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New Moog Music

In 2002, after a legal battle with Don Martin who had previously assumed the rights to the name Moog Music, Robert Moog reacquired rights the Moog Music trademark in the U.S., and immediately changed production of Big Briar products to Moog. Another company, Moog CE, was selling modules for the original 1970s systems, and agreed to change their name to allow Moog to re-enter the market. It was also in 2002 that Moog Music hired Michael Adams as Vice President in charge of business operations.

After the company's name change, Moog released the Piano-Bar, a Don Buchla -designed device which converted the physical movement of the keys on an acoustic piano into MIDI information.

That year, Moog Music began production of a modern version of the classic Minimoog synthesizer, the Minimoog Voyager Performer Edition, based on the same electric principles as the original, but adding modern appointments such as MIDI and a three-axis touch control surface. The Voyager name was selected through a contest where keyboardists could submit their own ideas of potential names for the new Minimoog. But because Alex Winter of Wales had acquired the UK trademark rights to "Moog" and "Minimoog" in 1996 and had been producing Moog branded instruments since then, early UK Minimoog Voyager models were instead branded as "Voyager by Bob Moog.". It wasn't until later that Bob Moog regained the trademark rights to "Moog" and "Minimoog" in the UK.

2004 marked Moog Music's 50th anniversary year, and Moog Music released a Voyager Anniversary Edition, the Moogerfooger MF-105 MuRF Multiple Resonance Filter effect pedal, and the Etherwave Pro Theremin. In 2006 Moog Music introduced a new 37 note, 2 oscillator analog synthesizer, the Little Phatty.

Robert Moog died in August 2005 due to complications arising from brain cancer. Michael Adams continued managing the company as its President.

Hungarian band The Moog requested permission from Moog Music to use the name. This was granted on the condition that the band precede the name with "The".

2008 marked the release of Moog Music's first entry into the electric guitar market, the Moog Guitar, an electric guitar with the unique ability of being able to magnetically sustain or mute its strings. Designed in conjunction with Paul Vo of the Zion Guitar Company, the first guitars released were "Paul Vo Collector Editions." Standard versions and MIDI guitar synthesizer versions were later introduced.