How much background hiss should a Voyager make?

labdan · Post by **labdan** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:31 am

so how much would the chip cost which would free the voyager from his hiss
maybe moog could have a low noise edition like they have other special editions

goldphinga · Post by **goldphinga** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:03 am

my voyager is very quiet. there was an issue with VERY early serial numbers but not now. moog wont and dont need to make the voyager quieter as it is already very low noise. if you are getting lots of background noise you either have a faulty voyager or you have the volume output set too low and your preamp/amp/soundcard set too high.

labdan · Post by **labdan** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:26 am

could it be that there is much more hiss on the headphone than on the main outs ?

till · Post by **till** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:01 am

The Voyager I own is very quite. No special hiss. Just the average one of all analog synths. Way better then my Prodigy.

goldphinga · Post by **goldphinga** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:16 am

youll notice more hiss on headphones for obvious reasons

labdan · Post by **labdan** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:39 am

just was in a music store recently
played a rack version of the voyager
(the shop employee announced the dimmable light as the most remarkable feature )
turned off the oscilators ( and the noise)
turned on the headphone 10 o clock
played a note
heard a remarkable hiss
i think without actually sitting around a voyager pointing out the hisses and noises and the settings an obvious discussion seems impossible
some seem to bother some not
i think the instrument would be nicer if the hiss it wasnt there
for most sounds it doesnt even matter