10  OTHER PROGRAM FUNCTIONS

10.1  Updating the Voyager Operating System

First make certain that MIDI connections are established and the correct MIDI Out port is selected (See MIDI Setup, page 6). To update the Voyager’s OS, you use the update function located under Moog Voyager menu:  

 The file dialog will prompt you to open a sysex (.syx) file containing the software update. When you open sysex file, the "Transmit" dialog will appear. 

  1. Press the MASTER button on the Voyager and scroll down using buttons to select "Receive Update" (Master function 5.4 in OS 2.5).

 2. Press the ENTER button and the following message on the Voyager’s LCD will appear:

This will delete

the Operating System!

Are you SURE?

YES / NO

3) Use the Cursor button to select YES.

Click the onscreen Start button. Wait while the data is being transferred. Do not turn off the power and do not use any other Editor controls while sending the update. The Voyager OS update may contain more than one sysex bank file. If there is another sysex bank file to be sent to complete the upgrade then repeat all procedure steps again. Refer to the OS update documentation (or ReadMe file) for full details on the update procedure.

10.2  Playing from the Computer Keyboard

  You can audit Voyager sounds using your computer's keyboard to play notes. The middle and bottom rows of computer keys act as a single octave of keys mapped like a piano keyboard. You can use these keys to remotely play notes on the Voyager:

            Notes:                       C#       D#                   F#       G#       A#

                                          C         D         E         F          G         A         B

Keyboard:      |          s          d                      g          h           j           |

                                    |     z    |     x    |     c    |     v    |     b    |     n    |     m   |

                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------

Each key press generates a MIDI Note ON message corresponding to the note as specified. When the key is released, a MIDI Note OFF message is sent. You will see the Voyager’s MIDI LED blink as these commands are sent, and the Voyager will play the corresponding note.

Note: This feature works in all windows, allowing you to audition Voyager sounds at any time. Note that the CAPS LOCK key must not be ON, as only lower case letters send MIDI note data. You can use the CAPS LOCK key to temporarily turn off remote playing if desired.  

  Two keys are programmed to adjust octaves (increment/decrement):  

“o” – Octave down (-1)

“p” – Octave up (+1)

Octave switching ranges from –2 to +8 (ten octaves). When the octave switching keys are pressed, a pop-up window briefly appears showing the change:

Tip: You can sustain a note by pressing down a “note” key and while it is depressed, press an “octave” key. A MIDI Note ON command will be sent without a corresponding MIDI Note OFF, causing a sustained, or ‘stuck’ note. To un-stick the note, press the Space Bar. The Space Bar will send an ‘All Notes Off’ command that shuts off all MIDI notes.

Two keys are programmed to adjust note velocity (increment/decrement):

“u” – Note velocity decrease (-5)

“i” – Not velocity increases (+5)

Note velocities can be set from 0 to 125 in increments of 5. A note velocity of 0 is the equivalent of no note played. When the velocity switching keys are pressed, a pop-up window briefly appears showing the change:

Note: Changing the velocity values using the computer keyboard is the same as changing the ‘Piano Note Velocity’ in MIDI Setup Window.  Some Voyager presets are not programmed to respond to Velocity. If such a preset is selected, changing the velocity value here will have no effect.

  As notes are playing on the computer keyboard, a status display located in the lower left of the Main window (above the Moog logo) shows the MIDI channel, note and velocity values being transmitted: 

A similar status display appears in the lower left of the Preset Genetics window, and over the keyboard display in the Editor as notes are played on the computer keyboard.