The Beatles Bible - Topic: The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 vonbontee on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p12021 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p12021 Just to clarify: That larger of the two keyboards, in the top picture? That's actually a whole separate self-contained synth, a Polymoog I believe. It's not part of the that huge modular system (which is controlled by the smaller keyboard.) I'm just sayin'.

]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:20:00 +0100 Joe on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p11952 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p11952 It's based on a Minimoog, which in turn was based on the original Moog but without all the patch cord stuff. I think they've updated it a little to allow Midi etc. Still eye-wateringly expensive though. If I was considering it I'd go for a cheaper emulator or synth instead – AFAIK there's nothing in a Moog that can't be achieved on other instruments, but there's a certain cachet in the name (which rhymes with 'rogue', incidentally).

]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2010 12:05:32 +0100 MissLizzy on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p11949 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p11949 oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh..... The word huge didn´t prepare me to see this:

 

A question for the experts: The new very little Minimoog Voyager achieves to produce the same range of sounds that the old one?

]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:40:20 +0100 Bjway on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p11914 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/page-2/#p11914 I didn't feel that the moog had any trippy effect on Here Comes the Sun, I think it made Because feel a little bit more trippy. In Here Comes The Sun it mostly provides a more natural feel, except during the bridge which it almost feels out of place. I agree it does also give a new age sort of feel to Because, especially during its bridge. In Maxwell's Silver Hammer it also seems out of place, but I'm used to it there now so I guess it fits in.

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:28:44 +0100 mithveaen on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11876 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11876 Thanks about my avatar. I also love it. It's my all time favorite George moment, (and he wasn't even part of it)

 

I think I know what you mean. Here comes the Sun is a song with a very delicate balance. It's uplifting, it's positive, it's about nice cool things, but at the same time, it's not sappy, because it has the George factor, something in the song that tells you it's honest.

 

So yeah, It's like George... and George is cool! a-hard-days-night-george-6

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:23:29 +0100 GniknuS on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11873 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11873 skye said:

mithveaen said:

Ok sorry for my ignorance.. but what's exactly trippy? To me, it's a song that sounds as if you were high..a-hard-days-night-ringo-13

You've more or less defined it. It makes you feel like you're on a LSD trip.
 

Well, that's not really what I meant, I guess trippy is the wrong word. It's just out there, it's such a positive and sensitive song, but its still George, so there's a little bit of a twist to his sentimentality. It's like your avatar mithveaen, it's just George and George is just so damn ...]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:15:57 +0100 skye on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11865 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11865 mithveaen said:

Ok sorry for my ignorance.. but what's exactly trippy? To me, it's a song that sounds as if you were high..a-hard-days-night-ringo-13

You've more or less defined it. It makes you feel like you're on a LSD trip.

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:31:55 +0100 mithveaen on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11863 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11863 Ok sorry for my ignorance.. but what's exactly trippy? To me, it's a song that sounds as if you were high..a-hard-days-night-ringo-13

]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:27:01 +0100 Marcelo on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11842 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11842 GniknuS said:

skye said:

GniknuS said:

I sort of like it on Here Comes the Sun, it gives the song kind of a trippy feel.

But it's not a trippy song? Oh well, I figured it was just me. a-hard-days-night-george-4

 

I don't think it's intentionally trippy, but when I listen to it with headphones the synthesizer gives it that sort of feel.
 

I feel that is totally trippy, last remains of LSD in blood for George.a-hard-days-night-george-8

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:57:07 +0100 GniknuS on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11819 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11819 skye said:

GniknuS said:

I sort of like it on Here Comes the Sun, it gives the song kind of a trippy feel.

But it's not a trippy song? Oh well, I figured it was just me. a-hard-days-night-george-4
 

I don't think it's intentionally trippy, but when I listen to it with headphones the synthesizer gives it that sort of feel.

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:51:12 +0100 mithveaen on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11811 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11811 Joe said:

About this big: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.co.....12000.html

Another pic here  – the ribbon controller used on Maxwell is at the front.

EDIT this wasn't George's actual Moog; the ribbon controller was similar but not the same.

Holy Cow!! That looks to the first ENIAC computers!! (I didn't know them, I had computer history classes)

I wonder if you had to insert those computer punch cards to program them a-hard-days-night-john-3

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:40:08 +0100 vonbontee on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11810 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11810 As George says on the "Here Comes The Sun" article: "There wasn't an instruction manual, and even if there had been it would probably have been a couple of thousand pages long."

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:20:56 +0100 skye on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11807 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11807 Even the little one is intimidating. There were no manuals with the early ones, right?

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:31:38 +0100 Spiritinthesky on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11805 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11805 Yes, George was one of the first to use a Moog on any recordings.

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:51:45 +0100 Joe on The Moog synthesiser http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11804 Recording and musicology http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/recording-and-musicology/the-moog-synthesiser/#p11804 About this big: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.co.....12000.html

Another pic here: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.co.....-iiip.html – the ribbon controller used on Maxwell is at the front.

EDIT this wasn't George's actual Moog; the ribbon controller was similar but not the same.

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