| has gloss | eng: The Musitronics Mu-Tron III is an auto-wah effects pedal produced by Musitronics. In 1972 Mike Beigel [Biegel] and Aaron Newman decided to extract some sections from a synthesizer and see if they could make a new product out of it. First, they hooked up an opto-electronic-based envelope-controlled filter, tweaked it, and turned it into a product. Digital audio pioneer (and former AES president) Barry Blesser also participated in its design. It was first called the Auto Wah and then marketed as the Mu-Tron III. Synthesizer inventor Bob Moog's affidavit helped get the patent. The Mu-Tron III became quite popular thanks in part to Stevie Wonder; who helped immensely by giving free publicity and allowing the use of his name. |
