Minimoog Sound Charts by Tom Rhea

Demos of the classic book of Minimoog patches published in 1974

[@nightskysound4441]

I had Dr. Tom Rhea as an instructor, many moons ago at Berklee. We were very good friends. One of the best teachers I ever had. Loved him.

[@andreievkalupniek5717]

Me too!

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

Ditto! Had him for intro to music synth and advanced subtractive synthesis in the mid-90’s. Best teacher I ever had.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

0:10 - Shamisen (Japanese plucked instrument; also known as _sangen_ and in Chinese as _sanxian_ ) 0:37 - Harpsichord 1:00 - Electric piano 1:22 - Violin 1:56 - Viola 2:28 - Cello 2:57 - Bass viol (bowed) 3:27 - Bass viol (plucked) 3:53 - Piccolo 4:28 - Flute 4:59 - Recorder family 5:30 - Clarinet (bass clarinet) 6:05 - Oboe 6:32 - Bassoon (English horn) 6:56 - Trumpet 7:25 - Horn 7:55 - Trombone (jazz) 8:26 - Tuba 9:01 - Xylophone 9:22 - Temple blocks 9:37 - Drum roll 10:02 - Bass drum 10:19 - Tinkling bells 10:44 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Aquatarkus" (from _Tarkus_ ) 11:08 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer's _Trilogy_ 11:31 - Keith Emerson's fat bass from _Brain Salad Surgery_ 11:58 - Keith Emerson's steel drum from _Brain Salad Surgery_ 12:16 - Rick Wakeman's "Catherine of Aragon" 12:47 - Good sound 13:09 - Goom (Moog spelled backwards!) 13:50 - The Moog (trademark) Sound 14:34 - The T.L.R. Sound 15:00 - Moon Chord 15:34 - Hindemoog 16:02 - Hommage a Badings 16:17 - Ring modulator effects 16:48 - Vree-oo-bleep-bleep! 17:18 - Running rhythm 17:41 - Night creatures 18:10 - Jet plane 18:53 - Surf 19:23 - Thunder 19:55 - Wind 20:36 - Exploding bomb 20:59 - Gasoline engine 21:30 - Heartbeat 22:06 - Siren 22:48 - Whistlers 23:22 - Steel drum

[@pachacache5186]

And here, the book egrefin.free.fr/images/Minimoog/MinimoogSounds.pdf

[@florentjedwab2633]

need to be pin in topcom !

[@davidjordanconroy4214]

This is the most iced out and throwed synth demo I've ever heard. It's truly a treasure on KZbin. Thank You!!!!!!!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

David, thank you

[@mrcgeraldes]

Amazing video. Thanks a lot.Big inspiration. Feels great to achieve this with the behringer poly d also.

[@headamuse]

Seriously thank you, this video is such a great resource

[@norakat]

Such a huge resource on synthesis in general. The PDF is also online.

[@jakubjunga]

I have a Behringer model D. Very similar sounds were made. Thanks :)

[@mrcgeraldes]

I have so many difficulty to make the same style of 70s creamy leads though. you agree?

[@pco2004]

Dude you're the most thoughtful considerate and raddest guy on youtube for doing this. I'm so stoked to go home and spend all weekend creating patches. Thanks a million SM!

[@liorsilverstein9802]

yeah the basic patches are awesome

[@darryldouglas6004]

Very nice indeed. I will frequent this often as I just downloaded the minimoog app, the one developed by moog, and it is close enough to the “real” thing that I can use these charts! Thank you! Subscribed.

[@davidhrivnak]

Thank you so much for doing this!

[@TwilightImages]

I have a Poly-D , i‘ve tried a few of your sound examples, it works 1:1 on the Poly-D. Thank you for this interresting video! Best regards, Volker

[@georgegeez8708]

Good to know. I too have a Poly D that I bought in August 2020. Will try most of them out.

[@Ori0n1975]

I shall try it out too, having obtained one myself.

[@roldyclark]

I'm having trouble replicating the whistle since the knobs aren't one to one. Any tips? What do you do with blank knobs?

[@roldyclark]

OH! I was doing it backwards. the black square is the switch position. Had to turn just osc 4 on

[@mrommadawn]

clarinet doesn't sound 1:1 on mine

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Yet another great tutorial! Many thanks.

[@StevenMorris]

Very entertaining and educational! Thanks for posting this :)

[@mease512]

Brilliant, many thanks !

[@Feendyl]

SUPER !!! 🎶🎵🎹🎼🎶🎵👍👍👍👍👍

[@ronnieaux5290]

Funny, following along with a reissue Minimoog Model D, I'm forced to modify some parameters to make it equal. Particularly the decay settings. I think I read in the SOS article regarding the reissue, that the components used for the originals were rated at 20sec, but actually were more like 27sec, and the reissues have something closer to actual 20sec. Very useful video, thank you so much for posting!

