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I live near the Mood Music factory and I also worked for Bobs brother Bill Moog at Moog Aerospace.
What an incredible family
Actually the DX-7 ruined the sound of pop music from 1985 - 1995. That plastic piercing “Electric Piano” sound that’s all over Whitney Houston records and just about everything else released during that period is the DX-7.
FM synthesis is an amazing bit of technology, but like many amazing technologies it hasn’t always been put to good use.
We recently bought a 88 key Korg Krome for my grandson. An amazing instrument. I actually had no idea that synthesizer technology only dates back to the early 80s.
A DX7 is a great synth but programming your own voices is a nightmare.
Bowie's response was if he'd wanted an orchestra he'd hire one - let's create a sound entirely different....
Very cool. Thanks for the ping. I have a son who is a musician and one who is IT. Sent it to both.
Imagine what ABBA could have done with this! : )
