Editing Minimoog (section)

== Impact ==
According to TJ Pinch, author of ''Analog Days'', the Minimoog was the first synthesizer to become a "classic".<ref name=Pinch/>{{rp|214}} ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' described it as "the most famous synthesizer in music history ... a ubiquitous analog keyboard that can be heard in countless pop, rock, hip-hop, and techno tracks from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s".<ref name="Wired"/> It was also important for its portability.<ref name="Wired"/> [[David Borden]], an associate of Moog, said that the Minimoog "took the synthesizer out of the studio and put it into the concert hall".<ref>Franklin Crawford (August 23, 2005). [http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug05/Moog.obit.fac.html "Robert Moog, Ph.D. '64, inventor of the music synthesizer, dies of brain cancer"]. Cornell University News Service. Retrieved 4 May 2007.</ref> According to the ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'', "Tweaked now so that the synthesizer could reliably perform as either a melodic lead or propulsive bass instrument (rather than just as a complex sound-generating machine), the Minimoog changed everything ... the Moogs oozed character. Their sound could be quirky, kitsch and cute, or pulverising, but it was always identifiable as Moog."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/02/moog-synthesisers|title=Hey, what's that sound: Moog synthesizers|last=McNamee|first=David|date=2010-08-02|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-11-30}}</ref>

The Minimoog changed the dynamics of [[Rock music|rock]] bands. For the first time, keyboardists could play solos in the style of lead guitarists, or play synthesized [[bassline]]s.<ref name="Red Bull"/> [[Yes (band)|Yes]] keyboardist [[Rick Wakeman]] said: "For the first time you could go on [stage] and give the guitarist a run for his money... A guitarist would say, 'Oh shoot, he's got a Minimoog,' so they're [[Up to eleven|looking for eleven]] on their volume control - it's the only way they can compete." Wakeman said the instrument "absolutely changed the face of music".<ref>[[Hans Fjellestad]] (2004). ''[[Moog (film)|Moog]]''</ref>

The Minimoog took a place in mainstream [[black music]], most notably in the work of [[Stevie Wonder]].<ref name=Pinch/>{{rp|8}} Its use for basslines became particularly popular in [[funk]], as in the [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] track "[[Flash Light (song)|Flash Light]]".<ref name="Red Bull" /> It was also popular in [[jazz]], and [[Sun Ra]] became perhaps the first musician to perform and record with the instrument (on his 1970 album ''My Brother the Wind'').<ref name="Red Bull"/> [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Dick Hyman]] and [[Chick Corea]] were other early adopters.<ref name="Red Bull"/>

The Minimoog became a staple of [[progressive rock]]. In the early 1970s, [[Keith Emerson]] of [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] added the Minimoog to his modular 'Monster Moog' as an occasional part of his performances.<ref name=Pinch/>{{rp|200–212}} Wakeman used five Minimoogs on stage so he could play different sounds without having to reconfigure them.<ref name="Red Bull" /> It was also used by electronic artists such as [[Kraftwerk]], who used it on their albums ''[[Autobahn (album)|Autobahn]]'' (1974) and ''[[The Man-Machine]]'' (1978)'','' and later by [[Tangerine Dream]], [[Klaus Schulze]], and [[Gary Numan]].<ref name="Red Bull" /> In the late 1970s and the early 1980s, it was widely used in the emerging [[disco]] genre by artists including [[ABBA]] and [[Giorgio Moroder]].<ref name="Red Bull" />

In 2005, the Minimoog was inducted into the [[TECnology Hall of Fame]], an honor given to "products and innovations that have had an enduring impact on the development of audio technology."<ref>{{cite web|title=TECnology Hall of Fame, 2005|url=http://legacy.tecawards.org/tec/05TECnologyHOFdetails.html|website=TECawards.org|date=2005|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref> In 2012, to celebrate Bob Moog's birthday, [[Google]] created an interactive Minimoog [[Software synthesizer|softsynth]] [[web application]] as its [[Google Doodle]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-doodle-moog/|title=Google Outdoes Itself With Moog Synthesizer Doodle (Play It Here)|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] released the SE-02, a compact desktop version of the Minimoog released as part of their Boutique series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ridden |first=Paul |date=2017-06-20 |title=Roland launches Designer Series with boutique SE-02 analog synth |url=https://newatlas.com/roland-studio-electronics-se-02-analog-synthesizer/50125/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=New Atlas |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2024, JoE Silva published a 384-page coffee table book about the Minimoog, "The Minimoog Book".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silva |first=Joe |title=The Minimoog book: the synthesizer that changed music forever: sounds, stories, and technology |last2=Lee |first2=Geddy |date=2024 |publisher=Bjooks |isbn=978-87-975391-0-1 |editor-last=Metlay |editor-first=Mike |location=Frederiksberg |editor-last2=Smethurst |editor-first2=Diana}}</ref>