24 Jan
2009
24 Jan
'09
9:31 p.m.
... they just sit in the corner of someone's studio, collecting dust, until some
random guy (me) gets called in to do some backup and archiving sysadmin tasks, and
stumbles upon them:
http://www.restivo.org/misc/mooggasm/
This one is Serial Number 1037/1038 (a FrankenMoog?), made by Mr. Moog himself, in April
of 1971. Discrete transistors, NO OP AMPS, apparently impossible to keep in tune.
No, it doesn't work, alas. The power amp section works (speakers go BOOM! when the
thing is powered up, and noise can be heard when its output is turned up), but only OSC3
can be heard, faintly, as if it were bleed-through. No sound at all from OSC 1 or 2.
I don't need yet another project, otherwise I'd offer to buy it, strictly for the
cool factor... if it were ever working again it would be SO sweet.
-ken
24 Jan
24 Jan
10:02 p.m.
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Ken Restivo wrote:
... they just sit in the corner of someone's
studio, collecting dust,
until some random guy (me) gets called in to do some backup and
archiving sysadmin tasks, and stumbles upon them:
http://www.restivo.org/misc/mooggasm/
This one is Serial Number 1037/1038 (a FrankenMoog?), made by Mr.
Moog himself, in April of 1971. Discrete transistors, NO OP AMPS,
apparently impossible to keep in tune.
No, it doesn't work, alas. The power amp section works (speakers go
BOOM! when the thing is powered up, and noise can be heard when its
output is turned up), but only OSC3 can be heard, faintly, as if it
were bleed-through. No sound at all from OSC 1 or 2.
I don't need yet another project, otherwise I'd offer to buy it,
strictly for the cool factor... if it were ever working again it
would be SO sweet.
-ken
Hey Ken!
I immediately jumped on the link, without reading the message, in
ecstatic anticipation of the sound files I'd find there. Sigh...Moog
not working.
I used to have an Arp Odyssey that was oh-so-fun. You'd better believe
that cool factor thing. I still sometimes speak in portamento out of
both adoration and respect for the dead!
Frank
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25 Jan
25 Jan
1:13 a.m.
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
... they just sit in the corner of someone's
studio, collecting dust, until some random guy (me) gets called in to do some backup and
archiving sysadmin tasks, and stumbles upon them:
http://www.restivo.org/misc/mooggasm/
This one is Serial Number 1037/1038 (a FrankenMoog?), made by Mr. Moog himself, in April
of 1971. Discrete transistors, NO OP AMPS, apparently impossible to keep in tune.
No, it doesn't work, alas. The power amp section works (speakers go BOOM! when the
thing is powered up, and noise can be heard when its output is turned up), but only OSC3
can be heard, faintly, as if it were bleed-through. No sound at all from OSC 1 or 2.
I don't need yet another project, otherwise I'd offer to buy it, strictly for the
cool factor... if it were ever working again it would be SO sweet.
-ken
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I've still got a MiniMoog, It's serial number is 120xx (can't remember
all of it). It stays in tune fairly well and still sounds great. Also
have a Micromoog, my very first synth.
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Ernie Dulanowsky
www.pulsewidth.ca
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5:18 a.m.
On Sat, 2009-01-24 at 18:31 -0800, Ken Restivo wrote:
... they just sit in the corner of someone's
studio, collecting dust, until some random guy (me) gets called in to do some backup and
archiving sysadmin tasks, and stumbles upon them:
http://www.restivo.org/misc/mooggasm/
This one is Serial Number 1037/1038 (a FrankenMoog?), made by Mr. Moog himself, in April
of 1971. Discrete transistors, NO OP AMPS, apparently impossible to keep in tune.
No, it doesn't work, alas. The power amp section works (speakers go BOOM! when the
thing is powered up, and noise can be heard when its output is turned up), but only OSC3
can be heard, faintly, as if it were bleed-through. No sound at all from OSC 1 or 2.
Can't be that hard, can it? There's nothing very complicated about old
analogue synths...
I don't need yet another project, otherwise
I'd offer to buy it, strictly for the cool factor... if it were ever working again it
would be SO sweet.
Shame it's on the wrong side of the planet. I would certainly take a
look at it.
Gordon
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