So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

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So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by zone47 » Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:30 am

.... but are there any tricks to make it sound like it's doing more than that, like tuning different oscillators to different pitches and such?
I really wanted a voyager but ended up buying the sub37 just because it had the two note thing going. I still want a voyager. More key and more knobs = better. :wink:
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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by Vsyevolod » Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:11 pm

Send the MIDI note out to an external arpeggiator then run it back in. This will make it sound sorta like you're playing chords.

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by stiiiiiiive » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:09 pm

Other than that, it reacts exactly the same as your beloved Sub37 when not in duo mode.

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by LA Keys » Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:22 am

Hummm, or just buy more voyagers, use the "midi key order" setting to have all of them play as a single polyphonic in$$$trument! :mrgreen:
Anyone tried that?

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by ColorForm2113 » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:21 am

Actually this is something I just thought of that might work. I've used my dot com modular oscillators with a midi/cv module to make a two voice Voyager.
http://youtu.be/PJB4U6HQbwM

But you can probably use that same concept within the voyager it self.
Oscillator one controlled by the voyager. With low note priority. Then turn off keyboard control for oscillator three. Then use the the midi/cv module with high or last note priority with midi out from the Voyager going to the module.send the cv out to mod 2 input. Use the pedal buss, select mod 2 as the source, oscillator three as the destination, shaping on, and I assume amount to full. This should in theory allow you to play oscillator one as the bass note and oscillator three as the high note...Actually I have a spare minute I'm going to try this
My modular so far: Q104, Q106 x2, Q107, Q108, Q109 x2 , Q116, Q118, Q127 w/Q140, Q130, STG Wave Folder, Mixer and Mankato playing with Moog Voyager, VX-351, CP-251, MF-104M x2 ( STEREO!) Volca Beats and Bass, Arturia Beat step

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by ColorForm2113 » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:47 am

Nope, didn't work...not well anyway. If you use some sort of quantizer it might. But I don't have one. Oh well, worth a shot
My modular so far: Q104, Q106 x2, Q107, Q108, Q109 x2 , Q116, Q118, Q127 w/Q140, Q130, STG Wave Folder, Mixer and Mankato playing with Moog Voyager, VX-351, CP-251, MF-104M x2 ( STEREO!) Volca Beats and Bass, Arturia Beat step

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Post by EricK » Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:38 pm

Color,
See, this is where modular spoiled you, because now you want independent Osc control haha. That one guy who made that eurorack Voyager had the right idea!

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by _DemonDan_ » Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:58 pm

Arpeggiations (via external hardware or played manually) into a well-timed delay and then some reverb can create all the chords you need. If you have access to a reel-to-reel recorder, use a mixer to feed the playback head's left channel back into the right record input and the playback head's right channel back into the left record input. It's quite inspirational.
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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by ColorForm2113 » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:28 pm

EricK wrote:Color,
See, this is where modular spoiled you, because now you want independent Osc control haha. That one guy who made that eurorack Voyager had the right idea!

Eric
Yeah it really has...I want independent control over everything! I want to be able to route what ever voltage to what ever input and then back around again :twisted:
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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by c7sus » Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:21 pm

The Voyager may only play one note at a time, but it's a FAT note!
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Post by stiiiiiiive » Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:35 pm

By the way, monosynths can play only one note at a time just as other monophonic instruments, think violin, woods etc.
It may be interesting to search what tricks intrumentists use to make those instruments sounds like they play chords.

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by ColorForm2113 » Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:56 pm

stiiiiiiive wrote:By the way, monosynths can play only one note at a time just as other monophonic instruments, think violin, woods etc.
It may be interesting to search what tricks intrumentists use to make those instruments sounds like they play chords.
It usually involves playing with ensembles, quartets, symphonies, orchestras things like that :lol:
My modular so far: Q104, Q106 x2, Q107, Q108, Q109 x2 , Q116, Q118, Q127 w/Q140, Q130, STG Wave Folder, Mixer and Mankato playing with Moog Voyager, VX-351, CP-251, MF-104M x2 ( STEREO!) Volca Beats and Bass, Arturia Beat step

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by Vsyevolod » Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:40 pm

Here's an acoustic take on playing arpeggio's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEZWahki4nw

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by stiiiiiiive » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:35 am

ColorForm2113 wrote:
stiiiiiiive wrote:By the way, monosynths can play only one note at a time just as other monophonic instruments, think violin, woods etc.
It may be interesting to search what tricks intrumentists use to make those instruments sounds like they play chords.
It usually involves playing with ensembles, quartets, symphonies, orchestras things like that :lol:
Rhhho come on :lol:

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Re: So the Voyager can only play one note at a time ....

Post by zone47 » Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:35 am

ColorForm2113 wrote:Actually this is something I just thought of that might work. I've used my dot com modular oscillators with a midi/cv module to make a two voice Voyager.
http://youtu.be/PJB4U6HQbwM

But you can probably use that same concept within the voyager it self.
Oscillator one controlled by the voyager. With low note priority. Then turn off keyboard control for oscillator three. Then use the the midi/cv module with high or last note priority with midi out from the Voyager going to the module.send the cv out to mod 2 input. Use the pedal buss, select mod 2 as the source, oscillator three as the destination, shaping on, and I assume amount to full. This should in theory allow you to play oscillator one as the bass note and oscillator three as the high note...Actually I have a spare minute I'm going to try this

It's cool to see some ways to soup this thing up. I'll probably end up buying one and having some fun with it ....
Inspiration seems to always come at the start of a session, so always have that tape recorder going! :shock: :!: :shock:

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