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The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Robert Moog. Released in 1970, It was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers.The Minimoog has four sound sources: three voltage-controlled oscillators with switchable waveforms, one of which was normally assigned as the low-frequency oscillator, plus a noise generator. Each of these sources then passes to a mixer, with independent level controls. The mixed output of the sources is then passed through a voltage-controlled filter and a voltage-controlled amplifier , each of which has its own ADSR envelope generator.
It can be played using its in-built keyboard, which is equipped with modulation and pitch-bend wheels, or by feeding in external pitch and trigger voltage signals.
Due to its 24dB/octave filters, the Minimoog can produce an extremely rich and powerful bass sound. In the Eighties and beyond, and despite the advent of low-cost digital synthesisers and samplers , the Minimoog remained in high demand with producers and performers of electronic pop and electronic music.
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]
The Minimoog was hugely popular in 1970s electronic music and used by artists such as
- Kraftwerk on their album Autobahn,
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