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Author Topic: Synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog dead at 71 Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-22-2005 12:40 AM                     Sad announcement from the Moog Music Website: ASHEVILLE, N.C. — August 21, 2005 — Bob Moog died this afternoon at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 71. Bob was diagnosed with brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme or GBM) in late April 2005. He had received both radiation treatment and chemotherapy to help combat the disease. He is survived by his wife, Ileana, his five children, Laura Moog Lanier, Matthew Moog, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Renee Moog, and Miranda Richmond; and the mother of his children, Shirleigh Moog. Bob was warm and outgoing. He enjoyed meeting people from all over the world. He especially appreciated what Ileana referred to as "the magical connection" between music-makers and their instruments. No public memorial is planned. Fans and friends can direct their sympathies or remembrances to http://www.caringbridge.com/visit/bobmoog. Bob's family has established The Bob Moog Foundation dedicated to the Advancement of Electronic Music in his memory. Many of his longtime collaborators including musicians, engineers and educators have agreed to sit on its executive board including David Borden, Wendy Carlos, Joel Chadabpe, John Eaton, David Mash, and Rick Wakeman. For more information about the foundation, contact Matthew Moog at mattmoog@yahoo.com. RIP Bob. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 08-22-2005 12:44 AM                        I'm sure the guys from Kraftwerk are bowing their heads in a moment of remembrance  |  IP: Logged Dan Bouvier Film Handler Posts: 70 From: Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada Registered: Aug 2004 posted 08-22-2005 12:47 AM                     RIP Bob Speaking of synths, here's a page that talks about how they made the THX sound. ""The oscillators were not simple - they had 1-pole smoothers on both amplitude and frequency. At the beginning, they form a cluster from 200 to 400 Hz. I randomly assigned and poked the frequencies so they drifted up and down in that range. At a certain time (where the producer assured me that the THX logo would start to come into view), I jammed the frequencies of the final chord into the smoothers and set the smoothing time for the time that I was told it would take for the logo to completely materialize on the screen. At the time the logo was supposed to be in full view, I set the smoothing times down to very low values so the frequencies would converge to the frequencies of the big chord (which had been typed in by hand - based on a 150-Hz root), but not converge so precisely that I would lose all the beats between oscillators. All followed by the fade-out. It took about 4 days to program and debug the thing. The sound was produced entirely in real-time on the ASP."  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 08-22-2005 03:59 AM                     ...and Gershon Kingsley - who wrote "Popcorn" for the MOOG. He should be included in this as well - being one of the original composers for the MOOG.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 08-22-2005 08:37 AM                     The late Eric Siday was a friend of Wendy Carlos & Moog's second customer to buy his synth. Siday was known in the mid 1960's to produce jingles for Screen Gems,CBS,ABC,Maxwell House & others.  |  IP: Logged Clint Koch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1435 From: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-22-2005 11:47 AM                     Larry "Wires" Fast I am sure is bowing his head as well. Rest in peace.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 08-22-2005 12:40 PM                        Listening to Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Boxed Set today. Rest In Peace, Bob Moog.  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 08-22-2005 03:39 PM                        quote: Allison Parsons I'm sure the guys from Kraftwerk are bowing their heads in a moment of remembrance Not to mention Walter Carlos (who later became Wendy Carlos).  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-22-2005 06:24 PM                     I'm sure Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor) has to be mourning Moog's passing.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 08-23-2005 09:01 AM                        Sad to lose great people, but their great work will live on. Ioan Allen introduced me to Wendy Carlos at an SMPTE Conference in NYC in the early '90s. She is not only a brilliant musician, but very astute technically. A true "renaissance person" in many ways. Here are her movie credits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137793/ She also did the music for the short Dolby demo/test film "Listen".  |  IP: Logged

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