Moog Minimoog Voyager

"The Dave Smith Poly Evolver and the Moog Voyager are my favorite bits of analog for sure. And I have a lot of other analog gear. The Voyager is not incredibly versatile in signal flow or modulation but the sound is fatter than any other synthesizer ever made, and I don't think that point is debated much. " In answer to, "What are your favourite bits of kit in your studio and why?" From an interview with Wolfgang Gartner on [FXpansion](http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=12&tab=58&showartist=145&xmode=singletab).

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : "There are fewer keyboards on Drones than on previous albums, and the ones we did use are the usual suspects, like the Buchla 200e, ARP 2600, Korg MS20, Prophet 5 and Moog Voyager."

"His collection includes a Doepfer A100 modular synthesizer, a Mellotron, a Minimoog, and a 1970 ARP 2500. “For a long time I was using mainly the Doepfer. I was more interested in using the LFO and gates and treating other instruments with it. I wasn't interested in using a synthesizer's oscillators. But the ARP 2500 has renewed my interest in oscillators completely, because they sound incredible. It's the same thing with guitars and recording equipment — the old stuff sounds better, louder, warmer, and more soothing."

Armin has collected many synthesizers over the years, and amongst them is the Minimoog Voyager. In an interview for [Music Radar](http://www.musicradar.com/news/dj/in-pictures-armin-van-buurens-studio-565875/3), Armin Van Buuren said about the Minimoog Voyager, “Still a classic, especially when you overdrive the input or output with a special cable and get feedback - the filter goes nuts!”

A Minimoog Voyager can be spotted in FlyLo's studio setup in a photo he shared.

The Minimoog Voyager is one of the synths in Calvin Harris' studio, it can be seen in several photos and videos.

A Minimoog Voyager synth can be seen in a photo of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's studio.

In this magazine on page 66, in his selected list there is.

Steve Angello often posts about his Moog Voyager synth, he can be seen playing with it at 0:40 in the YouTube video "Size TV - Episode 6"

One of Toro Y Moi's favorite hardware synths is the Minimoog Voyager.

Josh played a Moog Minimoog Voyager while playing as backup guitarist/ instrumentalist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in their Stadium Arcadium tour. The synth can also be seen [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDfFR32gpQ&ab_channel=TheOrfeo9999) at 3:54 and 20:22 and 20:45

A special article by Stoney Roads details some special equipment select artists use.

"One of my main ‘go-to’ keyboards for new sounds. I love it."

At 2:24 you can see Justice's Moog Voyager on stage.

Here mini moog voyager on the floor

Moog minimoog voyager Electric Blue Edition can bee seen in Flume's studio

Nick McCarthy uses a Moog Voyager in Franz Ferdinand's performance of "Ulysses" on The Late Late Show.

"Eddie had come up with a cool new riff on a Minimoog synthesizer and shared it with Templeman and Roth. Soon after, the pair hijacked Eddie’s synth composition for “Dancing in the Streets,” a cover song that Van Halen disliked. In the end, Van Halen told Guitar World, “Ted and Dave were happy — and I wasn’t.” "

A Moog Minimoog Voyager Synthesizer can be spotted in The Bakery.

"I like the size and feel of the Voyager, to a point where I just sit down in front of it and feel inspired, because it's like I'm sitting in a cockpit of a plane... There's something magical about that synth. Whether you're using it as a controller or otherwise, it's just fantastic.”

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"Even if I use all the modern bits and pieces, it’s nice that even at the core, you have this wild electronic beating heart going on. … Last week, I tried to write my Spider-Man [trailer] opus, and I’m stuck on it, and plug in a 40-year-old mini-Moog, and was going, ‘Oh, wow! This thing is living and breathing.’ It spits back at me. It’s great." (http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/hans-zimmer-film-composer-inside-his-studio)

At the end of the interview he lists all of his studio gear. Although it's date is 2010, I tried to list only stuff I know he has till this day.

This synthesizer can be seen towards the bottom of this Instagram photo. "Playing LUXEMBURG in 2 hours!! (-: #Trentemollerluxemburg#trentemoeller #trentemøller #losttour"

Throughout this video, in which Mathew Jonson highlights his live performance setup, The Voyager can be seen, to the left of his laptop.

in this photo we can see an minimoog voyager..

