Synthesizer innovator Moog dies at 71

[gldstwmn]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/08/22/m....ap/index.html

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- Robert A. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71.

Moog died Sunday at his home in Asheville, according to his company's Web site. He had suffered from an inoperable brain tumor, detected in April.

A childhood interest in the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, would lead Moog to a create a career and business that tied the name Moog as tightly to synthesizers as the name Les Paul is to electric guitars.

Despite traveling in circles that included jet-setting rockers, he always considered himself a technician.

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[amber]

Cool. Ah, don't I owe many of my cheesy and not so cheesy loves to the synthesizer?
R.I.P.

[trackaghost]

Very sad RIP Robert Moog.

Can I recommend this excellent film about him. It was released theatrically in the UK and now is available on DVD. It features the man himself and many of the musicians who used Moog keyboards. It's a fascinating documentary for any music fan, even if you're not familiar with Moog.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...999381-8062843

[xdreamsunwindx]

Originally Posted by amber

Cool.

That's not cool, man.

RIP Moog. Portishead probably wouldn't be as awesome as they are if it weren't for you.

[David]

So is this the guy who went into the studio at Sound City in 1975 to help Fleetwood Mac record "Crystal"?