Moog Music layoffs provoke dismay in synth community

Several reports have confirmed steep layoffs this week at Moog Music’s Asheville, NC headquarters, shortly following an acquisition by InMusic (parent of Akai, Numark, Alesis, and others). Even in a tough year, these cuts are uniquely significant, as they strike at the brand story of the single best-known name in synths.

Tactile Patch Sheets are open 3D-printed synth overlays for vision accessibility

Patch sheets and synth overlays too often assume sighted users – so how do you make them accessible for people with low vision or blindness? Geert Bevin and Tim Burgess have tried 3D-printed patch sheets for the Moog DFAM and Mavis. They’re open source and could be a starting point for more; we’d love to hear from people with different levels of sight about whether this works for you.

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2023

Full Moog Moogerfooger effects suite is now on iPad and iPhone – Filtatron redux!

Moog already brought their Moogerfooger effects to a powerful, patchable desktop edition. Now, it’s the iPad’s and iPhone’s turn, making these perfectly pocketable effects for your mobile rig. And that continues a legacy Moog app developers started some 13 years ago with Filtatron.

Peter Kirn - August 14, 2023

Here’s a big, sortable list of popular recent synths and their features

Peter Kirn - July 31, 2023

CDM Deals: Independence Day edition

Peter Kirn - July 3, 2023

Moog Music has been bought by inMusic, alongside brands like Alesis, Akai, Numark

Peter Kirn - June 13, 2023

Here’s what’s in Apple’s Logic Pro for iPad – and it’s more than you probably think (first impressions)

Peter Kirn - May 23, 2023

Moog updates Matriarch with performance tweaks, releases patching book and videos

Peter Kirn - March 15, 2023

Listen to Herb Deutsch narrate studies in tape and synthesis, from his 1976 book

Peter Kirn - December 12, 2022

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