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[[File:Moog-minimoog model d.png|none|left]]One of the most famous & iconic synths ever made, the Minimoog was the first keyboard based portable synthesizer and was immediately successful at launch. Over 14,000 were made between 1970 and 1980, with the Moog company moving locations from Trumansburg to Williamsville over the duration and changing hands several times.
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The instrument was immediately popular at launch with keyboard players of all genres – rock, prog, jazz, and the burgeoning electronic styles – as a more affordable and easier to use version of the preceding modular synthesizers, and introduced the now standard ‘pitch wheel’. The list of verified tracks using the Minimoog is likely to extend to 1,000s long – and that’ll just be the well known songs!
 
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Apart from its powerful three oscillator sound and over-driven filter circuits, one of the keys to its success was the inclusion of a built in keyboard, something not previously seen on portable self-contained synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS 3 (1969). This enabled it to be taken up by electric organ and electric piano players with ease…and it was.
 
  
 
Full Song table here: [[Moog Minimoog Song List]]
 
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==Archetypal Track==
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==First Ever Maxi-Korg 800DV Track ==
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==Associated artists==
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====Dave Ball (Soft Cell) ====
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"Ball points out that his own second-hand Maxi-Korg 800DV (purchased for £450 in Blackpool) had once belonged to Jethro Tull". ''[https://electronicsound.co.uk/shop/p/issue-86 Electronic Sound] - issue 86 Feb 2022.''
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==Table of Maxi-Korg 800DV Tracks==
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Go here to see full song list:
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[[Korg Maxi-Korg 800DV Song List|Moog Minimoog Song List]]

Revision as of 17:54, 27 March 2022

Introduction

Date: 1975

Type: Mono/Duo / Subtractive / Analogue

Illustration of the Korg Maxi-Korg 800DV
Korg Maxi-Korg 800DV (1975)


Full Song table here: Moog Minimoog Song List

Archetypal Track

‎To do

First Ever Maxi-Korg 800DV Track

To do

Associated artists

Dave Ball (Soft Cell)

"Ball points out that his own second-hand Maxi-Korg 800DV (purchased for £450 in Blackpool) had once belonged to Jethro Tull". Electronic Sound - issue 86 Feb 2022.

Table of Maxi-Korg 800DV Tracks

Go here to see full song list:

Moog Minimoog Song List

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