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[John Hendry]

Wake up Korg Forum! It’s true….. Today is the day. Your input and value to the World using the most important tool ever designed to create Peace on Earth through understanding music theory and the tools used to create it is being announced today in regards to someone far and away Greater than Yourself. So be humbled finding yourself immersed in the Mystery of Sound and bow down NOW in a moment of silence to who you owe your power to. And when you straighten up do so ever so slowly because it all starts with an Oscillator and you wouldn’t want to make too much noise and pull a filter or end up with a loose cable.

WARNING!

The Christian Science Monitor has announced

“Experimentation with the controls may lead to interesting results”. A nuclear bomb is interesting when you take it apart so be very careful using any tool of GREAT POWER putting it back together. Google is celebrating Bob Moog's legacy with a fully playable synthesizer but don’t let that fool you. The founders of Google have NOT produced Birth Certificates proving they are even Human and from the Planet Earth. No one known to be Human on Earth gives away FREE MOOG SYNTHESIZERS so consider this fair warning so don’t say I didn’t say so.

“Here's what you need to know in order to play your real synthesizer.”

You better skip that part….sounds really complicated. And where the Hell are any of you guys going to get your paws on a REAL SYNTHESIZER anyway? And remember the words of an expert…. “Anyone can buy a keyboard but few can really play”. So even if you get one…..what are you going to do with it? HA! The instant you turn this thing on you will turn GREEN and start hearing commands in your head.

Don’t worry….that’s just Bob reminding everyone what it’s all about.
To learn to play your new tool…not a toy after you hook it up to a decent sounding A/D to see who sounds best:

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2012/0523/Bob-Moog-How-to-play-the-Moog-doodle

BTW: “The sound controls are shown in four sections, above the keyboard, echoing Moog's modular design. The first section contains volume controls. The large knob changes the master volume, and the three knobs to its left control the treble, middle, and bass levels, respectively.

The second module contains the oscillator controls. Google's synthesizer contains three different oscillators, all of which generate "raw" waveforms. The first column of three knobs control the octave range of each oscillator, creating sounds ranging from the extremely deep and barely audible to ear-piercingly high and sharp. Each of the three knobs can be controlled independently. Experimentation with these controls may lead to interesting results. The two large knobs in the oscillator controls allow you to change the tuning of two of the oscillators. This acts in a similar way to loosening or tightening a string on a guitar.

Finally, the column of three knobs on the right side of the oscillator controls will allow you to choose different waveforms for the oscillators. These can also dramatically affect the shape of the sound.

The third module contains the filters. Once more, these will greatly influence the sound of the synthesizer. The two knobs in the upper left and the lower left corners of the filters module shape the sound by cutting off the highest frequencies and emphasizing certain tones. The knob between them controls portamento, or glide: the degree to which the synthesizer will "slide" between played notes. The other three knobs in the filters selection will apply more modifiers to the sound. Play with these and see what you come up with!
The final module, envelope, will change the overall shape and length of the sound. The top envelope knob controls "attack," or how abruptly a tone will begin to play. The second knob controls "release," which determines how long it will take for silence to resume after a key is released. The last knob controls "sustain," or how loud the note will be when it is held down.

A combination of all of these controls, even on a fairly simple synthesizer like Google's can produce nearly an infinite variety of sounds.

Lastly, Google's Moog Doodle contains a four-track recording device that will allow you to capture your masterpiece and share it with friends.

Now that you understand the purpose of the sound controls……”


John^^
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