Moog Music - News and Rumours
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Moogfest synthesizer arts festival has been shelved for 2020
06 Dec · Moog Music has announced that they've put Moogfest 2020 on hold for logistical reasons in order to focus on the future and to investigate new ways of exploring the future of music, art and technology.
Moog Model 10 modular synthesizer rides again
17 Sep · For a limited time and in limited numbers Moog Music is hand-building the sublime 1971 Model 10 Analog Modular Synthesizer as created by Bob Moog. What a time to be alive!
Moog Matriarch is out!
10 Sep · We've enjoyed the relationship to the Grandmother, revelled in the awesome analogue sound and bathed in the 4 whole notes of polyphony. The Matriarch is a lovely synthesizer and they've just started shipping. Moog Matriarch: Patchable 4-note paraphonic analog synthesizer from heaven
25 Apr · Moog cultivates the Grandmother into 4 notes, more modules, stereo delay and 49 keys. Matriach is the paraphonic analog synthesizer sent to take us to another plane of existance.
Moogfest 2019: The Engineers Pass could have you building a Moog Vocoder
20 Mar · The workshop ticket at this years Moogfest appears to offer the chance to build an unreleased Moog Vocoder in the same size and shape as the previous Subharmonicon and DFAM.
NAMM 2019: Moog Sirin limited edition joyful synthesizer based on Moog Taurus
24 Jan · An unexpected little desktop synthesizer from Moog. The Moog Sirin is based upon the Moog Taurus sound engine and modelled on the compact form of the Moog Minitaur but the joyfulness is all its own.
Top 5 Hardware Synthesizers of 2018 by Moog, Behringer, Korg, Dreadbox, Arturia
29 Dec 2018 · Which hardware synthesizers really took us to new places in 2018? Were there any that really stood out above the crowd for you? But with so much awesome gear out there choosing 5 is a bit of a tall order.
It’s official! Moog One is their first analog polysynth for 35 years
08 Oct 2018 · At last we get the real images and the detail we've been lacking on this extraordinary polyphonic analog synthesizer from Moog Music. The Moog One is here, let's bask in its dreamy fatness.
More Moog One images leaked online and it’s gorgeous
01 Oct 2018 · More images of the new Moog One polysynth have hit the internet and appear to be the real thing. This is a stunning looking instrument that combines the history of Moog with the future of synthesis.
Moog One polyphonic analog synthesizer appears in stock at online store
01 Oct 2018 · There's a bunch of description and specifications for the new 8 and 16 voice polyphonic Moog One synthesizer that appears to be in stock at Sweetwater, but no real images. What's going on?
Moog Music announces that Moogerfooger has reached the end of the line
27 Aug 2018 · After 20 years of making these strange, old-fashioned looking stomp boxes Moog Music has decided to call it a day on the Moogerfooger range of products.
Our Top 5 Semi-Modular Synthesizers
16 Jul 2018 · It's been a bumper year for semi-modular synthesizers. Completely capable of being awesome in their own right but with a willingness to get patched into something greater. Here's our pick of the best.
Worried about new US tariffs on synthesizer components? Read this.
03 Jul 2018 · Moog sent the synthesizer community into panic with warnings of 25% price hikes and moving manufacturing outside the US due to new tariffs. Now other synth makers are questioning those claims.
Will new US import taxes push Moog manufacturing to leave USA?
30 Jun 2018 · President Trumps 25% import tax on circuit boards and components could seriously damage American synth manufacturing. Moog is suggesting they should move overseas. It's time to write to your congressman.