A Brief History of the Minimoog Part I
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- Follow the life of the Minimoog Synthesizer from its inception through its prolific contributions to poplular music throughout the last 4 decades.
In this first installment documenting the journey of the Minimoog synth through the 1970's, we explore the musicians and the people that were instrumental in bringing the instrument to prominence. We also sit with one of Moog Music's earliest engineers, Bill Hemsath, who recalls the process of the Minimoog's birth and sheds some light on what sets the Moog synthesizer apart from other analog synths.
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Hans Zimmer once said "I had to chose between a Minimoog or a car. I chose the Moog, and I still don't drive today". Lmao!
Jacob flores weird... Martyn Ware from the early Human League and Heaven 17 said the same
*Now i know why i dont have a Car ;)*
Jacob flores honestly I would choose the same. Hahaha
Spent most of my money on audio equipment and still buying at 41 years of age.i didnt pass my driving till i was 27 and didnt have a car till 10 years later.
Not to show off , but the cat assembled it , *ON HIS LUNCH BREAK* , but NOT to showboat , mindja .
Still have my 1972 Mini! Bought it directly from Bob over the phone. 😎
Added tuning LED’s to the panel & a keyboard output to run 2 mini’s from one keyboard (in 73). Still have them. 👍
What a great introduction: "Hello, you don't know who i am. And really, why would that matter..." :D
Blinki18284 😂😂😂😂😂
Something that always struck me when seeing a Minimoog was how much of a inviting & friendly looking instrument it looks like. The walnut wood case that houses the ivory white and ebony black keys of the keyboard as well as the metallic metal faceplate with the black and silver rotating knobs and switches, which too is covered by a walnut wood stripe all along the top of its moveable controller panel. All that really has a strong elegance and it really is what i consider a classical handmade Instrument. As little plastic as possible and it is almost as if the wood even adds a bit of its own life to the instrument. The analog circuitry may not have been very tuning-stable but it is an instrument that feels like it is alive. Not a single Minimoog sounds identical. Every single one has their own character. It is a timeless beauty.
2:50 is, to my ears, the finest sound to ever be synthesized on this legendary machine.
That Numan performance is legendary.
What he said .
1971 was also when the clockwork orange was released as a film, with a score by wendy carlo's which used the moog modular.
I can't believe how much the narrator sounds like a computer-generated voice. Simply awesome.
Erich Izdepski His voice also through a discrete filter.
We need more interviews with this Bill Hemsath guy. Dude's a hidden legend.
well done. Thanks - I met Bob at lecture in the physics of sound he gave at McMaster University in 1972. He had a great personality, smiled most of the time and meant it. I learned everything about Synths from him and his inventions. Truly great person.
While I'm a bit disappointed that Herb Deutsch wasn't mentioned, I'm glad to have learned about Bill Hemsath, an engineer I wasn't previously aware of.
A great short documentary about the Minimoog. Dr. Robert Moog, no less a trailblazer than Leo Fender ~!
Could you imagine if they didn't make that calculation error? That changed music forever. Now all the filters you hear can do those huge sweeps. Maybe today the synthesizer would be considered a subtle instrument rather than the beast it is if it wasn't for that error.
It was pretty cool that they featured Gary Numan’s “Are friends electric” the mini moog sounds fantastic in that song same as in “Cars” by Gary Numan as well!.
Cars used a Poly...
Listen to " Down In The Park" its very relevant
To all staff at Moog.
Thanks. I just love it and I can’t find words to tell you what these instruments meant to me.
"Hello. You don't know who I am."
Magnificent.
Facinating, especially from 4:10 to the end. Thanks Bill.
I'm a fan of keyboards since I was a kid, something that I enjoyed as much as I could thru the hands of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Rick Wakeman. Throughout all these years I silently had one eye for this fantastic piece of electronic engineering called Minimoog. This report is more than just. Congratulations for the creator!!!
I've got the goosebumps just watching this.
you mean the moogbumps? niiiiice! 😁👍
Me too
this is the ultimate vintage synth
got mine since 1996 and i love it
Nice video with excellent, relevant historical clips.
Love the Moog sound!!!
I love watching this video. Thank you guys from Moog Music Inc for sharing it. You made my day!
Excellent post! I get all misty-eyed when I watch things like this. It's amazing how this assortment of tech geeks spearheaded an entire musical movement...
