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Early Musical Engineering Origins
- Bob Moog built his own electronic instruments and liked theremins as a kid.
- Don Buchla made radios and studied physics and music at Caltech with different coastal influences.
Control Voltage Revolutionizes Synths
- Bob Moog introduced control voltage making synthesizers instantly playable like keyboards.
- This replaced days of programming or tape cutting with immediate musical feedback.
Modular Synths Enable Dynamic Sound
- The modular synthesizer design lets you mix sound sources, filters, and control elements.
- This allows sounds to be dynamically shaped and changed even while being played.