Is it a coincidence that both “Google” and “Moog” have “oog” somewhere in the name? We’re going to say no, and that Google called itself Google years ago simply for this moment in time: the day that its home page could be a synthesizer.
Over 1000 different kinds of Google Doodles have been made over the years, many of them interactive, like the playable Pac-Man that we remember so fondly. If you head to the Google homepage, you’ll be able to play and record your own synthesized tune on its specialized synthesizer.
Of course, all of this is to honor its creator, Robert Moog. Moog was an American musical visionary who invented the synthesizer and founded his company, Moog Music. His birthday was May 23, 1934, and he passed away at the age of 71 on Aug. 21, 2005.
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