What is "skoog"

The Skoog is a customisable electronic musical instrument that has been designed to be inclusive and accessible – especially to those unable to play conventional musical instruments. Its primary market is special needs education and music therapy.

The Skoog itself is a soft cube that plugs, via USB, into a computer running its accompanying software, which uses physical modelling technology to allow direct correlations between the expressive gestures the player makes on the Skoog and the sound that comes out of the software. The current version of the software features twenty one such instruments. The Skoog can also be used as a MIDI controller, as well as a sampler.

Skoog is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arne Skoog (1913-1999), Swedish journalist and international broadcaster
• Cathrin Skoog (born 1987), Swedish model and call-centre agent
• Ed Skoog (born 1971), American poet
• Folke K. Skoog (1908–2001), Swedish plant physiologist, pioneer in plant growth regulators, particularly cytokinins
• Helge Skoog (born 1938), Swedish actor, became well known in the 1980s in the TV series Teatersport
• Henrik Skoog (born 1979), Swedish middle distance runner
• Myer Skoog (born 1926), retired American professional basketball player
• Niklas Skoog (born 1974), Swedish football striker
• Oren Skoog (born 1976), American actor