Line Out - Comments on Moog: Multiple Personality Reorder http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder Today we talk Moog. What’s your current Moog? Moog synthesizers are loved, trusted, and original. The Moog sound is the Moog sound. When musicians, producers, and listeners want it, they must have it. There is no substitute. The Moog synth... Copyright 2008 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:35:00 -0800 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:26:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kiteboy Yes! I love the Moogs. Also, great to hear some props for the Roland Juno 6. Probably the most underrated analog synth out there.

]]> kiteboy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c753941 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c753941 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:10:16 -0800 Comment by markel very good post!

]]> markel http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c753959 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c753959 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:18:09 -0800 Comment by elswinger I like these posts. Please do one for the mellotron.

]]> elswinger http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754000 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754000 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:50:27 -0800 Comment by Dan R Yea, the Mellotron would be a great idea for a post...unfortunately a very rare and expensive keyboard!!

]]> Dan R http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754023 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754023 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:11:04 -0800 Comment by Robbatic Check Jan Hammer. Note that shit. Knight Rider? Miami f'ing Vice? For real though.
Trent, will you write HIM a letter?

]]> Robbatic http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754028 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754028 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:14:31 -0800 Comment by Robbatic Actually Trent, could you write Michael Knight a letter, not that Jan Hammer guy.

]]> Robbatic http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754051 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754051 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:26:13 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Nice one, Trent! And let me geek out for a moment: While the Juno 60 does indeed have analog filters, it's oscillators are digitally controlled. This is awesome because it keeps the Juno from falling out of tune the way Rapport describes.

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754132 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754132 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:02:03 -0800 Comment by trent moorman Dear Michael, When you drove up into the back of that 18 wheeler, I never understood how you did it. Such ease and studado. I had a Knight Rider lunch box. The scene on the thermos was macho. I would eat Nutter Butters and talk to KITT on my plastic watch. The Pontiac Trans Am gave me hope. Some of my favorite episodes were the ones where Kitt's evil twin, KARR, appeared. But Kitt's super pursuit mode always won.

You always seemed torn, Michael. Battling inner demons? Were you on the blow? Or did it have to do with the release of your album, "Knight Lover" in 1989.

Recently, I saw a video of you shirtless, lying on the floor in a Las Vegas hotel room, drunkenly trying to focus on a Wendy's hamburger.

I know you've had some problems with the sauce. Who hasn't. Let's get you back in Kitt, asap. You can let him do all the driving and you can concentrate on Frosties and the hits.

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754164 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754164 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:22:12 -0800 Comment by G.Markel Moogs are dope because they put wood paneling on everything, even the pedals. i like moogs because i can obtain wicked sounds with the instrument and the power of my mind rather than my keyboard playing skills. i'm more of a technical knob turner type than i am an actual piano player, so their perfect for that.

There are other analog / modular synths that came out in the moog heyday, like the arps, sequential circuits, oberheim and others. moog seems to be the most popular one-- maybe great marketing?? bob moog was a baller.

On a totally different note--- have you seen the guy in fremont that builds stuff out of rocks? sculptures and stuff?? it sounds like something that's right up your alley. the guy is not all there in the head, and i think he was actually kicked off the street where he builds his stuff because he fucks with people walking by, throws tantrums and shit. for some reason he's back now, building shit that's crazier than ever. i drove by today and he has a pyramid built that's about 6 ft. tall, 4 ft wide ??? with a fucking hole in the middle. the sides are completely smooth. NO CEMENT OR GLUE. he's obviously super-skilled, and really artistic. sounds like something trance needs to check in on. he's directly across the st. from cafe ladro in fremont...

]]> G.Markel http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754176 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754176 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:32:32 -0800 Comment by Dizzave The original Moogs are pure analog and all the faders, oscillators, filters, waveforms and envelopes can be adjusted with knobs and faders to create your own sounds. Whereas today's synths are mostly digitally preset with sounds that are pure, homogenous, Guitar Center.

