Music lovers had a blast with one of Google's latest music-related doodles, the electronic analog Moog Synthesizer that marked the 78th birth anniversary of American electronic music pioneer Robert Moog.
In a post on its Twitter account, Google said some 54 million songs or 57 years' worth of music was recorded since the doodle went live last May 23.
"Moog maniacs! You recorded 54 million songs (57 years of music) on last week's synthesizer doodle. Keep composing," it said.
The Moog Synthesizer doodle paid tribute to the machine that Google said defined a generation of music, featuring heavily in songs by The Beatles, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, and Kraftwerk.
For 24 hours last May 23, Google posted on its home page an interactive, playable Moog synthesizer, which music lovers can play with using the keyboard and mouse.
A 4-track tape recorder allowed users to record, play back and share songs via short links or Google+.
The doodle has been taken off the home page but can still be accessed at http://www.google.com/doodles/robert-moogs-78th-birthday.
It was comparable to another immensely popular doodle lsat year: the digital Les Paul guitar.
Last year, Google noted that in just 48 hours, online musicians recorded some 5.1 years worth of music with the Les Paul guitar.
Google said the amount of music, equivalent to 40 million songs, was recorded in the United States, where Google extended its guitar Google Doodle by an added 24 hours due to high public demand.
“In 48 hrs in the US, you recorded 5.1 yrs worth of music (40M songs) w/ last week’s Les Paul doodle! Keep playing," Google said on Twitter.
Google uploaded the guitar Google Doodle as a tribute to American inventor and “guitar hero" Lester William Polsfuss (Les Paul) on June 9 last year.
Paul, who is credited for popularizing innovations such as delay effects, phasing effects and multi-track recording, collaborated in the design of the “Gibson Les Paul" electric guitar.
Visitors who wish to strum on the digital guitar can now go to http://www.google.com/logos/2011/lespaul.html and play to their hearts’ content.
An earlier estimate by RescueTime, a time management and employee time tracking software, indicated 5.8 million hours had been spent on the doodle last June 9 alone.
RescueTime’s blog also noted tweets coming in for the trending tag #lespaul at a speed of 20 tweets/second or more.
“With each major online publication commenting and recommending the Les Paul Doodle, traffic was way up and people kept talking all day!" it said.
RescueTime said its estimates showed the average user spent 26 seconds more on Google.com than in previous time periods last June 9. — TJD, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
