Minimoog
Articles about Minimoog:
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 of all Moog instruments; from the Minimoog Voyager to The Moog Guitar. Read more…
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 where appropriate were created using Boddy’s personal collection of old(er) and new(er) analogue synthesisers (Roland System 100-M, Analogue Systems RS Integrator, Doepfer A-100, Analogue Solutions Concussor, EMS VCS3, Moog Minimoog, Metasonix TM-2) and recorded directly into an Apple Mac running Logic Studio via an RME Fireface 400 FireWire audio interface with additional EQ or compression processing provided where appropriate using Audio Ease PeriScope, Waves Renaissance Compressor, and Waves L1 Ultramaximizer. All audible flanging, phasing, reverb, or echo effects are from the various analogue components of the modular systems themselves for absolute audio authenticity. Read more…
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: Read more…
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 used it claim is #1001 (the Foundation itself made no such claim, which should have been the first clue, but there was a confounding factor which I’ll get to in a moment).
Who’s got the first Minimoog?
Considering the fact that the Minimoog was probably the most influential synth in history, the first one should be worth a fortune.
