I have been trying to locate a Minimoog modelD. No luck so far. If I would go for a Voyager, I would prefer the full fledged one, but I like the OS too. I thought the OS would be perfect for me but for one thing. I don’t mind not being able to save patches, and I like the old school spirit. However, as a modern day instrument, it lacks one thing IMO : MIDI.
Of course, if MIDI was added, that would mean firmware needed, added production costs and a retail value too close to the regular Voyagers for comfort.
The days are numbered. My distributor is about to receive the last units. After that, no more. So I have decided to live without MIDI, but I must make sure the OS fits the rest of my bill.
There’s another little tiny thing that bugs me a great deal. The single/multi trigger setting can only be chosen when powering up the unit. This is my one of my favorite settings to play with and I would sorely miss it the way it is.
Is there a way, instructions, field upgrade or custom mod to be able to add a switch for this setting?
I have the skills to perform most any kind of upgrade or mod, electronical or mechanical.
Well yes, thanks, I am looking into an MFB midi-to CV to go along, but that takes care of only one side of midi , albeit the more important one (and I got a CP-251 already, and some foogers on the way). But then again, Midi is not my main concern, the single/multi trigger mode is.
If I can chime in (not owning an OS) the trigger mode is almost certainly a part of the digital keyscan circuit. I’d say you wouldn’t be able to get a front panel switch without some hot-rodding of this.
I was thinking along those lines. You make it sound simple really. If it were only that, I can rig something. But I don’t know the actual arrangement of the power on circuitry. Once the instrument is powered up, can the single-multi mode be changed on the fly without heavy modification (and of course turning the instument off). That the big question. I am good for any mechanical mod, or simple electronic one.
While the OS is seemingly the closest as can be for having discrete components directly performing their function (like real pots), it’s still a modern instrument, and i am afraid the keyboard scan will feed into to some memory location on an IC, thus requiring power on-off to reset, or something like that.