Bob Moog Fairlight Intro

[kellyssa3]

I love to make music with his instruments. It's an incredible experience in my life. Thanks and R.I.P Bob

[Jakker27]

Some people are critical because they're so perfect, no one really gives a shit about them. They don't get that moog was a part of music/history and yet it never effected him. What do they want? A snob? some guy looking down on people rather then himself? Silly....

[turquoisecapricorn]

Robert Moog learned the commercial public what a synthesizer was and he opened the gate for all of us to electronic music. We love you and will never forget you!

[doomguy1001]

Poor guy. . . so nervous

[THEH4VOC]

!!!!ELDER GOD OF SYNTHESIZER!!!!! R.I.P.

[EendjeKwak]

@Uploader

Those floppies look like 8 inch floppies, but in 1983 there already were smaller floppies with more disk space. Is there a reason for this choice? Regards from Holland.

[24hoursthegirl]

...except the oboe, but they're working on that.

[KnittingRam]

he seems so pained to have to be doing this for another company.. This is Fairlight patronizing Bob Moog just as Yamaha is preparing to wipe out all American analog synth manufacturers..

[ironchimpo]

maybe, but he just seems like a classic engineer.

Q: how can you tell an extroverted engineer? A: He looks at YOUR shoes when he talks to you.

[AndyCam72]

Why doesn't he just say sampler? *lol* A truly historic piece. Thanks for sharing!

[sunnypedaal]

once at the frankfurter messe i saw an minimoogvoyager, one guy demonstrated it to me , real cool, but warm , nice , interested. talked 'bout the multimoog/voyager etc. a "toeristlikeguy" started taking photo's, of me ?

it was my only meeting with bob, he was oke, and so are his synth's

[chicoy12]

his speaking makes me feel frustrated and tired

[fooloof]

"his speaking makes me feel frustrated and tired"

No, that comes from having very little intelligence.

[jimib5863]

When was the last time YOU invented something that changed the world for all musicians ?........Thought so never!

[fooloof]

I don't know what your point is. I obviously am not comparing myself to Bob Moog. I was responding to another poster who was annoyed by Moog's talking. I responded that their annoyance was due to having very little intelligence. You can apply that to yourself as well, as you have not yet mastered the art of reading comprehension.

[nuclearbox2]

any idea why or for whom he is demonstrating this, since he did not create it?

[jimbotron70]

Maybe they gained mutually from the venture: Bob some sum of money or some technological patent for his company, CMI the impact of being introduced by an electronic music guru and rival.

[insanitylieshere]

this guy is awesome.

[intervenous]

Respect to Robert Moog. He lives on in our music and memories. Thank you. RIP.

[Gpalmer16]

Cheers

[simpsoncheat]

@intervenous

He is still alive .-.

[simpsoncheat]

@intervenous

Oh, wait, shit, my mistake

[XHALE303]

Why bitch about speeching? This man is KING & a GENIUS a Hero & Einstein 2 all (analogue) gear lovers...the rest is irrelevant

[newcastlemakerfaire]

A lot of people now, simply don't have the first idea just how important this man was.

They don't know how many things happened, only because of him.

RESPECT.

[Keijz74]

I agree. And the fact that he's a bit nervous doesn't take away the impression of a nice and humourous man. I bet he was that, and a genious too!

[OFR]

Nah - he didn't stutter or have any trouble speaking. He spoke VERY deliberately and clearly so people can understand... And does not speak from "canned" pre-written speeches. It's not slick - but it's real...

[Keijz74]

I think he's funny too. Must have been a nice man.

[HammondB200]

Bob is a really bad talker. Lots of obvious spaces between the sentences. A lot of geniusses were socially challenged

[rofthorax]

He probably has a problem with stuttering.. Something I've noticed of great inventors is they tend to have speech impediments..

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

He doesn't have a speech impediment either haha.

And if great inventors do, its probably because their brain is so choked up with thoughts, their bottlenecking lol.

[rofthorax]

Well I guess your right, its probably stage fright.. Seymour Cray was said to think up his best computer designs while gardening.. I think it's just people who tend to be more introverted. But it isn't always the case, Ken Perlin is the most socially outgoing and involved, but came up with a noise function that used everywhere in computer graphics and came up with functions for procedural animation. I guess it just depends.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Interesting though.

But i suppose its the nature of the inventing game that you kind of dig yourself into a hole.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Lol he wasn't socially challenged.

In this clip, he's just trying to remember his speech. Because he is forgetting parts, it adds a little pressure, sounds like he could use a glass of water.

