I would like some advice/help, apologies for the long post…
my brother tragically died last year and his wife has been kind enough to give me his Voyager Signature Edition plus 2 extra modules, a VX-351 CV Expander and a CP-251 control processor.
I have no manual, and all I have is a John Lewis plastic bag full of cables!
I’m a guitarist by trade and have NO idea about keyboards etc etc.
wondered if anybody could point me in the right direction as to where to start in order to
1 - learn how to connect it all up
2 - how to actually connect it to a sound source
3 - any idea as to value (not to sell but to insure on home contents) - I believe they are quite valuable?
It is it’s own sound source, pluig it into your guitar amp low input for a stop gap. At the start, ignore the VX and CP until you get a feel for the instrument. Go to Moogmusic.com and download the manuals. They are free. Signatures aren’t worth any more or any less than the other Voyagers. Insure it all for $4400 but realize they can be had for under 2000 if you are a good shopper. (I got mine for $1600!) There is a small learning curve to figure out the basics, then the sky is the limit.
First of all,
I am very sorry to learn of your loss. I hope you make good use of these wonderful tools. THere are lots of people out there that would dream about having what you have.
THe first thing I would do after you read the manuals and such is adapt it to your guitar playing. Check out its audio input and hook your guitar up to it and play with the filter and the resonance knobs. Hear what the filter sounds like. Go to the modulation wheel buss and put it on S&H with the destination to the filter, see how it affects your guitar.
THen I would approach the Voyager like “What sound do I want to make” Start with the oscillator section and answer your question. Basses, Leads, whatever. You can even try to duplicate the sound of your guitar if you want. Basses are easy to program, nice bold (cause I hesitate to use the word Phat) bass. Adjust the octave, the wave and go to the filter and open it up, see how it sounds. If worse comes to worse, there is a button where you can start from scratch called INIT PARAMETERS in the menu that will take you back to a basic 1 osc setup.
Experiment with the presets, listen to them closely mess with the controls.
WHat a great instrument to cut your teeth into. THe greatest aspect is that there is a knob for just about everything you want to do.
Monophonic synths are great because for those of us with limited keyboard skills, hitting an awesome note is easier than hitting an awesome chord.
THe Voyager can be a great asset to your current projects. It is a very professional instrument.
WHen you start to learn about voltages…
Just think…inputs to go outputs. Sources go to destinations.
NEVER USE A MULTIPLE TO COMBINE VOLTAGES…USE THE MIXER OF THE CP251.
Look at your mod busses on the voyager. Think of te CP251 as a third Modulation Buss.
If I were you, I would consider getting a ep2 expression pedal. You can plug this into the cutoff freq of the filter and use the filter like a wah pedal.
it’s clearly going to be a long learning curve.. especially for a guitarist
it’s going to take a few months/years even to get to grips with it, bearing in mind I’m a technophobe… but it’ll be a great way to remember my brother by trying to learn how to use it so I can utilise it in the band I play in.
thanks all, no doubt I’ll post again for help in the near future,
