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Hi Jay,

Keep us posted about your 901 Osc. replicas. 

I'd be particularly interested in getting one.

***

Just saw the MOOG MOVIE documentary last night in Seattle. 

It's about 70 minutes long,and mostly features Bob Moog 
discussing his philosopy about electronic synthesis and his love 
of instrument making. It is not an in-depth look at his life, but 
merely focuses in on how the Moog (minimoog, in particular) 
changed the face of pop music.

Rick Wakeman talks about the impact the instrument made, and 
he's featured in a performance at last year's MoogFest in NYC. 
Ditto for Keith Emerson, who doesn't speak, but plays his 
massive modular at MoogFest.

Very interesting interviews with Bob talking to Gershon Kingsley 
and Walter Sear, but NO chat with Wendy Carlos, at all. Which I 
find a glaring omission. Just a brief mention of "Switched-On 
Bach", actually.

Jean Jacques Perrey is seen briefly in concert with Luke Vibert in 
London, and there's a healthy clip from a Stereolab concert, as 
well.

The film really could have focused in more on WHY the classic  
sythesizers (Moog clones and minimoogs) have made a huge 
comeback at this point in time, and could have taken a more 
detailed look at the various parts of the big modular.

Nevertheless, we get a brief look inside Moog Music, Inc. factory, 
and actually get to watch a Voyager getting put together, which I 
found really interesting.

I also got a copy of the CD soundtrack, which is not nearly as 
interesting to me, and mostly features various modern artists 
(most of whom I'd never heard of) noodling away at minimoogs, 
via hip-hoppy sampled beats. Yawn.

It does come with a second bonus disc, which has some classic 
Moog-rock recordings like ELP's "Lucky Man",  and Jean 
Jacques Perrey's "EVA".  But including YES doing "Close To The 
Edge" seems a bit out of place.

It's all redeemed (in my eyes) with a wonderful cover of "Baroque 
Hoedown" by THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.

So there you go.

Cheers,

 - Dana Countryman
http://www.danacountryman.com

--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, Jay <jay@d...> wrote:
> on 9/27/04 3:55 AM, Terje Winther at terjewi@n... wrote:
> 
> > Does this mean that you will be offering CA3019s with the 
boards?
> 
> Yes, along with the "special" unijunction transistor I forgot to 
mention.
> 
> > Maybe some of the tuning unstability in the VCOs cancels 
each other when you
> have multiple VCOs.
> 
> I think it depends how you would be using the oscillators. The 
problem is
> more with constant tracking rather than major drift. Your 
oscillators may be
> in tune, but go up 2 octaves and you're in trouble.
> 
> > Any idea of a time-frame for these boards? Price?
> 
> No idea yet. Early next year probably.
> 
> > I forgot to ask; Will these "new" Moog 901 VCOs fit into 
dotcom power
> > supply format; i.e. power connector and voltage?
> 
> Yep. Should be able to fit combo MOTM/MODCAN connector on 
there too.