Not everyone is good at speeches !

[Wolfskine214]

rofloog

[0prahTV]

RIP dr. moog

what a legend

[battechno]

Robert Moog is the reason i'm in business. this man is awesome. R.I.P Dr. Moog

[electricdreams2]

this is very interesting video

i respect him

[Keijz74]

He's a funny host I think. And a nice guy, I guess!

[kirkmach32]

Apart from being a brilliant guy, he's a really good sport and a true scientist. Good for him and good for all of us! Loved this guy.

[producermattpop]

For my fellow sound-freaks: my 2008 dance mix of Moments In Love by Art Of Noise, is basically my homage to the Fairlight ARR1preset (the breathy voice-like sound you hear on that record). I use original Fairlight samples to play a nice solo part with it. If you want to check it out - and my other tracks - simply look for the Matt Mix! Matt Pop.

[mickserwillo]

damn yellow bastards

[WillAJD]

Why is he yellow?

[TachyonDriver]

Because it's and extract from The Simpsons!

NO it's just the old video tape :)

[iletelyastraightmate]

he could have had Jaundice.

[Gurolac98]

we have advancement of technology, why not advancement of music? man goes on ;)

[LuxX63]

Oh yes yes,good dad MOOG,but because him and other electronics pioneers we now have a world of stupid jerks who are with successful with software and computers, make a boat of money without moving too fingers on keyboards, without deep knowledge and we also now steal money with rhythm and sounds increasingly extreme and disturbing ... the praise you this? Not me, I worked with electronics and now I have understood the limits! too beautiful and easy dear gentlemen!Human feeling dying!

[fivefoflow]

Yeah, there are alot of smug pricks out there useing FL studio and other such software. I don't commend them much. But there are also a lot of other people using good synths and samplers(like the MC 808) That can do some amazing things with such equipment. wether they actually learned how to play the piano or not isn't a big deal, it's the creativity that I like about it.

[JakeSpade79]

I use software and hardware...there is nothing wrong with software...if u use proper VSTs u can make some intriguing noise

And you think a sampler is better than FL Studio?

lol

[fivefoflow]

I know they are, FL Studio doesn't have anything that sampler doesn't have, it is based off the sampler after all. Besides, FL Studio and other things inhibit creativity. I know all about the VSTs and everything as well as the hardware, Software just isn't worth it unless you plan on making some generic stuff.

[messthetics]

It isn't about what you use to create music, it's how the end result sounds. I've used anything from software samplers, to tape loops, to MPC's, right down to the talkboy pen.

[mcrh0des]

@fivefoflow

What do you use does not matter, It is what you deliver in the end that matters!!!

Synths whether based on hardware or software have a lot of road to travel before being considered true human musical instruments.

For many years now, the lack of immediacy and precision along with the lack of standardization on sound libraries and sound generation, among other things, is making any kind of synth/sampler considered as a "less instrument" by many different types of musicians.

[sphinxmorraine]

i don't care if you play a guitar or if you use a computer and synthesis at the end of the day you still need to be able to write a tune.

which believe it or not is not easy any which way.

[kcirtap01]

I got to see a presentation of his just before he passed. Very cool guy and very friendly! I still have his autograph that says, "Hi Patrick!" :) He will be missed.

[canvoodoo]

cut to the chase

[seeem]

wow :) Dr Moog and a Fairlight! Yes the Fairlight is beautiful, but Stevie Wonder didn't write Talking Book on one, Dr Moog you're a genius and I love you. Rest in Peace.

[fishefood]

CLEARLY HE'S THE MAN FOR THE JOB...ITS MISTER MOOG HIMSELF,REVEILING YET ANOTHER KEYBOARD PARADIGM..ITS JUST SOME ONE ELSE'S CREATION.IMAGINE HOW BOB FELT LEARNING ABOUT THIS STEP IN MUSICAL ADVANCEMENT..PROB.BLOWN AWAY AND REALLY EXCITED TO BE THE PERSON PRESENTING THIS TO THE PUBLIC.(If not a little nervous);>..And prob. honored as a fellow pioneer of the times

[jaygrand]

Rhhhaaaa!!! Where;s the rest of the vid????:)

[jaygrand]

Boob the space man from earth. thanks for all your pioneering!!!! And thanks to the guy who posted that piece of musical history

[martinevans123]

tantalising.... what happened next?

[Teslatez]

thank you bob

[x0n1c64]

The Fairlight was a revolution indeed.

