ASHEVILLE, NC – September 30, 2015 – After 13 years & 14,000 instruments, production of the Minimoog Voyager is coming to an end. Moog will lovingly handcraft 600 final units of the Minimoog Voyager at their factory in downtown Asheville, NC before saying goodbye.

The Minimoog Voyager is the foundation of the modern Moog synthesizer. When it went into production in 2002, it signaled the rebirth of Moog Music, and the re-emergence of the analog synthesizer as a viable creative tool in our increasingly digital world. The design philosophy behind the Minimoog Voyager set the pattern for all of Moog’s subsequent work: where beauty, high mechanical quality, and sonic excellence are equally paramount in the service of musical ideas. The Minimoog Voyager is an embodiment of this ideology, and a wellspring of inspiration for Moog’s instrument design now and into the future.

Most importantly, the Minimoog Voyager is the last synthesizer that Bob Moog designed from start to finish. His DNA is in the circuits of this machine, and it is the culmination of Dr. Moog’s life’s work, which was dedicated to electronic musical instrument design.

Recently, Moog had the honor of sitting down with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, the genre-defining music innovator, master synthesist and Academy Award winning composer. In the interview, Reznor recounts his intimate relationship with the Minimoog Voyager, which he feels “is the archetype of what a synthesizer is and should be.” Through personal stories, Reznor reveals his decades long history with the instrument and how it has shaped the way he views and creates music. The video is set to an original score by British electronic music producer, The Haxan Cloak, co-producer of Bjork’s Vulnicura.. Befitting the occasion, the artist used a Minimoog Voyager and a prototype Mother-32, Moog’s newest synthesizer, to create the score.

Over the course of its 13-year production run, the Minimoog Voyager has become one of the most iconic analog synthesizers in history. Its impact on modern music can be heard on countless records and seen on stages around the world with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Dr. Dre, Radiohead, Herbie Hancock, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Daft Punk and Bjork.

The Minimoog Voyager is still available in limited quantities at stocking dealers in Performer and Electric Blue versions while supplies last. For pricing and availability, please visit www.moogmusic.com/dealers.

As a thank you to existing Minimoog Voyager owners, Moog Music is offering 20% off on all Minimoog Voyager upgrades, modifications and calibrations to domestic customers until the end of the year. Contact [email protected] for more information.



http://www.moogmusic.com/news/end-voyage-final-production-iconic-synthesizer

New Moog Product! Mother-32

The Moog Mother-32 is the first tabletop semi-modular synthesizer from Moog. It is a distinctive analog instrument that adds raw analog sound, sequencing and extensive interconnectivity to any electronic or modular ecosystem. This expansive new live performance and production instrument is handcrafted in Asheville, NC and has been meticulously designed to provide musicians with a diverse array of creative tools to inspire new music, unique sound and endless sonic exploration.

Mother-32 comes secured in a rugged extruded aluminum enclosure with wood sides and features a voltage controlled 32-step sequencer with 64 sequence locations, definitive Moog low pass and high pass Ladder Filter, 2 voltage controlled mixers, a classic Moog oscillator with dual outputs, wide-range LFO with audio-rate modulation capability, MIDI input and MIDI to CV conversion, white noise, a modular patchbay with 32 patch-points for extended synthesis complexity and an assignable CV jack with 16 assignable sources.

• Semi-Modular design requires no patching for swift, inspired music creation

• Voltage Controlled 32 Step Sequencer with 64 Sequence Locations

• Low Pass & High Pass Moog Ladder Filter (20Hz–20kHz) with voltage controlled resonance

• External audio input for processing outside sound sources

• Definitive Moog oscillator with Pulse and Sawtooth wave outputs

• 5-pin MIDI input and MIDI to CV converter

• 32 Modular Patch Points (Includes 5 patch cables)

• 2 Voltage controlled mixers

• Superb companion to Werkstatt 01, Minitaur and other synthesizers

• Main module can be easily transferred into a Eurorack skiff or case

• Mount 2 or 3 units vertically with optional 2 and 3 Tier kits

• Complete solution for new Eurorack users – no other items required

http://www.moogmusic.com/sight-and-sound/product_demo/introducing-mother-32

 

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Are they mad?
Why are they stopping making such a great synth?
People still buy them

 

or they will make something better or they will invest in cheaper models that make more money... wait until they sell all the the stokc minimoogs?!?

 

This isn't good. They've shut down a big chunk of their product line up over the last year. Some of the mooger foogers got mothballed too. Looks like it did the first time around.

 

Hey Guys,
Is Moog in trouble due to committing to the Modulars?
My Mad Dad said that it kinda went quite when they shut down in the 80's
Really hope not.
Such a good company.

 

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It's very sad to read about the end of an era, but everything has it's day and technology doesn't sit still for a second. Even though The Voyager will be highly sought after in 10 years time, there will be something to come along which will make it sound dated.

 

so basicly the voyager is going bon voyage?

 

its such a great synth, such a shame, oh well.... looks like the voyager XL will live on though!

 

That Arturia emulation sounds really good.

 

All good things come to an end!

 

 

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page updated for mother 32 release

http://www.moogmusic.com/sight-and-sound/product_demo/introducing-mother-32

 

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Thanks Oysters, that sounded delicious. I was tempted to go have a listen to an Arturia Softsynth after watching that video, but it just wouldn't be fair on it.

 

Title changed since I came with a comment! INTERESTING REALLY ODD ETC!

What I comment to was:
Goodbye Moog Voyager

 

So they can delight us with something better and newer full of awesomeness potentialness

 

Exactly

 

That is a very nice piece of gear indeed.

 

I got the 3 Tier config of the Mother32, will get end of the month, can't wait to tweak those beasts!

As far as the Voyager, I have read very split opinions, Reznor loves it, but a lot of others say that it sounds too polite compared to a minimoog, I was thinking about it but never got to pull the trigger, I instead got the Prophet 6 and now with 3 x mother32's i got a good sound pallet together with some other synths I already had.