I am an “old” MOOGER from the days even before the MiniMoog Model D.
One of the “keyboard tricks” that the old Mini’s did was to have the ability to let’s say…Hold a “D” note on the lower side of the keyboard, press a “D” note two octaves higher (while still holding that original key) and then when that second key was released the moog would return to the original “D” which was still depressed. An example would be like the famous and distinctive glide during ELP’s “Lucky Man”. I’m sure that get the idea. Or even the “non-gliding” beginning to Foreigner’s “Feels Like the First Time”.
(Obviously I’m working with a retro classic rock group)
I don’t seem to be able to accomplish this effect with my Rack Mount Voayager. I have played around with the Keyboard Mode (Lower Key, Higher Key, Last Key, 1 Key Only) as well as the Trigger Mode. Neither seems to have any effect on the sound at all.
I can only get the effect I am looking for if I first release the the original key and for obvious reasons, this is difficult to do.
Welcome to the forums! Always glad to hear from ‘seasoned Moogers’ on this board.
Regarding the Key Mode issue, I can confirm that it works on the Voyager as expected, providing appropriate glides and trills according to the chosen key mode. I would assume that the RME operates the same way since the electronics are the same (I don’t own an RME).
Was curious as to what you are using as a controller - it could be the the controller is the cause of the problem and not the RME. Try a different controller if possible.
Of course, there’s always a possibility that the RME is faulty, but it would be odd for this to be the only issue (you’d probably experience other problems as well).
I’d look at the controller first and make sure it isn’t the source of the problem.
First, to answer your questions…
I’m using Roalnd A-37 controllers. Also tried it on my Fatar SL-990. Same results on both. Even tried switching from POLY to MONO mode.
However, I did hear back from Amos Gaynes at MOOG. He is pretty sure that the issue is being caused by a Main Menu setting in MIDI KEY ORDER. As I’m sure you know, the RME can be daisy chained with up to 16 units to create polyphonic notes. The MIDI KEY ORDER is a setting that lets each individual unit know what note it is being assigned and in what order. Amos tells me that the setting should be set to “NOT ACTIVE”. I kind of “stumbled accross” that setting while playing around last night and I noticed that it WAS set to “First Key”, but left it alone assuming it was a factory default and better left as it was. So I’m pretty confident that once I make that adjustment, it should resolve the issue. I’ll let you know how I make out with it for your own information in case this ever comes up again with another user you’ll know exactly how to help them out.
As for being a “seasoned” MOOGER…Well, I’m probably a little more seasoned than I’d care to admit but still an avid ANALOG fan. I do own some nice digital “preset” brains, but I missed the fun of live tweaking and experimentation.
Any way, I hope to be active in the forums and look forward to being in touch.
Glad to hear you’ve got it sorted out. Amos provides excellent support to us Voyager owners and has always been very helpful.
I’d suggest you pop over to the SquareWave site and grab a copy of the Voyager Menu Reference pages. This reference shows every menu command in the Voyager’s Panel, Edit and Master menus. You’ll find it located in the Voyager Essentials folder (Files/Voyager Essentials)