ok this one is right? obviously someone took over, but how much input did he have onit?
and the voyager is.
the source isn’t, the prodigy isn’t, the minimoog isn’t,
are the new ones the only self-contained (non-modular) moog synths designed by the man?
just interested to know.
The Polymoog wasn’t designed by Bob either.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think the MG-1 and Rouge were either.
The Crumar Spirt was designed by Bob!
Damn this guest posting! We’ve got to get this turned off!
That was my post above, and its Crumar SPIRIT.
what’s wrong with guest posting?
Check out the Moog Out on the Town forum to see why. It just BEGS to be spammed up, spammers have a sixth sense that you and me don’t have. They are DRAWN to the guest posting. They can smell it…be afraid…
i guess it’s nice to know who’s posting sometimes as well, i posted the "what’s wrong with… " above
ok so as far as i can make out
he designed:
and for other brands
what else?
of course there’s all his theremins as well.
Products that Bob designed all or part of:
RA Moog/Norlin era
Theremins
Modulars
Minimoog
Satellite
Minitmoog (in production only one year, had chronic failure with aftertouch)
Lyra (prototype monosynth for Constellation prototype polymoog/taurus/monosynth system)
Micromoog
Multimoog
Synamp
Parametric EQ rackmount
Graphic EQ rackmount
12-stage Phaser rackmount
String Filter rackmount (rare custom to order)
Dual VCO rackmount (rare custom to order)
some Lab Series amps
Maestro FX pedals (silver cases with large controls on sides)
Gibson RD guitars (active electronics)
Moog/Asheville era
Moogerfooger pedals
Voyager
Little Phatty
Theremins
Touch Sensor (standalone predecessor to Voyager touchpad)
Other
Crumar Spirit
Multiple Touch Keyboard (custom system for John Eaton, incomplete)
One popular myth is that Bob designed the Taurus I pedals - he told me they were a Dave Luce design, with the filter lifted right out of the modular.
???
Please to explain…
String Filter is a bank of resonant filters - like the MuRF, only this one has 36 filters. It was designed to emulate the wood resonance of a violin, viola, or cello.
That sounds very Dr. Moog. He was very fond of fine wood intruments.
Did he actually build one for someone? I’d like to see a photo.
I’ve seen at least two on ebay since 2000.
Here’s a great example of a string filter, albiet from a Nord Modular, I found while searching around. I imagine it would give one a good impression of what the Moog model might sound like.
I wonder if Wendy Carlos had one, as this seems right up her alley.
Here is another example I found. Its not the Moog one, but its sounds pretty amazing. The dry signal is first, then the filtered one.
http://www.oldcrows.net/~jhaible/string_filter/jh_string_filter_benadecello_cs50.mp3
…now thats pretty crazy.
Who designed the Moog vocoder? I saw one on Ebay about 2 years ago and it was huge. It was sold for several thousand dollars.
Harald Bode.
Also designer of the Moog Frequency shifter.
i was just about to say that they should release the string filter as a moogerfooger, but then realised they have the murf, so yeah.
but they should release the dual VCO as a fooger (maybe cp 251 sized) also a dual VCA with envelopes (that you can use to control the level of CV sinals as well as audio) that would be cool
but i’m not going to go hard core into saying what they should and shouldn’t do because they’ve already done the 2 main things that everyone (or at least me) wanted them to do
thanks moog!
The original question is a “tough one”. After the 1969 era, NOBODY developed any synths by themselves. A team of people did the work, as they do today. Even them Minimoog, a simple synth from 1970, had many contributors. One did oscillators (Bob), one did the wheels, someone else designed the look, etc. But they all worked together.
Certainly, Bob had little or no input or some designs. Polymoog and Taurus are two good examples.
String Filter - the intended sound is not too useful; kind of a modeled “body resonance” o an acoustic instrument. But it sounds weird and kinda phasey, in a not too great way. HOWEVER, when you move the resonance position around (all filters move together), the sound is unbelievably cool, like the richest most complex phaser.
How much input did Bob have in Little Phatty? The idea was always around - I know when the Voyager idea (“Let’s make synths again”) came up, varous levels of synths were discussed. The only one he didn’t want to do was modulars - not sellable enough and already a lot of people doing them.
There was always an idea of a low-cost, basic features analog synth. But the Voyager came first, as it was/is a “flagship”; something that remains unbeaten in its category. After that launch, Bob was around when Little Phatty started, and probably had some spec input and ideas. But the implementation - how you move from ideas to product, is a LONG road (years) and has many stages with many people.
Personally, I think Axel’s design is what set the project on fire: It was already gonna be a good synth, but it now looks like one of the world’s best. A real beauty. (I actually prefer the plastic sides, myself! It seems to go with the “space-age” look better.)