Robert Moog

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While not the first-ever synthesizer (such had been invented in 1955 by the RCA company), Moog's designs were very good. By 1971 his company Moog Music was marketing the Minimoog Model D, to great success. His synthesizers used real keyboards, a great advantage over competing models; the Moog III sported two keyboards (five octaves each) and a number of different ways to modulate sound -- pitch, timbre, decay, etc. Among early adopters of his instruments were <a href="/music/345/000039228/">The Monkees</a>, and <a href="/people/721/000031628/">Wendy Carlos</a> with Switched-On Bach. After leaving Moog Music he formed another company, Big Briar, marketing theremins and other music equipment. Moog was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme (brain tumor) on 28 April 2005, and died in August of that year.Wife: Shirleigh Moog (four daughters, one son) Daughter: Laura Moog Lanier Son: Matthew Moog Daughter: Michelle Moog-Koussa Daughter: Renee Moog Daughter: Miranda Richmond Wife: Ileana Grams (philosophy professor)     University: <a href="/edu/579/000111246/">BS Physics, Queens College New York</a>     University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">BS Electrical Engineering, Columbia University</a>     University: <a href="/edu/540/000068336/">PhD, Cornell University (1965)</a>     <a href="/org/456/000041333/">Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society</a>     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/413/000171897/">Brain Cancer</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/380/000208753/">Moog (3-Jul-2004)</a> · Himself     <a href="/films/703/000088439/">Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (29-Jan-1994)</a> · Himself <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23732"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23732">Robert Moog</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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