Today I got to play with a minimoog

Yes we all know that and thank for bringing that to my attention in a timely fashion! I was just trying to make a point that there were a lot of people behind the scenes back then who helped with this endeavor. Be it small or large they still did contribute.

I have a manual at home but it didn’t have the content of the Rhea one. Will report later.

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URL please? Not finding them in google.
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By the way, I don’t understand why MC could not find them, since I simply typed “micromoog user manual” in Google and the first result I got was the pdf file from Fantasyjackpalance… > :unamused:

That’s because I am not as clever as you, my search terms were too specific.

Clever ? Me ? That I am certainly not, since I can’t find my keys several times a day ! :laughing:
Simply more lucky, most probably… :wink:

After going through my library I found that I never had an owners manual for the micro.

And the pdf from fantasyjackpalace is missing some pages…

What pages? There are several repeated pages.

Yesterday I played the minimoog at the gc in Chicago. Firstly they had the audio running through a small $400 Roland amp. They also didn’t have the output to input connection going either. I listened to it over the amp and their “best” headphones.

In my opinion, I think that IF there are audibly significant differences between a voyager and model d, I could not perceive them. My request to connect the d to their best demo near fields went ignored though, so the roland amp may have colored the signal. The major difference to me between both are the switched waveforms on the d versus the continuously variable waves of the voyager. This can be significant when looking for the near perfect saw, square, etc. Besides that, I just don’t see enough benefits of buying an old model d over a new voyager.

This particular unit had some oscillator instability (eh, gives it character I suppose) and looked good for its age (like raquel welch as she got on in years, lol). It was cool to connect with such a historically significant instrument as well - this is what so many other synths were based on. The filter oscillation sounded great too.

But does the voyager have anything to envy? In my humble opinion, I would say no. I went in with an open mind: “if this is different enough from my voyager, I will buy it.” In the end, I was thrilled to play it, but I didn’t need it.

Colorform and others, what other impressions do you get?

Please, not another thread becoming a Minimoog VS Voyager one again ? :open_mouth:

This has been covered ad nauseam on this forum before… Just do a little “minimoog vs voyager” research on here, I’m sure you’ll find tons of answers to your questions… :wink:

At ease alien, iI was only prompting colorform and others for their impressions of the model d based on experience with it. :mrgreen: I’m sure there’s nothing wrong with that. :wink:

The model D doesn’t have a socket for a lamp, but the voyager doesn’t have s-trig, so it’s hard to tell which is better.

it’s lovely to play on a model-d, most true

Yeah the roland keyboard amp wasnt the greatest but its on par with what I have at home so :astonished:/ but they had to cables going from the hi and lo outs to roland amp so I just took one cable out and plugged it into the headphone out and then to audio input :smiling_imp: that was loud but very musical. It was also very easy to dial in classic sounds so the lack of memory is definitely not an issue for me.

I have not had the opprotunity to play voyager and mini side by side, but I have heard a lot of people say the voyager CAN sound like a mini. Honestly, If I was able to afford either I would probably go with a voyager just for the fact it is more versatile, won’t need any repairs (hopefully) and can be expanded easily with moogerfoogers and other modular stuff. But would be extremely happy to have either (or both)

The Mini D has a very useful A-440 reference that the Voyager is missing.