I have the above set up, and wondered if someone could offer a few basic modular set ups, in order to show me how to get the best out of these modules, and lead me to experiment onn my own. I like the idea of a semi moduler synth, but am not too sure about where to start.
Now I am bit concerned before I start patching all over the place, because in the manual, it says beware of the Mults on the VX -351, as in some cases it may damage the unit, if you plug in the wrong patch. Could someone clarify the right way to use a Mult, and also the wrong way.
Thanks for any feedback. Hopefully others will find any responses useful as well. I hope one day to get a CP 251 and the Ring Modulator.
The general practise is to not plug more than one source into a mult. If you want to mix more than one source, you’ll need a CV mixer (there’s one on the CP-251). Apart from this, you can plug anything anywhere.
One thing to try might be to patch an envelope on the 351 to the sweep input on the 103, you might get a wah-type sound.
My fave with this combo is to use the 103 as a Mixer out->Filter in Insert.
Use Voyager oscillator settings with lots of harmonics - saw, square, or pulse waves.
Mixer levels at ~5-7, Set the Phaser drive control so the Drive LED is yellow to red (clipping is good @ the phaser input)…
Turn the 103 Amount control all the way down, as well as the Sweep. Rate in this set up doesn’t matter, you can dial in what you like on the 6/12 stage setting and Resonance later.
Patch the VX351 Filter Envelope out signal to the Sweep input on the 103.
Set the Filter EGR to fast attack, long decay, zero sustain, and release to taste.
For starters, set the Vgr filter cutoff all the way up w/ no resonance, and spacing in the middle, no resonance and no Filter EGR control, so you can hear the effect of the phaser.
So when you play a key - the 103 does the filtering based on the Filter EGR. You can patch in an attenuator in between the Filt Env. Output and the Sweep input to change how much the EGR sweeps the Phaser, and in conjunction with this, moving the Sweep control on the 103 can dial in different flavors.
This is a simple but cool launching pad for all sorts of phasey cool sounds…
When you start messing w/ the Vgr’s dual lowpass filters and resonance in conjunction with this, things can get fairly drippy.
Steve hit on my favorite Phaser application with the Voyager. The '103 makes a great filter substitute, allowing you to get some very cool new sounds. And when you start messing with the Voyager’s Filter Cutoff in this configuration, things can get very juicy indeed.
When using the 103 in the Mixer Out/Filter In Loop, you can use both outputs on the 103 and route the other output to another line of effects and back into the Audio in on the Voyager.
Many thanks for your great suggestions. I shall try them out this weekend. Hopefully if I find out any interesting combinations, I’ll post them here for any fellow new users.
If anyone has any feedback on how the Freq Box works with the Voyager, I would be interested in their opinions on whether they think it is a worthwhile module to consider getting or whether a Ring Modulator offers more sonic potential? It wouldbe nice to have both, but I am on a limited budget.
I have both the RingMod and the FreqBox. I have some FreqBox samples (of my own and some from some other folks like GregAE, Brian Glock and Linda Lafferty) on my web site @ earsmack.com - link below in my sig.
I find myself using both the RingMod and the FreqBox with my Voyager and am very happy with the possibilities. I have the RingMod first in the chain in my setup. Although the FreqBox is great at adding dirt and grunge to the Voyager, the RingMod can provide it with a little more harmonic content to work with - not that it really needs it mind you! I think they complement each other nicely. Personally, if I had to pick one over the other as a first pedal, I would suggest the FreqBox by a hair.
