Im new to Voyager and some analog tips not meaning synth programming.
Friends, tell me please, what is the aim of processing the signal through the Voyager filter? Im mean is there any reason to process Access Virus TI sound through Moog’s filter section? Would it become warmer/fatter or not?
It could be just a matter of personal preference. From everything that I have read, Moog’s initial filter design has a unique inherant “flaw” that is sonically pleasing to the ear and that many synth companies struggle to emulate.
Now there are benefits to having multiple filters running in a series. You can have one doing a very slow sweep while the other had a faster sample and hold.
The Voyager in particular has stereo filters that are switchable between a dualing lowpass and a low/high pass filter that performs as a bandpass filter. Also in the programming you can select either filter to be anywhere from 1-4 poles allowing for some interesting flexibillity.
In addition to the options mentioned above, the Voyagers filter does have some nice modulation capabillities as well. For example, you can control it externally. You can externally control the panning of the 2 filters, as well as applying square/triangle waves and random voltages to the filter in varying amounts. THen with the Voyagers programming, you can have alternative sources of modulation control the filter in different ways.
Now the example that Brian Kehew (the Moog clinician from the sonic infinity series) most often uses is lets say for example that you have a really cheesey soundinf and inexpensive midi controlled string or piano module. You can run it through the Voyager’s filters to make it sound different and sometimes better. He demonstrated running a Midi String module through the Voyager and it sounded awesome. Combining the device ran through the filter with the modulation capabillities makes for some very interesting results.
Im sure that the access virus has decent filters of its own and very well may not need processing from the filters of the Moog, but in my experience, having different options will make your sound more unique.