Obituary: Dr Robert Moog

Dr Robert Moog, the inventor of the electronic synthesiser, has died of brain cancer aged 71His synthesiser, which bears his name, revolutionised music from the 1960s onwards, and was used by bands like the Beatles and the Doors.
Today, the electronic manipulation of sound is a ubiquitous feature of popular music. This was not always the case, and Moog was one of the pivotal pioneers of synthesised sound.His instruments transformed pop music during that most revolutionary and experimental of times, the 1960s.Born in the New York City suburb of Queens in 1934, Robert Moog – the name rhymes with “vogue” – became fascinated with electronics as a child.
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