[@geoffk777]

A few of these like the plucked Bass and piccolo are surprisingly convincing. But mostly it sounds like a MiniMoog. I actually had this book, but I had the little-known Moog Sonic Six, so I had to "Translate" the patches into equivalents. It was a good learning exercise, although the Sonic only had a single AD envelope, so not all could be matched up. Tom Rhea did his PhD on the history of Electronic Musical instruments and used to write a very interesting column on them for Keyboard magazine. Ironically, working for Moog, he became part of that history himself.

[@user-xt2xm1mr6y]

Piccolo sound so cute

[@EphemeralProductions]

the whistlers sound? yes it is cute and funny.

[@synthtaxi4497]

Excellent demo and resource! Thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Rtcmanga_YouTube_Channel]

Oh, somebody made soundcharts for the Minimoog! Great!! The good stuff comes in the end of the Video!! :D

[@adamharris7775]

The Minimoog patch “Square Saw Sweep” was heard in the 1976 KCTS theme and the 2016 song “1985”.

[@13jamesjoyce]

Still got my Model D with the book and all these patches! Classic.

[@BboySalamon]

Supe, thanks a lot👍 Excellent Minimoog's walnut color, I want the same.

[@lincolnmicrophonellc]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank *you!

[@ozhalljr]

great playing ... appropriate for the different instruments.

[@marzzz1]

11:10 - that's the patch for the synth solo at the end of "From The Beginning," back when I had a MiniMoog D it nailed that sound. My Voyager just didn't sound the same. Wow this brings back memories (and huge regrets!).

[@dannybrazen]

marzzz1 Sell the voyager and buy an old mini! I just got one for the first time (mid/late 70’s serial number) it’s great!

[@MIDIVERSETV]

Sounds great!

[@jamiepastman5594]

GREAT, THANK YOU!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

You are welcome!

[@ymotechnopopfan]

Favorite sounds: 0:40 Harpsichord 6:59 Trumpet 9:05 Xylophone 9:26 Temple blocks 10:23 Tinkling Bells 13:51 Moog Sound 15:44 Hindermoog 16:54 Vree oo bleep-bleep 17:49 Night Creatures 19:27 Thunder 20:42 Bomb 22:12 Siren

[@alfredosierra2612]

The Piccolo also sounds rad

[@xnonsuchx]

I remember similar patch charts from the Moog Prodigy manual and trying them out. Yes, some sounded like what the patch name was, but some others were like, "Wow! That's a wild idea of what a ________ sounds like." :-)

[@devongestrin7512]

Nice Wakeman!

[@fjfrancois]

I’m going to try it with my Se-02 thanks bato (dude)

[@midnight763]

I still have my copy from way back when.

[@electronaut7429]

Nice video and useful. I don't have a Mini Moog so it is interesting to hear what the real instrument sounds like. I'll try to get the sounds on a Roland SE-02. :-)

[@mogret7451]

The piccolo was actually amazingly good. 😀

[@michielnospam2848]

I like the clarinet at 5:33 it seems happy.

[@johngilbertnxxs]

beatiful

[@adamharris7775]

In the Spanish song (where the Moog Liberation patches "Brass" and "Synth Brass" were heard), the Minimoog patch "Square" was heard.

[@EphemeralProductions]

that "Goom" sound was used in several songs in the 1970s. :) Most notably "Lucky Man " by ELP. Pretty much a square wave with chorus.

[@Artblockmusic]

I used Minimoog a lot on my songs

[@andrewapte9981]

Lol at the whistle sound

[@ecksfromva]

This vid is the SHiZNiT!!! I'm about to program a drum break, interpolate a funk bass line & do some soloing with some of these synth settings. West coast "g funk" sounds for real.

[@Variable1000]

at what time is that sound ?

[@YounusMogul]

can you do the 2nd patchbook part 1 & 2 please? :-)

[@synthartist69]

11:38.... to die for!!.. oh and 12:22!!!!

[@AshleyPomeroy]

The patch at 11:34 is really good. It's versatile too - the same sound would have been killer in the New Wave era and still sounds awesome today.

[@spidergoalie33]

The modulation rate is a bit too fast on many sounds. Still cool to see the charts and hear them. Thanks!

[@ed13adema]

@ LFOVCF the Moog mimicking real instruments is a unique sound in its own way

[@puzzzl]

I'm using these settings in the Arturia software Mini and the ELP sounds aren't matching what's in this video pretty well. The software synth sounds much wetter and squelchier. Is the software not very faithful to the hardware or am I messing something up? I've got all the effects turned off as well.

