Hollywood soon expressed an interest, but it was Wendy Carlos' 1968 Grammy-winning album, Switched-On Bach, which brought the Moog synthesiser to spectacular prominence.
Wendy Carlos proved it with her futuristic Switched-On Bach, a historic recording on the Moog synthesizer, a type of early synthesizer invented by Bob Moog.
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Even though it's still in the early phases of beta-testing, we were able to stop by the Moog Music factory for a closer look and a brief glimpse of the gear in action ahead of its appearance at Moogfest.
We've also got interviews with Seattle's Sub Pop Records, music criticism site Pitchfork and California record store Amoeba, plus trips to music app developer Smule, internet radio pioneer Pandora and the legendary Moog factory.
The folks at Moog are quick to remind us that the LEV-96 is still in its infancy, but you can rest assured we'll be keeping an eye our for what develops.
The Grateful Dead Expansion Pack comes on the heels of Moog's release of Animoog V2 on December 21, 2012.
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Sub Phatty keeps with the classic snyth aesthetic and Moog design trademarks including soft-touch coated side panels -- a staple of the Phatty line -- and knobs that look and feel prime for extreme mileage.
ENGADGET: Moog Sub Phatty analog synthesizer hands-on (video)
Since January, 1871 has hosted groups of around 100 people for "hard hat" tours of the area under renovation about once a week, according to Matt Moog, chair of the project to launch 1871.
Before long many musicians and groups, including the Doors, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, were using Moog synthesisers.
We could give a detailed textual explanation of said feature, but we'll let Amos Gaynes, product development specialist at Moog, do all of the chatting in the video that follows after the break.
ENGADGET: Moog Sub Phatty analog synthesizer hands-on (video)
"The Warning (Keep Bouncing)" is a vicious, Moog-driven banger that sounds sparse, spacious and intense, while "Distortion" (as the name implies) swims in distorted guitars and tinkling bells.
If you were a teenager in the mid 1970s and couldn't afford a Moog, a self-build Paia kit was a way to get your own synth (plus a working knowledge of soldering) for cheap.
Still in the early days of beta-testing , the LEV-96 is a far cry from the classic analog instruments we've come to associate with Moog.
ENGADGET: Moog shows off LEV-96 sensoriactuator prototype on an acoustic guitar
In 1968, the composer Wendy Carlos released an interpretation of Bach, played on a Moog synthesizer, that won three Grammys.
This means the likes of Spirit Aerosystems, Rockwell-Collins, Precision Castparts, Hexcel, Goodrich, Moog, Honeywell and United Technologies will see meaningful upticks in their already improving business fundamentals.
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