This is awesome! I started school in 1975, 1976 i was given my first LP record, music was even then like a treat kids couldn't wait to taste with their ears.
Awesome promo film Moog! This film was a reminder to me just how carefree and easygoing life was in the 70’s and then boom!..the 80’s came and life as we know changed forever, lol - est. 1971
This was a great technological achievement and was fully polyphonic, with every key always live. But the oscillators sounded rather thin compared to a MiniMoog, and the reliability of it was very bad, due to the technical complexity and some design issues (especially the keyboard). Except for the 8 pre-wired presets, it had no presets, and changing sounds took time. Basically, the Prophet 5 (a somewhat polyphonic MiniMoog with presets) was what users really wanted, which is why it was a much greater market success. Moog agreed, eventually producing the MemoryMoog and Moog One. The most famous sound on the PolyMoog was the "Vox Humana" choir, but this wasn't on the original. It was introduced on the stripped down PolyMoog keyboard (introduced in 1977), which had 14 presets, but lost most of the other controls. Many current users have replaced one of the original presets with the later Vox Humana preset board. Incidentally, the PolyMoog sold for $5,200, which is about $26,000 in 2021 dollars. So it definitely wasn't cheap.
With the popularity of the SCI Prophet, the price of Moog 203A's dropped as dealers needed to liquidate old stock I got mine (serial number 1254) new for $3700 Canadian. With the right chorus delay and paying attention to settings, the old Moog created very dreamy sounds that made quite a reputation for me, 1980 to 1984.
I can remember seeing this years ago, possibly on vimeo or maybe even here. The print was in better condition (how about a colour correct and restoration please, ladies & gents? ) and it's always those 'VITAMIN STAR JUMPS' at the beginning, that make me smile. Magic stuff ! Am I correct in assuming that this has been released here as a worthy preamble to an upcoming polyphonic moog synthesizer, which is about to see the light of day quite soon? ✊
I remember how highly anticipated that instrument was, and I remember listening carefully to Stevie Wonder's "Songs In the Key of Life" to hear it (one of the first big record releases to feature it). The music production company I worked for bought one early on, and I got to spend a lot of time playing it. In all seriousness, after the initial excitement (because of all of the hype), I (and a lot of other players I knew) weren't that impressed with it. It was kind of a glorified electronic organ. The basic tone production was very organ-like, with just an added filter and VCA on each note. Kind of a glorified ARP Omni. In some ways, the ARP Omni strings sound was more useable. We didn't really have a polyphonic synthesizer until Oberheim and Sequential Circuits products hit the market.
Wow! They were really selling this thing weren't they? I guess the CS-80 was not good enough? I have had a Polymoog and I chose to keep my CS-80. Both are engineering nightmares.
I remember. We all wanted a polymoog in 1976!
this certainly explains that Moog One video
Jeez, in the introduction, the Polymoog is cast as some kind of serial killer synth, complete with droog-like ultraviolent clown sidekicks.
Not droogs, mimes... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime_artist
blahdelablah A Clockwork Orange my friend
A droog is a terrible thing to waste.
What a great artifact this is! Great playing from Mike Boddicker, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock.
This is awesome! I started school in 1975, 1976 i was given my first LP record, music was even then like a treat kids couldn't wait to taste with their ears.
This is an invaluable historical document. So many legends...
RIP Chick Corea
It's always a treat to see Herbie demo a synth!
Good to hear Patrick Moraz gettin' some love!
Awesome promo film Moog! This film was a reminder to me just how carefree and easygoing life was in the 70’s and then boom!..the 80’s came and life as we know changed forever, lol
- est. 1971
Hm,actually in the eastern block it was the same.70 s nice and laid back and 80's completely different.
was such a treat of a synthesizer, I think this and the cs80 are the definitions of a great polysynth
This definitely needs to be remastered.
360p in 2018?
C'mon.
Brought to you by the "original" Dharma Initiative. :D
Thanks to this synthezer the song CARS from Gary Numan had it’s iconic sound, the end of it it’s just mesmerizing.
Thanks for this! I would love to see a remastered version. This is a great document of synth history.
"This is amazing." enough said.
One of my fav Synths. I'd love to add to my collection, but too costly today, nearly £5,000 Uk price secondhand. Thanks for sharing. amazing.
Sounds like 99% of Horror B-Movies back then that scared us to death because of that strange sound
Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock were and are the living definition of "cool".
Man, I'd love to own this synth, it's so flippin' powerful!
This was a great technological achievement and was fully polyphonic, with every key always live. But the oscillators sounded rather thin compared to a MiniMoog, and the reliability of it was very bad, due to the technical complexity and some design issues (especially the keyboard). Except for the 8 pre-wired presets, it had no presets, and changing sounds took time. Basically, the Prophet 5 (a somewhat polyphonic MiniMoog with presets) was what users really wanted, which is why it was a much greater market success. Moog agreed, eventually producing the MemoryMoog and Moog One.
The most famous sound on the PolyMoog was the "Vox Humana" choir, but this wasn't on the original. It was introduced on the stripped down PolyMoog keyboard (introduced in 1977), which had 14 presets, but lost most of the other controls. Many current users have replaced one of the original presets with the later Vox Humana preset board.
