The Bob Moog Foundation Announces Definitive Bob Moog Biography

The Bob Moog Foundation is promoting Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution by Albert Glinsky, the first complete biography of the synthesizer pioneer’s storied life and career. The 496-page hardcover book, with 58 black-and-white and color illustrations and a Foreword by Francis Ford Coppola, published by Oxford University Press, was directly supported by The Bob Moog Foundation by facilitating interviews and providing access to hundreds of rare historical documents and photos.

Arturia launched an exciting new range of software plug-ins leveraging the company's expertise in analog circuit emulation. The first of two new packages includes recreations of Rupert Neve’s classic solid-state 1973 Preamp, Trident Studio’s A Range console preamps, and a classic Telefunken V76. The filters package includes modeled circuits from Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim’s Matrix-12 and the famous SEM-filter. All software recreations include valuable tools and add-ons.

Moog Music Inc., the electronic musical instrument company founded by the late synthesizer pioneer Dr. Bob Moog, announced that as of June 6, it became an employee-owned company. The decision was announced by Mike Adams, Moog Music’s President and CEO.

The Bob Moog Foundation released 15 new schematics from its vast archives of hardware, conceptual drawings, photographs, vintage catalogs, design schematics and more. The release is the second of its kind, following 20 schematics shared on the Foundation’s eighth anniversary, August 21, 2014.