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G2 – Memorymoog Sweep
Bob Moog didn't even develop the Memorymoog. Which is
probably the reason one of my buddies, who saw it at a trade show
the day before I went, called me and said, "Moog blew it!"
It certainly had a huge, expansive sound, and was pretty much
what Moog Music (by then under new ownership and out of Bob's
hands) had been hinting it would be - a polyphonic Minimoog. But it
was obviously unstable, judging from the fact that when you hit the
keys the display would exhibit bad jitter or sometimes shut off
completely.
And worst of all, it had no MIDI, and came out right on the eve of
MIDI's introduction. The keyboard didn't respond to velocity either.
Nevertheless, it was a beautiful instrument to look at, had a wicked
cool arpeggiator, and hard sync, all of which make it extremely useful
even today. MIDI kits for it are available these days, of course.
Full-frontal shot of the Moog Memorymoog.
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