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The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

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The Bob Moog Foundation Adds Billy Joel’s Minimoog to Its Archives

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From @synthandsoftware - Donated by Eric Crawley, the instrument brings a piece of music history into a collection dedicated to preserving and sharing Bob Moog’s legacy.

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