Minimoog
The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog. It was released in 1970 by R.A. Moog Inc. (Moog Music after 1972), and production was stopped in 1981. It was re-designed by Robert Moog in 2002 and released as Minimoog Voyager.
The Minimoog was designed in response to the use of synthesizers in rock and pop music. Large modular synthesizers were expensive, cumbersome, and delicate, and not ideal for live performance; the Minimoog was designed to include the most important parts of a modular synthesizer in a compact package, without the need for patch cords. It later surpassed this original purpose, however, and became a distinctive and popular instrument in its own right. It remains in demand today, over four decades after its introduction, for its intuitive design and powerful bass and lead sounds.
Design
At its most basic, the Minimoog control panel can be broken up into three sections:
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Overdose In The Hall Of Fame
by: MnemicI don't need to be like you
'Cause this place belongs to me
I'm far beyond the walls you see
My mind's ablaze and numb somehow
Sunrise as my mind it sets
On finding ways to block that river
It flows with the blood that is life
I got my mind made up, I shiver
Electroshock these thoughts
Right through my brain
An obsession I can't kill
I don't want to kill my mind, it breathes
It feeds, I know it's doing well
The sacrifice will come soon enough
There's no evil underneath here
I don't need to be anything like you
(Like you)
'Cause this place belongs to me
I'm far beyond the walls you see
(You see)
My mind's ablaze and numb somehow
Unlike things that I control
I don't want to kill my feelings
I know you want me to get in line
And submit to your intentions
I don't need to be anything like you
'Cause this place belongs to me
I'm far beyond the walls you see