The Moog synthesizer was one of the first widely used electronic musical instruments.
The first Moog instruments were modular synthesizers. In 1971 Moog Music began production of the Minimoog Model D which was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers.

Born in 1934, Robert Moog grew up in New York City, where he developed a passion for playing the piano around the same time he started tinkering with electronic equipment, an interest he picked up from his father. In 1949, Moog had learned how to build and play theremins, one of the world's first electronic musical instruments.

When he pressed a key Dr Bob Moog could feel the electrons dancing in their circuits. A portrait of the man and his machine – the first synthesiser smaller than a house – with Bernie Worrell, Rick Wakeman, Luke Vibert and Stereolab giving praise. Less than brilliant, but very touching and further proof that the pioneers of electronic music were all a few Hertz short of a waveform.

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