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Bob Moog Appreciation Month in August

All through the month of August, Cherry Audio is celebrating the legacy of synth pioneer Dr. Robert A. Moog with a sale and some big events! The celebration will feature huge discounts on our products inspired by his contributions to audio engineering as part of our Bob Moog Month Sale. In addition, Cherry Audio is co-sponsoring the Bob Moog Foundation's upcoming livestream of the Synth Legends symposium, which originally took place in 2005, featuring Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Marcus Ryle, and Roger Linn. Cherry Audio customers will also have the opportunity to add a direct donation to the Bob Moog Foundation at checkout to help support its efforts on preserving the legacy of Dr. Moog.

Robert A. Moog was an electronic music pioneer, engineering physicist, and inventor whose name became synonymous with the synthesizer. Born in New York City on May 23rd, 1934, he spent his early years designing and selling theremin kits bearing the R. A. Moog Co. name. He graduated with a double degree in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics from Queens College and Columbia University. In the mid-1960s, Dr. Moog invented the first commercial synthesizer, followed by the first portable keyboard synthesizer in 1970. His innovations, such as voltage control, the pitch wheel, and the ladder filter, were highly influential in defining the synthesizer industry that followed.

As part of Bob Moog Appreciation Month, Cherry Audio is slashing prices on its products inspired by Dr. Moog's contributions to yesteryear's synthesizers and audio production equipment. These synthesizers, effects, and modules represent the depth and breadth of over two decades of classic gear released from 1965 to 1987. The Cherry Audio products featured during the sale in August include:

Cherry Audio Synthesizers

  • Miniverse - an absolutely authentic emulation of the granddaddy of all portable analog synthesizers. Only $19, 60% off of its regular $49 price!

  • Memorymode - based upon one of the very best-sounding polyphonic programmable analog synthesizers of the 80s. $29 (regularly $49)

  • Polymode - inspired by one of the world's first polyphonic synthesizers. $19 (regularly $39)

  • Lowdown - recreates the super-fat, room-rattling sounds of the most legendary dual-oscillator bass pedal synth ever made. $15 (regularly $29)

  • Surrealistic MG-1 Plus - a super authentic recreation of the fun and funky MG-1 synthesizer sold in Radio Shack stores in the 80s. Always free!

Cherry Audio Effects

  • Rackmode Signals Processors - a bundle of seven virtual effects and an instrument plugin replicating the classic rack-mounted Signal Processors of the 1970s and '80s. $39 (regularly $99)

Cherry Audio Voltage Modular (VM) Modules

  • Polymode Module for VM - a complete instrument with modular features inspired by the legendary 70s polyphonic synthesizer. $15 (regularly $29)

  • VM900 Collection for VM - a 26-module collection that delivers the audio and visual experience of the legendary 1960s and 1970s-era 900-series modules, featuring proprietary DSP coding by Mark Barton (MRB) for spine-tingling impact and accuracy. $39 (regularly $79)

  • Miniverse Module Collection - expands Cherry Audio’s smash-hit Miniverse instrument into 14 flexible modules for use with the Voltage Modular virtual instrument platform. $19 (regularly $39)

  • Rackmode Module Collection - this Cherry Audio/MRB collection for Voltage Modular is a bundle of nine individual modules — inspired by a classic line of analog rack-mounted signal processors from the 1970s and ‘80s — adapted to the modular workflow and available for the Voltage Modular platform. $35 (regularly $69). The smaller Rackmode Vocoder Bundle is also available for just $19 (regularly $35).

  • Looking to get started with these and more Voltage Modular? The Voltage Modular Ignite bundle is also on sale for just $19 with 45 modules and over 265 presets included for the ultimate introduction to modular synthesis.

Customers purchasing through the Cherry Audio online store will have the option to add a direct donation to the Bob Moog Foundation at checkout to help support its efforts on preserving the legacy of Dr. Moog.

Follow Cherry Audio on social media throughout August for more news -- and a few yet-to-be-disclosed surprises! -- related to our celebration of Bob Moog Appreciation Month.

About the Bob Moog Foundation

The Bob Moog Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to ignite creativity through the intersection of science, music, history, and innovation. ​Founded in 2005, the Bob Moog Foundation is dedicated to carrying on the innovative legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog. Through programs like Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum, the organization inspires the next generation of musicians and innovators by blending science, music, technology, and education. For more information, visit https://moogfoundation.org/.