#BOB MOOG SOUNDSOURCE PROBLME UPDATE#
#BOB MOOG SOUNDSOURCE PROBLME UPGRADE#

One of the biggest problems with the original Voyager was the hard-wiring of the touch-screen to the filters' cutoff frequencies, spacing and resonance, and the fact that the position memory applied only to the values sent to the modulation busses, not to the filter destinations. This made it possible for the first time to save and restore individual sounds, and to build banks from disparate combinations of existing sounds. But just as important as this was the ability to Dump and Load single patches via SysEx. This revision also received velocity and aftertouch over MIDI.

Other upgrades in OS v1.5 included Local On/Off, Program Change On/Off, and Merge, which merges incoming MIDI messages with those generated within the synth, and then transmits the resulting stream from the MIDI Out. Instead, it is 'hard sync' of the start point of the LFO cycle, with seven options ranging from one 'sync' every two MIDI Clock beats to one sync every quarter of a MIDI Clock beat. Of course, this is not MIDI Clock control of the LFO rate, which would be tricky to implement using an analogue oscillator.

OS version 1.5 also saw the arrival of MIDI Sync for the Voyager's internal LFO. Updates to modulation buss PGM shaping - Done (OS v2) Send and receive single memory via SysEx - Done (OS v1.5)Īdd filter envelope gate sources - Done (OS v2)Īdd amplitude envelope gate sources - Done (OS v2) Receive MIDI Clock for LFO sync - Done (OS v1.5) Transmit MIDI CCs, aftertouch and pitch-bend - Done (OS v2) Receive MIDI CCs, Note On, velocity and aftertouch - Done (OS v1.5) MIDI In On/Off & MIDI Out On/Off - Done (OS v2)

#BOB MOOG SOUNDSOURCE PROBLME UPGRADE#

Upgrade touch surface destinations - Done (OS v1.5)Īdd filter pole selection (12dB-per-octave) - Done (OS v1.5) Hold -1/+1 buttons to scroll through values - Done (OS v1.5)

#BOB MOOG SOUNDSOURCE PROBLME UPDATE#

VOYAGER UPDATE SCHEDULE STATUS IN VERSION 2 OS (September 1st, 2004) Other small but welcome improvements included the Voyager powering up in Panel Mode, and it remembering and returning to the sound you were using before you switched off. More significantly, it introduced scrolling of the '+' and '-' buttons, with acceleration if you held either button for a few seconds. What's more, OS v1.5 introduced numbering of each mode's menu items, which helped users to navigate the system. I was delighted when this was corrected in OS v1.5. When you pressed Up, the selection moved Down, and vice versa. One of the most annoying things about the original Voyager operating system was the way the cursor buttons worked. Over the course of the past year, I've acquired my own Signature Edition, so I've followed the Voyager through its various upgrades, even before the Anniversary Edition arrived for review at SOS. Happily, these have now all been carried out, although some of them didn't happen until the version 2 OS arrived, as you can see. You may recognise the table on the right - it's the list of future updates that were promised for the Voyager at the time of my original review. Given that the original review is now hopelessly out of date, I reckon that it's high time that we returned to the Voyager to see what the latest hardware, the changes in the operating system, and the add-on boxes mean for both new and existing users. In fact, although it's cosmetically different, the Anniversary's internals are no different from the latest standard Voyagers being produced, so we can treat it like the latest version of the instrument. In addition to all of these, there's also a new version of the Voyager - the Anniversary Edition (pictured above), which is a limited edition that celebrates Bob Moog's 50 years in the music business. The VX351 CV Expander is specifically a Voyager expander, while the other, the Moogerfooger CP251 Control Processor, has wider application, but is nonetheless happy to act as a member of the clan. The operating system has now reached version 2.3, with the last four updates addressing almost all of the points that I raised when I originally reviewed the instrument in SOS June 2003. There have also been two hardware additions to the family. It has been nearly two years since Bob Moog's Voyager first hit these shores, and it has been developing ever since. We bring you up to date with a look at the lot. Since the release of the Voyager analogue monosynth last year, Bob Moog's company have been busy producing OS updates, special-edition versions, and accessories.

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