Will the Voyager ever get an on-board overload feature?
I’m very interested in the Voyager but wish they would make a version with it.
I know I can simply run it through external distortion or into itself in some wacky configuration, but I’d love something simple and internal.
I tried making some of my sounds more aggressive with an ibanez tube screamer stomb box, but this does not really help! The sound made by the voyager is already very rich of overtones, a distortion just makes it sound “worse”. I also tried other modulation effects but finally decided that my voyager sounds best when it’s clean (with a light delay). But this depends on your taste.
Of course this comment doesn’t help you, but I just want to share my experience
I wouldn’t call the Output → Ext Input trick a “wacky configuration”. It just takes one cable, patched on the back. 
I remember a post saying that the overload circuit was designed specifically for the LP. They didn’t include it on the Voyager OS either, so I wouldn’t hold my breath for a Voyager “update” anytime soon. If you can afford a Voyager, don’t let this one feature hold you up.
I want an internal overload plain and simple, but it won’t keep me from buying a Voyager at some point. It’s just a wish, nothing more.
When the warranty expires, open her up and put one in! Or use one outboard through the built in (for this sort of thing) effects loop.
or use a sngle 6" patch cord to feed the out to the ext n and overdrve there.
(I want a ring modulator in mine, but I’ll only get that with a Fooger.)
Does Moog ever listen to their fans in these cases?
I’m a new Moog consumer so I don’t know their history.
Why not try a guitar distortion pedal and see what that gets you? I run my Little Phatty through my RAT pretty regularly.
Hmm… Maybe if you pay Moog a little extra, they could make you a modified VGer..? I’d just use the easiest solution… All it takes is a single patch cable 
- CM
So what knob works the overload effect with the patch cable then?
I’d say it’s pretty unlikely.
There are a number of ways to get an ‘overload’ sound beyond simply patching the Voyager into a distortion pedal. You can read about these techniques in the ‘Kicking It Up A Notch’ article on KnobTweak (KnobTweak > Files > Voyager).
EXT Input on the mixer with the switch ON.
Make all the fun of me as you want to, BUT,The other night I tried something new. I turned up the VOLUME. Peavey KB 100 made a very sweet and smooth’bite’ to the Voyager. Also a bit of delay from an EH deluxe Memory man. Bass patch fun !!!
So you can increase the effect amount gradually this way then?
Also, does the patch cord method sound as gritty as the LP’s overload?
Try it and see! It can be anything from subtle to so distorted the waveforms have morphed into something entirely different. (It’s kinda nice having an O-scope permantly on the rack!)
I wish I had access to one to try it. I’ll see if my local Guitar center can get one in to try it out.
Why would we make fun of you? Sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing to do to me!
Try overdriving one of these little guys.
Sure, you won’t get bass response. But it will be unique!
Well in the knob tweak article it can get wacky when you create a loop in that Ext out Audio in with TRS Cables, you can keep inserting effects in there all day long.
As much as I like the HoneyTone amps for their looks, sound, and price, I like the Pignose a bit better. Just MHO. 
Nice idea, though!
I’ll be getting this one next year (if they aren’t gone by then) since it has everything I’ve been looking for for many, many years.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/closeup/VoyagerSFM--Main
I’m happy I’ll be able to overload with the simple patch cord method, that really sealed it for me. Moogs are so awesome.
I like the mahogany Jade combo myself, but that Fire looks sweet!