Temporary dead key

Tips and techniques for Minimoog Analog Synthesizers
Post Reply
nickbtx
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42 am

Temporary dead key

Post by nickbtx » Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:00 pm

I've been experimenting with the presets and controls of the Voyager off and on all day long. This evening while scrolling through the presets the 4th G stopped working (all other keys were fine). I didn't have the presence of mind to look at the midi stream to see what was happening and instead power cycled the synth, which corrected the problem. Is this more than likely a glitch or is there something I could have done to cause it? Thanks for any insight.

nickbtx
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42 am

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by nickbtx » Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:57 am

I should have done a little more research before posting my question. I found a thread from 2010 that talks about dead/on keys and apparently it's a known issue. Someone recommended hitting the "Master" button. I didn't know to try this when it happened, but I will next time.

http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopi ... =2&t=10218

nickbtx
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42 am

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by nickbtx » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:45 am

I feel like I'm talking to myself, but just in case someone else ever runs across this, I thought I'd include my findings. The dead key problem happened again today and hitting the "Master" button worked. One other note, in order to enable this function, you have to set MIDI PANIC FUNC = Yes under MASTER Functions 2.2 (default is NO)

User avatar
RL
Posts: 770
Joined: Wed May 19, 2004 4:17 am
Location: http://www.moogmusic.de/
Contact:

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by RL » Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:14 pm

Is MIDI In connected when the problem occurs or not?
http://www.moogmusic.de

nickbtx
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42 am

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by nickbtx » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:03 pm

When it happened the first time I had a M-Audio UNO attached, but nothing was connected when it happened today.

User avatar
RL
Posts: 770
Joined: Wed May 19, 2004 4:17 am
Location: http://www.moogmusic.de/
Contact:

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by RL » Fri Apr 20, 2012 7:17 pm

Ok. then you should contact Moogmusic or your local dealer cause there's a problem with your keyboard.
http://www.moogmusic.de

nickbtx
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42 am

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by nickbtx » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:18 pm

Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks for your help.

User avatar
thealien666
Posts: 2791
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:42 pm
Location: Quebec, Canada

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by thealien666 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:55 am

nickbtx wrote:Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks for your help.

How old is your Voyager ? Because some early production runs had issues with the digital keyboard scanning circuit. You should definitely contact Moog Music support to get a better idea on what to do next...

Good luck to you, and tell us what happens if you would ? Thanks.
Moog Minimoog D (1975)
DSI OB6
DSI Prophet REV2
Oberheim Matrix-6
Ensoniq SQ-80
Korg DW8000
Behringer DeepMind 12
Alesis Ion

nickbtx
Posts: 16
Joined: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:42 am

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by nickbtx » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:42 pm

According to the label on the box it shipped from Moog to the dealer in March of this year, so I'd think it should be pretty current. I'll make sure to report back here with the findings.

User avatar
thealien666
Posts: 2791
Joined: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:42 pm
Location: Quebec, Canada

Re: Temporary dead key

Post by thealien666 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:36 pm

nickbtx wrote:According to the label on the box it shipped from Moog to the dealer in March of this year, so I'd think it should be pretty current. I'll make sure to report back here with the findings.
In March of this year ? So it's under warranty. Contact Moog ASAP.
Moog Minimoog D (1975)
DSI OB6
DSI Prophet REV2
Oberheim Matrix-6
Ensoniq SQ-80
Korg DW8000
Behringer DeepMind 12
Alesis Ion

Post Reply