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Every thing was voltage controlled.

I still remember how amazed everyone was at moog how Keith Emerson
could play while tuning the many oscillators/filters/etc. in the professi=
onal moog modules
for the next section of music.

Talk about a split mind.

We were also making the Sonic 6. Sort of like a mini moog.

But lower cost.

Just before I left the company brought on board Dr. David Luce (not sure =
spelling)
to develop a polyphonic keyboard. Before the Japanese.

Ray



On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:52:02 -0400, Alden Hart wrote:
>=A0One of Moog's big innovations was using the nonlinear transfer
>=A0elbow of
>=A0a transistor to get a log response to voltage input of his voltage
>=A0controlled oscillators (VCOs) - e.g. 1 volt was a 'C' note, 2 volts
>=A0was
>=A0an octave higher, etc. No one else could do this. And they weren't
>=A0completely accurate, adding to the quirky sound. The voltage
>=A0controlled
>=A0amplifiers worked this way, too. This made all kinds of nice
>=A0modulation
>=A0effects possible as well.
>
>=A0Alden
>
>=A0Ray Newman wrote:
>>=A0I remember Moog's sequencer very well but did not know the
>>=A0history.
>>=A0It was an analog sampler/sequencer.
>>
>>=A0Instead of the sample/hold circuits with transistor sequencer
>>=A0I came up with a/d and d/a with ttl logic and ram for storage and
>>=A0playback. Mostly digital logic instead of analog. I used DATEL
>>=A0a/d &=A0d/a converters.
>>
>>=A0Bob always felt that his voltage controlled filter was what made
>>=A0the moog sound so unique.
>>
>>=A0When I was there he used Harold Bode's 4 quadrant multiplier for
>>=A0some weird sound effect. I think they where friends.
>>
>>=A0Back then I was a fan of Ike and Tina Turner but I still remember
>>=A0to this day that when I&TT asked to buy or sample some equipment
>>=A0Bob said "who is Ike and Tina Turner?" in a meeting. I thought it
>>=A0was funny but I dared not say.
>>
>>=A0Ray
>>
>>
>>=A0On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:58:11 -0400, Alden Hart wrote:
>>
>>>=A0Robert Moog (and his dad) sold his early Thermin design to
>>>=A0Raymond
>>>=A0Scott, who pioneered electronic music in the 40's, 50's and
>>>=A0early
>>>=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
>>>=A0see
>>>=A0Raymond Scott, "Manhattan Research"
>>>=A0(http://raymondscott.com/mripr.html).
>>>
>>>=A0Scott built the first sequencer from Strowger stepper switches
>>>=A0in
>>>=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
>>>=A0Raymond
>>>=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
>>>=A0Stalling). 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
>>>>=A0direction.
>>>>=A0But when I designed the first digital sampling keyboard he
>>>>=A0felt
>>>>=A0it had no worth until some of the salesmen sold the product to
>>>>=A0several universities. Had a big row about who owned what
>>>>=A0rights.
>>>>=A0I won but lost my job. Laid off because they could not fire
>>>>=A0me!
>>>>=A0(because I did design on my own time)
>>>>
>>>>=A0But still had interesting time meeting all the rockers that
>>>>=A0used
>>>>=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
>>>>>=A0Robert
>>>>>=A0Moog, James Gardner traces the development of Moog's
>>>>>=A0electronic
>>>>>=A0instruments from his home-built Theremins to the sprawling
>>>>>=A0modular synthesizersmade famous by Wendy Carlos's best-
>>>>>=A0selling
>>>>>=A0LP and its legions of imitators (CFM)






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