inMusic has gutted Moog’s Asheville staff

[Gone Fission]

https://synthanatomy.com/2023/09/inmusi ... ustry.html

Word is that overseas production will be the new norm for most of the line.

Don’t know how I feel about eliminating a lot of well-paying music industry jobs for the pay off of a possibly better version of Behringer’s Moog clone being available at a still-fairly-premium price. I’m not in the Uli-fan-club camp of thinking that more cheap junk rip-off gear is the only thing we could possibly want so end-stage capitalism is fine.

[Pepe]

Yes, that sucks. I heard of it in a German synth forum. What happened now is exactly what some of the guys in the forum feared when they heard that inMusic bought Moog, because this giant corporation did the same with other brands, like AKAI and Alesis. Terrible locusts.

[sonidero]

I was at the first MOOG FEST in S.F. in '04 and ended up on the Doc... I spent 30 min talking to Bobs daughter about the Legacy... I can promise Bob is spinning in his grave right now...

[coupleonapkins]

It was inevitable, but that's that's showbiz

I hope those ex-Moog employees find good outlets for their skills, because we need 'em!

Also a bit disheartening that the only viable/affordable synth is a softsynth these days, as the hole on older used gear seems to be cresting shut, but I also don't know who would pay premium for USA built synths that aren't legacy brands (unless it were "bespoke" at 4x Moog's old price structure). At that point, you're almost building the synth yourself from kits (see also: the Black Corporation) for total control/reliability/functionality. But the only curse of softsynths is that they can feel infinite, like scrolling through Netflix for 45 minutes instead of actually already watching a movie.

Anyway, here's wonderwall


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHCmzvzCmhI

[PanicProne]

That's sad news. Feeling for those people.

[coldbrightsunlight]

That really sucks for the staff. :/

[MechaGodzilla]

this fucking sucks!!!!

[D.o.S.]

It was inevitable, but that's that's showbiz

I hope those ex-Moog employees find good outlets for their skills, because we need 'em!

Also a bit disheartening that the only viable/affordable synth is a softsynth these days, as the hole on older used gear seems to be cresting shut, but I also don't know who would pay premium for USA built synths that aren't legacy brands (unless it were "bespoke" at 4x Moog's old price structure). At that point, you're almost building the synth yourself from kits (see also: the Black Corporation) for total control/reliability/functionality. But the only curse of softsynths is that they can feel infinite, like scrolling through Netflix for 45 minutes instead of actually already watching a movie.

Anyway, here's wonderwall


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHCmzvzCmhI

Yeah inflation is one of those things that doesn't get too much love when we talk about gear. Like, a Micromoog might have 'only' been $895 in 1980... but that's like $3.3k now. Which is basically what you would expect for a handmade synth nowadays. It's just crazy money.

[friendship]

This blows

[cosmicevan]

This is why we can't have nice things.

I imagine this has sent all the flippers and stonks speculators into hyperdrive in snatching up US made stuff. I'd love to add more Moogs to my arsenal but at this point... poop

[imJonWain]

I live in Asheville and know some people who worked there. Not to shit on Moog but even long before the sale not much of their stuff was really made in the US in the way we think of it normally. Most parts or sub assys were made over seas and final assy/cal was done here, outside of some of the low volume really high end/old designs.

Some people I know went to Make Noise but there isn't really much similar industry here.

One of their engineers quit a couple years ago and started this company.
https://www.ashevillemusictools.com/

[SPACERITUAL]

I live in Asheville and know some people who worked there. Not to shit on Moog but even long before the sale not much of their stuff was really made in the US in the way we think of it normally. Most parts or sub assys were made over seas and final assy/cal was done here, outside of some of the low volume really high end/old designs.

Some people I know went to Make Noise but there isn't really much similar industry here.

One of their engineers quit a couple years ago and started this company.
https://www.ashevillemusictools.com/

It sucks to say but it’s kind of reflective of what’s happened to the city in the last ten years or so. I haven’t lived there since about 2017 but when I moved out the place was at peak SELL OUT CASH IN FUCK THE LOCALS LETS GET THIS TRANSPLANT MONEYYYYYYYYYY now I go back and almost everything I love is gone or unrecognizable. Like the godawful massive green man. Gan shan station is a takeout spot now and Patrick is like a real estate agent or something. Mothlights gone. Pretty much all the good clubs are gone. Tasty bev co is gone. At least oyster house is still there I guess.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i had a really good breakfast one time in asheville
it was tasty af
i forget the name but it was almost like a hobbit home type thing

[Warpsmasher]

I still gas for a theremini, but I wish they would update it with more new voices, like a lot more, like a whole animoog preset library more