the Moog Synthesizer (To Tell the Truth)

number one what is your name please my name is Robert Moog number two my name is Robert Moog number three my name is Robert Moog and here is the story of Robert Moog and his synthesizer it says I Robert Moog and the creator of the modern electronic musical instrument that bears my name the Moog synthesizer the only thing about it that looks like a musical instrument is a keyboard however as you heard earlier my synthesizer doesn't sound like a piano or an accordion its system of generators modifiers and controllers can produce an amazing variety of sounds from reasonable facsimile substandard musical instruments to bird calls and weird otherworldly noises evocative of a trip through outer space the synthesizer was used for part in the music in the film Clockwork Orange the Beatles and The Rolling Stones have sung to mogh accompaniment and the record of switched-on Bach made entirely on a mould synthesizer sold 700,000 copies I guess you might say that I was born to invent what has been called the computer with a keyboard my mother was a pianist my father an electrical engineer sign Robert Moog [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and I bet you a lot of you finally over the first time today that it's not pronounced Moog this is the way I spell em or OG I have it from the gentleman's mouth but it spelled mold and we'll be right back after this commercial now friends we have with us three gentlemen all of them claiming to be Robert mold creator of the Moog synthesiser an electronic musical instrument and we'll start the questioning with the panelists whose voice I doubt could be reproduced by any kind of machine miss Peggy wait gasps Thank You number three do you know the real name of PDQ Bach no I don't this PDQ back use your synthesizer I don't know thank you number one if any mine composers used your Moog synthesizer in in composing modern works for instance would be conducted by mr. bliss it hasn't been done to my knowledge I know there are compose such as John Cage who had do it but I think you'll find him under the toad still under the toadstool he grows mushrooms number two what should the Beatles ever did what when was your machine used for the instrument used for the Beatles The Beatles used my synthesizer for Abbey Road that was an album one of the last albums at which which cuts they used the third and fourth I believe do you know the name mmm that buzzer came and we're going along down that song we're hearing the shaft theme number two that sound we hear in chef walla walla that is that it synthesizer yes it is do they do they ever attach it to a guitar you can attach it to any kind of amplification system basically the signal output from this unit can be attached to anything any kind of speaker number three when you read when you play the music written for a synthesizer do you write regular musical notes like CDE and that's really yes you can do that you can yes goodbye sharps and flats yes what is the oscillator Bank number up number one what is the oscillator Bank on this unit here I think the easiest way of describing to say it vibrates you have a trill or something that changes your movement the trim is at number two that's a root of sound I ever heard do you know who began to play musical works with electronic devices pianist composer who the first one was to use electronic yeah yeah I can't tell you who the first one is that's a long time ago I see number two what possessed you to do this kind of a thing the idea of a synthesizer had been invented by RCA and I was particularly intrigued by the electronics I had been experimenting with theremin and other kinds of music just one thing led to the other I see and number one what is the range of this thing actually the range it depends upon the model you see before you a mini mod if we go into console models such are quite expensive and the range is really info test well as far as the human ear and beyond number one you mentioned this was a mini-mart modeled and then we are to assume there are more elaborate versions of the synthesizer is that right oh yes this is something new in our line which if we can only bring it down even further we'll get it into the home whether they can afford it number two the theremin has long been listed in the local 802 directory of musicians that's musicians local here in New York and the theremin had exactly two people who were qualified in their estimation to play it how many are there is there a listing yet for the synthesizer we have a problem because 802 had disqualified my synthesizer when it first came on the market and it's only been in the last three years that it has been accepted as a musical instrument but there's no qualification 802 accepts it as musical further questioning panel if you haven't learned now you're never gonna learn you have to mark your ballots and what do we think is it number one or is it number two or is it numbered you know that we pay to our team is challenge is $50 for each wrong vote $500 of all the votes are wrong and Peggy starts please well I was gonna vote for one and then he told me more than I really cared to know so I did not vote for him besides it wouldn't get infinitesimally as it got bigger it would get infinite so I had to scratch you and who cares if John Cage raises mushrooms you're very solid I'm sure you're musical but number two looks like that hat but you know he's absolutely product of genetics of a piano player and an engineer so I voted for him number two well you were so persuasive if I hadn't already voted for two I would have but that's I think he just had more authority he had theremin he knew about theremin and he said mites I think we're wrong number one is smiling very happily I also voted for number two so we have a large trend shaping up William Cullen are you gonna throw your lot in with a bunch are you going to be a rugged individualists but - everybody seems to know a Robert mold when he sees one the votes are in will the real Robert Moog please stand up sir there [Applause] I Ewing has gone tire paddle $500 worth let's find out who this tough team is number one what is your real name please and what do you do I am Cameron K where injure I'm an attorney in private practice here in Manhattan [Music] genetically ideal number two what is your real name what do you do my name is Dan Lavery and I'm the general manager of the vizio tech division of DiMeo industries well having with us a mold synthesizer and a mr. mold it seems only fitting that we should have a demonstration which I'm sure I will not understand but we'll try Oh obviously this takes a combination of someone who can play the piano and somebody who understands a synthesizer right yeah you you have to know what each of these controls means here each one affects one property the sound that's why it's called a synthesizer because it puts together sound out of its individual parts what did you do take one note and monkey with it for its excuse the phrase monkey yeah sure we begin here with uh with an oscillator which generates the tone select the range select the waveform combined tones and then shake them with a filter which determines how much overtone content you like this is another way of shaping this is much more rapid now can you give us a demonstration of the white sound yeah white sound that has no pitch at all here's white sound here is with a little pitch I can put on it and I can glide with the keyboard which is another popular effect [Music] that was right thank you very much this Bob Mould and thank you gentlemen magnificent [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 10min 15sec (615 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 25 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/mcc111]

Haha, I like at 8:57 when he's demonstrating the resonance knob and a woman in the audience goes "Oh!" like she's just had a life-changing revelation

[u/Balfour23]

This will bring a smile to your face, I promise!

[u/[deleted]]

infinitesimal or infinite?

pretty sharp panel to ask that!

the buzzer drowned her out, but she was calling BS pretty hard

I love this show

[u/OGsambone]

"who cares if john cage grows mushrooms!"

[u/SynthFan]

The sawtooth kitty cat lead patch is nice sounding, the lady was amazed when Bob was playing with the resonance. This made me feel really happy seeing this video. Thank you!

[u/FogBearSynth]

Gotta love vintage gameshow footage.

[u/[deleted]]

Anyone know the year of this? And who is the panelist with the gold shades?

[u/DeepVeinyThrombossa]

I didn't know this existed. Thank you!

[u/jaspercapri]

That was fun! It’s cool to see synth and pop culture meeting up like this. If I hadn’t known who bon was, i would’ve been fooled for sure.