On point production and direction to go with the Minimoog's 70's character! As intended, I felt like I was watching a 70's documentary. Perfect choice with the narrator and great touch with that Mac hand-up!
Just like the Mini Moog, so much packed in so little space!
Awesome mini doc! :D
I had a mini moog in 1973. Never forget it. Led me to much more over my lifetime.
That photo of Bill Hemsath is the best thing I've seen all day.
Made my day seeing that clip of RTF. Haven't heard them in decades.
Wow, this was a really great mini-doc! Very heart warming for us folks that feel an intimate connection to these machines. Keep doing what you all do, someday I hope to own a Moog Voyager so that I may fly into space.
A splendid programme chaps.......
Amazing. Truly truly amazing.
i love this video - love the narrator's passion...
couldnt agree more -- totally riveting and appreciated!!
The sound of a synth back then really wowed me! I loved it. I spent a good deal of my 1970s record budget on LPs which featured synths - ELP, Yes etc. My favourites were Pink Floyd of course. Wish You Were Here is still my no. 1 favourite album. There are parts which still make my blood tingle. The Beatles had some small synth parts on their last two LPs. Wonder what they might've done if they'd carried on until 1975. Maybe nothing; we'll never know.
Moog is my favorite channel now!!!
Awesome.Thank you.
"Hello, you don't know who I am, and really, why would that matter when I am surrounded by such elegant machines such as these." lol
Joe Silva, the anonymous narrator, gets high points from me, for bringing a Macintosh 128K into the frame as a representation of "the Google Machine". And a nice video about the Minimoog.
SO NICE!
Very very clever people who changed the sound of music.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Jan Hammer - he was the first jazz fusion artist I was aware of who was playing leads on a MiniMoog. The Mahavishnu Orchestra album Birds of Fire may be the first successful "jazz" album featuring the Mini. It was followed shortly by Between Nothingness and Eternity, recorded live later that year (1973). Both of these albums predate Chick Corea's first album featuring Minimoog and Arp Odyssey synths, Where Have I Known You Before, which was released in 1974. Corea has mentioned that he was very strongly influenced by Mahavishnu, and that influence is fairly obvious in his early synth work. Jan Hammer released a solo album a year later (The First Seven Days), which, in my mind, cements his legacy as the definitive progenitor of jazz fusion synth soloing.
Superb video, superb synth.... Just great
Thank you Sir. I really enjoyed watching this.
Fantastic atmosphere.
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Wow! Thanks!
Ugh now I need a minimoog! So dope!
I love how their mistakes became their sound!! Just like music with happy accidents. Tiered something else at play when things like that happen.
Dr. Moog Cosmic Genius.
This is an excellent video
Insightful!
We accidentally overdove the filter “like crazy”, but we didn’t know it till we were in production and we were like, “No, No! leave it in!” what a happy accident for such a sound. And that add- “Once YOU have THE Sound, you don’t have to talk about it so much.” Perfect catch phrase. NOW PLAY THE DAMN SYNTH!!! LOL!
Loved it!
Left out my Mentor ...Sun Ra.
Who held the Down Beat poll top synth spot till he transmitted back to space .
When Moog started out there were many means of making noises and music by electronics - none of them simple or within reach of someone outside a lab or a Uni music department. Bob Moog's greatest contribution was the Logarithmic Voltage Control which simplified banking of oscillators to turn nice noises in to great music - he then went on to create the Ladder Filter which gave Moog synths their WOW Factor. A great man, a great inventor and a great pioneer of modern music. He deserves his place in Music (and Electronic ) Heaven. RIP.
Well done.
I love the narrator's subtle humour!
both parts are amazing! worth to watch!
FR
Richard wakeman and Keith emmerson are my favourite players. I love the sound of so many keyboard songs like Gary numan. Even ozzy and sabbath have great Moog
Amazing story
Nicely done. I could watch hours of that stuff, so feel free to make more on my behalf whenever you have the time. Thanks.
THX for this Upload ! Great mini-doc :)
That "HELLO" @ 00:36 came out of nowhere! LOL :)
LOL
I did read the comment before that happened, yet he scared the shit out of me anyway :D
still love it!!
God Bless, Doctor Bob!!!
Great video! Very well done.
you rock Bill tks for the minimoog
OMG that program is great!
Very nice!
AMAZING!
