Voyager Acid Basslines

If you don’t like acid house music you probably won’t like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnT2fW1o9WM

It was a one take recording, so it’s not the best production, but the Voyager sounds great as usual.

hey great video, question how can midi feedback cause damage?

I’ve heard of people completely ruining their Moogs with MIDI feedback while working within DAWs.

You’d have to ask Moog why this happens, because I really don’t know.

I’ve heard of people completely ruining their Moogs with MIDI feedback while working within DAWs.

seriously :open_mouth: another good reason to get a hardware sequencer I guess.
or just feed the midi back into something like a machinedrum and then have that control the moog? am I understanding this correctly. yeowza. or is there another way to avoid hurting it.

how can midi even break anything?

I was wondering that myself. MIDI is a spec. The voltage is the same on each line regardless of whats driving it. I can see large info flow locking a processor, but doing damage? Someone enlighten me.

Ask Amos, it’s in the manual that MIDI feedback can be dangerous.

I cannot find anything related in the manuals or the addendums concerning dangerous Midi feedback…maybe Amos can enlighten us…but i never heard anything about breaking your synth with Midi feedback.

I know it’s in the LP hard copy manual for sure.

I guessed it was in the Voyager manual cause the topic was placed also there… :confused:

Damage from MIDI feedback loops? I don’t think so. While MIDI feedback loops can result in stuck notes, uneven playback from a sequencer, random patch changes and even weird effects from strange controller messages, none of this can cause damage in and of itself. Any undesirable effects resulting from a feedback loop can be remedied by cycling the power on the receiving instrument (power reset for hardware), or by quitting/relaunching the DAW - no permanent damage, although you may have lost some of your work in the process (moral: save early/save often). Of course, if the MIDI loop is still there after a reset, the problem will likely reoccur.

As for any real damage to hardware, I suppose it’s possible to blow a speaker with an unexpected blast from a loud stuck note, but that’s probably about it.

BTW, there’s nothing in any of the current Voyager or Little Phatty manuals about damaging the instrument from a MIDI feedback loop. I would know. :wink:

  • Greg

I guess it’s time to call the Mythbusters … :exclamation:

I was told by someone at Moog MIDI feedback can damage a Moog, and I know a sure way to test this.

Hook up a Little Phatty’s or Voyager’s MIDI in and out to the same soundcard MIDI connections.

Without altering any MIDI settings, start Sony ACID Pro and make a MIDI track in it for the LP or Voyager.

Start drawing MIDI notes and let it play out for awhile.

Anything strange starting to happen?


Edit: I’m guessing no one’s ready to take the risk of screwing up their Moog to test this, but if Greg’s right then there’s really nothing to worry about.