Moog System 55 Modular Synth Demo - Daniel Fisher 

Benjamin Rosfeld Agreed. Watching this commemorates the first time I said, "Take my money" aloud.

Benjamin Rosfeld o

Benjamin Rosfeld hahahahahahaha

oh , ..... i get it now.....ha ha

Ha ha

whoever likes that 4:35 beast mode must be an alien...i had a headache...he was so cool at it.

Try Jean Michel Jarre's album Oxygene and Equinoxe (from 76 and '78) and you'll hear what this can do.

See Keith Emerson one of the 1st to use and took on tour until he died. Different model but much the same.

geek does not means musician or composer

Hello again, Daniel! We have been in touch earlier. Excuse me for two (late) stupid questions again. If I have understand you right, the oscillators send out a tone, and then you modify it. Is it because of this it's called subtractive? Is it the same thing with my (Moog) Sub 37? Musically yours Liselotte Frejdig in Karlstad, Sweden.

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kingofallwhites this made my day 😂

Roger Waters - Yeah, needs more rats

Misha Pchen I always thought these looked like old communications switch boards as well.

Exactly what I was thinking when I saw all those patch cables.

Excellent observations ❤

How a big thing like this doesn't have background noise

This comment was made by a 5 year old

Hi Don. It's hard to completely describe the sensation of working with a large modular synthesizer to someone who's only played plug-ins or a plastic keyboard with just a couple of generic knobs. Thanks for sharing!

A true synth veteran. I've today the same problem with a rare Prophet MK1... (founded in an abandoned house on the top of a mountain. Very very dirty, but still alive)

@@mv1692 that's awesome, I want one desperatly

Wendy Carlos recalled having to hit the Moog synthesizer with a hammer during the recording of "Switched-on-Bach" because it was unreliable and went out of tune.

I always like to imagine that it's the organic sounds that sound synthetic.

Analog analog analog.

Analog is superior

Synthesized*

Analog feels strangely human

the problem is to know how to connect and combine a web of cables

😂

@@RUfromthe40s 1 at a time.

I've heard stories of how bands would achieve a certain sound with them, then we're never able to reproduce it again because the programmer forgot how they plugged the cables in. They almost had a "record this quick" mentality because obviously you could replay the recording back later as a lay down or sample track. Very interesting stories came out of working with this amazing machine. You could mess with it for hours and achieve all kinds of ethereal sounds.

KingCobraJFS what’s looo sample

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Guys using GarageBand and Logic Pro for the first time (Or basically 5 yr olds)

Lol

I guess it is

it´s a electronic keyboard ,no synth allowed, it´s a forgoten form of art ,see the two burglers video

You can't win, but there are alternatives to fighting.

i´m 5 years late... but i think it´s an entire dimension inside that shit!!!

Kenta Sugimoto voila! Bossanova.

If you outfit it with wheels . . .

Notice how it’s sitting on its road case?

keith Emerson did for most of his career RIP X

Kansas also

@@rokker101 Roger Powell of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia toured with TWO System 55’s and a custom dual manual controller built by Bob Moog himself. They were lost in a warehouse fire. The custom keyboard controller was stolen and recovered 30 years later. It is now in the Moog Museum.

Scyber_Sounds Of The Future That’s the $8,500 upgrade,but it comes with a flight case.

If there's a magic sound that can raise the dead, I'm sure there's a Moog registration for it.

or open a portal

Oh, you can, don't worry.

You pay your money, your get the features as advertised. Now the next problem is how you get the dead to talk back to you. (Baksheesh maybe?)

that is what i thought too lol

*1:36

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

Michel Raj hahahahhahahah

Michel Raj Yeah, but these cost a fortune, and the digitals don't.

technoshamanarchist And turquoise is also Darth Vader in a submarine.

***** Oh really? Wow... I could have sworn it was an overhead camshaft engine.

"We need a bigger stocking." Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

DOCTOR OCTAGONAPUS BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Um I would like to see if I can a rebuild of the moog system 55 for any amount

keep trying hunny, this shit is worth way more

$10 000? Oh sweetie, bless your soul. It’s a bit more than that though.