Been interested in synths my whole life, and just learned recently that Bob Moog is credited with inventing the VCO and the envelope generator.
This man almost singlehandedly built the entire foundation upon which all electronic music is based. Insane when you think about it.
Not exactly the envelopegenerator , but the accesible synthesizer yes
Great video!
3:55 I still don't understand how the modular moog went from so huge to such a tiny thing... I get that the original modular moog is much MUCH more powerful and can do way more things... but what exactly did they sacrifice and leave out? Because the mini-moog sounds fricking amazing. I just don't get what was left out to make it literally 15-20 times smaller!!
Pretty much , many modules and number of modules .
Only 3 osc, 1 only lpf, filterbank, seq,2 limited eg etc . On the modular you b.e. Have hp , lp, coupler which takes a bit of space
Etc
They only choose for what most people used .
Moog is my favorite keyboard 🎹
I want one! Love the bass.
4:20 Bill Hemsath is a GOD thank you! I also love hearing stories from our later generations. But it's funny you can tell they cut out parts, like how he explained EXACTLY how to get to his office.... Bill we don't need to know where your office was. JUST TELL US HOW YOU MADE IT!!!
No human can be compared to god.thats god given talent and therfore his doing gods work..
inspirational! Thank you so much! Moog Music Inc. Justin X
Excelente documento histórico.
Great 'burns at 4:01, Dr. Moog!
thank you!!! great info!!!
I'm glad they gave props to Chick Corea for popularizing the pitch bend wheel, but multiple sources cite Jan Hammer as being the first one to use pitch bend on a recording, Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire in 1973. He was the first one to really master its use and play the synth with guitar phrasing.
i got one since 1995 and i love it
is just a dream that synth
1971 is the best year ever.....because I was born that year! yes. score!
My home country was also born in the end of that year!
Thanks for the information, it was interesting.
I think my all-time favourite musician in regards to these new electronic inventions is Jean Michel Jarre, that man is a legend when it comes to synthesizers and new technology used to create music that is absolutely out of this world. I think it was he that truly kicked off this digital revolution, starting back in the 70s, and he still going strong 50 years later, my favourite being his laser harp, simple technology, but absolutely stunning to watch and to hear! If you’ve never heard of him, you can find a lot of videos on TH-cam, listen to it and you’ll see what I mean. I don’t think he ever uses conventional musical instruments, everything is synthesizers of every possible make you can imagine, plus several that he himself invented.
happy birthday Mr Moog!
Love it ! ♡♡♡
Hail to this incredible instrument.
The Minimoog REALLY feels home in Jazz and Funk. To me is is THE most definitive 70s sound. The smooth playful and just happy and comforting sounding leads are just absolutely perfect in these genres. Just as much as the Minimoog's creates mighty bass sounds that enriches every piece of electronic music with a VERY distinguishable layer that you can feel in your tummy. If Music is the Bread, then the Minimoog is the Butter. ^_^
Thank you Bill Hemsath
ahhhhh ... but now I know who you are Mr Silva, and I'll be keeping my out for you.
Great intro to Minimoog history 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great video , thank you !
I have a friend who had a mini prodigy the only one I have ever seen does anyone no about this instrument and how much did it cost and when did it come out it was like a mini mini moog
I LOVE IT !
Bill Hemsath, the inventor of the Minimoog, done in his lunch breaks, mind you. Later on, put together with input from Bob Moog and Wendy Carlos. God save you Bill Scott for overdriving the filter and Bill Hemsath for using discrete transistors throughout the whole audio path.
Always wanted minimoog
makes the best sound ever!
I don’t even play keyboards, but the mini moog made me wish I did.
What's the name of intro song?
Wow -- just wow
Thanks mini Moog!!!
I can't believe I've been calling this a MOOG for 15 years, when it's actually pronounced like MOAG..... my life has been turned upside down!
"Don't be vogue, ask for Moog..."
say just under 50 yrs here ... always called it "Mooge" and not "Mogue"
In high school one of my nicknames was Boog. I knew of Moog, but had no idea how to pronounce it. Me and a friend of mine built a synth and called it the Boog Moog. No I realize that the name doesn't quite work. Still, we're sticking with it!
Same, but 40 years. lol
@@rohopo Well, now people are actually calling the Behringer Model D the Boot!
This video is very educational 😎
That arp from the start is sooooooo gooooood.