How It Was Recorded

Gear · synthesizer

Moog Moog synthesizer (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 3

  • Lowdown

    Boz Scaggs · Silk Degrees, 1976

    • Keyboards · InstrumentReportedPlayed by David Paich as an overdub.
  • Abbey Road

    The Beatles · Album, 1969

    • Keys · InstrumentReportedThe article says the Moog was used for the first time on Because, for a French horn-like sound; it is not said to feature on Come Together.
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    Whitney Houston · Whitney, 1987

    • Bass synth · InstrumentReportedRandy Jackson's Moog synthesizer was, by Walden's account, part of the recipe for making the track blacker, funkier and more raw.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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Arturia Mini V

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A Minimoog emulation, so it has the Moog oscillators and ladder filter. The source does not say which Moog was played, so it is not a model of the instrument on the record.

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Universal Audio Moog Minimoog

instrument

Moog-approved Minimoog emulation with the same oscillators and ladder filter. The source does not say which Moog was played, so it is not a model of the instrument on the record.

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