Moog Sonic Six
The Moog Sonic Six is a duophonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1972 to 1979. Because of its portable design and built-in speaker, the Sonic Six was widely used for lectures and educational purposes, often by Bob Moog himself. The Sonic Six is the result of Bill Waytena, then the owner of synthesizer manufacturer Musonics, acquiring R.A. Moog Inc. Interested in the marketing opportunity afforded by the Moog name, Waytena acquired R.A. Moog Inc., moved the company to The Sonic Six is an interesting, although obscure synthesizer from the Moog history books. Its predecessor, the Sonic V, was designed by an ex-Moog employee for the muSonics brand. When muSonics eventually bought out R.A. Moog, forming Moog muSonics, the Sonic V⠙s basic design was moved into a portable brief-case style synthesizer, and with only a few tweaks, the Sonic Six was born. Moog Sonic 6. Analogue Synthesizer (Retrozone). Hardware > Keyboard, Synthesizer. The pioneering Sonic 6 has a complex and intriguing background, featuring not only the synth industry's most famous name, Bob Moog, but also that of an unsung hero called Gene Zumcheck ⠔ a shadowy figure now, but one whose contribution to synthesis deserves acknowledgement. Call me a heretic if you like, but I sometimes wonder why we make such a lot of fuss over Bob Moog and the synthesizers that bear his name. The Moog Sonic 6 (also Sonic VI and Sonic Six) is a duophonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1972 to 1979. The Sonic 6 is the result of Moog Music's acquisition of the company Musonics, which had previously made a synthesizer called the Sonic V. The Sonic 6 is mounted in its own briefcase; the upper control panel folds and latches over the keyboard to ease transportation and storage. The Moog Sonic Six is a duophonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1972 to 1979. It's portability was used for lectures and educational purposes Bob Moog. The Sonic Six is the result of owner Bill Waytena of synthesizer maker Musonics which bought R.A. Moog Inc. as the company name Moog went under in this period. By using the Moog name, Waytena bought R.A. Moog Inc.,and moved the company to Buffalo, New York, and renamed it Moog/Musonics.