Minimoog

The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Robert Moog. Released in 1970 by the original Moog Music, it was among the first widely available, portable and relatively affordable synthesizers.

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The Minimoog has six sound sources. Five of these (three voltage-controlled oscillators with switchable waveforms, a noise generator, an external line input) pass to a mixer with independent level controls. The mixed output of the sources is then passed through the voltage-controlled filter and a voltage-controlled amplifier, each of which has its own ADSR envelope generator. The voltage-controlled filter can itself be made to oscillate, thus comprising the Minimoog's sixth sound source.

Synthesizer: :The term "synthesizer" is also used to mean frequency synthesizer, an electronic system found in communications. This article is about the musical instrument....

Robert Moog: Dr. Robert A. Moog (pronounced /mo?g/, not /mu?g/) (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer....

1970: 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday....