Posted on 01/10/1976

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Moog Sonic 6 Synthesizer

The first synthesizer I acquired was the rather special Moog Sonic 6, which lacked some of the MiniMoog's performance features, but offered quite a lot more possibilities for experimentation. It still had the fat Moog filter sound, but the limited Envelope Generator somewhat narrows its potential for traditional musical synth sounds. The Sonic 6 was originally [...]

Posted on 01/06/1975

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Synthesizer Heroes: Hawkwind

Acid rockers Hawkwind, with the charismatic sing and guitarist Lemmy [†] of later Motorhead fame, were actually quite early adapters of synthesizers, which matched their stoned, jam-based tracks. On “Warriors on the Edge of Time” (1975)  the synthesizer plays a quite prominent role. [gdlr_video url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ewuky5mQk” ]