In the more than fifty years since its creation, few electronic instruments have inspired as much admiration, passion, and debate as the Minimoog. From its experimental prototypes to its modern reissues, the Minimoog’s sound has shaped entire genres and generations of music.
This article offers a concise timeline of its evolution – and a look at how its spirit lives on today in Cherry Audio’s Miniverse – a faithful software recreation expanding the original’s capabilities with modern features, including polyphony.
“There were several dozen, maybe a hundred musicians who said, ‘You know, we’d really like something that we can carry around and play on a gig.’ I said, ‘Play? This is studio equipment.’ They said, ‘No, no, it’s got a keyboard – we want something we can set up, do a three-hour session with, and walk out with.’
That was the beginning of the Minimoog.”
– Bob Moog