@@kikko422 It's worth it alright. Stop birthing out more humans (the cost of a baby is 100,000 K until it's 18+ and then there's the "misery cost index" of working just with MIDI) vs. working with Dudley Simpson's dream machine...

They go for around 35k..

@G Probably at least partially because "In the year 1964, the first modern synthesizer that was commercially available was introduced by Robert Moog." The very first audio synthesizer was designed a bit earlier, though, 1876, with the first programmable version by RCA in 1964. Moog hit the market in '64, and Wendy Carlos' Switched on Bach in '68. Likely a good part of the reason. Building a synth is not difficult for an electrical engineer, it's basically just oscillators and various filters other types of signal processors, and a lot of patching or switching capabiity. Piece of cake if you understand Kruschev's current and voltage laws. ;-) I'm not really sure one would sound all that much different from another, given they are probably similar designs with mostly the same parts, at least early on. But then, there are still morons out there that insist vinyl records "sound better" than the highest calibur digital sound available...and then they listen to it on the equivalent of a "close and play". They are the ones that buy speaker connecting wire that costs THOUSANDS of dollars, there is a sucker born every minute (thousands of them, actually). I expect if you wanted to do a serious design now, you might go at it digitally, where you can do stuff you CAN'T do (in a practical sense) with purely analog equipment...you could even do it on a PC with virtual knobs and patch cords, and some app specific cards/DAC's/etc. if you wanted to. Not sure why you would, though.

StephenAnthonyMusic 👍❤✌

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Christianice sinceramente mai mi sarei aspettato di trovarti qui 🤣🤣

@@giovannicarlospalla2316 Perché? :)

@@ChristianIce Sono troppo abituato a vedere i tuoi commenti sotto video trash🤣🤣. Comunque grande, significa che hai buoni gusti musicali. Ciao!

@@giovannicarlospalla2316

Get gabe Serbian from the Locust on that track

MyBichSustained You’re STUPID man!!!...I’m sorry that’s too funny lmao!

MyBichSustained AIN'T DAT DA TRUTH, BROTHA?!?

Straight up

Hi Kevin. I hope you weren't talking about me ;-) The Moog System 55 that I played here was a new reissue. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

no way bro. dirt cheap. wall mart cheap

Can build your own yourself, if you have a few years to spare.

No way! Aren't you that guy who won the lottery?

But, but... it's only 3 easy payments!

@goplay, I built synths in the 70s, not difficult. Also, Euroracks don;t take long to build and are far cheaper and more modules available.

True; you can almost always tell you're listening to a moog.

...and fascinating to watch...even though it's entirely over my head....

Pikapetey Animations ayyy

whats dooing here

You really are everywhere aren't you?

Hoon Key lee not a native English speaker obviously

i didn't know you liked synths

Hi Sebastien, you can read about synths all day, but nothing beats getting your hands on one. Try a small one first or, try any of the free/low cost synth apps out there. But, if you can get/borrow one, nothing beats real knobs for learning. Thanks for watching!

check out the Arturia Moog Modular!!

But for a modular synth it doesn't get much more vanilla than this.

As our music theory teacher said,able to create every sound you can imagine&more that you can't

Hardly. The Moog was a ground breaking device/musical instrument, but it has limitations as far what sounds it can create.

These days you can make more sounds with a computer and free software. You hardly need to spend 50 grand.

@@dbbubba1 Are you referring to a specific model, or... ?

Do have kids. You'll need to sell your first born child to afford one of these. :D

Douglas Linder i know this is sarcasm, but i absolutely agree

You can't have kids around this thing with their sticky hands and being prone to spilling liquids.

Haha is so funny how anyone want kids... My loneliness is gone hhahaha...

_What a strange thing to say_

Hi Peedlebum. I own quite a few Tomita records and CDs and cherish every one of them. I think my all-time favorite is The Planets. Thanks for watching!

