I’ve seen a used Performer for sale where the seller’s saying ‘fully functional but without aftertouch installed’. I’m confused - I thought all Voyagers have afterouch. Also would a Performer potentially require the memory upgrade or were they all made after that became necessary?
Thanks!
I think it was an improvement in the resolution. They added an aftertouch mod, a filter glide mod, and a memory upgrade to 896 presets. I BELIEVE that this occurred around the introduction of the version 3.0 operating system (it’s been so long, it’s hard to remember). I believe that the earlier Voyagers had to have a factory installed mod for the memory upgrade, and this could have been done without the additional hardware modifications. All Voyagers after that time period came standard with the aforementioned upgrades.
You could even install the 3.0 os without the memory upgrade but wouldn’t be able to go beyond 128 presets. You can probably clarify all of that with the seller.
If the price is decent you might can just get a different Voyager, depending on how much the seller is asking for. If it needed the upgrades, it would probably cost a bit more and result in shipping it to Asheville. The serial number might be able to shed some light on these questions when someone more knowledgable than myself comes along and addresses this thread.
It will still function very well without any of the upgrades, but you know how that goes.
The original first after touch response was rather on/off, so Moog found a better way getting a good after touch from the Fatar keyboard they, and many other well known japanese companies, use.
The patch memory upgrade released with the software version 3.0 needed a full digital board to be replaced. This was available as factory update or as user installable upgrade for more experienced users. The newer digital board uses SMD parts, while my old was thru-hole.
Original 128 preset digital board:
Smaller new multiple bank digital board:
I ordered my after touch mod together with the hardware memory upgrade. For users it was sold a a complete preassembled and adjusted lefthand sections. Including both wheels. Later I got a even better aftertouch (actually we are just talking about a little board doing the converting of the keybed voltages or resistors to the CV needed for the Voyager’s boards) built by Rudi Linhard of Lintronic (Germany). I am not sure how the after touch is like on the newer Voyagers. I forgot to check this on the Frankfurt Musikmesse (music fair) of the last years.
Thanks for the replies, though this has proven slightly academic as the seller never got back to me. 