/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000005e88e8 rename

The Realistic Concertmate MG-1 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music. Though built by...

The Realistic Concertmate MG-1 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music. Though built by Moog, it was distributed by Radio Shack under their "Realistic" brand name because it was produced without a number of standard Moog features, such as pitch and modulation wheels, switch covers and a handful of other minor parts. This cost cutting was aimed at achieving a lower price for the toy market. The synthesizer even featured a pair of loop-through RCA ports with which to pump in the radio or one's favorite records, which would then be outputted along with the owner's live synthesized leads overtop of their favorite recordings. It is somewhat similar to the Moog Liberation in that it has the following features: The polyphony features of this synth are of particular interest, as it was a rare feature at the time it was released. The polyphony section is independently tunable, and acts as a third oscillator, sounding like a square wave (described as a "cheesy organ sound" by some). All of the sound-generating features come together in a mixer, allowing the levels the monophonic oscillators, noise, ring modulation and polyphony to be adjusted independently. Since the polyphony