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-Power up
Turn the power on. You will see the screen light up and display: “minimoog
Voyager by moog music”. After about 5 seconds the greeting screen
disappears and you will see the MASTER mode options. The LED labeled
“MASTER” will be lit. The buttons labeled “PANEL”, “EDIT”, and “MASTER” access
the 3 operating modes of the Voyager.
-Connect to Amplifier
Connect your Voyager to headphones or an amplifier (figure1). For a mono
connection, use the jack labeled “left/mono”. To connect the Voyager to a stereo
amplifier, use the left/mono and right audio outputs to connect to the left and right
inputs of your amplifier. To get a sound, play the keyboard. Adjust the amplifier level
until it is at a comfortable level for listening.
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Start Playing!
The quickest way to hear what the Voyager has to offer is to listen to the presets. Press the
PANEL button and ENTER. The screen will display the name and number of the last preset
that was in memory. Pressing the
+
1 or –1 buttons will access a new preset. Presets 001 –
128 are loaded with sounds from the factory. There are a total of 128 locations in
memory for presets. Note that once a preset is called up, you can tweak the parameters
to your liking. If you make changes to a preset and want to return to the original sound,
simply press ENTER.
To operate exclusively from the Front Panel and not from the Presets, the actual panel
parameters must be loaded. This is done by pressing the EDIT button to enter EDIT mode;
then use the +1 button to highlight REAL PANEL CONTROL. Press ENTER, and you will see
the prompt: ” Load actual panel parameter? Yes/No”. Use CURSOR to select Yes and
