Moog
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Moog (DVD)
Directed by: Hans Fjellestad
Nowadays it�s hard to imagine a time when synthesizers were looked at as more of a novelty then a true musical instrument. Robert Moog, the inventor behind the famous MOOG modular synthesizers, compares the early days of his instruments to the early days of photography. The technology was so strange that some people warned of the camera actually stealing your soul. When Moog released his modular synthesizers, people reacted similarly, worrying that a machine would replace the musician. �It wasn�t natural, I think that was the first response, and therefore it wasn�t right.�
That was over thirty ...