In this video, J. Rocc and others open J Dilla's storage locker, and he recounts a story with J Dilla at 20:54: "...and they sent him THIS. He hit me up, 'J. Rocc, I've got the Moog back man, I'm back in business baby!' I was like, 'C'mon man! What?' It was on the TV tray... he was like, 'I got the keyboard back!' He was waiting for this..."

In this Facebook photo, the Minimoog Voyager can be seen behind Scarlett Etienne. The image seems to be mirrored, as the red rocker buttons are usually on the other side of the unit. (The letters on Scarlett's control vinyls are also mirrored.)

In an interview with RA, John elaborates on his live setup: "The only thing that is really sequenced or clocked is the Moog Voyager, which is synced to an MPC2500"

When asked what tools he uses to produce, at 0:18 into the video Paper Diamonds says he uses a Moog Minimoog Voyager synth.

In this video gretgor is making music using the moog minimoog voyager in his studio

“but then countered it with a super-distorted Minimoog Voyager in the chorus … That sounds extremely modern to me." in reference to Taylor Swift's "Out Of The Woods".

There is a Voyager in this picture that is captured from a YouTube video.

"Regarding synth I use a lot of different ones like Prophet VS , Mini Moog"

Live 105 not so silent night 2015

Jordan gives a tour of his Studio A, and the Voyager is seen around 0:48.

Minimoog voyager electric blue can be seen to the right of the Hammond organ above his Kurzweil keyboard. from the start of the clip he also demonstrates it in this video.

in this website featuring the keyboards used by brandon, the moog voyager is mentioned.

Building on top of this substructure, Reznor and Ross spent two days recording ancillary melodies on a Moog Minimoog Voyager

Two keyboard racks inside Subconscious Studios (cEvin's studio).

The MOOG Minimoog synthesizer (from the Paris Interstellar Exhibition)

In an [article from *beatportal*](http://news.beatport.com/benny-benassis-righthand-man-cousin-alle-benassi-on-the-ghost-writing-phenomenon/), Alle is asked what's currently used in his studio, he responds, "The core of the studio is a [Mac Pro](http://equipboard.com/items/apple-mac-pro) with [Logic](http://equipboard.com/items/apple-logic-pro-x) and a [Protools HD II](http://equipboard.com/items/avid-pro-tools-hd-2) system with a couple of [Digidesign 96](http://equipboard.com/items/digidesign-96-i-o-analog-digital-converter) interfaces connected to some analog and virtual-analog stuff, such as a [Moog Little Phatty](http://equipboard.com/items/moog-little-phatty-stage-ii-keyboard-synthesizer), Voyager, [Nord Lead 2x](http://equipboard.com/items/nord-lead-2x-rack), [Virus TI](http://equipboard.com/items/access-virus-ti-desktop-synthesizer), [Yamaha CS1x](http://equipboard.com/items/yamaha-cs1x-control-synthesizer), [Sherman Filterbank](http://equipboard.com/items/sherman-filterbank), and so on. There are also lots of virtual instruments, and then to monitor we use a [TL Audio Fat Track](http://equipboard.com/items/tl-audio-fat-track) and a couple of [ADAM S3As](http://equipboard.com/items/adam-s3a-active-monitors)."

You can see Chad using the Minimoog Voyager live

In this photo, Kanye West is seen with a Mini Moog Voyager.

you can see byron using the voyager to play the bassline in "how you sleep at night"

Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello gives a studio tour in this video talking about , Tamborello talks about the new Voyager in his collection: “I mostly like because of these glowing wheels and this Kaos-paddy thing [gives demonstration]."

Like many producers in electronic music I wanted to own my own Moog synth from the beginning. So the Minimoog was one of the first synths I bought when I started to make a little money with my music. I used it a lot in my early productions. My first records under my real name featured sawtooth basslines a lot. This is the synth I made them with. I have to have it serviced, though – it’s not very stable now. That’s why I bought the Voyager two years ago – to have a fully functional Moog synth when I need one. I’m not using it a lot nowadays but I will never sell my Minimoog as it was my first real proper synth.

