Minimoog’s missing link: how an icon was born in summer of 1970

How did the Minimoog take shape – and set the course of synthesizer and musical instrument history? Among many revelations in JoE Silva’s The Minimoog Book for BJOOKS, we learn how the synth’s early prototypes evolved into the instrument we know today. Read the excerpt here.

Herb Deutsch, educator and Moog synth co-inventor, has died

Herb Deutsch, one of the leading figures in the early development of the synthesizer and a lifelong educator, died on Friday.

Peter Kirn - December 11, 2022

Happy 90th birthday to Herb Deutsch, educator, composer, and Moog synth co-inventor

It’s Herb Deutsch’s birthday today – and what better way to celebrate than listen to him talk about music, sound, and synthesizers? The co-creator of the Moog modular is featured in a just-released video and is a great professor to all of us as always. Pull up a chair.

Peter Kirn - February 9, 2022

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