Touchpad MIDI CC out is currently available in OS v1.5.
The touchpad most definitely does not send MIDI CCs. From the 1.5 Addendum (p7):
“MIDI Ctrl No. (Note: as MIDI CC outs are not yet implemented, this function
does not work yet.)”
Anyway, I want all knobs to send controllers.
Also, my other request was for a simple way of assigning velocity/aftertouch/etc - i.e. basic modulation that doesn’t use up a mod buss (which can then be saved for more complicated modulation). Actually, an edit menu based mod matrix like in the waldorf synths would be very nice.
I would love to be able to synth the OSC frequencies to Midi. For instance, on the preset Panning Throbber (#33 I believe), the third OSC controls the speed of the voice. It is nearly impossible to get this voice exactly synched to a sequencer based song.
I would love the TouchPad to have the option of wherever you initially touch it is “zero” and you change sounds from there. Currently when you first touch it it jumps to the x and y value based on position (which is great for percussive effects and “playing” the touchpad), but a “zero reference” option would be great, kinda like the way the old CS-80 ribbon worked.
And a CP-251 type expander with more modules such as envelope generators would be nice!
I don’t know if this allready is a topic here, but will there be
an update for the too sensitive aftertouch and velocity on the voyager?
as it is now you can barely notice it.
I’d really like to see the filter frequency glide along with the osc. frequency, for when you’ve got portamento engaged on your patch. It’s especially noticeable when you’re working with, say, a choir patch (filters just-about self-oscillating, jump abruptly when the “singers” slide between notes), dub bass (filter freq accenting the fundamental, won’t slide along with sim-fretless bass slides).
This’d help us all program more natural and musical sounds. Thanks!
Oh yes, and I’d love Pitch- and Mod-Wheel transmission via MIDI. Please, oh please let me retire my evil, mod-wheel-stepping M-Audio Radium as master controller.
Let me record (MIDI-wise) my Voyager performances.
Octave Switching - a good idea, but it will probably not work well on the Voyager. Both the highest and lowest octaves would not transpose, as the oscillators cannot go much beyond those ranges. Then, if they didn’t, people would cry that the transpose “doesn’t work”. Besides, these are real analog circuits - it’s VERY hard to get it to do this range of octaves in tune. Stretching it by 2 or 4 more could extend beyond the range where it tunes accurately.
If you REALLY need this function - you could control the Voyager from any external keyboard and transpose from there. Or just create presets with the transposition and then jump between - no harder than hitting an octave button.
Syncing the 3rd Osc to MIDI (as mentioned in an above posting); cannot be done - none of the three truly analog oscialltors will sync to Midi. It’s just the way analog oscillators work…
I love the idea of another expansion module - how about more oscillators and maybe another LFO?
I have to admit that I’m really new to synthesis period, so if this idea is not only stupid, but is not even feasible in the first place just blame my ignorance!
However, after receiving my VX-351 today and hooking it up to my voyager via the accessory port I began to think… (yeah, that’s usually not good…)
But anyway, I’m like some others who wish for more patch storage. So, I started thinking about the possibility of maybe designing a small patch storage interface that would fit externally on the voyager via the accessory port.
The idea is that this small interface/patch storage thingy would resemble the midi interfaces which mount on PC joystick ports – minus the cables. These midi interfaces still allow a joystick to be connected though because they normally feature another connector built into the back of the interface itself designed just for this purpose.
So, the logic goes, one could easily mount this little device on the accessory port, yet still be allowed to connect the VX-351 as well via the connector built into the patch interface. It would be a patch “cartridge” of sorts.
Let me add my voice to the list of folks clammering for the new update! There are a lot of good ideas proposed in this forum; let’s hope that the significant ones are part of the next update and that it arrives soon!
BTW, does anyone from Moog Music respond to these forums?
Well, I’m not sure if this is technically possible without some kind of hardware upgrade, but, It would be amazing if we could have a manual vibrato on the key. I don’t know how to explain it, but something to the sort of what the CS-80 had. If you held down a key and jiggled it, you could make a almost “natural” sounding vibrato. That would make the Voyager a lot more expressive, and cool.
The CS-80 had polyaftertouch…you probably saw Vangelis apply it with a “jiggle” motion, but there was no special facility involving lateral motion with the keyboard. Since the Voyager is monophonic, all that would be needed is some adjustment to aftertouch, as previously mentioned here.
