MOOG + SCANIMATE

MOOG + SCANIMATE = Analog Wet Dream!

Here's one for the analog lovers and audio / videophiles out there:

Exciting new collaboration working out how to facilitate a Moog synth talking to one of the the only known working Scanimate machines in the world (there may only be two).  This system was used to help create the Sesame Street Floating Face Sketches.  The style was also used for the computer-animated segments appearing in The Electric Company, most notably displaying the episode numbers.  

Brilliant, exciting stuff!!

A little background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanimate
http://scanimate.zfx.com/

Early use examples:

http://youtu.be/PoV3K504_LE   (from sesame street)
http://youtu.be/at_eGZezPco     (from the electric company)


This is a fascinating new marriage of analog equipment in an incredibly cool artistic endeavor.  Stay tuned for further developments.  I hope to be as heavily involved as possible in the project & to be able to share it with you as it happens.

- jM

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