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I remember Moog's sequencer very well but did not know the history.
It was an analog sampler/sequencer.

Instead of the sample/hold circuits with transistor sequencer
I came up with a/d and d/a with ttl logic and ram for storage and playbac=
k.
Mostly digital logic instead of analog.
I used DATEL a/d & d/a converters.

Bob always felt that his voltage controlled filter was what made the moog=
 sound so unique.

When I was there he used Harold Bode's 4 quadrant multiplier for some wei=
rd sound effect.
I think they where friends.

Back then I was a fan of Ike and Tina Turner but I still remember to this=
 day
that when I&TT asked to buy or sample some equipment Bob said "who is Ike=
 and Tina Turner?"
in a meeting. I thought it was funny but I dared not say.

Ray


On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:58:11 -0400, Alden Hart wrote:
>=A0Robert Moog (and his dad) sold his early Thermin design to Raymond
>=A0Scott, who pioneered electronic music in the 40's, 50's and early
>=A060's. Moog was a student of Scott's for about 15 years before he
>=A0created the Moog synthesizer he became known for. For more info see
>=A0Raymond Scott, "Manhattan Research"
>=A0(http://raymondscott.com/mripr.html).
>
>=A0Scott built the first sequencer from Strowger stepper switches in
>=A01960. He used this to create all those 50's "space music"
>=A0commercials (spark plugs, etc.)
>
>=A0Scott's story is even weirder as his late 30's band, "The Raymond
>=A0Scott Quintet" created a catalog of "acid swing" that was later
>=A0purchased by Warner Brothers and used throughout the Loony Toons
>=A0cartoons (with new arrangements and direction by Carl Stalling). So
>=A0almost everybody alive today has heard Scott's music but doesn't
>=A0know who wrote it.
>
>=A0Alden
>
>=A0Ray Newman wrote:
>>=A0Bob was an interesting person.
>>=A0Old school.
>>=A0Only a Degreed Engineer had any worth.
>>=A0I designed Carl Palmer's drum controller, under Bob's direction.
>>=A0But when I designed the first digital sampling keyboard he felt
>>=A0it had no worth until some of the salesmen sold the product to
>>=A0several universities. Had a big row about who owned what rights.
>>=A0I won but lost my job. Laid off because they could not fire me!
>>=A0(because I did design on my own time)
>>
>>=A0But still had interesting time meeting all the rockers that used
>>=A0both the professional and mini moog.
>>
>>=A0Ray
>>
>>
>>=A0On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:51:58 +1200, Jinx wrote:
>>
>>>=A0Saturday morning, NZT (GMT +11)
>>>
>>>=A0http://www.radionz.co.nz/cfm/schedules/20060715
>>>
>>>=A0Listen on-line
>>>
>>>=A0http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio
>>>
>>>=A0Moog and the Moog
>>>
>>>=A0Two programmes
>>>
>>>=A0(1) From Theremin kits to Switched-On Bach
>>>
>>>=A0In this first programme on the late synthesizer pioneer Robert
>>>=A0Moog, James Gardner traces the development of Moog's electronic
>>>=A0instruments from his home-built Theremins to the sprawling
>>>=A0modular synthesizersmade famous by Wendy Carlos's best-selling
>>>=A0LP and its legions of imitators (CFM)






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