Incidentally, the PolyMoog sold for $5,200, which is about $26,000 in 2021 dollars. So it definitely wasn't cheap.
With the popularity of the SCI Prophet, the price of Moog 203A's dropped as dealers needed to liquidate old stock I got mine (serial number 1254) new for $3700 Canadian. With the right chorus delay and paying attention to settings, the old Moog created very dreamy sounds that made quite a reputation for me, 1980 to 1984.
@1:58 LOL even in 1976 they were mixing up MOOG and MOGUE :)
Yes, the Polymoog is amazing when you mix the VCF with the Resonator. That's when you really get cookin'.
incredible nostalgia!!!
Great presentation, very seventies.
This is a revelation! Thanks for sharing :D
Yes indeed...Moog, always amazing!
I'm totally into the space sounds à la Bebe & Louis Barron or the Logan's Run Soundtrack... but this piano at 3:56 is just incredible.
very nice analog film. you boys and girls rarely disappoint!
Make one in the same style for the Moog One.
rotfl
they did :D
they did exactly that
Amazing sounds from top technology
2:58 back in the days when companies bragged about what went into research and development :D
I can remember seeing this years ago, possibly on vimeo or maybe even here. The print was in better condition (how about a colour correct and restoration please, ladies & gents? ) and it's always those 'VITAMIN STAR JUMPS' at the beginning, that make me smile. Magic stuff !
Am I correct in assuming that this has been released here as a worthy preamble to an upcoming polyphonic moog synthesizer, which is about to see the light of day quite soon? ✊
Now that would be interesting!
It Would Be Nice If They Would Remake The Polymoog SYNTHESIZER And To Make It Touchscreen. 😃👍.
STUNNING REVIEW...¡¡¡ YEAH...
Two of my all time favourite players, Chic and Herbie.. thanks so much for posting, wonderful stuff!
Still got my Moog Modular and Minimoog.
The main music is Dancing Now by Patrick Moraz off the Story of I.
Like 1000! Super cool video! 🎹
Seems dated now, but can appreciate the stages in which sound changes and evolves.
Prince called his from Pac Man & Ms PAC Man & PolyMoog Ms PolyMoog from Prince's For You album 1977
It sounds amazing
Love this. (but it could use some work on the low frequency hum)
@1:58 Doctor Dave is 2018 fashionable!
I saw one once but it was the scaled down version
Whoa...Patrick Moraz music too!
I remember how highly anticipated that instrument was, and I remember listening carefully to Stevie Wonder's "Songs In the Key of Life" to hear it (one of the first big record releases to feature it). The music production company I worked for bought one early on, and I got to spend a lot of time playing it. In all seriousness, after the initial excitement (because of all of the hype), I (and a lot of other players I knew) weren't that impressed with it. It was kind of a glorified electronic organ. The basic tone production was very organ-like, with just an added filter and VCA on each note. Kind of a glorified ARP Omni. In some ways, the ARP Omni strings sound was more useable. We didn't really have a polyphonic synthesizer until Oberheim and Sequential Circuits products hit the market.
MIMES....QUICK! GET EM'! ;-)
Wow !!!! .
13:55 I can't even imagine having to overdub just to play more than one note at a time lol
That’s how lucky you are
Wow! They were really selling this thing weren't they? I guess the CS-80 was not good enough? I have had a Polymoog and I chose to keep my CS-80. Both are engineering nightmares.
Vox humana oooooohhhh
Would be nice to see this color corrected
Boards of Canada!?!? Sounds like Diving Station at 3:56
Kubrick might approve :)
14:42 amazing
1975!!
Full on creeped out by the mime clowns. Cool. That being said I'm still going to drop $8000 on a 16 voice Moog One.
I would be ok with seeing what this looks like with some color correction :)
Dr. Luce said that the Polymoog was created for a half-million dollars. I wonder how much that would be in today's dollars?
Well, he did say it included developing the "special" chip, which is pretty cool.
It would be around $2.5 Million is 2021 dollars. Incidentally, the PolyMoog sold for $5,200, which would be around $26,000 today!
3:42 Michael Cera's first film?????
I hd one for two weeks in the 70's then got rid of it. Oops.
DOPEEEEEE
5:19 im doing my hair like that
wow
Other PolyMoog users like Rick Wakeman and Gary Numan…..
trippy
mind altering drugs weren't used in the making of this at all. "this is amazing!"
そのへんの雑木林で撮った感
Too bad the sound of this film couldn't have been improved. Regardless, it's a great historical piece!
#no2polefilter
i prefer a two pole filter
そんな本体を縦にしたら接触不良になるぞｗ
one word "clipping"
Interesting, he pronounces it polymoog, not polymogue.
Yeah but every note needs it's own individual timber. This isn't true synth polyphony.
Well, now I know where Stephen King got his inspiration for the IT clown...
Divide down.
well done
Fuck me that thing sounds awful. Ahead of it's time? Maybe? Worth revering decades on? Nope