Moog documentary? A few questions.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:25 pm

When its completed, would it be shown in the UK? I'm interested in seeing it, and I'll be downloading the preview later.

THM · Post by **THM** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:26 pm

I saw a trailer a little while ago (but I don't know anymore where exactly...).

THM · Post by **THM** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:27 pm

Sorry - got it back: http://zu33.com/moog/

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:01 pm

There is a link to that on the front page. The quicktime version is about 15mb, and that would take me around an hour to download, but I'm sure it'll be worth it.

THM · Post by **THM** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:12 pm

Yes it is - well if you're interested in MOOG of course.
I was very excited after seeing it but my wife didn't understand why I was reacting that way...

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:30 pm

Of course i'm interested in Moog! Its about halfway downloaded now, I'm getting more excited!

THM · Post by **THM** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:44 pm

Don't expect tóo much - remember it's only a documentary (in real documentary style).

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 6:33 pm

I thought it was really good. I loved that bit at the end with Mr. Moog playing the theremin!

godzilla · Post by **godzilla** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 2:25 am

I just saw the preview. it looks wicked, I loved what he said about the connection between the synth and the human mind i could really relate to that.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:09 am

That bit on the circuit boards kind of confuses me. The Voyager is a very good instrument, everything else I play now seems so "cheap" but I still don't find myself "connected" to the circuit boards. Maybe because Mr Moog has so much experience with the chips, there is a connection between the synth and his mind. I was fascinated by the little talk he gave, I'm getting more excited to see the full version.

godzilla · Post by **godzilla** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 4:25 am

he's saying that you can feel something, a kind of relationship between you and the synth. Recently i bought a roland juno 60 and the presets the guy i got it from had loaded into it made me dislike the synth and I felt a lot of tension between us but then i started trying to work with it, writing songs on it using effects saving new sounds and deleting the old crapy ones, I did some recording with it and i soon found that the effort paid off. as i got used to the controls and the parameter ranges I could create beautiful sounds on it that seemed to affect me deep within. I have four synths (a jupiter 4, dx7, sh 101 and the juno) and on each one i use a different technique, somehow the sounds and the interface change the way you use a synth (that's why i want a moog, because the interface/control layout looks really useable) on my dx7 the interface is really complex and there are almost infinite possibilities for making a sound but it's hard to really dig deep into the core (i always feel like i'm scrambling on the surface of some giant egg of an enormous mythical creature but the egg will never hatch, this makes the music I play on it very moody with lots of isolation and clostraphobia, as yet i haven't been able to harness this mood practically into the studio, only playing live in my room with no-one listening. My dads dx100 has similar synth architecture but is completely different to play.
My favorite is the jupiter 4 but it always stuffs up (i bought both the juno and the sh101 as hopeful replacements but niether does the job, I react differently to them still good but different).
the few new synths (non analog) and computer software i've played on leave me feeling unsatisfied and depressed, true they are capable of a multitude of different sounds (more so than the voyager I expect) but they don't have any substance i can't connect with them they are not at all musical.

i could go on talking for hours hey but i don't think you really want to any more hey.

see you next post