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 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 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? ✊
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 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.
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.
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.
This is an invaluable historical document. So many legends...
What a great artifact this is! Great playing from Mike Boddicker, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock.
RIP Chick Corea
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.
Two of my all time favourite players, Chic and Herbie.. thanks so much for posting, wonderful stuff!
was such a treat of a synthesizer, I think this and the cs80 are the definitions of a great polysynth
It's always a treat to see Herbie demo a synth!
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.
Good to hear Patrick Moraz gettin' some love!
incredible nostalgia!!!
Great presentation, very seventies.
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.
Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock were and are the living definition of "cool".
"This is amazing." enough said.
The main music is Dancing Now by Patrick Moraz off the Story of I.
Brought to you by the "original" Dharma Initiative. :D
Yes indeed...Moog, always amazing!
This definitely needs to be remastered.
360p in 2018?
C'mon.
It was shot on 16mm film, why would anyone remaster it?
Man, I'd love to own this synth, it's so flippin' powerful!
Sounds like 99% of Horror B-Movies back then that scared us to death because of that strange sound
Amazing sounds from top technology
It sounds amazing
Yes, the Polymoog is amazing when you mix the VCF with the Resonator. That's when you really get cookin'.
Make one in the same style for the Moog One.
rotfl
they did :D
they did exactly that
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.
@1:58 LOL even in 1976 they were mixing up MOOG and MOGUE :)
This is a revelation! Thanks for sharing :D
very nice analog film. you boys and girls rarely disappoint!
Still got my Moog Modular and Minimoog.
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.
Like 1000! Super cool video! 🎹
STUNNING REVIEW...¡¡¡ YEAH...
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!
2:58 back in the days when companies bragged about what went into research and development :D
It Would Be Nice If They Would Remake The Polymoog SYNTHESIZER And To Make It Touchscreen. 😃👍.
Would be nice to see this color corrected
Wow !!!! .
I saw one once but it was the scaled down version
Seems dated now, but can appreciate the stages in which sound changes and evolves.
@1:58 Doctor Dave is 2018 fashionable!
Love this. (but it could use some work on the low frequency hum)
MIMES....QUICK! GET EM'! ;-)
Boards of Canada!?!? Sounds like Diving Station at 3:56
Prince called his from Pac Man & Ms PAC Man & PolyMoog Ms PolyMoog from Prince's For You album 1977
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
Whoa...Patrick Moraz music too!
3:42 Michael Cera's first film?????
14:42 amazing
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.
1975!!
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!
Kubrick might approve :)
Vox humana oooooohhhh
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 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.
I would be ok with seeing what this looks like with some color correction :)
I hd one for two weeks in the 70's then got rid of it. Oops.
mind altering drugs weren't used in the making of this at all. "this is amazing!"
5:19 im doing my hair like that
Too bad the sound of this film couldn't have been improved. Regardless, it's a great historical piece!
そのへんの雑木林で撮った感
Other PolyMoog users like Rick Wakeman and Gary Numan…..
DOPEEEEEE
#no2polefilter
i prefer a two pole filter
trippy
wow
Interesting, he pronounces it polymoog, not polymogue.
Yeah but every note needs it's own individual timber. This isn't true synth polyphony.
そんな本体を縦にしたら接触不良になるぞｗ
one word "clipping"
Well, now I know where Stephen King got his inspiration for the IT clown...
Fuck me that thing sounds awful. Ahead of it's time? Maybe? Worth revering decades on? Nope
Divide down.
well done