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This is a very sad day indeed.

Bob's musical instruments not only helped create the electronic music genre but also subtly changed many other musical genres.

With the introduction of ever more powerful instruments you'd be hard pressed to turn on the radio and not hear a synthesizer of one form or another in the mix.

There's an interview with Bob here which is also mirrored here

I interviewed Bob Moog, the man who invented the Moog Synthesizer and currently revitalizing the Theremin, a few years ago. He's the one who really kicked things off IMHO.

As for the first electronic musical instruments, they go way back to 1874 when Elisha Gray invented the Harmonic Telegraph, and I'm betting the "music" that it produced was ultimately the first Electronic Music.

There's a concise history here.

I interviewed Bob Moog, the man who invented the Moog Synthesizer and currently revitalizing the Theremin, a few years ago. He's the one who really kicked things off IMHO.

As for the first electronic musical instruments, they go way back to 1874 when Elisha Gray invented the Harmonic Telegraph, and I'm betting the "music" that it produced was ultimately the first Electronic Music.

There's a concise history here.

Trust me, you need a pair of ER-4P Earphones by Etymotic Research. I've been using them since got my iPod and they beat anything else out there. Check out this review.

Trust me, you need a pair of ER-4P Earphones by Etymotic Research. I've been using them since got my iPod and they beat anything else out there. Check out this review.

"People who really want to hear good stereo sound should spend their effort on the two things that will make a lot of difference: (1) getting good speakers, and (2) working on the acoustics of the room"

You forgot (3) an amp with more power than you need.

I got bored with my home stereo system a year ago and decided to put together more of a studio monitor system instead. I now have a pair of Tannoy Reveal studio monitors hooked up to a Hafler TA 1100 power amp, all for less than $1,000, and I'm really enjoying being able to hear things I've never heard before, with a clarity that gives that "being there" feeling.

In my past life I spent quite a while in recording studios and always marvelled at how awesome the music sounded. Then I'd hear it on a regular hi-fi and it would turn into everything else out there, a watered down version. I used to blame this on the many and varied processes the master had to go through to end up on a retail CD, but since setting up more of a studio monitor type enviroment in my home I'm realizing a lot has to do with having a big fat amp powering a set of big fat speakers.

I also decided to use a Mackie 1202-VLZ Pro mixer to route the audio here and there, instead of the usual hi-fi type amp.

The whole things is mounted in a rack mount cabinet.

My favourite source for all things electronic music related published an interesting bit on how the Microsoft / Loudeye deal further promotes the WMA format:

Flooding The Orchard

Here's a page that I used once to help me put together a cabinet to rack mount my musical gear.

It's easy to follow and gives a list of stuff to pick up at your local hardware store.