On May 23, 2012, Robert Moog, an electronic music pioneer and the creator of the Moog synthesizer, is remembered. Google pays homage to this character with what, perhaps, is the best celebratory doodle ever made by the imaginative Google programmers, a logo that has been present for 24 hours on the homepage of Google.com and Google.it (Now you can still play from the doodles page, see below).
Today's surprising Google logo deserves to be remembered because it is interactive and creative, being a small electronic music synthesizer to be played with a mouse or keyboard, with which it is also possible to record a song to share it online on social networks and make it heard by friends.
Those who are curious to know who Robert Moog is can read a short biography on Wikipedia.
In summary, he is an American born in 34 who invented synthesizers to create electronic music, without needing to be an expert.
Moog synthesizers can be bought and tested on the computer or on the Moog website for free .
The Google Doodle Bob Moog Synthesizer is one of the best Google logos ever .
It is similar to another great interactive logo, that of the Les Paul electric guitar that can still be played online today.
The Bob Moog Synthesizer, however, is even more fun and surprising because it has advanced features that allow you to play a song and share it directly on Google Plus.
The synthesizer is made up of a musical keyboard and some knobs to adjust volume, waveform, distortion and almost everything you can find in a real original Moog instrument, including mixer, oscillators, filters and other options.
You can play the Google logo with the mouse or even using the keyboard : then press on the logo, notice the lighting of a red light and then use the 1234 keys .... and all the letters to play while using the right arrows and on the left you can scroll the various knobs to be adjusted using the up and down arrows.
To start recording, press the red button on the right.
You can then share the piece played on Google+ or press the button to generate the link and share your composition on Facebook or on other social networks to make others feel it.
For example, you can play the song Take On Me by pressing the keys: 88TE EYYY99OP OOOYT 888 YY 8Y .
As it did for Les Paul's guitar, Google gives the opportunity to continue playing the Google Moog Synthesizer even after this anniversary day, on the stable and permanent Google Doodle page for Robert Moog .
Among the best melodies created by some users you can listen to: The Godfather, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Daft Punk.
Here the video of how the Moog synthesizer works and if you create some nice melody, leave the link as a comment.
Remember, from other Music articles on online synthesizers:
- The best online tools to create electronic music on the computer
- Online sound synthesizer to create melodies on the PC
- Music keyboard, piano and piano to be played online on pc
