The Bob Moog Foundation – an independent non-profit, dedicated to preserving the legacy of synth pioneer Bob Moog – has announced its Winter fundraising event, a raffle for a vintage Moog Source synthesizer.
The Moog Source featured in the raffle is serial number 3948 and was built in Buffalo, New York in the early 1980s. The instrument has an estimated value of $3,500 USD. It’s also signed by Bob Moog himself – which makes it is priceless to collectors.
The instrument was donated to the Bob Moog Foundation by musician, composer, and sound designer Erik Norlander, who co-designed the legendary Alesis Andromeda analog synthesizer and more recently the IK Multimedia UNO Synth.
Norlander’s Moog Source was used on the Dukes of the Orient Freakshow album and was also the synth sampled for IK Multimedia Syntronik 2 “Sorcerer” virtual instrument.
Here’s Erik Norlander sharing the story of his Moog Source:
Norlander has been a long-time supporter of the Bob Moog Foundation and …