Even though the Moog Voyager may be presented as a higher standard of synth, I find the SE-1 more interesting and lush, and it has often been used on my older tracks, such as as ‘Freakside’, ‘Portico’, ‘Sea Of Sand’, ‘After Love’ together with Guy Gerber, and many others.

Neal uses the Minimoog Voyager in his own studio.

Photo shows Page playing his Voyager during Summer Tour 2018

A picture from his instagram shows what appears to be a minimoog with the voyager writing, Which can then be confirmed by reading an interview with jerome from this webpage. , http://www.keyboardmag.com/blogentry/917

6th item down listed in recoils equipment list

In this Facebook photo, a Moog Minimoog Voyager can be seen in Basement Jaxx's studio.

On this video she shows her setup of synthesizers. The item can be seen 1:16 into this video on the middle of the rack on the right.

At 0:34 in this stage tour video, Iain shows off his Moog Voyager, among other equipment.

"Things are Sounding and Looking good around here #ShrinerS Moog Voyager +Dave Smith PolyEvolver"

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"VanWyngarden sequenced basslines on the drum machines but also controlled a Moog Minimoog Voyager, which makes the synthesized cowbell sound at the start of the song."

This picture is from Kygo's Music Video "Stole The Show". It show's a back shot of the Mini Moog synth.

used for the track called "adi"

"...@moogmusicinc Voyager and @Roland_US SH101 for arps..."

In this video, Amon Tobin shows some of the equipment in this studio. The Moog Minimoog Voyager appears at 00:10.

you can even see it from the mirror!!

In this black and white photo of Neros' studio you can see at the top of a stack of keyboards a Minimoog Voyager.

at 36:49 you can find the synth behind him!

At 3:14, Dave Spoon explains that he "used the mini moog to actually reprogram the same sound, which is probably hidden behind the [mini]monsta..."

At 1:11 in this vidio, Daniel Mintseris (keyboard player for St. Vincent) is showing Toko's Moog Minimoog Voyager.

In an interview with Keboardmag.com he says he owns a Nord lead 2 and a Minimoog Voyager. "Yes, as well as the Nord Lead 2 I still have, and the Minimoog Voyager."

Claudio owns a moog voyager that he has used for many recordings

Minimoog Voyager can be seen during Alessandro Cortini's "synth cave" tour. The item can be seen 14:02 into this video.

"It sounds really nice!"

There are also some nice sounds where I can add a mini-moog like lead sound (made from the guitar sound thru filters...no MIDI stuff) or add an acoustic to the electric for a nice doubling (Sounds not so good on their own though).

The Minimoog Voyager can be seen as one of the voices Jamie is using to play all of his monosynths as a polysynth in this video.

In this video posted by Eekkoo we can see the Minimoog Voyager. Eekkoo says in the description "Having fun with Ableton Live and the Voyager from moog Music."

in this article we read that he used those tools

"We use an API 1608 desk, various compressors like the Universal Audio 1176s and the blue DBX 160 series. I still prefer my old Lexicon 480L to the digital plug-ins. The latest version of Pro Tools is great to have, because it is very easy to combine all the old gear with that. In ATR, we use the Roland TR-909 as the main drum machine; it’s part of the band’s sound, really. Then we still use the old Akais for ATR, like the S1100 or the S6000 or the MPC 2000XL. They are also part of the band’s identity in a way. Especially when you apply distortion. We also have a lot of modular synths, from the Metasonix Wretchmachine, the ARP 2600, Analogue Solutions Vostok, the Sherman Quad Filterbank and the Moog Voyager with all the external CV gate stuff. We find the Voyager better suited for ATR. My Minimoog just sounds too retro. I love the machine, as so many others (my Korg Trident, Roland Jupiter 8 etc...) but ATR has a certain sound that we stick to. I use all that other stuff more for the Alec Empire solo works. The Atari 1040ST is still the main sequencer for everything. Pro Tools is slaved to that."

