Chances are, one of your favorite tracks features a Moog synthesizer. In fact, if you’ve watched the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, you heard Moog synthesizers all over the soundtrack. Without this innovation in sound, music wouldn’t be what we know and love today. And the person we have to thank is Bob Moog.
In May 2019, industry giant Native Instruments released Modular Icons, a sound library featuring a plethora of legendary, iconic modular synthesizers with sounds created by some of the world’s most respected musicians and sound designers. Since that time, much of our energy was devoted to the opening of our new Moogseum, but as we approach the end of the year we wanted to pause and feature each artist and modular that is included in this unique soundbank.
“As a musical pioneer, his [Bob Moog’s] ability to harness the power of electricity for the purpose of creating sound revolutionized the music industry – one of many achievements immortalized in the Moogseum located in the heart of downtown Asheville.” – Biltmore Beacon
Michelle Moog-Koussa didn’t know much about her famous father’s legacy until Robert Moog, inventor of the the first commercial synthesizer, died in 2005.
“My father always held his career at arm’s length from the family, so I had very, very little exposure to ‘Bob Moog’ as a kid and even as an adult,” she says. “When he was sick, and when he passed away, we received thousands of testimonials from people all over the world attesting to how he had changed or even transformed their lives.”
