When playing the Voyager I enjoy using stereo filter panning, sweeping and delay effects and I’d like to add some of the Moogerfooger pedals into the mix. Every Moogerfooger input is understandably mono.
Is using the headphone out to ext input a viable fix?
Should I pick up a VX-351? Will it allow me to keep the stereo mix I currently have?
Is there something else I could do?
I just got a few foogers myself, and have to figure some of those stereo issues myself. Not sure exactly the kind of processing you want to use but I can say this:
Midi-Murf and Etherwave plugged into a Yamaha mixer turn them automatically to stereo, with both the mono input and the stereo output send/return effects capabilities.
The external audio jack input is mono (according to the book), so perfectly suited for mono Moogerfooger input into the Voyager. From there, mixed in or not with Voyager’s audio, if can be filter processed and stereo panned with an expression pedal plugged into the pan jack of the Voyager. You only get half pan with an expression pedal though. For full pan, you need a CV expression pedal that can cover the full -5 to 5 volt range. The MP-201 comes to mind
A VX-351 is a signal processor, it will do nothing for audio, and the signal processing you need (the inputs) is not into the VX-351. That does not exclude more possibilities down the line.
Headphone out from the Voyager or a mixer for further amplification is not entirely un-doable, but is best avoided if more natural routes (with matched impedance) exist (and they most always do). It’s a last resort solution or a quick set-up fix.
Thanks Portamental, I think I follow you. I confused cv with audio. This is all so very interesting…
Yes the insert point is the fix I believe. I just looked at the link latigid on posted (thank you). One trs cable, could it be that simple?
EricK I’m not sure which foogers/pedals I’ll be using, you know how it is, must… get… them… all! I guess I’m just looking for the post mixer pre filter insert latigid spoke of, to add a mono effects loop, For now my Voyager is just running into a Boss RE20 then into 2 Roland KC550’s. I have a MP201 but thats not part of the audio path.
If it all works out I can still use the headphone out to ext in to overdrive the synth, well designed moog! Indeed interesting times.
Speaking of the MP201, I bought one last week and I can’t say enough about it. I’m digging in to its features as time permits and I know one thing for sure. I’ll never play with out it. There’s nothing like getting a new piece of gear that makes you feel like you’re at the beginning again! I can’t recommend it enough, just get it!! My compliments to all those who had a hand in designing it, for you truly help to make these times more exciting and entertaining!
That seems like one of the best possibilities I would think. It’s just last week I picked up a few commercially made insert cables to go along with my gear. So far, all my effects processing from Lexicon, guitar pedals, other synths (or else) have been wired direct in ever changing set-ups. Now I can tap into the send/return features of my mixer and that of the Voyager. A few permanent hook-ups are expected.
No. Insert points require special insert cables. A TRS plug carries both send and return of a mono signal, with the end to the cable split into two TS plugs (one the send, the other the return).
That goes for the Voyager or any kind of mixer or device where the terms send/return, or effects or something similar is invoked.
Ditto on the 201 (and the Etherwave Plus and the Midi-Murf), it was a good week
I have all of my foogers daisy chained through the Voyager’s insert point. The output from the Voyager goes into the input of the first fooger, and that fooger’s output then goes into the input of the next fooger, and so on with the output of the last fooger going back to the Voyager. I then switch them in and out as needed.
I put them in the following order:
Ring Mod → Freq Box → Phaser → Murf → Midi Murf → LP Filter
This allows the Murfs and the LP Filter at the end of the chain to take advantage of the harmonics produced by the foogers ahead of them.