GIANTS—Herb Deutsch
Electronic music creator Herb Deutsch looks back to the early days of synthesizers in the first installment of Moog’s original series, GIANTS.
Electronic music creator Herb Deutsch looks back to the early days of synthesizers in the first installment of Moog’s original series, GIANTS.
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