The Moog Liberation was the first commercially-produced keytar synthesizer released in 1980 by Moog Music. The instrument is comparable to the Moog Concertmate MG-1 and the Moog Rogue but it is most closely related to the Moog Prodigy; however, as a keytar the Liberation was designed to be played in the same posture as one would play a guitar. The Liberation featured two monophonic VCOs and a polyphonic section that could play organ sounds.

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  • The Moog Liberation was the first commercially-produced keytar synthesizer released in 1980 by Moog Music. The instrument is comparable to the Moog Concertmate MG-1 and the Moog Rogue but it is most closely related to the Moog Prodigy; however, as a keytar the Liberation was designed to be played in the same posture as one would play a guitar. The Liberation featured two monophonic VCOs and a polyphonic section that could play organ sounds. Both oscillators could be set to triangle, sawtooth, or square waveforms and switched over a 3-octave range. The Liberation's keyboard was aftertouch-sensitive and on its neck featured spring-loaded wheels for filter cutoff, modulation, and volume as well as a ribbon-controlled pitch bend. The Liberation had a single VCF and two ADS envelope generators. A 40-foot cable could connect the Liberation to its rackmounted half which housed the power supply and CV/Gate output sockets. Jean Michel Jarre plays a Liberation on his recent DVD release of ', and it also appears in the bonus section with Jarre describing the instruments. The Human League used the Liberation during the songs Empire State Human, Being Boiled and Circus Of Death at the Wickerman Festival in July 2009. Other bands include: Didier Marouani of Space, Tom Coster of Santana, Tommy Cyborg of Chrome, Devo, Damon Edge of Chrome, Roy Goudie, Herbie Hancock, Joy Electric, Mark Jenkins, Bryce Kushnier of The Fancy Few - know across Canada as the Moog-King of the Cold Country, Light of the World, John Malloy, The Moog Cookbook, Danny Peyronel of British band UFO, Saga, Tom Schuman, Six Finger Satellite, Stereolab, Spiral-Shaped Mind
  • Der Moog Liberation ist der erste in Serie hergestellte analoge Synthesizer zum Umhängen. Der Prototyp wurde im Januar 1980 auf der NAMM in Anaheim vorgestellt und ging noch im gleichen Jahr in die Serienproduktion bis ca. 1984. Er besteht zum einen aus einem monophonen Synthesizerteil und zum anderen aus einem polyphonen Teil, der nur eine Rechteckwellenform produzieren konnte. Die Tastatur umfasst 44 Tasten von F bis C, sie verfügt über eine Art Aftertouch, bei dem eine unter der Tastatur angebrachte gefederte Schiene zusätzlich, nach dem eigentlichen Anschlagen der Taste, nach unten gedrückt werden kann, um dadurch als weiteres „Modulationsrad“ zu dienen. Der „Gitarrenhals“ beinhaltet daneben die eigentlichen klassischen Spielhilfen wie Modulationsräder und Pitch-Bender.
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  • Original factory brochure
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  • 1980 (xsd:integer)
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  • 44 keys
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  • Ribbon controller
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  • 2 (xsd:integer)
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  • Monophonic 10-voice section
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  • Liberation
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  • The Moog Liberation was the first commercially-produced keytar synthesizer released in 1980 by Moog Music. The instrument is comparable to the Moog Concertmate MG-1 and the Moog Rogue but it is most closely related to the Moog Prodigy; however, as a keytar the Liberation was designed to be played in the same posture as one would play a guitar. The Liberation featured two monophonic VCOs and a polyphonic section that could play organ sounds.
  • Der Moog Liberation ist der erste in Serie hergestellte analoge Synthesizer zum Umhängen. Der Prototyp wurde im Januar 1980 auf der NAMM in Anaheim vorgestellt und ging noch im gleichen Jahr in die Serienproduktion bis ca. 1984. Er besteht zum einen aus einem monophonen Synthesizerteil und zum anderen aus einem polyphonen Teil, der nur eine Rechteckwellenform produzieren konnte.
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  • Moog Liberation
  • Moog Liberation
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