[splitn001]

Great stuff

[Downmaster]

Godfather of electronic music... he seems quite nervous in this presentation though ;)

[tmf866]

Dr. Moog was well loved by all who knew him in part because of his great humility - he'd even fill in for the receptionist when she was at lunch by answering the phones at his company. So, a bit of humility in public was his style. Also, he's talking about a product that he didn't invent, not one that's his own baby, and he seemed generally more comfortable talking about his own work.

[acousvnt]

It wouldn't surprise me if he had a bit of stagefright.

[Eldrian88]

Dr. Moog is one of the fathers of today's sound.

"Ha, ha, look what Moog's got !" - he's very funny too.

[TEMELMAN]

THANK YOU MR.MOOG

[acousvnt]

It's strange to see this, because as far as I know, Bob Moog was never terribly interested in sampling or digital technology.

[cptmaximum]

sampling? you serious dude?

[acousvnt]

Yep, I'm serious, dude! I said, "as far as I know", though, so I could be mis-remembering whatever I heard or read. Everything he's known for is analog, though.

[cptmaximum]

this guy was one of the pioneers of sound synth. sampling is like recording a piano sound and putting it in a keyboard or like moog sounds and putting them on vst or something. he actually built some of the first machines that could produce the sounds though. this is like in the 50s and 60s so nothing was really digital. but that's why moogs have a "fat" sound because theyre analog. just like a guitar voice on a keyboard doesnt sound as full as an actual guitar.

[cptmaximum]

this fairlight thing is probably digital though, it looks more like a modern day keyboard. to be honest i was just listening to his story and not paying much attention to what was right in front of him. i see what you were saying now though. yeah i dont know what he had to do with that.

[acousvnt]

Yes, I know who Bob Moog is, what sampling is, and the difference between analog and digital. What I'm saying is, it's weird to see him present the Fairlight, because the Fairlight was a digital sampler, and therefore didn't have much in common with the kind of synthesizers he pioneered.

[flyp1001]

It makes sense because the CMI was such a huge step, it was only natural for him to be interested in it and comment on it. He loves any kind of electronic music device. If he ignored it, he'd look foolish. Back then people where knew it was a new invention etc. And probably didn't know where things would go either.

[seeem]

Yea for sure, Dr Moog is there totally out of a token of respect (towards him), if he's talking about something, everyone in the business would listen. It's like getting Newton to talk about science, or Muhammad Ali to talk about boxing, Dr Moog pretty much gave birth to synthesizers, analog or digital, he more or less started it all.

[francislalan]

Xlent video!! Thank you !!

[fiveways]

excellent video. love the speech. anything mentioning vladimir ussachevsky is a-ok with me.

[seeem]

He was so nervous too hehehe there's nothing like giving yourself an easy name to quote when you're nervous!! vladimir ussachevsky

[alanbyond]

this is a rare footage but to me the speech of moog is boring.

[rtermini]

Long Live Moog.  long Live Grundy.

[01Calamity]

Excellent stuff, now off in search of some Moog

modular madness and other synth shenanigans!

[norsnorsley]

me too! i would love to see the rest of this footage, geat video thank you.

[iunowhu]

Historically an incredible piece of footage.

Two of the greatest influences in electronic music, Moog and Fairlight. What can be grander than the Fairlight being demonstrated by the biggest man in synth history?

[otoker]

Such a GREAT MAN,u live in our hearts.

[SynaMax]

Awesome video! A great man with a great machine. Thanks for posting, jhanalog!

[evhvariac]

Excellent post. Thanks!

[rustyanalog]

i would love to watch his entire presentation as well. if your able to, please post the rest of this. thanks

[jhanalog]

I will post the rest as soon as I can divide it into managable pieces. This video is from a production when I worked for Fairlight in the early 80's.

[cgraff]

Hey there, did you work with David Bross and Will Alexander?

[jhanalog]

Yes, I was the first fairlight sales engineer. Gary Chang, Will Alexander and I were the core of the US company until the first expansion which included Dav e and many others.. Jeff

[Audionized]

@jhanalog Gary Chang the soundtrack composer?

[XMOB]

Hi, great video. Please post some more! this man is god.

[eshefer]

man that was great. It will be great if you post the rest of the vids when you can. thanks for this.

[673flaw]

That's excellent. I'd love to see the rest of the demonstration. Do you know where the video came from?

[Lovesign]

Great post !! Would love to see the rest of this footage.

Even though I never knew him, whenever I see him, I miss him. RIP Bob.