Released in 1971, this was the first commercially available synthesiser that boasted portability. Where better to start than with where it all began – the Minimoog. Let’s start out by having a look at the front panel of a few common analog synths.
The term is descriptive as it’s about sculpting sounds from harmonically rich waveforms using filters, envelopes, LFOs and amplitude shaping, and it’s the sound of quite literally thousands of records dating from the sixties right up until now. Why? Because everything that falls under the subtractive umbrella term has gone on to directly influence other types of synthesis such as additive, wavetable, frequency modulation and nearly anything else you can think of. Subtractive synthesis is easily the most important type of synthesis you will come across.
Originally posted on Zeros and Ones by Ali Jamieson
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