'Easter Egg' in OS 3.1

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:46 pm

So RL and Till,

Do you think that this will be hard to do? Any idea how long it might take to get Bob's face on the flash screen ? Will we have to wait for the next OS update? Sorry so many questions, I 'm just a little over excited about this idea.. Can't wait to see how it turns out..

Nick

till · Post by **till** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:17 pm

Maybe Santa Claus will send it to us as present

And the "Zwarte Piet" in the Netherlands might deliver it even earlier on the 6th of december.
I know, adding a new start-up screen is a piece of cake to do for Rudi.

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:53 pm

Dec 6th huh ? Is this a special date ? I can't wait !

Nick

Kevin Bowden · Post by **Kevin Bowden** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:37 pm

till wrote:Kevin, but one needs to calculate the checksums new too!

Oh dear.....that will surely put it beyond my capabilities then.....best forget it.

I just figured that a stand-alone boot screen designer which could import and appropriately scale/render user supplied images and text would be more appealing than a hard coded picture.

till · Post by **till** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:18 am

And Kevin, if the picture is to cool, one would turn on and off the Voyager all the time

Maybe we need a "screen save"

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:53 pm

A screen saver would be awesome TILL ! RL?

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:29 pm

I don't know, I think a screen saver would do more harm than good. People would start leaving their Voyagers on all the time (especially if it were a really cool one

), components would go bad faster! Best to turn off you're Voyager when you're not using it.

till · Post by **till** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:05 pm

I am not sure if turning off and then on again is more stress to the electric components then keep the Voyager running for 2, 6 or 16 hours. Maybe some Moog tech or Rudi is able to give us an advise what is better for the Voyager ?

I am not switching off my Minimoog if there is a break for less then 4 hours. But I am not running it all the time or when not in use at all (Yes, there are other fine synths I am turning knobs on).

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:24 pm

I am sure. There is no surge current upon powerup in circuits like those that make up the Voyager, the worst thing for circuits like the Voyager's is prolonged heat. Synthesizers are not like computers or tube amps. When you are not using you're Voyager (or any other analog synth), you need to turn it off.

Check out this thread:
http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=841

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:35 pm

Well scren saver or not. I just want Bob on my Boot up screen..

Good nuf fo me..

Nick Montoya · Post by **Nick Montoya** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:09 pm

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:02 pm

Let's see it? Or did I miss it somewhere?

till · Post by **till** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:02 pm

See it here:
http://qwave.de/moog_3.gif

No, it is not yet released.

sir_dss · Post by **sir_dss** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:19 pm

Cool.

Coud they do something so Bob winks his eye at you?

GregAE · Post by **GregAE** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 8:41 am

till wrote:See it here:
http://qwave.de/moog_3.gif

No, it is not yet released.

Unless something has changed, isn't there a problem labeling the Voyager as a MinimMoog product in the UK? I thought the product was sold as the "Voyager by Bob Moog" to avoid infringing on the guy who owns the 'Minimoog' name there.

Since Moog Music had to delete any 'MiniMoog' references on the hardware and in the manual in order to sell the Voyager in the UK, wouldn't a start-up screen have to conform to this as well?

Greg