[@torbenanschau6641]

Hehe no matter what the sound is named after, it somehow always sounds like a minimoog ... ;-)

[@terrybrown106]

Isn't there a way to run a raw sawtooth through either a triangle or sine LFO to get the siren instead of having to play multiple notes?

[@gregbradshaw7220]

My 1977 minimoog sounds totally different to these patches in the video, i followed the schematics to a T. I guess every mini sounds different, mine was tuned and serviced recently.

[@erebousde]

10:50 AquaTarkus? ;D

[@kayolsen1362]

What tune is being played with the flute patch at 4:28? Reminds me of the flute theme from Mio in the land of Faraway, composed by the guys from ABBA.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Just an improv

[@BlixtenMarlowes]

Hmmm ... should I buy o Mini? But a Nord Wave would suit me better ... Thanks for the demo, anyhow! :-D

[@EphemeralProductions]

pretty sure the xylophone sound was used in "Popcorn" lol

[@luapworrag]

Hi. I am really thankful that you put this together. Can I ask, did you process the sound and add reverb with each of the performances?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes, there's a little bit of MidiVerb II, it's on the title page (a bit hard to see )

[@luapworrag]

Excellent. Thank you for responding. I didn’t notice but have now seen you disclaimer at the start :-). There was a part of me that was worried I was doing something wrong or had a faulty device 🙂

[@AdonisAiolos]

Will this work with my reissue version?

[@ZeroStar.]

7:10 The 1984 BBC Video logo synth, is that you?

[@decibel001]

would love to get these in a PDF...any ideas?

[@BobRossa]

egrefin.free.fr/images/Minimoog/MinimoogSounds.pdf

[@FluidITGuy]

On the switches, is black on or is white on?

[@xuzhangning]

棒棒棒

[@jupitermarx]

I think all these are in my patch-book?

[@wizardmix]

Sure you got those charts right? They all sound like a Model D to me XD

[@wizardmix]

+Evan J --- In all honesty, this is fantastic, thanks for posting!

[@chazinko]

How would you get an electric guitar sound on a Miinimoog?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Run it through an overdrive / distortion pedal. Check 1970s Jan Hammer for more info.

[@willy1818ful]

Hello , wich is the serial number of this minimoog ?

[@decemberagents1401]

Or even just the manufacture year...

[@davidsharp3110]

This is the standard by which others...

[@wildejr100]

..tive um Satellite, mono.. a flauta era ótima.

[@aurelionasvw]

Show

[@TheBluehood23]

3:40 8:46 9:50 10:40 11:40 14:50 20:47 21:35 23:42

[@nickangel6596]

Sound : Minimoog

[@surferriness]

sexy

[@oscarrivas7240]

These tunes 🤣🤣🤣

[@oscarvanderburgh]

Vree ooo Bleep Bleep should be on LO, not 32 :D

[@dannybrazen]

To take something as godly as a minimoog ( I have a vintage 70’s mini and it is indeed godly) and make it do quasi-orchestral sounds is selling it so far short! I hope they didn’t advertise these sounds back in the day. They sound like early General MIDI patches on 80s/90s “workstations” (anyone remember that awful barrel of shit that was General MIDI?)

[@AshleyPomeroy]

I've always assumed General MIDI was aimed at the karaoke market. It's one of those periods in electronic music history that no-one wants to remember.

[@peterwelsh1932]

So you watched and heard this entire list of patches and weren't inspired to create any sounds? I picked up a few things 0:10 - Shamisen (Japanese plucked instrument; also known as sangen and in Chinese as sanxian ) 0:37 - Harpsichord 1:00 - Electric piano 1:22 - Violin 1:56 - Viola 2:28 - Cello 2:57 - Bass viol (bowed) 3:27 - Bass viol (plucked) 3:53 - Piccolo 4:28 - Flute 4:59 - Recorder family 5:30 - Clarinet (bass clarinet) 6:05 - Oboe 6:32 - Bassoon (English horn) 6:56 - Trumpet 7:25 - Horn 7:55 - Trombone (jazz) 8:26 - Tuba 9:01 - Xylophone 9:22 - Temple blocks 9:37 - Drum roll 10:02 - Bass drum 10:19 - Tinkling bells 10:44 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Aquatarkus" (from Tarkus ) 11:08 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Trilogy 11:31 - Keith Emerson's fat bass from Brain Salad Surgery 11:58 - Keith Emerson's steel drum from Brain Salad Surgery 12:16 - Rick Wakeman's "Catherine of Aragon" 12:47 - Good sound 13:09 - Goom (Moog spelled backwards!) 13:50 - The Moog (trademark) Sound 14:34 - The T.L.R. Sound 15:00 - Moon Chord 15:34 - Hindemoog 16:02 - Hommage a Badings 16:17 - Ring modulator effects 16:48 - Vree-oo-bleep-bleep! 17:18 - Running rhythm 17:41 - Night creatures 18:10 - Jet plane 18:53 - Surf 19:23 - Thunder 19:55 - Wind 20:36 - Exploding bomb 20:59 - Gasoline engine 21:30 - Heartbeat 22:06 - Siren 22:48 - Whistlers 23:22 - Steel drum

