Minimoog from 1976

[Ben1238]

I like the use of them in the early Tangerine Dream albums.

[ACDC7369]

you cant get those sounds out of a digital synthesizer...you just cant.

[zeLudoo]

OMG O_o

[fooloof]

Fix those bushings, sir!

[fooloof]

My monitors are M-Audio BX5As and now I have to replace them. I'm not kidding! Just got my Mini yesterday and it distorts the speakers, even on a low volume.

[fooloof]

how do you know the exact manufacture date? is it on the unit?

[carriersignal]

What is it about the sound of clicking tactile switches and knobs I love! Awesome synth no doubt.

[wiertara1995]

very good demo

[alexnordh]

I guess the best allround setup would be a 80ies/90ies sampleplayer/"synth" and some analogue classic monster.

[dzlvs8]

do you have oscillator tones that bleed through no mater if they are on or off?

[yokichi40]

MINIMOOGS are the best for electronic music! THIS NOISE! wwwwwwooooowwwww:)))))

[LeDragonLXXVI]

This is awsome. Great sounds, and the clicking of the keys gives it such a nice touch!

[RJADVids]

Nice to see the output ptached back into the external audio. I know it can be done, but the first time I've seen it on youtube. Nice sounding Mini !!! Plenty of growl going on there.

[megachadthereal]

So damn phat.

[derekrevell]

Great playing, sounds like the keyboard bushings need replacing though.

[hydrostandard]

One of the best synthesizer ever made!!! I recently traded one with the minimoog voyager, but I miss this synth....

[stingrrr1]

good sound. how many did you pay it?

[syddiallo]

this is as good as any modern day synth!

[gwargk]

@syddiallo

I dare to say it might be even better.

[Croaker345]

great sound, you should make an album

[xingsatv]

so fatter than a voyager !

[valskater]

@xingsatv yeah, but so vintage !

[krononomikon]

3:08 sounds like the beginning to "We Are the Robots"

[bishopquack]

lviving for the city stevie wonder

[cjthenoisemaker]

Jeff Lorber - Water Sign?

[carrietide]

WOWW.

[mumulove]

The minimoog makes me think of Pink Floyd.

[RoyalBlue43]

Is glide the same thing as portamento?

[rattu123]

@RoyalBlue43 Yes. Some call Glide, some Portamento and some synths take one as a parameter to other, but they're related on any synth.

[salamonetalton]

the fender rhodes and the moog synthesizer are the best keyboards period.

[Rhythmicons]

And they go together like butter on a biscuit.

[mushroomscouser]

As a lad guitarist back in the day, I thought keyboards were going to make all other instruments obsolete. 35 years later I am still playing the guitar! But wish i could play a Rhodes, Clavinet etc to get some of that funky juice!

[Envergure]

Maybe try one of those MIDI guitars?

[HOFFSDRAWLAR]

I Want A Moog So Badly

[Keijz74]

Cute little synth.

[renzolikescheez]

try conecting a q tron plus to it. just a thought.

[rattu123]

@renzolikescheez Why would someone do this to a Moog, if the EHX QTron is trying to replicate the Minimoog builtin filters?

[renzolikescheez]

@rattu123 Twice the filter? Extra Quack?

[rattu123]

@renzolikescheez Wow. Sounds like ear-piercing highs and building destroyer low ends!

[Jimbobmcsquarepants]

welcome to the machine?

[RoadkillAU]

She's beautiful ! Saw my fisrt synth in 1976 at a synth show in Sydney Aus. My mate had to pry me away with a stick. Analogue rules when it comes to "real" sound.

[cioberd]

Zio grande demo! Per il minimoog... Bhè non ci sono parole! È fantastico! Huge basslines and warm funky sound :)

[TheUnifaun]

SPACE ECHO BABY!

[mpc3po]

how would you go about replacing the bushings??.. (and are those the cushioning underneath the key?)

[weaponEX]

An awful lot of fuss is made about this keyboard. it sounds deliciously squelchy and un-software, but i am personally yet to be convinced

[matthehat]

You have to take into consideration that it's been used on millions of albums, and was the first small synthesiser to gain popular usage.

Without this little thing music wouldn't be where it is today

[weaponEX]

Good point, when you put it like that!

[MARANTZamp]

I guess you don't like sounds with massive presence and personality then?

[weaponEX]

more concerned with the ability of the musician than the $5000 analogue synth

[MARANTZamp]

Well....he obviously can play AND program a synth.

Plus...whoever puts their hands on a moog is automatically cool, unlike all those hip hop knuckleheads with their tritons and motifs.

[weaponEX]

we're in agreement, don't get me started on hardware workstations

[GamerMan57]

the new remakes are cheaper and just as good with more some new features

[MARANTZamp]

All the fuss is for good reason, obviously.

