Creative musicians throughout the world, both professional and amateur, have been jamming on the interactive Google Doodle that simulates a Moog synthesizer, named after the man who created the first modern synth, Robert Moog.
Mashable's vice president of design is Chris Phillips, also frontman of The Chris Phillips Band. As soon as he heard about the Google Doodle after it went live in Australia, he immersed himself in it, exploring the virtual Moog's many features — especially the ability to record up to four separate tracks.
"The tweakability of this is astounding for a Google Doodle," he says. "It has oscillation and filters, and you can make sound effects based on that. You can change the scope and the tone of the sound with filters. It has portamento, which is the sliding effect. It even has the mod wheel!"
After playing with several different tunes (including Van Halen's "Jump" and "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop), Phillips turned his attention to Ah-Ha's "Take On Me." He laid down for separate tracks — the melody, a bass track and two pads. He experimented and pieced the song together in his spare time, a little over an hour in total.
You can listen to the song via this link. The key is the melody track. Playing on a virtual keyboard, the notes are as follows:
- 88TE
- EYYY99OP
- OOOYT
- 888 YY 8Y
For his rendering of the song, Phillips took the Envelope's decay down to a low setting, and the Filter Glide down to zero. Others may want to experiment with other settings for different versions. (See this graphic for a guide the settings on the Moog.)
Although he wishes he had more time to perfect the track, Phillips says the level of sophistication in Moog Google Doodle is incredible. After crafting a Beatles song on last year's Les Paul Google Doodle, Phillips hoped Google would do something like this.
"I wanted it to be a piano, but this is even more fun," says Phillips. "There's nothing more fun than playing with a synth. The Moog is one of the most classic synths of all time."
Phillips does have one suggestion for improvement, however. He says quantization would be a great addition, so the timing of notes could be corrected.
What would you like to hear played on the Moog Google Doodle? Shout out your suggestions in the comments.
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