Sweetwater me, too. It’s hard to pick a favourite but for me, I think it would be “The Engulfed Cathedral” from his really early work - 1974 I think.

Hmm, No I don't think so. When digital synths came around 30 years ago, they offered something new. Sounds and possibilities that musicians didn't have before. Because everybody likes a new toy, they traded their analog synths for digital ones. However, now everybody is used to and well aware of the possibilities of digital synths (and VSTs etc.) But also the limits of digital stuff. That's why analog has made a comeback. Not to replace digital synths, but rather as an additional tool for flexible sound creation.

Moog is very nice and all, but since we have like at least 5 main synthesis methods, closing oneself down to subtractive synthesis only, it's quite limiting in my opinion. If one has $35,000 for a subtractive synth, one should also have the same for a Fairlight additive and sampling, Synclavier (I believe additive and FM, and sampling, too) and $30,000 for Yamaha VP1 physical modeling synthesizer. Then the system would be better balanced than buying all subtractive synthesizers only, which seems so prevalent nowadays. I'd far prefer to have my system balanced to cover all synthesis methods: say Kawai K5 for additive, Casio FZ-1 for pseudo additive, waveform drawing, sampling, and subtractive, Yamaha DX7II for FM, Roland D-50 with PG-1000 programmer for subtractive synthesis, and Casio VZ-1 for phase distortion, and Yamaha VL1 for physical modeling. Of course my ultimate dream synth would still be the VP1, with polyphonic physical modeling. Let me put it that way, if I won the lottery I probably wouldn't by the Moog. It's nice and all, but I'd more likely lean towards the VP1 or Fairlight CMI series II or III and have he D-50 cover my subtractive needs.

Andrew Piatek Yes, except that a digital synth don't have to be that expensive anymore. Back in the days of the Fairlight and Synclavier computer chips, especially memory chips, where really expensive. Adding a few megabytes of memory to a Fairlight in the early eighties cost a fortune. Nowadays it can all be done with small chips at the cost of a few dollars. Analog is a different story though. Especially when they recreate a vintage synth like the Moog 15/35/55. All those discrete and sometimes hard to find components are reflected in the high price.

As far as I am aware, the Fairlight CMI series-II reissues is flat fee $20,000 available from Mr. Vogel. Synclav seems to have died away somewhere in Massachussets probably? Now, when it comes to "analog", you should owe it to yourself to see teardown video of Dave Instruments Prophet 12. It's basically hollow inside. If the the newly released Sequential Prophet-6 with VCO's is similar, then the Prophet stands for Profit there. MS-20 mini and new ARP Odyssey are probably analog (although Dave Smith says it's just stupid to use analog chips for envelopes) and both within $1,000 range. My point is that the integrated circuits make the analog technology very cheap, too. Having said that, the $35,000 price tag for Moog 55 is not outrageous. After all this is what a fine Yamaha grand piano will cost you. And nobody seems to make any fuss about that, so not sure why would anybody make any fuss around the Moog, and neither do I. I am just saying that it makes more sense to have representives of all forms of synthesis, as opposed to just subtractive. But of course, I respect anybody buying the new Moog modulars. I am just saying that if I won a lottery, I wouldn't but the Moog. I'd try to gind Yamaha VP1 isntead, and maybe even contact Mr. Vogel about his Fairlight.

Andrew Piatek I think the new Fairlight is actually way overpriced. I just looked at the website and he's asking a whopping $25.000 for it. Ouch! Even with the nice keyboard, monitor and the limited production number it should not cost more than say $6000-8000 in my opinion. I think mister Vogel is just really trying to cash in on the name Fairlight. Different from the Moog, it's not an exact reissue of the original, but rather a new instrument based on the look and feel of the original. With modern chips and production, the cost should be a lot lower than back in the eighties. The Fairlight basically being a sampler, I don't see why you would really want to have this compared to more modern sampling options. Except for the cool look maybe. The Dave Smith instruments are also new designs, allowing him like you said to use more integrated electronics and keep the price relative low. I would BTW not call the Prophet 12 analog. It's got digital oscillators. The filter is still the CEM one, but the sound is still very cold and digital in my opinion. The Prophet 6 on the other hand looks quite promising. The Moog 15/35/55 are different because they are exact replicas of the original. Using the original circuit design and parts instead of relying on cheap integrated technology, makes all the difference. So yes I do think the price on those is not outrages taking this in consideration. They are unfortunately out of my price range though :( And yes I agree there is a place for all types of sound generators, analog and digital. I like both for different reasons.

