Need some help from some more experienced synthesists.
I just moved up to the Voyager with the CV expander and control processor, so my first instinct was to sell my old Rogue. Am I overlooking an opportunity to bring the Rogue into my new rig and have even more options than I anticipated? I suppose I could use the CV pitch out and plug it into the Rogues CV in and then have five oscillators, but it kind of seems impractical to me (3 is already more than I ever dreamed of.)
But I don’t want to sell it and then wish I didn’t when I have more knowledge later.
Thanks
Chris
Ask yourself whether your Rouge has some sound quality or functionality that is not present on the Voyager.
Then ask yourself if you would ever want to play two parts (perhaps even via a sequencer) simultaneously.
Is there any sentimental reason to hang on to the Rouge?
You should consider keeping it if any of these answers are “yes”.
it’s not a matter of if i want to play two parts…it’s a matter of how. I was trying to find out how to link the two via cv and what effect it would have.
five oscillators, but it kind of seems impractical to me (3 is already more than I ever dreamed of.)
Not impractical at all. Generally speaking, and without getting into the specifics of your situation, there are way more sonic possibilities with 5 oscillators as compared to 3, even if the extra oscillators have to share the same VCF and VCA stage as one or more of the Voyager oscillators. You’ll be able to utilized the concepts of ADDITIVE synthesis, along with subtractive. Think in terms of chords. You can tune each OSC to a different pitch. At equal amplitudes you’ll get the one-fingered chord effect. But if you experiment with raising and lowering the amplitude of individual oscillators you’ll find that what starts off sounding like a cheesy one-fingered chord begins to sound like a single note with interesting and complex tone character. Not to mention that, if each oscillator is set to progressively higher harmonic, you’ll hear a lot more going on when you route such a complex tone through a VCF that’s being sweeped.