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- Robert Moog's Prototype Synthesizer, 1964-1965 - This prototype synthesizer--a collaboration between engineer Robert Moog and composer Herbert Deutsch--is a musical icon. Synthesizers create unique electronically produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum-tube-based systems. In 1968, the album <em>Switched-On Bach</em> introduced the Moog synthesizer to a wider audience. Synthesizers quickly became a mainstay of popular music.
- 1964-1965
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Robert Moog's Prototype Synthesizer, 1964-1965
This prototype synthesizer--a collaboration between engineer Robert Moog and composer Herbert Deutsch--is a musical icon. Synthesizers create unique electronically produced sounds. Moog's solid-state synthesizer was musically superior and much more portable than earlier vacuum-tube-based systems. In 1968, the album Switched-On Bach introduced the Moog synthesizer to a wider audience. Synthesizers quickly became a mainstay of popular music.