Moog, Robert Arthur, 1934-2005, American electronic engineer, inventor of the Moog synthesizer, b. New York City, grad. Queens College (B.S, 1957), Columbia (B.S., 1957), Cornell (Ph.D., 1965). His active involvement with electronic music began with his building of a theremin at age 14; in the 1950s he sold theremin-building kits by mail, forming his own company in 1954. During the 1960s he began work on an electronic analog synthesizer that would be easier for musicians to use. His first synthesizer (1964) consisted of various voltage-controlled modules wired to one another and to a pianolike keyboard; it enabled players to imitate acoustic instruments or to create purely electronic sound. Moog refined his synthesizer, making it more compact and tonally versatile, and later created other synthesizers, e.g., the Minimoog (1970, the first portable), the Micromoog, the Multimoog, and the Moog III. In 1968 the best-selling album Switched-On Bach, on which Walter (now Wendy) Carlos performed solely on the Moog synthesizer, turned his invention into a musical sensation, and the synthesizer subsequently became an integral instrument in rock, jazz, funk, techno, and hip hop as well as electronic music.

Moog may refer to:

• Robert Moog (1934 - 2005), a pioneer of electronic music and inventor of the Moog synthesizer
• Moog synthesizer, a number of analog synthesizers designed by Robert Moog
• Moog Music, the American company founded by Robert Moog that manufactures Moog synthesizers
• Moog (film), a 2004 film about Robert Moog
• Moog Center for Deaf Education, a deaf oral school located in St. Louis, Missouri
• The Moog, Indie rock band from Budapest, Hungary formed in 2004
• Bill Moog, the inventor of the electrohydraulic servo valve and founder of Moog, Inc.
• Moog Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of precision control systems
• Andy Moog (born 1960), former NHL goaltender and current assistant coach of the Dallas Stars
• MOOG, an astronomical software package for computing simulated stellar spectra
• Philipp Moog (born 1961), German television actor
• The Moog, a brainless character from the British animated series Willo the Wisp