I’m dead me too 😂😂😂

jajajajaja it's souns freak when your are high like me haha

@@zardelgettho83 wOoW haha u do weed?

That reminded me of the "wind sounds" Keith Emerson did on the Pictures at an Exhibition album. Sweet memories. Thanks Daniel.

I heard bits of the intro to Rush's '2112' in there :-))

Hi aaronchapdelaine. It's because I was born in 1962 :-) -_Daniel_

Sounds like creepy whispers in a cave

Sound like gates from hell, howling of the death from hell.

The low pass + high pass had my mind immediately quote 2001: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."

the past....

... he was actually VERY stupid & spoiled he sel destructed himself as well as DOZENS /TONS of theses istruments ....

@@estebanposadaduque6415 he had fun though

Hi fkcyber, 2112 is, without question, one of my favorite albums! Thanks for watching!

We are the priests Of the temples of Syrinx! This must have been the computers they were talking about

fkcyber Pretty sure I also heard some REO Speedwagon, Pink Floyd, and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer! ;)

YES. I knew it reminded me of something, but couldn't remember what. That's _exactly_ what I was thinking of. (the very beginning of the Overture, actually). Thank you!

Hi Samuel. There's an optional backpack for it, but the side pockets don't hold nearly enough patch cables for my taste. Thanks for watching!

"ELP" Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

Agreed! Here are some of my other Moog Modular videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VKfrGQyv5_g.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-53AfNa-l8gI.html Thanks for watching!

Very poetic. Thanks for watching!-_Daniel_

Ive never heard of korg doing a moog emulation, but ust because something is louder, it isn't better, but I shouldn't need to tell a sound engineer that.

@@spiralmoment Not louder. "Bigger! In every way. More visceral. I had the same experience with a real B3 vs an emulation and again with a real Fender Rhodes vs an emulation. You experience those classic instruments not just hear them. There's definitely something special about them. That's why they're being emulated. That's my real world experience with them anyway .regardless of what you say.

one thousand cables!

Hi Joe. The beauty of large modular synths is that no one will ever exploit their full possible potential. There will always be some new idea discovered on them. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

Hi crazypenguinbob. The System 55 is as real as analog gets. It even smells analog;-) Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

it really sounded good through my system... i need some more unmixed/not compressed live synth in my life.

Now try to imagine actually being in the room with it :-) Thanks for watching!

awesome machine -_Daniel_

Haha actually it's not RU-vid. I can hear the oscillator until 1:01. It's where our ears cut out the high frequencies because it's outside human hearing range. Your dog heard it though lol.

chefzabi ok, i just checked the timecode i used, and i can also hear it until 1:01. But i know that youtube cuts off frequencies above something like 20 khz.

+StarTrek123456 It makes sense, many many people can't hear above 18kHz or something. Although for mostly young people, this is a pitty :) Don't listen to music on RU-vid!

MikroXdrums I just listened to music on spotify when i read your comment. Illuminati confirmed? :D

+MikroXdrums You can hear up to 18kHz until - well about 8 years. Then your ability slowly drops. A normal middle age adult may hear up to 12 - 14kHz. So you can imagine how it will be when you´re old.

It sits on its own carrying box.

Whooosh

for tours you'd use a minimoog :P

I thought people used to studios to FINISH tracks, not endlessly tweak fart sounds. 😂

almost positive that the road case is separate @@HappyBeezerStudios

Thanks Demetrius. I had a really good time making it. And thanks for watching!

The Hot Pink Vegan You should consider Synthesizers.com systems. Somewhat cheaper with essentially the same power as the Moog.