Models
Every model, most significant first.
14 models
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Minimoog
Analog monophonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Minimoog is a portable analog monophonic synthesizer made by Moog Music, with a 44-key keyboard and three oscillators feeding Moog's signature ladder filter. The original Minimoog is the Model D, later reissued by Moog Music.
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Oberheim DSX
Early digital polyphonic music sequencer
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim DSX is a digital sequencer released in 1981 as part of Oberheim's integrated 'System' alongside the OB-Xa synthesizer and DMX drum machine. It recorded and played back note data to automate performances in the early days of integrated electronic setups.
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Ensoniq Mirage
Polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Ensoniq Mirage, released in 1984, was an affordable 8-bit digital sampling keyboard that helped bring sampling to working musicians. Its gritty sound and disk-based sample loading made it a popular and characterful early sampler.
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E-mu Emulator
Series of digital sampling synthesizers
Synthesizer · United States
The E-mu Emulator is a series of digital sampling keyboards and workstations E-mu Systems introduced in 1981. Among the first affordable samplers, the Emulator line let musicians record and play back real sounds across a keyboard and was influential in 1980s pop and film music.
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ARP String Ensemble
Polyphonic multi-orchestral synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP String Ensemble is a polyphonic string synthesizer that ARP marketed by rebranding the Eminent Solina String Ensemble. Its rich, chorused ensemble strings became one of the defining 'string machine' sounds of the 1970s.
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ARP String Synthesizer
Combination of string synthesizer and monophonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP String Synthesizer is an ARP keyboard that combined a polyphonic string-ensemble section with a monophonic synthesizer voice, letting players blend lush strings with synth leads and basses.
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Moog Matriarch
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Matriarch, released in 2019, is a four-voice paraphonic semi-modular analog synthesizer. With four oscillators, a stereo analog delay, spring reverb, sequencer, and an extensive patch bay, it sits at the top of Moog's semi-modular family.
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Sirin: Analog Messenger of Joy
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
Sirin: Analog Messenger of Joy is a compact analog synthesizer from Erica Synths based on the company's acid-bass voice, with analog oscillators, a filter, and a built-in sequencer for punchy bass and lead sounds.
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Moog Spectravox
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Spectravox is a semi-modular analog spectral synthesizer and vocoder. It uses a bank of analog filters to analyze and resynthesize sound for vocoding and spectral effects, and integrates with Moog's other semi-modular instruments through its patch points.
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Moog Theremini
Monophonic digital synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Theremini, released in 2014, is a modern theremin with a built-in digital synthesis engine. It adds scale quantization (pitch correction), preset sounds, and a tuner to make the famously difficult instrument more approachable while preserving its gesture-controlled playing.
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Moog Werkstatt-Ø1
Analog educational synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Werkstatt-Ø1 is a compact patchable monophonic analog synthesizer originally offered as a build-it-yourself kit at Moogfest 2014. Designed as an educational instrument, it exposes Moog's classic circuitry with header pins for experimentation.
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Moog Taurus
Foot-operated analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Taurus is a foot-operated analog bass synthesizer first released in 1976. Played with a set of organ-style pedals, its deep, powerful bass tones became famous in progressive rock and live performance.
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E-mu Audity
Analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The E-mu Audity was an ambitious, very large analog synthesizer E-mu developed around 1980. Extremely expensive and produced in tiny numbers, it remained essentially a prototype and is now a rare piece of synthesizer history.
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ARP Little Brother
Monophonic sound module
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Little Brother is a compact monophonic expander module designed to add an extra oscillator voice to other ARP synthesizers, extending an instrument's sound with an additional analog source.