| The Minimoog synthesizer is a monophonic analog | | | | centered position. |
| synthesizer, invented by David van Koevering and | | | | The Minimoog has six sound sources. Five of these |
| Robert Moog. Released in 1970 by the original Moog | | | | sound sources which include three voltage-controlled |
| Music, it was among the first widely available, portable | | | | oscillators with switch able waveforms, a noise |
| and relatively affordable synthesizers. | | | | generator, an external line input, pass to a mixer with |
| Minimoog was first exhibited at the National | | | | independent level controls. |
| Association of Music Merchants convention in June, | | | | The mixed output of the sources is then passed |
| 1971. Minimoog was the first commercially mass | | | | through the voltage-controlled filter VCF and a |
| produced synthesizer. Thus it is sometimes said that | | | | voltage-controlled amplifier VCA, each of which has its |
| the Minimoog took the synthesizer out of the studio | | | | own ADSD envelope generator. There is also a |
| and put it into the concert hall. | | | | switch above the pitch bend wheel and modulation |
| Vital facts about Minimoog | | | | wheels to engage the final decay stage as well as a |
| The Minimoog is incased in a wooden frame. It has a | | | | switch for engaging the glide circuit. |
| hinged, swing up control panel that can be set to | | | | The noise generator can also be routed to the control |
| different height angles. It has a three and a half octave | | | | voltage inputs of the filter and oscillators. The amount |
| keyboard with 44 keys, a pitch bend wheel, a mod | | | | of pitch or filter modulation thus created is controlled by |
| wheel, 3 sturdy oscillators, glide, extensive modulation | | | | the modulation wheel. The modulation wheel is the right |
| capabilities, and best of all, an external input for running | | | | one of the two plastic disks located to the left of the |
| any audio signal through the filters. | | | | keyboard. Thus, the third oscillator is frequently used as |
| The process by which it works | | | | a low-frequency oscillator to control the pitch of the |
| The external inputs are not designed for external | | | | synthesizer. |
| keyboard control as the external pitch control does not | | | | Conclusion |
| pass through the glide circuit, and is also not presented | | | | Despite the advent of low-cost digital synthesizers and |
| to the VCF tracking switches. The modulation and | | | | samplers, the Minimoog synthesizer remains in high |
| pitch-bending wheels in the Minimoog synthesizer are | | | | demand with producers and performers of electronic |
| an innovation that many instrumentalists found to be | | | | pop and electronic music. It was highly popular in 1970s |
| extremely playable. The pitch-bend wheel is on the left | | | | and 1980s electronic music and has been used by |
| of the modulation wheel. It is normally kept in the | | | | several pop and rock artists of that era. |