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  • A Handy Guide To Playing Google Bob Moog Doodle

    The synthesizer doodle is all the rage today. Even Reddit is getting in on the fun with its “Everyone On Google Today” thread. You can probably imagine where that link goes–if you guessed an animated gif derivative of Keyboard Cat, you’re on the right track. As people everywhere are trying to flex their synthesizer skills on, perhaps a guide on how to get the best sound out of a Moog Synthesizer would be prudent.

    With that in mind, MoogMusic.com, via GeekoSystem, has provided a Moog Doodle Synthesizer guide explaining what kind of sound those knobs provide. Considering the incredible amount of options the current Google Doodle has, this isn’t a bad idea at all. Take a look and see if it helps:

    Moog Synthesizer Guide
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    As you can see, each dial and knob has a specific purpose, or, well, sound, and you can tweak them as necessary. For those of you who can’t read the help text on the image, here it is in blockquote form, courtesy of a Moog PDF:

    MOOG DOODLE SYNTHESIZER TIPS

  • Click any key on the Doodle Synth to control its keys from your computer keyboard
  • Click and drag the Filter Cutoff knob up and down to create new sounds.
  • Slightly changing the frequency of Oscillator 2 will add movement and energy to your sound.
  • Add some personality to the Moog Doodle sound by changing Oscillator wave-shapes.

    • In other news, it would be fantastic if Adobe would ever address the copy and paste issues that continue to plague the PDF format. It shouldn’t be that hard, folks. Moving on. If the guide and PDF aren’t enough, they also created an instructional video for you to use:


    Now get out there and make some beautiful music. For those of you who have actually recorded a song, or something similar, from the latest Google Doodle, let us know about it.

  • Bob Moog Google Doodle Plays The Synthesizer

    There’s a new Google Doodle honoring Robert “Bob” Moog getting ready to go live tomorrow. However, if you visit the Google Australia homepage, you can enjoy it now, seeing how it’s already tomorrow down under. The same applies with Google Japan. What you’ll find when you navigate there may indeed rival some of Google’s most memorable Doodles, at least in terms of its cool factor and as a time-waster.

    For those who may be unaware, Moog invented an analog synthesizer called, surprisingly enough, the Moog Synthesizer. To celebrate Moog’s 78th birthday–you guessed it–Google took a page from the successful Les Paul Doodle and provided us with a playable Moog Synthesizer, which also doubles as the Google Logo, as seen in the lead image. Much like the recordable guitar that was the Les Paul Doodle, the Moog Synthesizer Doodle is capable of recording up to four tracks, which, according to 9to5Google.com, can be shared on Google+.

    Aside from the recording feature, there are a number of sound effect options including mixers, oscillators, filters and envelopes. There’s also a dial for pitch on the left side of the Doodle, and all of the effects are usable, giving the creative types tons of options to play with.

    It should be noted that some in WebPro office were experiencing difficulty with getting the Moog Synthesizer Doodle to play. When some of my coworkers clicked the keyboard, they were taken to the search results page for Robert Moog instead of getting sound in return. Another coworker discovered that if you open the Les Paul Doodle in a separate window, you can play both Doodles at the same time, meaning we’re just a working drum kit Doodle away from having a workable band that uses Google Doodles as instruments.

    As indicated, the Moog Synthesizer Doodle will be live in the United States on May 23rd (tomorrow), but it is already live in Google Australia and Google Japan. Have fun wasting the rest of your day trying to hack out the opening part to Europe’s “The Final Countdown.”