Peter Albrektsen demos four famous Minimoog synth patches.
Kit Watkins Minimoog Patch
Moog Music is offering a free CP-251 Control Processor (normally $399) with the purchase of any Minimoog Voyager, Old School or Little Phatty synthesizer from an authorized Moog dealer through December 31, 2008,
This is an awesome freebie - it basically turns your synth into a modular synthesizer. Based on Control Voltage technology, The CP-251 expands the sonic potential [...]
Radiophonica (WFRP001) is the first title in UK sound designer Ian Boddy’s Waveforms series of independent downloadable sample libraries.
Radiophonica provides a library of sounds that recall the BBC Radiophonic Workshops early work on seminal TV programmes like Doctor Who; as such, they embrace those appealing analogue, organic, retro scifi sounding characteristics of early synthesiser soundtracks.
All 200 samples 24-bit/44.1kHz mono WAV, crossfade looped [...]
Ohm Force has announced a fun contest - How The Minimonsta Saved The World.
How it works: you make a cool track with Minimonsta before November 30th (you can use the free demo version), you send it to Ohm Force, you win cool stuff. Details here.
How The Minimonsta Saved The World comic below:
Dave Cornutt, at Sequence15, has an interesting post at his site about the mystery of the first Minimoog synthesizer.
Two synths appear to be contenders for the first Minimoog:
The Eboard Museum in Austria has a unit that they advertise as being S/N #1001. The Audities Foundation owns one that several third parties who have seen or [...]
This is a direct comparison between a vintage analog Moog Minimoog (1976) and a Creamware Minimax ASB, trying to use the same settings on both instruments and playing them together or one at a time.
The video was recorded “live” with two cameras and a Panasonic AVE5 video mixer (I’m switching channels manually between takes) and [...]
dlumenta has shared some nice photos of a vintage Moog Minimoog Model D:
Designed by Robert Moog in 1970, the Minimoog Model D synthesizer is still regarded as the Rolls Royce equivalent of analog keyboard-based synthesizers. Specifically designed for touring musicians, the minimoog exported electronic music experiments from university labs out to the masses - and [...]
Microscopics has re-released Gas 0095 CD, a cult classic ambient electronic release. You can preview the album above, or download a free track from the album below.
All pre-release orders of the Gas 0095 CD come with a free model Minimoog:
The 1/8th scale model is modelled on the classic Minimoog model 204D and is pre-cut & scored by hand.
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