Google has come out with another fascinating doodle on its home page today. The doodle is in honor of the celebration of Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog's 78th birthday, an American music enthusiastic, sonic doodler and founder of Moog Music.
The sounds of the Moog synthesizer became a familiar part of popular music during the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Legendary artists such as The Beatles to Donna Summer to Yes and the Beastie Boys have all used a Moog synthesizer.
The Moog doodle will let you record your work using the tape recorder found to the right of the synthesizer. These creations can then be shared via a link or through Google+. If you look closely: the lines connecting the knobs above the keyboard spell out “Goog,” an obvious play on Moog’s name.
Click on Bob Moog Google Doodle Demonstration: How to use it! for a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the new Bob Moog Google Doodle.
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miniSynth (iOS, On Sale, $0.99)
miniSynth is the synthesizer app for the iPhone/iPod Touch platform. miniSynth combines features that professional sound-making machines of the golden age of analog synths with an elegant simplicity that makes it suited for all playing situations.
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Mini Synthesizer (Android, free)
The Classic Mini Synthesizer is an emulation of a Moog synthesizer, three oscillators, noise, mixer, filter and two envelope generators fully emulated in software with modulation from third oscillator and/or Noise/S&H. With the addition of a step sequencer to play riffs and tweak the sounds, then record the outputs to ringtones if you want.
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