Minimoog by Moog Music
Synthesis type:		analog subtractive
Polyphony:		none
Oscillators:		3 VCOs, white/pink noise
Multitimbral:		1
VCF:		24dB/oct, 4-pole lowpass filter with cutoff, resonance, ADSR envelope generator, keyboard tracking
VCA:		ADSR envelope generator
LFO:		oscillator 3 can function as LFO
Keyboard:		44-note, low-note priority
Left hand control:		pitch bend and mod wheels
Velocity sensitive:		{{{velocity}}}
Aftertouch:		{{{aftertouch}}}
External control:		CV/gate
Memory:		none
Onboard effects:		frequency modulation using oscillator 3/noise
Produced:		1970 - 1982
Original price:		US$1495

The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by David van Koevering and Robert Moog. Released in 1970 by the original Moog Music, it was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers. Image File history File links Minimoog. ... The Moog Music logo Moog Music Inc. ... Synthesis (from the ancient Greek σύν (with) and θεσις (placing), is commonly understood to be an integration of two or more pre-existing elements which results in a new creation. ... An analog synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. ... Subtractive synthesis is a method of sound synthesis characterised by the application of an audio filter to a source signal. ... Polyphony is the property of an electronic musical instrument which describes how many notes it can sound at one time. ... Oscillation is the periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure as seen, for example, in a swinging pendulum. ... A voltage-controlled oscillator or VCO is an electronic circuit that uses amplification, feedback, and a resonant circuit to generate a repeating voltage waveform. ... White noise spectrum White noise( ) is a random signal (or process) with a flat power spectral density. ... Pink noise spectrum Pink noise ( ), also known as 1/f noise or flicker noise, is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency. ... Often used in the realm of digital keyboard synthesisers, an instrument that is multitimbral is one which allows you to combine several voices or timbres at the same time. ... A voltage-controlled filter is a signal processing device in a modular analog synthesizer positioned after the oscillator. ... A low-pass filter passes low frequencies fairly well, but attenuates high frequencies. ... An ADSR envelope is a parameter used in synthesizers, including those that produce sound by subtractive synthesis, to control the sound produced. ... A voltage-controlled amplifier is an electronic amplifier that varies its gain depending on a control voltage (often abbreviated CV). ... Low frequency oscillation, often abbreviated to LFO, is a term that predominantly refers to an audio technique specifically used in the production of electronic music. ... The layout of a typical musical keyboard A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers on a musical instrument which cause the instrument to produce sounds. ... Portamento is a musical term currently used to mean pitch bending or sliding, and in 16th century polyphonic writing refers to a type of musical ornamentation. ... In telecommunications, modulation is the process of varying a periodic waveform, i. ... Control Voltage, sometimes referred to as CV or CV/Gate is a method of controlling analog synthesizers and drum machines made prior to the use of MIDI for automated control. ... Frequency modulation (FM) is a form of modulation which represents information as variations in the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Monophonic can mean: In rrded audio, a monaural recording with only one channel. ... An analog synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. ... Dr. Robert Arthur Moog (pronounced // to rhyme with vogue, not //) (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Moog Music logo Moog Music Inc. ...

Design

The Minimoog has six sound sources. Five of these (three voltage-controlled oscillators with switchable waveforms, a noise generator, an external line input) pass to a mixer with independent level controls. The mixed output of the sources is then passed through the voltage-controlled filter (VCF) and a voltage-controlled amplifier, each of which has its own ADSR envelope generator. The VCF can itself be made to oscillate, thus comprising the Minimoog's sixth sound source. A voltage-controlled oscillator or VCO is an electronic circuit that uses amplification, feedback, and a resonant circuit to generate a repeating voltage waveform. ... A voltage-controlled filter is a signal processing device in a modular analog synthesizer positioned after the oscillator. ... A voltage-controlled amplifier is an electronic amplifier that varies its gain depending on a control voltage (often abbreviated CV). ... An ADSR envelope is a parameter used in synthesizers, including those that produce sound by subtractive synthesis, to control the sound produced. ...

The output of the third oscillator and/or the noise generator can also be routed to the control voltage inputs of the filter and/or oscillators. The amount of pitch or filter modulation thus realized is controlled by the modulation wheel, which is the right one of the two plastic disks located to the left of the keyboard. In this way the third oscillator is frequently used as a low-frequency oscillator to control pitch. An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a repetitive electronic signal, often a sine wave or a square wave. ...

The Minimoog can be controlled using its in-built, 44-note keyboard, which is equipped with modulation and pitch-bend wheels or by feeding in an external one-volt-per-octave pitch-control voltage and triggering the envelope generators with an inverted trigger. External pitch control does not pass through the glide circuit, nor is presented to the VCF tracking switches and thus, the external inputs were not designed for external keyboard control. The lowest note played on the keyboard determines the pitch, a condition that is referred to as low-note priority. The envelope generators do not retrigger unless all notes are lifted before the next note is played, an important characteristic which allows phrasing. The modulation and pitch-bending wheels were an innovation that many instrumentalists found to be extremely playable. The pitch-bend wheel is on the left of the modulation wheel. It is normally kept in the centered position. It is not spring-loaded; the player must return it to the centered position to play in tune. There is a delicate detent mechanism to help the player find the center position tactually. In sharp contrast to later synthesizers that also have pitch-bend wheels, there is no deadband near the center of the wheel's travel; the wheel produces minute changes in pitch no matter how slightly it is moved in either direction. The wheel can therefore be used to introduce slight vibrato or nuance, as well as accurate pitch changes. However, Moog later recommended adding a deadband mod and published this mod in their factory service notes. attention Deadband is an area of a signal range or band where no action occurs (the system is dead). ...

