GO HERE TO SEE THE PREMIERE at 8 pm (ET) on August 21st: https://youtu.be/u-shRiWR1TU
Mark your calendars! The Bob Moog Foundation will stream the Synth Legends symposium, which originally took place in Los Angeles on April 19, 2005, and was organized by Russ Jones of the former AudioMIDI. The symposium features iconic synthesizer pioneers Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, and special guest Marcus Ryle. Drum machine innovator Roger Linn moderated the panel. It was Bob Moog’s last public appearance before he died of a brain tumor four months later.
The stream will take place on the Foundation’s YouTube channel at 8 pm (EDT) on August 21st, the 20th anniversary of Moog’s passing. Tom Oberheim, Denise Smith (Dave Smith’s widow), Marcus Ryle, and Michelle Moog-Koussa will be present in the chat during the stream to answer questions from the audience.
During the one-hour and thirty-eight-minute symposium, all four innovators reflect separately about their unique histories and innovations before the group answers a series of questions collectively. The event, originally filmed in front of a live audience, was later released on DVD in limited quantities. This is the first time it will be aired in its entirety, with masterful audio enhancement provided by Harold LaRue Mastering.
The event is being made possible by an exceptional group of industry sponsors:
Platinum Sponsors: Moog Music, Sequential/Oberheim, Spectrasonics
Gold Sponsors: Arturia, Korg, Roland
Silver Sponsors: Cherry Audio, GForce, ILIO, RosenSound, and Softube.
“The Bob Moog Foundation is honored to share this historical symposium with our supporters worldwide,” noted Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “This is not only an opportunity to remember Bob Moog on the 20th anniversary of his passing, but it is a chance to celebrate all four synthesizer innovators and hear them lend insight into their illustrious careers and accomplishments. We are deeply grateful for our sponsors, who made this event possible. We are honored by their particiation given their various connections to Bob, including Moog Music’s continuation of his technical legacy, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim having been inspired by his early work, Spectrasonics paying tribute to his legacy through the Bob Moog Tribute Library, and Arturia’s parntership with him on one of the last projects that he worked on before his passing.”
Limited-Edition Synth Legend T-shirts
Alongside the release of the symposium DVD in 2005, Audiomidi.com also offered t-shirts designed by renowned synthesizer designer Axel Hartmann commemorating the event. The t-shirts featured the signatures of Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, and Dave Smith, each placed below the knobs associated with their legendary synthesizers. The Bob Moog Foundation has re-created the limited-edition t-shirt. Pre-orders for the shirt will be available from July 14th through August 25th.
The t-shirt is available in two versions: the original version with colored accents above the knobs, pictured above, and the reissue version, below, which is black and white.
