MOOG, Robert

Moog invented the first generally available Electronic Music Synthesizer. Whereas the previous comprehensive music-making machines were unique behemoths that filled whole rooms, Moog combined his experience as a builder of Theremins (a touch-sensitive continuous sound generator) in the 50s with the transistor technology new to the 60s. As a synthesizer in the purest sense of the word, Moog's machine worked by combining discrete parts into an aural whole, producing sounds that represented, literally,...