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Les Paul -> Voyager
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:29 pm
by Michael Glaviano
theglyph wrote:i can understand the awsome qualities of the moogerfoogers since i'm a Mf-101 user but....
Once i plugged my Les Paul into my Voyager input all else was secondary!
Sell your car and you will not be disapointed. It is more than you can imagine!
Glyph:
Would you mind going into more detail on this? How does it work to plug a guitar into the Voyager? I'd of thought you would need some kind of pitch-to-midi thing to drive the note generation capabilities. Your post implies something different and sounds very interesting.
Thanks!
Michael Glaviano
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:32 pm
by theglyph
Michael,
The Voyager has an single input which can accept both line and instrument level signals. The input signal is then processed, alongside the Voyager's three oscillators and noise source, by the Voyager's dual filters and envelope generators. Any modulation/animation applied to the filters will affect the sound of these signals (This is the Cool part of the experience).
Based on your question, it should be noted that the input, a guitar in your case, will not control the Voyager's osillators. As such, the input merely adds another tone alonside the Voyager's internal sound generators in its mixer section.
In fact, if you turn off the three oscillators and the noise source in the mixer section, the Voyager can be thought of as an expensive Fooger with dual filters and lots of modulation possibilities.
I hope this helps!
Cheers
BTW, I'm a guitar player who happens to be addicted to synthesizers. A couple of Foogers and a CP-251 can give a guitar player a whole lot of joy for a lot less than the price of a Voyager.
midi-to-cv
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:18 pm
by Michael Glaviano
Glyph:
Yes, your post clarified things for me. Thanks for your reply.
You also wrote:
BTW, I'm a guitar player who happens to be addicted to synthesizers. A couple of Foogers and a CP-251 can give a guitar player a whole lot of joy for a lot less than the price of a Voyager.
This is the direction I'm heading. First I bought a 103, then a 101. Now I've ordered a 251.
Recently, I got sort of a wild idea, though. Since I already have a midi-guitar rig (Roland GI-20 + an RMC pickup mounted in an old Hamer Special), I ordered a kit from PAIA electronics that does midi-to-CV. I figure I'll take the analog output of the GI-20 and feed it into the MF audio signal chain and use the midi output (suitably converted to CV signals) to drive the MF signal chain. As I build up more-and-more MF boxes, I think that I ought to be able to do some interesting things with the sound. I will probably do the 102 and the Murf next, but I've got to watch my budget for a month or two after the 251 and the midi2cv box.
I started a separate Moogerfooger thread on this but haven't gotten a lot of response. I also posted a query on the yahoo midi guitar list and got sort of a mixture of incredulity and yawn for a response.
Regards,
Michael Glaviano