Prototype synth for under $2000

[dvdborn]

I found this picture in a Namm 2000 report at keyboardonline.com. It was described as the Big Briar New Performance Synth for under $2000.

Will there ever be such a synth for under $2000? (dreaming of a cheaper world...)

[Brian G]

As I remember it, it was a “prototype” Big Briar( name had not yet changed to Moog) to show people what the new “mini” may look like. They asked people to mail opinions on the layout, several people (including me ) emailed saying we preferred the wheels on the left of the keyboard and wanted the tilting panel along with other features we wanted to see. During this time Bob was refining what features the yet to be named synth would have, the touch panel was one of the innovations he came up with. A short while before the release Moog Music had a contest to name the synth… Voyager is the one the panel of judges chose…

Brian

[dvdborn]

Apparently the prototype doesn't have a memory and LCD.
Why don't they release a similar model like the prototype?

I would be quiet happy with a new Moog synth that is priced under $2000 and hasn't got a patch memory, Midi-CC for all controlers or any other expensive options like the touchpad.

[Boeing 737-400]

$2000 is quite cheap (to me anyway).

That thing looks like a Voyager without the tilting panel, and the pitch and mod wheels, and the glide and release switches are on the panel too. It may as well be the prototype of the Voyager.

[Boeing 737-400]

Indeed, I don't think pitch and mod wheels on a tilting panel would have been a very good idea!

I wonder if someone has better pics of that prototype.

Also, I posted the previous message on the 26th. Why it says the 27th is confusing, either way, I couldn't post until it passed that time, which could be a good thing.

[brain_11]

Well, considering that nowadays you can pick up a Voyager Signature edition around 2000$ on Ebay, it might not worth investing in the "prototype". I wouldn't do that myself.

[MC]

Yes, that is the prototype for the Voyager. It was called the Performance Synthesizer then. It was shown only at winter NAMM 2000 and I saw it at that show. It had 3 VCOs with variable waveshaping, the dual filters, 2 ADR EGs with shared D/R, LFO, and two modulation busses. It wasn't fully functional then. Bob brought it to solicit input from musicians and he added the tilted panel, touchpad, full ADSR, LP/HP filter mode, and many other features to comprise today's Voyager.