
Shortly after, major rock groups also became owners of Moog's. It was Walter Carlos' 1968 "Switched-On Bach" which featured Carlos' custom-built modular synthesizer as the only instrument on the recording which brought widespread interest to the Moog synthesizer. The godfather of the synthesizer Bob Moog
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This was where the term "patches" first originated - referring to the patch cord used to "patch" one module to the next. The final sound was heard from the system by pressing a key on an attached keyboard or pressing on the ribbon controller. The patch cords and module parameter knobs could be adjusted in countless ways to create a nearly infinite number of sounds. These modules offered unprecedented control over creating sounds. Each module performs a specific signal generating or modifying function. The Moog modular system consists of a number of various modules mounted in a cabinet. The Moog modular synthesizer offered musicians a revolutionary new way to produce sound. In 1964, Robert Moog created one of the first modular voltage-controlled music synthesizers, and demonstrated it at the AES convention that year. Keith Emerson With Moog Modular Synthesizer I can still remember saying "What is that"? "That" was Keith playing a Moog Modular Synth. When I cranked up my old Bose 901 speakers it just blew my mind. That was before I heard Keith Emerson's solo on Lucky Man. Sure, I had already heard many synthesizers played on classic albums from The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Beach Boys, but on those records the synthesizer was used mostly as a background to the vocal track - so I really did not take notice of just how cool a synth could sound. The very first time I had really "heard" a synthesizer played on a record was in 1970, when I picked up Emerson, Lake & Palmer's first album.
