Minimoog voted best synthesizer of all time at Sonicstate.co

dr_floyd · Post by **dr_floyd** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:31 pm

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=4801

Today Sonicstate.com released the final video in their top 20 greatest synthesizers. The Minimoog is the only Moog that made the top 20.

Today is especially fitting because May 23 is the birthday of Bob Moog and Kevin Lightner's Mother!

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:54 am

Pretty good!

Good to see input from Marc (museslave) and Mel (mee3d), too!

martin · Post by **martin** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:21 am

long live the mini!

GregAE · Post by **GregAE** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:42 am

Was there ever any doubt? The Minimoog's imprint with be with us forever and always.

Thanks, Bob!

till · Post by **till** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:12 am

This was the only position and synth I was sure to expect in the count down at a given position.

But hey, why is there a Mellotron and a Solina in the count down of the best synths ever?
These are no synths.

museslave · Post by **museslave** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:38 pm

till wrote:This was the only position and synth I was sure to expect in the count down at a given position.

But hey, why is there a Mellotron and a Solina in the count down of the best synths ever?
These are no synths.

It was a loose sort of deal, and they just basically went by vote count.

museslave · Post by **museslave** » Sat May 26, 2007 8:39 pm

I'm embarrassed that you can hear that my Mini needs its key contacts cleaned in that video.

mee3d · Post by **mee3d** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:22 pm

Simon Power from SonicState contacted me some months back regarding my analogue video interviews ... there are clips used in a few of the synth countdowns and I believe my mate Richard (RLMusic) offered soundbytes and photos from his large collection.

I didn't have anything to do with the No. 1 spot although it was pretty obvious what synth it was going to be ... again i guess it's down to who bothered to vote as I thought some of the synth positions were just wrong. I wonder how many people that voted have actually played all these keys to make an informed judgement? - each to their own.

Mal