog at the end of the year.
Not serious what’s happening here.
It was a mail from an other guy…
When Bob left Moog a few years after it was sold to Norlin he did not have anything to do with the synths that came after he went . . they followed his doctering but units such as the Prodigy, Source, Opus3 and memorymoog were developed by others . . heck, the original minimoog wasn’t even designed by Bob Moog (the parts of it were but not the all in one design).
Mal
As it was before . . it’s time for the other engineers at moog to step in and widen the product line . . it could be that a cheaper new moog synth isn’t designed by Bob himself . . just like the Prodigy or Source or Multimoog etc.
units such as the Prodigy, Source, Opus3 and memorymoog were developed by others . . heck, the original minimoog wasn’t even designed by Bob Moog (the parts of it were but not the all in one design).
So, does this mean that the Voyager is the first synth that has been fully designed by Dr. Bob? That’s cool.
No, the Modulars were.
HRx
According to Analog Days by Trevor Pinch, Bob designed the Minimoog oscillators and the wood case, the filter was lifted from the modular which was Bob’s design, then the VCA, EGs, noise, power supply, and keyboard control were delegated to engineers Jim Scott (affectionally known as “Scotty”), Bill Hemsath, and a third person whose name escapes me.
Hello,
Also, the Crumar Spirit.
Regards,
LWG
sundaeclubber,
That thought hit me right after submitted the post. So I guess the question would need to be changed to his first semi modular synth?
MC
I thought I read that while Bob was away at a trade show Bill Hemsath built, using modular moog parts that were in a “repair” bin the original “minmoog” model A.
On Bobs return he was not sure about the “all in one - fixed path” but ordered up the guys to build 10 prototype units (at this stage Bob interjected with his wisdom about the case and oscilators, it was renamed the minimoog and was at model C) . . off he went somewhere and on his return the guys had made 50 models and the unit was out for sale.
Originally Bob did not think a small, portable, fixed signal path, limited synth would sell . . .
I think that’s how it goes?
Mal
You’re right about the model A, which was built from circuit boards used in the modular systems, albiet the circuit boards are Bob’s designs. Yes Bob was reluctant then. Two Model Bs also had modular boards inside. By then Bob agreed that there was potential for it.
Four model C prototypes were built, using the new aforementioned designs and vectorboard for circuits. This was the model where the classic minimoog case first appeared. They used this to get feedback from musicians before going into production.
Bob gave orders to build ten model Ds for prototype purposes but not to put it into production. Then he left for some seminar. By then the company was in bad business shape, sales of modular systems dropped to near nothing, and the team were rightly worried they would be out of a job if the minimoog did not go into production. So in Bob’s absence, the engineers laid out the final PC boards and proceeded to start minimoog production. Bob was not pleased when he returned, but had to submit to production of minimoogs..
The sole model A, one model B (the 2nd was lost in a fire), and three model Cs are accounted for. They are all at the Audities collection in Calgary Alberta Canada. I helped Dave Kean of Audities set up all the prototypes at winter NAMM2000, where they were powered up, making noise, and on display together for the first time. Minimoog model D serial numero uno #1001 was also on display. I tried all of them and my favorite was the model B, sounds really big and fat.
MC,
Any comment on the Mini shown on this webpage?
This collection is apparently in Europe.
I know Gert Prix who runs the ebaordmuseum in Austria . . he is a friend of the family.
He has 4 minimoogs, one is serial number 1001 . . opening her up all the boards are also serial 1001 so it’s a little confusing if there are 2 minimoog model D’s with serial number 1001 !!!
Here are some photos i took the last time I was at his museum (the original Adidas factory), he has a collection of over 650 synths and although they are not all wired into amps, everyone of them is in working condition and you can plug them in and play (and sample) . . well worth a visit if you are ever in southern Austria.
(He has 6 knived Emerson Hammonds and vertually all of the Tangerine Dream stageset circa 1976, which was sold to him by Klause Schulze).
