Just wondered the other day if the Voyager’s memory is of the non-volatile kind (like modern flash-memory cards et all), or if it uses a buffer battery like all my digital synths do.
Second, is there a way to route pot mapping in a way that it affects the main out as well as the headphone output?
I realize that I could just set up another pot map for the headphone output, but isn’t there a single parameter for both?
And finally, regarding the Cursor key.
When I hit the cursor key - either to switch between banks or just a single hit on the Cursor key, I get a scrambled display setting (showing something like “%*@ #[ 4éa /´°#¦” well, you get the idea) and a kind of hissy sound (not from the oscillators, sounds just like amplified background noise to me) when I press keys on the keyboard.
When I switch to a preset, everything is back to normal.
Is this normal behavior and just a case of RTFM?
Oh, and about that buffer battery - I take it that the Voyager will let us know once it is empty and needs to be replaced, right? What is the estimated life time for it?
I take it that the Voyager will let us know once it is empty and needs to be replaced
No, there’s no RAM check in the software. The boot software only checks the flash ROM.
The battery on most Memorymoogs on my bench have 3.4 Volts even though the label on the battery says 3 Volts. These batteries are 25 years old!!!
I guess the lifetime of the battery in the Voyager will work for 10 years.
Have fun,
Rudi
I assume Moog Music will send a letter to all registered Moog Voyager owners in about 7 years. This letter will give instructions on how to save all sound and how to swap the battery.
This would be excelent post sale service by my favourite analogue synth manufactor.
BTW: some huge synths eat up such a battery in about 5-8 years. Maybe because of a bigger memory capacity?
