Moog Music has introduced the Synthesizer IIIp modular system, a meticulous reissue of the original 1960’s modular system.

The system, housed in three tolex cabinets, includes thirty-seven hand-stuffed, hand-soldered discrete modules, created using the original documentation, art and circuit board files. Available modules include: ten 901-Series audio oscillators, the 984 Matrix Mixer, and the 905 Spring Reverb.

Here’s what Moog has to say about the system:

In 1965, Bob Moog began taking orders for individual modules and customized modular systems. By 1967, he and a team of ten skilled technicians were hand-building production models in an unassuming brick storefront in Trumansburg, NY.

The cutting-edge musical instruments that they called “synthesizers” signaled electronic music’s maturation from an awkward and shy intruder in the realm of music to a dynamic and significant medium of musical expression.

The first models were aptly named Synthesizer I, II, and III. With the introduction of the Moog Synthesizer IIIc — the “c” referring to the walnut “console” cabinet — musicians could purchase a complete instrument pre-configured for logical access to a range of facilities usually associated with the largest classical studios.

This was followed by the availability of the Moog Synthesizer IIIp – a fully portable 3-cabinet iteration of the venerable Moog Synthesizer IIIc. Each synthesizer took weeks of patient, steady crafting to complete, but the payoff would be rich — a tool that would change the landscape of music.

Here’s Moog’s promo for the Synthesizer IIIp, featuring Anthony Gonzalez and Joe Berry of M83:

Features:

Recreated using original documentation, circuit board and art files and traditional manufacturing techniques

37 hand-stuffed, hand-soldered modules custom mounted and hand-wired in three solid wood, tolex-wrapped cabinets

10x discrete 901 series oscillators (Not found in the Model 15, System 35 or System 55)

905 Spring Reverb module (Not found in the Model 15, System 35 or System 55)

4x CP3 mixers (Not found in the Model 15, System 35 or System 55)

984 4-channel Matrix Mixer (Designed for parallel processing, complete with dedicated controls for Bass and Treble, Not found in the Model 15, System 35 or System 55)

100% discrete design (No op-amps – not the case in the Model 15, System 35 or System 55)

Modules:

1x 901 Voltage Controlled Oscillator

3x 901A Oscillator Controllers

9x 901B Oscillators

3x 902 Voltage Controlled Amplifiers

1x 903A Random Signal Generator

1x 904A Voltage Controlled Lowpass Filter

1x 904B Voltage Controlled Highpass Filter

1x 904C Filter Coupler

1x 905 Reverberation Unit

3x 911 Envelope Generators

1x 911A Dual Trigger Delay

1x 912 Envelope Follower

1x 914 Extended Range Fixed Filter Bank

1x 984 Four Channel Mixer

1x 991 Lowpass and Highpass Filter with Attenuator

1x 992 Control Voltage/Attenuator Panel

1x 993 Trigger & Envelope Voltages Panel

1x 994 Multiples Panel

4x Console Panel No. 3, each including: 4-input mixer with + and – outputs, 2 Trunklines, Control Voltage Switches, Master Volume, and Click Filter

1x Console Panel No. 1 including: 3 Control Voltage and Trigger Outputs

1x Console Panel No. 9 including: Power Switch, Pilot Lamp, Fuse Holders

1x 350 Watt 120 VAC or 230 VAC Switch Selectable Power Supply

Pricing and Availability

The Moog Synthesizer IIIp is available to order now for US $35,000