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[Patrick9]

Aaargh! This is hilarious but so annoying!
I didn't even last the whole way through.
Good effort.

Sorry!

[Sascha Franck]

Original poster edit: Nothing to see here.

[You™]

Hey you punsters: you may or may not be interested to know that the name Moog does not share the same vowel sound as "food," "crew" or "dude" - or sadly "droog" (which should be a goovy Moog title); rather the sound is similar to "vogue," "brogue" or "I am Worf, son of Mogh."

You say tomato, I say tomato? Potato, potato? I wouldn't really care much how a word was pronounced except that this is the person of honor's name, and since people as of late have been so eager to share their discriminating criteria, I'll tell you now that I will disqualify any song from my top vote that employs a pun on a mispronounced interpretation of Dr. Moog's name.






...not.

[Hovmod]

Hey you punsters: you may or may not be interested to know that the name Moog does not share the same vowel sound as "food," "crew" or "dude" - or sadly "droog" (which should be a goovy Moog title); rather the sound is similar to "vogue," "brogue" or "I am Worf, son of Mogh."

You say tomato, I say tomato? Potato, potato? I wouldn't really care much how a word was pronounced except that this is the person of honor's name, and since people as of late have been so eager to share their discriminating criteria, I'll tell you now that I will disqualify any song from my top vote that employs a pun on a mispronounced interpretation of Dr. Moog's name.






...not.

Mine's a VISUAL pun.
It would look awfully silly if I were to write "In a blue Mogue", now wouldn't it?

[You™]

Mine's a VISUAL pun.
It would look awfully silly if I were to write "In a blue Mogue", now wouldn't it?

I know. I was just being pedantic. I still say his name wrong every now and then. Same with other people too. The other day I was talking politics with friends and meant to say "Dick Cheney," but instead accidentally blurted out "Evil Bastard Dickweed". Oops.

Like your song BTW!

[Patrick9]

Hey you punsters: you may or may not be interested to know that the name Moog does not share the same vowel sound as "food," "crew" or "dude" - or sadly "droog" (which should be a goovy Moog title); rather the sound is similar to "vogue," "brogue" or "I am Worf, son of Mogh."

How now Yow™ - we know all that - the pun was in fun.

You are, however, a pleasant pedant.

[You™]

You are, however, a pleasant pedant.

I'm an idiot most of the time. And I'm on my way to becoming a tipsy idiot right now. Drinking ale and mixing music. Playing theremin drunk looks easier than it sounds ...or something like that.

I've concluded that virtual synths are pretty cool. Things I like about hardware are knobs and buttons. Most of my first hardware purchases had a paucity of data entry thingies - hardly more than a telephone. Now there's more knobs on a VSTi than you can shake a stick at, but you have to tweak 'em with a mouse or keyboard. Surely if an intelligent designer were out there, he would have given us better I/O widgets. It's probably heresy, but I think I am actually starting to prefer the virtual synthesizer. The (cough, ahem) developers just need to rethink their assumptions about interface design. I don't hear a much of the analog warmth anymore, but it's hard to argue with the convenience of them.

[emdot_ambient]

...I've concluded that virtual synths are pretty cool. Things I like about hardware are knobs and buttons...

A person or thing's greatest strength is often their greatest weaknesses.

Hardware synths have a lot of knobs to manually fiddle with...but they also require you to fiddle with the keys in a more or less competant way to get anything useful out of them.

I've spent so much time programming sequencers that I'm pretty damned good at it, but I've spent so much time programming sequencers that I'm a pretty damned lousy keyboard player.

[Benedict]

And your reliance on Reverb and Compression has made you weak

[Hovmod]

Thanks for your kind review, Marc!
I was certainly going for vintage sounds.
Maybe I'll make one with a melody in it one day, but this one is adrift. That was sort of the point...
Glad you liked it.

edit: and you too, You! Thanks.

[farlukar]

a mispronounced interpretation of Dr. Moog's name.

According to Bob Moog, his name was originally pronounced "moo-g." But his former wife Shirleigh taught the first grade, and when she told her students to call her Mrs. Moog, the kids had way too much fun making cow noises. At her request, the pronunciation was changed to "moe-g." Today, Bob diplomatically says, "Either is correct."

[xander]

You are, however, a pleasant pedant.

I'm an idiot most of the time. And I'm on my way to becoming a tipsy idiot right now. Drinking ale and mixing music. Playing theremin drunk looks easier than it sounds ...or something like that.

I've concluded that virtual synths are pretty cool. Things I like about hardware are knobs and buttons. Most of my first hardware purchases had a paucity of data entry thingies - hardly more than a telephone. Now there's more knobs on a VSTi than you can shake a stick at, but you have to tweak 'em with a mouse or keyboard. Surely if an intelligent designer were out there, he would have given us better I/O widgets. It's probably heresy, but I think I am actually starting to prefer the virtual synthesizer. The (cough, ahem) developers just need to rethink their assumptions about interface design. I don't hear a much of the analog warmth anymore, but it's hard to argue with the convenience of them.

Solved this dilemma with an Edirol PCR-1 keyboard which allows me to map all those virtual knobs and sliders to an array of tactile controls. It's actually pretty cool to watch the thingies on the screen move this way and that while I twist a "REAL" knob.

I now somehow feel 'virtually connected'!

[emdot_ambient]

And your reliance on Reverb and Compression has made you weak

Jab, jab, jab!:box:

Private joke.


Like I said, I'll post both and let you decide which sounds weak

[You™]

Shirleigh taught the first grade, and when she told her students to call her Mrs. Moog, the kids had way too much fun making cow noises. At her request, the pronunciation was changed to "moe-g."

That's great! Thanks. I stand somewhat corrected. You always know what you're talking about.

[Marc JX8P]

I always pronounce it 'Throatwobbler Mangrove'...