Usage

Jazz composer and bandleader Sun Ra used one of the first Minimoogs, a prototype lent him by Moog in 1969: "We loaned it to him and Sun Ra’s way of working is that when you loan him something you don’t expect to see it back." [1] Jazz is a style of music which originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... Sun Ra (May 22, 1914? – May 30, 1993) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, who came to be known as much for his cosmic philosophy as for his musical compositions and performances. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Many essential pitch-bending techniques were first demonstrated by Jan Hammer, in his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra and especially on Jeff Beck's album Wired. Many keyboardists learned how to pitch-bend by following his example. Jan Hammer on the cover of Berklee Today Magazine Jan Hammer (pronounced yaan hah-mur) (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a composer and musician. ... The original lineup in 1972, featuring Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Jerry Goodman, Jan Hammer and Rick Laird. ... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England) is a guitarist and songwriter. ...

Due to the design of its 24dB/octave filter, its three oscillators, and tuning instabilities which tend to keep the oscillators moving against one another, the Minimoog can produce an extremely rich and powerful bass sound. Despite the advent of low-cost digital synthesizers and samplers, the Minimoog remains in high demand with producers and performers of electronic pop and electronic music. A digital synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to make musical sounds. ... A sampler can be any of the following things: In general, a sampler is any broadly representative cross-section of some collection; for instance, food products are sometimes packaged in samplers containing a variety of chocolates or beers. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...

The Minimoog was highly popular in 1970s and 1980s electronic music and has been used by artists such as: 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...

• Wendy Carlos,
• Ronnie Foster on the track, "Six to Four" on George Benson's album Breezin'
• Stevie Wonder,
• Frank Zappa and musicians who played with Zappa, such as, Don Preston and Tommy Mars
• Kraftwerk on their album Autobahn and others,
• Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer,
• Rick Wakeman of the band Yes,
• David Bowie,
• Pink Floyd's Rick Wright on Wish You Were Here (especially "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Welcome to the Machine") and others,
• Jan Hammer with Mahavishnu Orchestra and others,
• Gary Numan on his albums Replicas (with his band Tubeway Army), The Pleasure Principle, Telekon and others,
• Phil Collins in this song "Sussudio",
• Geddy Lee of the band Rush,
• Coldplay on their album X&Y,
• Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater,
• Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy of Electric Light Orchestra,
• Kerry Minnear of the band Gentle Giant,
• Larry Fast under his own project name Synergy,
• Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Casale of Devo,
• Chick Corea with his band Return to Forever,
• George Clinton of Parliament,
• Tommy Mars, George Duke and Peter Wolf, keyboardists for Frank Zappa,
• Daryl Dragon of Captain & Tennille,
• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, keyboardists for Morris Day & the Time, Janet Jackson, and Michael Jackson,
• Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel's band Air,
• Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke and Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream,
• "Meco Eno" and "Uli Nomi" of the Moog Cookbook,
• Zakk Wylde of the band Black Label Society,
• Manfred Lubowitz (Manfred Mann) on the Uriah Heep song "July Morning" on their album Look at Yourself
• The Alchemist, rap producer,
• Gnarls Barkley, collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo.
• Jean Michel Jarre on Chronologie. Famously he play the bassline on Chronologie 6
• Jarvis Cocker from Pulp used a Minimoog throughout the recording of the album Different Class
• Matt Sharp has used the Moog extensively as a solo artist, while a member of Weezer (during the recording of The Blue Album and Pinkerton), and with his current band The Rentals
• Japanese artist Sota Fujimori released a song entirely composed on a Minimoog, called 100% Mini-moog
• Eduardo Parra of Los Jaivas

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Essential recordings

• Jeff Beck's album Wired, on which Jan Hammer demonstrates pitch-bending technique using the wheel.
• Rick Wakeman's album Six Wives of Henry VIII which demonstrates many of the Minimoog's characteristic sounds.
• Kraftwerk's 1974 album Autobahn, which was a revolutionary record in the development of electronic music.
• Synergy's Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra, recorded with a Minimoog, an Oberheim expander module controlled by an early Oberheim DS-2 digital sequencer and a Mellotron. Also, the second album, Sequencer has several Minimoog and Moog 15 modular synthesizer-based compositions.

Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 in Wallington, Greater London, England) is a guitarist and songwriter. ... Jan Hammer on the cover of Berklee Today Magazine Jan Hammer (pronounced yaan hah-mur) (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a composer and musician. ... Richard Christopher Wakeman (born May 18, 1949 in Perivale, London, United Kingdom) is a British keyboard player best known as the keyboardist for progressive rock group Yes. ... Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group which has made significant contributions to the development of experimental and electronic music. ... Autobahn (/aʊ-təʊ-bɑːn/, German for motorway) by Kraftwerk, released 1974, is often cited as one of the most pivotal albums in music history. ... Larry Fast in his Synergy studio Larry Fast is a synthesizer expert and composer, and is regarded as one of the most important electronic music innovators of the late 1970s. ... Oberheim Electronics is a company, founded in 1973 by Tom Oberheim (a former design engineer at Maestro), which manufactured audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments. ... Mellotron MK II The Mellotron is an electromechanical polyphonic keyboard musical instrument originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. ...

See also

• Minimoog Voyager
• List of Moog synthesizer users

The Minimoog Voyager or Voyager is a monophonic analog synthesizer, designed by Robert Moog and released in 2002 by Moog Music. ... This is a list of musicians who use Moog synthesizers. ...

External links

• Minimoog at Synthmuseum.com
• Minimoog at Vintage Synth Explorer
• Minimoog Ressource
• Minimoog prototypes at Audities.org