This is clearly the most influential analog synth ever produced and when you hear the three oscillator fat bass sound, magic. Dick Hyman debuted with the minimoog in a public performance at the Eastman School of Rochester, New York, in the summer of 1970. It was also shown at the same convention as ARP 2600 later that year in New York. Like the Hammond B-3, the Gibson Les Paul, the Fender Precision bass, and the Rhodes electric piano, the minimoog has become a venerable instrument.
Most synthesists agree that the minimoog's sound sets it apart from all other brands.
It seems not. Even when Moog themselves analysed the sound of the minimoog and attempted to incorporate its essence into the polyphonic Memorymoog, the result lacked the characteristic warmth of the earlier model. Impressive, perhaps, but cold, distant and featureless by comparison. After the minimoog gets warn tuning drift away and it could be a real pain re-tuning it all the time. I think that the general imperfections within the old analogue circuitry is to be credited.