I have been shopping for a used Voyager and wondered if certain versions were dead ends as to upgrade path or OS compatibility?
Are there model or serial number cutoffs that should be avoided in order to ensure some level of future proofing?
TIA for your input.
Regards,
MM
My understanding is that any Voyager can be made identical at this point. Older Voyagers only have a single hardware bank for presets but can be upgraded to the seven bank setup for a few hundred bucks.
Other than that, I’m pretty sure all other components are identical or close enough to identical that it wouldn’t affect upgrades. I’m a musician and not a techie though, so there are more qualified people on here to confirm or deny this.
The older synths will need the key scanner upgrade if you want to be expressive with after touch. They are just like toggle switches as built.
Do you know how much the scanner upgrade costs off hand?
Regards,
MM
I bought a signature edition today. Whoohoo!
Regards,
MM
Congrats! You’ll love it.
(I’ve got a Signature, also 
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Welcome fellow Sig owner (I’ve got maple Sig #167!). RE: updates. I’ve got the latest OS (3.4) on mine, and it workes just fine. There were a couple other fixes done to the series later besides aftertouch upgrade. Namely the filter glide fix, the slight click if you move the volume knob around 12 o’clock, and (I think) a VCA upgrade (it was some kind of upgrade to help w/ unwanted noise IIRC). There’s also a retro-fit you can do to get all 7 banks of presets. Personally, all I’ve done to mine is the OS updates. The noise/click/filter glide/aftertouch would all be nice, but nothing I feel I need to do immediately. Well, if you can call almost 7 years “immediately”… 
-andrew bunny
Congrats!
The only mention of fixes that has been left out, and im not sure this applies to the VSE, is the backlit panel has been upgraded to be extra quiet.
Also congrats on the Signature Edition…i also got one (#577) and performed all mods on this one too.
Thanks everyone!
I will probably get it fully updated & tweaked after the start of the new year.
In the meantime, waiting for the synth to make its way cross country will try my patience.
Regards,
MM
Moog purgatory.
Indeed!
Regards,
MM
Waiting to get the best synth ever made can be painful.
You’ll wake up from stress dreams soaked in sweat every night.
I say deep freeze yourself until you get it.
Turns out to be #279. I can’t tell from the picture what wood it is.
Regards,
MM
Welcome to moogatory. I had to wait 2.5 weeks for mine to be built it was the longest few weeks ever haha. enjoy! And post some pics when it arrives!
Mine is a Pontiac! #326
OK. the Voyager showed up today and has some issues.
First the right output has a spitty noise in it like a bad transistor.
The real issue is using the triangle waveform. Some notes have a hiss that jumps up 20-30 db. This can’t be right can it? All three oscillators do the same thing.
I guess a call to Moog service is in order to figure out if the synth will have to be returned.
Crap!
Regards,
MM
Well, I am embarrassed but relieved to say the Voyager is fine.
It turns out the noise was not coming from the Moog, but from my Wavedrum. The Moog was making the head vibrate on certain notes and it was triggering a white noise kind of patch.
I didn’t realize anything was active in the mixer other than the Moog, but figured it out after checking with headphones and not hearing the noise.
Sheesh…what a loser!
Regards,
MM
I am happy for you that it turned out positive…nothing worrying then buying a new synth and thinking that it’s already broken…