Today the Bob Moog Foundation announces its spring raffle featuring a coveted, fully restored vintage Minimoog synthesizer with a custom cabinet fabricated from rare African Makore wood, known for its beauty, strength, and durability.
Executive Director, Michelle Moog-Koussa talks with Rob Puricelli live on Pro Synth Network about the various projects at the Bob Moog Foundation, the Moogseum and the forthcoming documentary Electronic Voyager.
Shueh-Li Ong sat down with Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa for a live episode of Music & Chat to talk about the Moog synthesizer prototype, the exhibits in the Moogseum, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, growing up with Bob Moog, and more.
The historic Abominatron tape is the audio recording originally sent to Herb Deutsch from Bob Moog in 1965, in which Bob explains in his own voice, every parameter of the Moog synthesizer prototype. The 84-minute reel-to-reel tape was donated to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives by Herb Deutsch, and has been carefully restored and transferred to digital format by Seva.
In this episode, we learn how these machines with keys, knobs, switches, buttons and sliders actually make sound. We’ll also travel back to the 1960’s and hear how synth pioneers like Bob Moog helped bring these sound making devices into the mainstream.