Moog

/ məʊɡ; muːɡ /

noun

1. music a type of synthesizer

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moog¹

C20: named after Robert Moog (1934–2005), US engineer

Example Sentences

He radically chose to sprinkle the sound of an analog Moog synthesizer throughout the score and on every song — he composed no fewer than 11 original songs for “Clarence” — as his “sneaky hot sauce for the movie,” as he puts it.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet Jones was quick to see the potential in new electronic instruments, and used a then-nascent Moog synthesizer to write his theme for 1967’s “Ironside.”

From Los Angeles Times

His studio was one of the first to have a Moog synthesizer — well before the Beatles, the Monkees and other pop bands discovered the instrument.

From Los Angeles Times

He and Mort Garson used the Moog to help create a moderate-sized hit album by the Zodiac, “Cosmic Sounds.”

From Los Angeles Times

For Kehew, a producer of Fiona Apple’s “Extraordinary Machine” and an expert on both the Beatles and Moog synthesizers, the recovery of the Who recordings underscored the fact that significant tapes “might be sitting in someone’s attic or barn or basement” and not where they belong, in a record company vault or an artist’s archive.

From New York Times