[@sibbyeskie]

Yeah it’s funny but realize when these first came out nobody had really heard “electronic music”… it mostly wasnt invented yet! So things like the 808 was advertised to jazz musicians and church organists as cheap accompaniment, and Of course Moog tried to convince ordinary musicians that they could command a quasi-orchestra. Charming, really.

[@LFOVCF]

It almost seems a crime to make a Moog do 'real' instruments. They basically and vaguely mimic the tonal quality, but that's it. This synth needs to do it's signature sounds...massive basses, souring leads etc, not a weedy flute! Having said that, very nice video.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

But that's what certain bands did to make up for the shortcoming of some of the real instruments. For example, you may hear a string orchestra on the original album cut, but synthesizers were used to replace the real orchestra on that same song when performed live.

[@nandoblondemobydick5438]

At first the invention of a synth was mimic real instruments, from then artist constated they can do diferents things, even the Roland TB3O3 was made to mimic a real bass it never worked as a Bass, that´s why soon the unit was discontinuied.

[@darryldouglas6004]

LFOVCF Blast from a past post. I think for some tones it gets close but I look at it like artificial flavoring. Cherry 🍒 doesn’t taste like actual cherries but it is now it’s own flavor. 😛

[@pianoshoegazer268]

You should listen to Tomita

[@andrea1807]

4:26

[@nickangel6596]

Moralité, un minimoog sait faire deux choses : des basses (orchestrale et techno) et des leads à la Chick Corea. Il les fait très très très bien Pour le reste… Très cher, surcoté et prétentieux - je sais, j'en ai un hé hé!

[@nickangel6596]

Hahaha! J'irais presque plus loin, un Minimoog sait faire une seule chose : sonner comme un Minimoog. Pour le reste etc. J'en ai un également!

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

Hi There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, how have you been Keeping up to Lately, I was wondering if you need to do the other way round Lyrics in you’re own word Lyrics but sing it differently in the original Extended background Versions of those Particular song’s By Andrew Gold and The Korgis, Never Let her Slip Away and Everybody got to learn Sometime, why don’t they just Replace the Synthesizer String Sound to a Two Musette Accordion’s sounds and make this Musette sounds for the Two Accordion’s 3 to 6 and a half times more Deeper then the Original Synthesizer String Sound that they have this Particular song called Everybody’s got to Learn sometime and also Replace the Xylophone Sound to a 12 Times More Deeper Chime Bell or Even a 17 Times More Deeper Still Drum Sound, Because it is Still one of my Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Favorite Song’s Ever Since I was about 10 Years of Age Thank You and I Like 👍 you’re Remixing and make you’re singing 3 and a half times more Deeper Please XXX

[@norakat]

You have all these modern syths with elaborate sounds but not really usable imo.. These raw sounds are applicable and their own instruments.

[@GKweasel]

Some parts sounds like from the NES Pokemon games :D

[@liamobrien5738]

I could take these sounds a little further towards realism...but good non the less...

Moog synths sound great, but they are too fat for being used versatile. Just came back form Italy, by the way.

[@tamasendrefarkas3139]

yeah, shit :D

[@ymotechnopopfan]

Shamisen is a Japanese instrument. Not Chinese.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

You're a bit too late to correct this. About 47 years late, to be precise. Tom Rhea's patch book came out in 1974.

[@ymotechnopopfan]

​@@SynthManiaDotCom and it doesn't even sound like a Shamisen, it sounds like Koto.

[@horowizard]

I love the Minimoog but not a single sound resembles their traditional instrument equivalent.

[@wakerickman]

the minimoog lead solo sounds are to die for not so the bass sounds, hate them, so jmr and the ilk stop making silli noizes with it which includes the crap of NON prog rog pink floyed, they are ambiant rock not prog rock, why doesnt anyone else seem to realise/understand that obvios fact. and are monontanous boring to loud crap.

[@alm5966]

carl aylward Ambient Rock? WTF is that when its at home?

[@olewetdog6254]

Someone didn't take their medicine.

[@longfade]

Donald trump? Is that you?