music building in asheville nc type corporation founded 1953 headquarters asheville north carolina key people robert moog founder mike adams president products musical instruments guitars signal processing website www.moogmusic.com moog music is an american company based in asheville north carolina which manufactures electronic musical instruments . the current moog music is the second company to trade under that name . contents 1 r.a. moog co. and the original moog music 2 big briar 3 new moog music 4 legacy 5 timeline of noteworthy products 6 see also 7 references 8 external links r.a. moog co. and the original moog music edit based in trumansburg new york robert moog s original company was founded as r.a. moog co. in 1953 manufacturing theremin kits and later modular synthesizer systems . this company would eventually become moog music in 1972 and through bob moog s collaboration with people like herbert deutsch moog music produced some of the most popular synthesizers of all time . in november 1971 the company moved to williamsville new york . an old factory at the north end of academy street was purchased . the company was renamed moog musonics then moog music . in 1976 the company moved to much better facility on walden avenue in cheektowaga . 1 after becoming moog music the company went through various changes of ownership eventually being bought out by musical instrument manufacturer norlin who also owned the gibson guitar company at the time . norlin produced a number of synthesizers under the moog name in the late 1970s but they were less successful than robert moog s own designs . poor management and marketing led to bob moog s departure from his own company in 1977 . moog music was forced into bankruptcy in 1986 . the company liquidated and officially ceased operation in 1993 . big briar edit robert moog re entered the music industry after leaving moog music in 1977 starting big briar to produce theremins under the name etherwave . big briar expanded its range to produce a variety of analog electronic musical instruments mainly effects pedals called moogerfoogers . in 1999 big briar partnered with bomb factory to co develop software modeled plug ins for pro tools tdm based on the moogerfooger effect pedal lines . 2 robert moog worked closely with bomb factory to ensure the product would remain true to the classic moog sound . new moog music edit newly assembled sub phatty instruments undergoing testing in 2002 after a legal battle with don martin who had previously assumed the rights to the name moog music robert moog reacquired rights to the moog music trademark in the u.s. and immediately changed production of big briar products to moog . 3 another company moog ce was selling modules for the original 1970s systems and agreed to change their name to allow moog to re enter the market . it was also in 2002 that moog music hired michael adams as vice president in charge of business operations . 4 5 after the company s name change moog released the piano bar a don buchla designed device which converted the physical movement of the keys on an acoustic piano into midi information . 6 that year moog music began production of a modern version of the classic minimoog synthesizer the minimoog voyager performer edition based on the same electric principles as the original but adding modern appointments such as midi and a three axis touch control surface . the voyager name was selected through a contest where keyboardists could submit their own ideas of potential names for the new minimoog . but because alex winter of wales had acquired the uk trademark rights to moog and minimoog in 1996 and had been producing moog branded instruments since then early uk minimoog voyager models were instead branded as voyager by bob moog . . it wasn t until later that bob moog regained the trademark rights to moog and minimoog in the uk . 7 2004 marked moog music s 50th anniversary year and moog music released a voyager anniversary edition the moogerfooger mf 105 murf multiple resonance filter effect pedal and the etherwave pro theremin . in 2006 moog music introduced a new 37 note 2 oscillator analog synthesizer the little phatty . it would be the final moog synthesizer to be designed by moog himself . upon its release it was considered to be the true heir to the minimoog legacy . the instrument also broke new ground as it was the first moog synthesizer to feature usb connectivity as well as the first of the new moog products to offer the option to daisy chain other little phattys to create a polyphonic instrument . robert moog died in august 2005 due to complications arising from brain cancer . michael adams continued managing the company as its president . hungarian band the moog requested permission from moog music to use the name . this was granted on the condition that the band precede the name with the . 8 2008 marked the release of moog music s first entry into the electric guitar market the moog guitar an electric guitar with the unique ability of being able to magnetically sustain or mute its strings . developed by inventor paul vo the technology was designed into guitar bodies provided by the zion guitar company to moog specifications and the instrument was manufactured by moog . the first guitars released were paul vo collector editions . 9 standard versions and midi guitar synthesizer versions were later introduced . 2011 saw the introduction of the slim phatty a module version of the little phatty . in january 2012 moog announced the minitaur a two oscillator pedal less bass synth designed to be the successor of the taurus bass pedals . 