]]> Dizzave http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754195 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754195 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:43:47 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Graig, the Stranger actually ran a story on that guy. Check it out:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=37084

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754236 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754236 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:10:56 -0800 Comment by elswinger #4 Tell me about it. I don't even play keyboards but once upon a time I had money and thought about buying one. Since 1963 there have been less than 2700 Mellotrons made. Of the model that the Beatles and Moody Blues would have used, only about 350 were made and most of them have been stripped for parts. Paul McCartney has one of the last surviving ones. I've seen fixer uppers of those models go for over $5,000.

RE: the Moog (from Wiki) "The Monkees bought one of the first three Moog synthesizers and the first commercial release to feature a Moog synthesizer was The Monkees' fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., in 1967, which also became the first album featuring a synthesizer to hit #1 on the charts." As a Monkees fan I think this is cool.

]]> elswinger http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754279 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754279 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:21 -0800 Comment by T-stack Yes, but can the Monkees balance rocks or drive a Trans Am into a moving 18 wheeler??

"Take the last Moog to Fremont, and I'll meet you at the Stalin."

]]> T-stack http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754301 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754301 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:24:35 -0800 Comment by tANTE Trenty,

I want one. Please tell Santa.
Tante

]]> tANTE http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754302 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754302 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:24:52 -0800 Comment by gear nut Like analog synths? try the Korg Mono/Poly.

]]> gear nut http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754306 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754306 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:27:11 -0800 Comment by terry miller jan hammer rocks

go to his discography and check the sample, from Melodies, of Dont' You Know.

that is one of the best chillin'-est songs from the 80's.

hmmmm... i feel a post a-brewin'.

]]> terry miller http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754353 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754353 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:05:14 -0800 Comment by trent moorman Yes, Terry. Get in there. Hammer time. Lookin forward to it.

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754467 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754467 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:46:40 -0800 Comment by Paulus Speaking of monophonic, I can simulate chords on my SH-101 by cranking the clock way up and putting it in arpeggiator mode. Punch a chord and it cycles through the notes fast enough to give you a proto-chord with somewhat of a vibrato sound. Major choiceness. Don't know if MOOGs arpeggiate.

]]> Paulus http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754481 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754481 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:09:14 -0800 Comment by Monty Never eat Goobers when you play your Mooger. I have always wanted to say that. The chocolate would get all in the dials.

Quality post-age here, T. Wish I had one of them there Little Phatties.

Paulus, you should tradmark "Proto-chord choiceness."

]]> Monty http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754530 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754530 Sound Check Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:42:57 -0800 Comment by bosch the moog source for sub zero bass. its unique flavor seems to last all night.

]]> bosch http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754599 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754599 Sound Check Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:25:56 -0800 Comment by john bosch http://www.vintagesynth.com/moog/source.jpg

]]> john bosch http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754600 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c754600 Sound Check Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:29:30 -0800 Comment by kelly minnis Luv luv luv my Moog Source. BTW, "Boogie On Reggae Woman" was an ARP2600. Alan Pearlman made several with Braille labels for all the patch points and faders specifically for Stevie.

]]> kelly minnis http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c756078 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c756078 Sound Check Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:54:26 -0800 Comment by marlon I have the Moog Voyager Electric Blue - and use a few Moogerfoogers in conjunction with it. I have to agree- there is no substitute.

]]> marlon http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c757784 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c757784 Sound Check Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:07:21 -0800 Comment by sbxzta kafruz mqvn ecaoy ytzv dsxw heno ohna mywsrx

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]]> woxrv yfnwtalhj http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c760693 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/06/moog_multiple_personality_reorder#c760693 Sound Check Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:25:49 -0800 Comment by vtugl lpsd jncoi cgklvqw lmsaqfvn pjwtlxvu nsdfly phnc siwqhovc http://www.pitmof.prnsjtkb.com

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