Moog Music Minimoog Voyager XL - Manual (Page 32)

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Voyager XL User’s Manual - The Components
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Voyager XL User’s Manual - The Components
I – Ribbon Controller
The 500mm Ribbon Controller is located on
the middle wooden rail of the Voyager XL. The
Ribbon’s center point is lined up with ‘Middle-
C’ on the 61-note keyboard. The Ribbon can
be used to impart complex gestures to a given
sound by touching the ribbon, by moving a
finger around on it or by tapping it. Unlike the other real-time performance controllers on the Voyager
XL, however, the Ribbon Controller isn’t ‘hardwired’ to control one specific parameter; instead, it must be
physically connected on the Modular Patch Panel to have an effect on the sound. This arrangement gives the
Ribbon Controller the ability to control any single parameter or a group of Voyager XL parameters, and can
also be used to control our Moogerfooger® line of analog effects and other CV-compatible equipment.
Functionally, finger movements to the right of the Ribbon’s center point will cause the CV output to
increase, while finger movements to the left of the center will cause the CV output to decrease. The Ribbon
Controller output is sampled and is available as CV-OUT and GATE OUT on the Patch Panel.
Ribbon Controller CV Outputs on the Patch Panel:
CV OUT -
The signal on the Ribbon CV OUT jack is the control voltage of the last fingered ribbon position (-5V to
+5V). The Ribbon voltage is also the default output of the ATTENUATOR CH 2 module on the Patch Panel
(if nothing is plugged into ATTENUATOR CH 2, the output is the Ribbon CV).
GATE OUT -
The GATE OUT jack provides a gate trigger signal that is generated whenever finger pressure is applied to
the ribbon controller (+5V ON, 0V OFF).
A common use of the Ribbon Controller is to control pitch, but the Patch Panel offers many other
interesting routing possibilities for the Ribbon. For example, you can create finger-controlled Timbre
Modulation by patching the Ribbon GATE OUT through an ATTENUATOR to the Filter CUTOFF. Adjust
the Attenuator AMOUNT knob as you tap anywhere on the Ribbon to select the desired amount of effect.
This type of effect works best with presets that have a moderate Filter Cutoff setting.