Moog Minimoog Voyager in video

In this Sound on Sound Article it says Mark Ronson uses a Moog Voyager Exerpt: As far as hardware instrumentation at Allido goes, Ronson has a collection of synths and vintage keyboards that are constantly in use, including a Moog Voyager, a Roland Juno 106, a Nord Electro and a Hohner Clavinet D6, alongside his trusty Wurlitzer, Rhodes and upright pianos. "It's cool when you have a keyboard that nobody has or isn't using much any more," he says. "One of them I put all over Robbie Williams' 'Lovelight' is the Roland String Ensemble. It comes in with the second chorus and phases through the whole thing doing the big string line. Then there's the gated sound at the beginning of the track, which is me just scratching a synth sound on a [Pioneer] CDJ1000."

she says (in the quote pasted to support her korg mini here, on this same site), that, "yeah, and my moog voyager" - and here it is in her background.

Seen in this Instagram photo

In the attached video you can see the Mini Moog among a ton of other stuffs at the 2:38 mark in the video.

In this image of Dj Promo's studio setup we can see a lot of synthetizers, one of these is **Moog Minimoog Voyager** and we can find it on his left.

Stimming uses a Moog on top of his sequencing and breaks in Ableton Live during his live performances

We can see a Minimoog Voyager in this picture

The Voyager can be seen in his studio during The Uncluded practice photos.

TPS have one Moog Minimoog Voyager

In this photo of Nosa Thing, taken from this [xlr8r article](http://dev.xlr8r.com/gear/2012/11/studio-nosaj-thing), there is a Mini Moog Voyager in front of him.

At 0:07 - 0:08 you can see their keyboardist using the Voyager.

Here Roy is seen on stage, before a show with his band 'Mutemath', being interviewed by JHS Pedals. He is standing next to the Moog Minimoog Voyager, which he uses to get deep synth bass for some of their songs. He talks about using the Moog when recording their third record 'Odd Soul' at 2:46 in this video. "I played bass and I played guitar and all that stuff, but the main sounds, especially in the riffs and verses, really come from this Moog"

"Mark Motherbaugh's keyboard rig comprises a Korg microKORG synth, a Moog Voyager and original Minimoog."

Starting at 2:48 in this video Matador explains how he used the Moog Minimoog Voyager to create the bass line for producing "The Enemy"

In this photo of Odesza working in the studio from July 2017, their Moog Minimoog Voyager synth can be seen below the [Korg Minilogue](http://equipboard.com/items/korg-minilogue-analog-synthesizer).

As seen in the Duran Duran Studio Tour videos on youtube, used extensivly on the album "Paper Gods"

….So stellte ich mir meine eigene Sammlung zusammen, die wirklich auf meinen Sound und meine Arbeitsweise abgestimmt ist. Meine Favoriten sind sicherlich der Moog Voyager, Jupiter, Solina, MS20 und mein Eurorack-Modular- System. Vieles ist Phasenbestimmt, was in meinem Fall sehr für den Prophet, JD800, Z1 etc… gilt. In diesem Moment finde ich z.B. die Mutable Instruments Module unfassbar gut.

In this video at 1:32 you can se the Moog Voyager in his setup.

in this photo we can see his minimoog voyager..

In November 2001, Moog Music (then Big Briar) announced that they planned to release an updated version of the Minimoog. The new synthesizer promised to have modern features, yet continue to be authentic to the original sound quality. The company offered a new synthesizer to the customer who could come up with a name for the project. Early in 2002, they announced that the synthesizer would be named the "Minimoog Voyager". Late in the summer of 2002, Moog Music began shipping the new Voyagers. Occasionally a new system software release is made available, which can be downloaded from Moog Music's website and sent to the Voyager via MIDI. Recent software versions allow complex internal patching of control voltages, a very powerful and convenient feature for the user. Also available is the VX-351 Voyager Expander, an external box that is wired to the Voyager featuring 25 control-voltage outputs for physical CV patching. Recent versions of the Voyager software expand the original 128-patch memory to 896 patches by implementing seven selectable banks, A to G, with 128 patches each. The current model (2007) has most of the patches pre-programmed in groups corresponding to earlier software releases.

The Minimoog synthesizer is used Charly García at the time of Seru Giran

So what do you think of these modern analogue synths such as the Moog Voyager and Dave Smith Prophet 08 which have their heritage in classic instruments?

