Models
The first 600 units could be preordered at the price of US$3495 and featured Bob Moog's personal autograph. The standard edition continues to sell for US$2995. Apart from the signature and price, the models are identical. Wood finish on the models is offered in walnut, cherry or maple.
Minimoog Voyager Select Series (2011)For 2004, Moog Music released a limited 50th Anniversary Edition Voyager (AE). The wood cabinet was painted black and the control panel was backlit using electroluminescent technology. 2005 marked the end of production of these units, however Moog Music continues to sell a backlit model called the Electric Blue that features an iridescent blue cabinet finish. Both of these models have the same sound features of the non-backlit models but sell for US$3295. They now offer a customizable version of the Electric Blue named the Select Series, in which the customer can choose between mahogany, electric blue, traditional ash, white wash, maple, black, cherry, and walnut cabinets with red, blue, white, orange, green, or purple backlighting. Their retail price is the same as that of the Electric Blue model.
In 2005, Moog Music released the Voyager Rack Mount Edition (RME), a synthesizer based on the Voyager. The RME was designed to occupy 5 spaces in a 19-inch rack. The model has all of the features of other Voyagers but does not include a touch panel control and is sold without a keyboard. The RME is designed to be controlled via MIDI. Up to 16 RME Voyagers can be combined to achieve polyphony.
In April, 2008, Moog Music released the Minimoog Voyager Old School (Voyager OS). The Voyager OS has enhanced modulation busses, which are just modulation busses with more sources on the panel to compensate for the lack of software and an operating system. The Voyager OS also does not have a touch pad or MIDI inputs and outputs. Unlike other Voyagers, it features a keyboard pitch CV out and keyboard gate CV out, without the aid of the VX-351. The Voyager OS's pitch bender is set to +/- 7 semitones, and can be modified by an internal jumper. The OS is sold with only one wood panelling option, "traditional ash". However, a few limited edition models were housed in white wash cabinets. As of January 15, 2009, the Voyager Old School has been discontinued.
In late 2010, for the 40th anniversary of the Minimoog Model D, Moog Music released the Minimoog Voyager XL model. It is an expanded Voyager that includes, in addition to the original Voyager features, a larger 61-note keyboard, a ribbon controller, an additional LFO/modulation bus, and most notably, an analog patch bay on the far left of the instrument—providing a similar modular functionality to the VX-series products.
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