consider buying a voyager, i have my whole setup around 20-25 kg packed in a suitcase with rolls, that’s how i rehearse and gig… public transport.
Now, the moog itself is around 18 kg. i have a slight problem with that extra load. plus i dont actually need and extra keyboard…
Buy the RME you will say, its just 6.8 kg.
ok.
but the rme has 2 drawbacks (at least)
no cv inputs (only with the expander)
no i dont really like the compressed panel layout
format is odd, doesnt fit in my suitcase
So…
what i want from the voyager is the sound, therefore:
lets reap the rest away. why not?
imagine to have just the panel box (the actual moog), desktop synth style. i think i would love that.
i’ bet i 'd be even lighter than the RME, plus cool format and layout.
Could please anyone who owns a voyager help me in how feasable that is, (without damaging anything of course, i may want to reassemble itat some point)
I have seen there from pics that there are two wires going down from the panel-box (what an odd word for the actual machine) to the housing and keyboard.
Is it possible to unplug these ? best on the keyboard side i think…
Please dont get me like “he wants to thrash a moog, folks?!” no i am looking for a proper and practical approach in making this great instrument more portable.
Thanks for your considerations
You could probably just disconnect the keyboard and unscrew the hinges from the cabinetry, use Midi to control it and youd still have the features, just lacking the cabinetry and you could probably build some kind of custom case for it or just put it in a duffle bag.
Doing so would likely void the warranty though and woudn’t be advised, but I don’t see why the Voyager wouldn’t function without the keyboard and he LHC attatched.
Pulling the keyboard may not work. The keyboard has its own embedded processor. If you pull it from the Voyager, the OS will be looking for that processor and its data lines. With the data lines open ended the Voyager will see random data and will get very confused.
It becomes even more stuff to lug around if its broken like that. Thats a keytar wannabe I guess haha.
MC,
What if you removed the keyscan board or turned the Midi Local off or something. Do you think that would stop the OS from looking for the keyboard? Or would the effect be the same…Oscillators functioning with the minimum of voltages at all times just as the keyscan board was faulty?
(Not that I woudl encourage anone to slash their Voyagers…I hope that with the RME being an actual product on the market, noone would consider chopping the Voyager like the trend was back int he day to hack up Mini’s.)
It becomes even more stuff to lug around if its broken like that. Thats a keytar wannabe I guess haha.
my idea has nothing to do with keytar (which i dont like because i am not wearing leggins and neon colors… )
Turn midi local off, hmm promising.
(Not that I woudl encourage anone to slash their Voyagers…I hope that with the RME being an actual product on the market, noone would consider chopping the Voyager like the trend was back int he day to hack up Mini’s.)
ok, if you come and drag my voyager around, i would not slash my brand new voyager.
You wont, but I want and i will.
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