via this auction
Original Minimoog in a rack.
Update: via Chris in the comments: "The Midimini is not an original Minimoog in a rack-that would be the Midimoog. This is a recreation/ clone of the minimoog by Studio Electronics. Not sure how different they sound tho."Update via the world of next tuesday: "That was apparently the general idea, the MIDIMoog was SE usually converting your supplied Mini into a MIDI rack, the MIDIMini was a generally a unit they put together but exactly how much original Mini inside will vary. I popped a MIDIMini open and found a clone VCO board but original vintage Moog VCF and VCA/envelope boards. I would think that since Minis can sound different from each other to begin with these units surely vary." See the comments in this post below for more.
The Midimini is not an original Minimoog in a rack-that would be the Midimoog. This is a recreation/clone of the minimoog by Studio Electronics. Not sure how different they sound tho.
ReplyDeleteThat was apparently the general idea, the MIDIMoog was SE usually converting your supplied Mini into a MIDI rack, the MIDIMini was a generally a unit they put together but exactly how much original Mini inside will vary. I popped a MIDIMini open and found a clone VCO board but original vintage Moog VCF and VCA/envelope boards. I would think that since Minis can sound different from each other to begin with these units surely vary.
ReplyDeleteIt is high time to put the record straight : there are no more differences between MIDIMOOG and MIDIMINI than MINIMOOG between a start series and another in the ending series ! I have some elements of a friend who knew the creators of SE at the time. Here are the facts :
ReplyDeleteThere were over 600 or 700 racks MINIMOOG by them. Some cards come from MINIMOOG skinned (you could also provide its own machine so that they perform the operation at lower costs), others are remnants of the Moog factory and finally other cards are redone identically by SE. The name evolved from MIDIMOOG into MIDIMINI only for legal reasons, the owners of the Moog menacing time of trial. What makes a circuit of three provenances or mixtures can sometimes be found in the one as in the other and not in the original maps MIDIMOOG and redone in MIDIMINI.
One may wonder if this was the possessor of MIDIMOOG arrange to sell more? Since then, the mistake persists ... We can reasonably assume that MIDIMOOG early more often have maps Moog, that over time, the mixtures were more common to go to machines with more features redone originals ; having the MIDIMINI made at the end ... But that's all.
In conclusion, everyone knows that beginning MINIMOOG does not sound exactly like those with larger SN ! In fact, none of it sounds the same and that's what we like ! Well it's the same for MIDIMOOG and MIDIMINI. For those who want to know, well, before selling or buying a MIDIMOOG or MIDIMINI : open it to see the guts of the animal is the only way to know with certainty. Then listen to it ring, because it is the only way to know if you fall under the spell of the beast !
I have midimini, and all the boards are moog,
ReplyDeleteI used to have another one where all the boards were moog but the VCO board.