This was the very first instrument to give rock guitarists a run for their money...they were terrified when the keyboardist took a solo, because it was just as agressive as anything out of their guitar amps!!

[Rhythmicons]

Potentially even more than that because its frequencies are above and beyond what a guitar an pump out.

[molbreko]

Can someone please tell me in what song Jeff Lorber use the rif he refer to at end of the video?

[DallasTroy2007]

Nothing like a warm, phat sound of a vintage analogue synth. Great demo. Thanks for posting it. Awesome sounds in that Moog !!!

[khyropia]

80s synths don't have that spacey kind of sound 70s ones do,70s ones were more crazy and trippy

[levy3poop]

haha

cause everyone in the 70's was on mushrooms and acid

and everyone in the 80's was just on coke, so they were too fucked up to make instruments like they did in the 70's

lmao

[PerfectParasite]

In the 80's the just made the instrument smaller to be carried while playing in for an energetic stage performance, thus the keytar was born. lol

[notrealy180217]

@levy3poop No, Yes just wasnt as good

[MARANTZamp]

except for the prophet 5..designed in the 70's, but popularized in the 80's

[Anton041687]

moogs are so overrated, casiotone muthafucka!!@&#%^@&*

[ppetracco]

Gotta love the knobs and keys clickin'.

For most of my recordings I put a condenser close to the keyboard just to get those clicks!

[HammondB200]

you've got to be kidding

[ppetracco]

No, sir!

[MPOURNOUZIS]

u are a funky chicken!

[jupiter8a]

Nice demo

[Onkarr]

:O woow thats toooo good!

[plinianguy]

Want.

[VacTrooper]

Holy crap that's phat as HELL!  Those, voices are RREEAALLY PHAT!

[JohnLRice]

Nice demo!

[InfidelAntichristian]

I actually prefer the sound of 70's synths over 80's.

Maybe it has more to do with there was better keyboard players in that era lol but they sound less cheesy to me.

[cxpage]

There were good keyboard players in both era. It was the synths.

Most 80's synths were made with 100% real cheeze.

[n64wilbert]

@InfidelAntichristian I agree with you!!!! The 70s had many innovated sounds being generated!!!!

[verywildduck]

Awesome vid, awesome intstrument and great skills. This baby was worth every cent, I'm sure of it.

[mima14031985]

Hey zio guido, sono il tuo nipotino mi regali il tuo minimoog? ahuahuahuahau :-D

Bella la demo! E bello anche il synth!

[binnyman]

Ha ! I was just about to post you about those bushings, and then 2:30 came !!! Sounds real good---that bassline at 5:45 has a killer sound !!!! I currently own a '73, and used to own a '75 or '76 thereabouts (S/N 5298). Sad to say she was stolen long ago. But I'll go to my grave with my current Mini !! Thanks for the post !!!!! Peace :-)

[albatros777]

Wow that sounds very meaty. Is it the style of the programming or is it really a big difference from that line of the synth?

[rowanhudsonmusic]

How much did it cost?

[marscape1]

Sounds fantastic !

[Rhythmicons]

NIce video of a wonderful synth. The closest I have to that is a MicroMoog.

[amaroestremo]

does it really need to be tuned?

[DUT011]

yes...

[monsterjazzlicks]

Whats the flashing light for/do ?? Is it the 'LFO speed' ??

[MacXpert74]

He runs the output back into the audio imput to create a fat sound. The light comes on when the input is overloaded. The original minimoog doesn't have a LFO. But you can use oscillator 3 as a LFO.

[monsterjazzlicks]

Is this done via a standard 'jack to jack' lead ??

[MacXpert74]

Yes, if you stop the video at 1:13 he explains it.

[rattu123]

@monsterjazzlicks : The flashing light is "overload", it shines when the moog is overdriving the signal that is sent to the output.

[colossus21]

i want minimoog (70´s)

[ColdBloodedCarl]

The answer to your question at the end is: YES. It's friggin' amazing!

I'm really jealous..

[soundmanhaven]

Yes old is better i was 12 when this made too youg to know moog then now best synth to get ur hands on true

[cmmcortes]

i have a micro korg, its really good, they are very similar

[ventouse]

I think you need to rework your knowledge of synths :)

[cmmcortes]

ones just newer then the other, both you can edit their sounds.

[zioguido]

with different results... :)

[ReapearingDoubleChin]

and the minimoog is infintetly more powerful and better sounding and has no presets.

[Voltor07]

A matter of opinion, friend. I find very little difference in the sounds. If you consider that when they were new, Minimoogs sounded different. What you hear out of a Minimoog is the result of components slowly dying after 30+ years.