10 in 2013 moog released the sub phatty a 25 key monophonic synthesizer which featured a more aggressive analog sound than the little phatty . many who reviewed the instrument likened the sub phatty to the original minimoog in spirit if not in sound . on september 9 2013 moog announced that it would discontinue the little phatty . 11 in 2014 moog announced the sub 37 synthesizer a 37 key paraphonic version of the sub phatty . 12 moog also released the werkstatt 01 synthesizer kit which after some assembly yields a one oscillator monophonic patchable synthesizer . werkstatt was originally debuted at the 2014 moogfest in an engineering vip workshop and is designed primarily to be an educational tool . 13 moog announced it would discontinue the slim phatty module on november 11 2014 . 14 2014 also saw the rebirth of the moog modular synthesizer when in honor of its 50th anniversary moog music spent three years designing and building a faithful recreation of keith emerson s moog modular dubbed the emerson moog modular system . moog engineers used original circuit designs and production methods to create as accurate a recreation as possible . moog music plans to build a very limited number of these synthesizer systems . 15 on june 10 2015 moog music announced that its 62 employees owned 49 percent of the company . 16 in november 2015 moog music released the mother 32 a semi modular monophonic single oscillator synthesizer . this is moog s entry in the eurorack format a low cost framework for modular synthesizers which has gained a lot of popularity in the past years . mother 32 includes a step sequencer and is internally hard wired which makes it easy to use for novice users . however it features 32 patch connectors which let the musician use the device similar to a modular system with the ability to create new sounds and to connect other devices . while being shipped in a desktop enclosure it is also possible to detach the front panel and include it in a eurorack system . legacy edit in 2005 the bob moog foundation was formed by one of moog s daughters and is not affiliated with moog music in any way . the mission of the foundation is to educate and inspire children and adults through the power and possibilities of electronic music and through the intersection of music science and innovation and plans to carry out that mission with construction of the moogseum a student outreach project initiative and the bob moog archive initiative . timeline of noteworthy products edit main article moog synthesizer 1953 present various theremin products kits 1963 1980 various moog modular synthesizer systems 1970 1981 minimoog 1972 1979 moog sonic six 1973 1979 moog satellite 1975 1976 minitmoog 1975 1979 micromoog 1975 1980 polymoog 1976 1981 moog taurus 1 1978 1981 multimoog 1979 1984 moog prodigy 1980 1983 moog liberation 1980 1983 moog opus 3 1981 1983 moog concertmate mg 1 1981 1983 moog rogue 1981 1983 moog taurus 2 1981 1985 moog source 1982 1985 memorymoog 1998 present moogerfooger effect pedals 2002 2015 17 minimoog voyager 2006 2013 moog little phatty 2008 present moog guitar 2009 2012 moog taurus 3 2010 present minimoog voyager xl 2010 2014 moog slim phatty 2011 present animoog 2012 present moog minitaur 2013 present moog sub phatty 2014 present moog sub 37 2014 present moog theremini 2014 present moog werkstatt 01 2014 present emerson moog modular system 2015 present various moog modular synthesizer system reissues 2015 present moog mother 32 18 2016 present moog model 15 synthesizer app . 19 see also edit the moog rca mark ii sound synthesizer references edit moog archives . retrieved 22 may 2011 . http mixonline.com mag audio plugins aes everything mix magazine plug ins at aes everything old is new again dec 1999 bob moog memories of moog mark vail keyboard magazine 2005 http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment music features bob moog original synth 600460.html bob moog original synth the independent march 2003 http www.moogmusic.com history history of moog music voyager by bob moog sound on sound june 2003 ladies and gentlemen the moog metro . retrieved on june 24 2007 . paul vo collector s edition moog guitar prototype guitar player november 2008 introducing minitaur moog music inc . moogmusic.com . moog announces discontinuation of little phatty analog synthesizer moog music inc . moogmusic.com . http www.moogmusic.com products phattys sub 37 sub 37 product description accessed nov 28 2014 http www.moogmusic.com products werkstatt werkstatt 01 moogfest 2014 kit moog werkstatt 01 product description accessed nov 28 2014 http www.moogmusic.com news so long slim so long slim moog music nov. 11 2014 http www.moogmusic.com products modulars emerson moog modular system emms product description accessed nov 28 2014 byrd caitlin june 11 2015 . asheville s moog music now employee owned . asheville citizen times . retrieved july 2 2015 . http www.moogmusic.com news end voyage final production iconic synthesizer introducing mother 32 . moog music . retrieved 9 october 2015 . http www.moogmusic.com news moog % e2 % 80 % 99s new app spot recreation classic synth external links edit official website history of moog music the moog archives the bob moog foundation moog guitar info vst little phatty editor for mac and windows . moog greek distributor namm oral history program interview with mike adams 2010 business data for moog music inc. google finance yahoo finance hoover s authority control gnd 4738426 8 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moog music & oldid 741573277 categories companies based in asheville north carolinasynthesizer manufacturing companiesguitar effects manufacturing companiesmoogfesthidden categories wikipedia articles with gnd identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschitaliano polskisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 10 05 . text is available