A story about Doug McKechnie and his Moog synthesizer, which he owned from 1968. Read about his pioneering work and how his Moog was (not) featured on the Altamont Speedway show at which the Rolling Stones also appeared. The Moog was sold to Christopher Franke in 1972.
In Electronics & Music Maker magazine, march 1983, this interview with Chris Franke appeared. Unfortunately we don’t know the name of the author. Please note that all (c) are with …
This story about Bob Moog was found in the (Swiss) Neue Zürcher Zeitung, related to the introduction of the “Switched on..” book by Albert Glinksy. Please note that all (c) …
There was this post about the Qasar I on the Vintage Synth Facebook group. I’d never heard of this synth and dived into it. It seems that the designer Tony …
Read the story from an inside man: this article is kindly reproduced from the EMEAPP website. Please note that all (c) are with EMEAPP and Jim Scott. Jim Scott was …
We found this article in a vintage Studio Sound magazine, April 1971. Interesting reading with an explanation of voltage controlled music with the EMS synths. You’ll find the pdf of …
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During the past few months, I was in touch with musician Frans Lemaire from Belgium. The initial reason for contact was his past work on computer controlled music, later we …
This article, without mentioning the author, appeared in Electronic Soundmaker, September 1983. Please note that all (c) are with the magazine and the author(s). We have added some images for …
Usully we don’t bother too much with sing-and-songwriters, but we noticed this nice article on John Mayer and his Casio PT-1, published on Reverb.com . Please note that all (c) …
This article, written by Dan Carr, appeared at Musicradar.com. Read about the way the sounds of Michael Jackson were created on (vintage) synthesizers and tips about how to recreate these …