[cavalier777]

VA's can be really good, but nothing touches the original Minimoog, man. i personally would take the original mini over anything else out there just for the cool retro factor + the unique sound subtleties

[himtroy]

And whoever said this is tops for synth bass...synth bass just shouldn't exist, it's a terrible 80's thing to do to such a beautiful synth.

[hturtkaeps]

hey it the most overrated overpriced noise making junk in history

[himtroy]

What is wrong with you? This is simply the nicest synth of all time. But yeah, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Pink Floyd, Yes, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and all those bands..yeah....absolute noise.....

[SGIAniat]

It's the more LOVED synth in history!

It's an object you can really LOVE, a culrutal icon, like the old VW Beetle1

[tie32101]

So what if its a little expecive. The Minimoog is definatly not junk. You realy dont know your synths.

[Amishman35]

At 4:40 it sounds like you start playing one of the levels of Alfred Chicken.

[andy432105]

can u try some rush stuff on that moog... like the beginning to 2112 for instance?

[Pimdeflans]

massive

[lucaandfriends]

che figata.. troppo bello il minimoog.. a quanto l'hai preso?? anche io ci farei un pensierino.. solo che ho problemi di budget ;-)

[armalyte]

this and the kaufmann video are SUPERB examples of mini moog stuff!

Having owned both for some time ( and sold them on), i have to say that the mini is more SEXIER in its sound, whereas the voyager is more DYNAMIC.

Doing soundtrack work, i miss the moog sound, so am looking at a cheap voyager- theres plenty knockign around second hand- even though i have a roland system 100 for crazy stuff when i need it.

[aZeitgeist]

which scales are you playin with?

[Voxsynth]

The Minimoog is tops for synth-bass.

Nice playing there pal, although i would get a synth-tech to re-bush your keyboard it's rattlin' like mad!

[AttilaSVK]

I had an eargasm (ear orgasm :-D) while listening to this. This synth has a really great sound and you can play it really well. Congrats!

[kaufmann6988]

Hi.

Can you tell me your exact recording setup and effects used. Maybe I'll make a Voyager video response ;-)

[zioguido]

Hi,

the only effect I'm using for this video is a Roland Space Echo RE-201 for a soft delay. The Mini goes directly to the mixer (a Behringer DDX3216 which, despite its name, is a great mixing desk) and then to the speakers, a pair of Tannoy Reveal passive (old series) driven by a Samson Servo 120 power-amp.

The audio in this video is recorded through the camera's internal mic, but I can make another video with direct connection to the mixer if you want.

Ciao,

Guido.

[kaufmann6988]

That sounds great ! Let me see what I can do with my Voyager. I'll use the direct sound from ProTools...

[Cds56]

@zioguido What a NICE camera mic there, dude!

I really want a minimoog. I don't know why I keep looking at these videos of expensive synths, even though I know I can barely afford a microkorg. D:

[STRAWEENSKY]

Cazzo si!!!!!

[hardcorehouse]

Even though the sound is through the net i find this and some of the other synth demos on youtube to be good representations of the sound. Good shit.

[rg2027x]

I have yet to hear the Voyager get these sort of room shaking ominous bass tones..

[Madflyhalf]

Ziokiller, cos'è la lucetta che si accende ogni tanto (tipo si vede bene intorno a 5'10")?

[Madflyhalf]

mi, co ti, no parlo più.

:D

Ciao,

Mad

[sLePotheROCKER]

How Much does one of these cost?

[VitoKandinsky]

I miei comlimenti, trovo molto interessante postare video di questo tipo (vedi leslie moog etc.)

Passa a dare un'occhiata ai miei video.

Bravo!

[razers1]

Oh thats just incredible.. makes me realise how much my minimoog needs servicing!! I've got awful pitchslide and the whole thing just doesn't sound as 'tight' as yours. I'd love mine to sound like that again!

[raven012000]

Simply amazing.

[cjdrifter79]

I. love. your. Minimoog! awesome stuff!

[trontastic]

Although i have a modular synth (digisound 80)i still drool after a Minimoog. Well played Demo. Thank you for posting this video. What a glorious sound.

[mucamix]

tesekkurler

[Circuitboardsoul]

Amazing sound. Puts all emulations to shame.

[flosflos]

Che bellezza...

[nickeax]

Thanks for posting. How did you find out the production date? Mine has serial #9873

[zioguido]

Look at the label underneath the synth module

[marcoballa]

Grande Zio!!!!!

[AutomaticGainsay]

Fantastic demonstration! Wow, is your tuning osc still in tune after all these years, or have you tuned it?

[zioguido]

I just bought this synth two weeks ago, but I bet it was never tuned at least during the last 10 years... I've only tuned the oscillators though, while the tuning osc was still perfectly locked at 440 Hz :)

[oS2006DE]

It's quartz-controlled; most clocks are these days as well.