In this interview, Liam Howlett explaind his adventure with the Minimoog: "I did something really silly about a year ago -- I had loads of analogue gear (including) a Minimoog... and I got rid of (it)! I played a JD800 in a shop, and thought it was pretty cool; it seemed to have the analogue feel. (...) When I got the JD800 home, I knew within a week I wasn't happy with it. I'm definitely getting the Minimoog back!"

At 0:03 in this video, Classixx's Minimoog Voyager can be seen.

In this Vine video we can see a Moog Voyager's back panel.

The Minimoog Voyager is shown on the left side of this photo on Noah "40" Shebib's instagram page

In this Facebook photo, the Voyager can be seen next to Mikey on the far right edge of the picture

He says, "i can’t get away from the Moog Voyager for bass sounds. "

in this live footage you see a Moog synth next to Svein, based on shape and button layout it's a minimoog and you can see a small screen at times proving it's a Voyager.

In this article there is a complete description of Butch's studio equipment. The Moog Minimoog Voyager is vital part of it. For more information regarding this product check out the website!

The Minimoog can be seen 3:32 into this video

The synthesizer is in the shelf behind him.

listed 10th down in rogers keyboard section

Paula Temple has uploaded a photo to her facebook page stating she was back in the studio. In this photo, you can see, to the right a Moog Minimoog Voyager.

Shown playing the Minimoog Voyager on the Years In A Day live video

Minimoog Voyager off to the left side

Bottom of the page under Music Gear Mentioned

Seen on a stand at 7:54 in the video.

"I had my Moog Voyager and my Micromoog."

Captioned "New toy, thank you @ovo40 #voyager" Jordan shows us his new Voyager

Here's Nina posing with a Voyager. I'm assuming she used it to make some records because who would just sit next to a Minimoog and not play it?!

In this video, Adam presents the gear he uses for the Steven Wilson tours.

in the first 30 seconds you can see it

His Voyager can be seen at 1:31

You can see the Voyager in this picture of Tosca's studio

On Twitter, VPX says, "Time to play with the Voyager!" in another tweet directly afterwards, he clarified: "Moog Voyager, that is."

moog synthesizer in the background

Da Dough tweeted out that he was gonna start playing with the Voyager Synth on March 8th, 2017.

See last question

Are they more like vintage toys or do you frequently use them in the studio? "I do use them on my tracks. If something needs to be done quickly I'll turn to plugins, but I also take the time to use outboard gear, especially the Yamaha CS80, which I use a lot for pads, or the Minimoog for bass. "Everything does have its purpose and I know what to go to. The way I've got my studio rigged up, a lot of the synths have MIDI retrofit, so you can stick them on a MIDI track and send them out to whatever board you want to use."

"Got keys:" This is from their fb photos. They can usually be seen using Ableton during live gigs.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Ader

Seen in this studio photo on instagram

Listen on the equipment page of artist's website, also seen in studio photos and interview videos

spotted in the video

0:12 he used it in his studio

“Amazing for MIDI but it’s too stable and the filter isn’t as good as the old Moog synths. It’s great though. The octave switches are... phwoar. You just need to crank it on to tape and then it sounds potent.”

Moog Minimoog Voyager

In this picture of Simon in the studio, a Moog Voyager can be seen on his right

This [tweet from the Soft Moon's account](https://twitter.com/thesoftmoon/status/190681143954247680) shows the face of an Anniversary Edition Voyager.

Chris uses a Moog Minimoog Voyager

Mioux Mioux or Julian Corrie is using this on tour with Franz Ferdinand in 2018. It can be seen 15 secconds into the video.

"On the album though, a lot of the synths are from this really amazing studio called Panoramic House Studio in Bolinas, California, and it's just filled with these beautiful vintage synths. There's a Voyager and ARP Odysseys all over it. There's the Jupiter-6."

Bought in London directly from the engineer R.Moog in 1972, Roby used this synth to write and perform the beginning instrumental part of the famous "Noi due nel mondo e nell'anima". He was called the "italian Keith Emerson"

At the very beginning of the clip, you can see the top right corner of the Minimoog Voyager. You can tell by the layout of the knobs and the screen in the center of the synth.

Used as Moog Synth Bass

from the equipment list on his website