Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
The mighty Moog Modular System 55 at Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome was purchased under request of Maestro Franco Evangelisti (from "Gruppo d'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza"); it was seldom used by Riccardo Bianchini in the Eighties and Giorgio Nottoli in the Nineties. Now, is it used for teaching the basic concepts of modular synthesis in the analog realm and for quick comparison with several virtual synthesizer, topics of study in my class of "Virtual Synthesis" at Biennio/Triennio of Composizione Applicata. This mighty machine, today (November, 20th, 2014) was moved in a new room, turned on again after the Summer, amplified with a vintage Pioneer Amp and a couple of big Tannoy Arden 15". This machine roars; this machine has a soul; this machine is probably one of the best synths in the word. Audio, sadly, straight from the small camera (with a lot of clacking from keyboard bushing and a lot of musical noise from the Conservatorio's classrooms; camera is shaking and rattling when the floor is shaking and rattling under the power of the dual Tannoy system. :-)
The mighty Moog Modular System 55 at Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome was purchased under request of Maestro Franco Evangelisti (from "Gruppo d'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza"); it was seldom used by Riccardo Bianchini in the Eighties and Giorgio Nottoli in the Nineties. Now, is it used for teaching the basic concepts of modular synthesis in the analog realm and for quick comparison with several virtual synthesizer, topics of study in my class of "Virtual Synthesis" at Biennio/Triennio of Composizione Applicata. This mighty machine, today (November, 20th, 2014) was moved in a new room, turned on again after the Summer, amplified with a vintage Pioneer Amp and a couple of big Tannoy Arden 15". This machine roars; this machine has a soul; this machine is probably one of the best synths in the word. Audio, sadly, straight from the small camera (with a lot of clacking from keyboard bushing and a lot of musical noise from the Conservatorio's classrooms; camera is shaking and rattling when the floor is shaking and rattling under the power of the dual Tannoy system. :-)
