voyager librarian/editor

[rushton]

is it worth getting

[OurDarkness]

I would like to know that too. Did you find that saving patches in the Voyager is a pain in the a$$?

[duvalle]

i like the librarian. it's easy to use and a big helper at times.
best feature imho is the "Genetics" function ...

[nikseven]

i think it is totally worth getting, even just for backing up your patches. i once lent a voyager out to a festival desperate for backline, and the player who used it loaded in his own patches for the show using the editor, and then set it back to the factory default sounds at the end of the show, thinking he was doing me a favor, but in reality erasing all of my patches. total pain in the ass, and i bought the editor/librarian the next day. also provides peace of mind if you ever have to send your voyager in for repair.

it is also great for keeping your voyager organized, re-arranging banks and categories in a way that suits your workflow. if you are building your patches/sounds with the editor software launched, it is also a lot faster and easier to rename and save patches. i also have two voyagers, and i often use the editor/librarian to copy patches from one synth to the other.

the genetics thing is pretty cool too, but i haven't really used it much.

[ProFool]

I don't use it very much but it's nice to have around for backing up presets or installing presets that are normally not on the voyager etc. I have a electric blue with the original patches and I installed as well the others from the RME version and another one I cant recall right now.

[Zombie Stomper]

I think it's worth getting, although at the same time I think it's ridiculous that we dropped upwards of $3K on a synth and then we get charged for an editor. Honeslty, Moog couldn't just throw that in as a "Thanks for giving us 3 grand"?

[nikseven]

Originally Posted by Zombie Stomper

I think it's worth getting, although at the same time I think it's ridiculous that we dropped upwards of $3K on a synth and then we get charged for an editor. Honeslty, Moog couldn't just throw that in as a "Thanks for giving us 3 grand"?

i would imagine that's probably because it's third party software developed by Soundtower. when you purchase the librarian from the Moog site, it redirects you and you actually buy it from Soundtower not Moog.

[Zombie Stomper]

Originally Posted by nikseven

i would imagine that's probably because it's third party software developed by Soundtower. when you purchase the librarian from the Moog site, it redirects you and you actually buy it from Soundtower not Moog.

Hmm, I actually did not know that (I have not yet purchased the Moog editor). This changes my opinion, but only slightly. Wouldn't most hardware companies outsource their editor software to someone? If you buy a Dave Smith instrument you get the editor for free; did Dave Smith Instruments create those apps?

[vibralux]

Fukk the editor - I also think that when You buy that kind of synth such thigs are standard. I have a Voyager EB and that really pisses me off. They should look at Access audio. My Virus TI gets super updates every half a year and its for free. Why? Cause I spent 2 k on their synth. That greedy aspect of Moog sucks big time and its simply pathetic
MArty

[duvalle]

Originally Posted by vibralux

Fukk the editor - I also think that when You buy that kind of synth such thigs are standard. I have a Voyager EB and that really pisses me off. They should look at Access audio. My Virus TI gets super updates every half a year and its for free. Why? Cause I spent 2 k on their synth. That greedy aspect of Moog sucks big time and its simply pathetic
MArty

beside the part about fugging the editor, you are 100% right!
access does a great job when it comes to updates.
moog makes analog hardware and i see the software part more as an addon.