Moog Song as of late introduced that it’s now a part of inMusic, house to a wide selection of tune trade manufacturers, together with Akai, Alesis, Denon, M-Audio, Numark, Stanton & others.
Moog says that the corporate will likely be protecting manufacturing and product building in Asheville, however becoming a member of inMusic will give them get right of entry to to InMusic’s extra environment friendly provide chain and distribution.
This is their legit announcement:
To our pals, artists, companions, collaborators, and group:
It’s my excitement and privilege to deliver you the thrilling information that Moog Song has joined the inMusic circle of relatives.
With its numerous roster of leading edge corporations around the tune generation area, inMusic is understood for its determination to growing high quality efficiency and manufacturing tools for musicians around the globe. We’re extremely joyful to sign up for this staff of proficient, like-minded individuals who enhance our undertaking as we proceed to design and construct the arena’s best-sounding digital musical tools.
Dedicated to keeping up the sound, high quality, and production philosophy that Moog is understood for, inMusic is in a position to be offering answers to enhance the spaces which were ongoing demanding situations for our corporate as a small production trade. This new partnership will permit us get right of entry to to inMusic’s environment friendly international distribution and provide chain community whilst offering inMusic and its affiliated manufacturers with deep experience in analog synthesis.
With product building proceeding to be led by way of Steve Dunnington, a long-time Moog engineer and previous scholar of Bob Moog, we’re proud to stay engineering, designing, and development tools in our native land of Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
Our new companions at inMusic, based totally in Cumberland, Rhode Island, will deliver an abnormal wealth of data and enjoy to assist bolster our efforts and construct upon our 70-year legacy.
The new conversations that I’ve had with inMusic CEO Jack O’Donnell were inspiring, to mention the least. Jack shared with me the tales of his first synthesizer, a Moog modular gadget, and the affect this software and Bob’s imaginative and prescient have had on his profession. We had the chance to host Jack on the Moog manufacturing facility not too long ago and proportion with him the fervour and determination our small group brings to our paintings day by day.
We’re excited to introduce you to the various leading edge {hardware} and device tools our group has at the horizon. This partnership with inMusic will permit us to succeed in new communities and proceed to push the limits of tune generation. Discovering a spouse that honors our values, undertaking, and legacy is a brilliant boon for our corporate and group.
The long run is brilliant for Moog and the unbelievable group that has embraced our tools and all we stand for. We’re thankful in your loyalty and enhance alongside the way in which, and we will’t wait so that you can see (and listen to) all that’s forward.
Sincerely,
Joe Richardson
President, Moog Song
Moog has a protracted, advanced historical past as a logo.
It was once at the start based in 1953 in Trumansburg, NY by way of Robert Moog because the R.A. Moog Co. On this authentic incarnation, the corporate offered a few of its maximum iconic merchandise, together with the Moog Modular and the Minimoog.
In 1971, the emblem was once offered and moved to Williamsville, New York. Robert Moog left the corporate in 1977. The corporate declared chapter in 1987. All the way through this time period, the corporate offered a number of necessary tools, together with the Polymoog keyboard and the Taurus bass synth.
Robert Moog began a brand new corporate in 1978, Large Briar, to get again to his roots as a small producer of theremins. There, he created merchandise just like the Ethervox and Etherwave theremins, and the Moogerfooger line of results pedals.
Rights to the Moog Song logo returned to Robert Moog in 2002, and Large Briar was once rebranded as Moog Song. Since then, the corporate has launched a protracted string of necessary tools, together with the Minimoog Voyager, their line of Eurorack semi-modular tools, the Grandmother & Matriarch keyboards, the Moog One polysynth, leading edge device synths like Animoog and reissues of vintage designs from the ’70s.
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