Samples From Mars – Voyetra (WAV, SXT, KONTAKT, EXS, ALS)

By | March 22, 2018

 

Voyetra is a rare, polyphonic 8 voice analog synthesizer rack designed in New York in the early 80s that many people consider to be one of the most sounding analog synthesizers ever built. Not even Jupiters can compete with this thing in terms of sound. Plasters are huge – wide open, and lush, with thick bass, juicy resonance, a unique source of direct current modulation (making it sound like chains die in the most beautiful fashion), linear FM and classic sync. It was used by people like New Order, The Eurythmics, Neon Indian and Dennis Ferrer (Our unit toured with Edgar Winter).

Content:
Ableton Live 9.5 (Not Intro)
Kontakt 5 (Will not work with Kontakt Player)
Logic 9+
Reason 5+

Additional Information:
One of the Best Sounding Analog Polysynths of All Time The Voyetra Eight is a rare, polyphonic 8 voice analog rack synth developed in New York in the early 80s that one of the best sounding analog synthesizers ever built. Not even the Jupiters can compete with this thing in terms of sound. The patches are huge, wide open, and lush, with thick bass, juicy resonance, unique DC source modulation (which makes it sound the most in the most beautiful fashion), linear FM and classic sync.
It’s been used by people like New Order, the Eurythmics, Neon Indian and Dennis Ferrer (Our unit toured with Edgar Winter).
Our Process We started by having our Voyetra completely tuned and calibrated to perfection by one of the original engineers who helped design the synth-it was not cheap but the unit came back sounding unbelievably good, so it was well worth it.
Programming was overwhelming. You can layer two completely independent 4 voice patches with separate filters, envelopes, modulations and waveforms, and the results are unreal. Another cool trick for bass is to make one very resonant, funky enveloped sound, and layered with a completely unresonant, simple and fat waveform.
We really took our time when creating hardware patches. Every day we thought we were done, this thing just had more stuff we had to capture. We’ve learned every aspect of the synth, hooking up our midi to XLR cables (?), Programming through the intensely complex front panel editing system, and also on the computer with Midi Quest. We layered patches and used complex modulations, but also captured many single oscillator basic waveshapes. Then, we have multi-sampled it, often recording all the patches to tape, shaping others with tube saturation, API preamp, and Moog filter, but making sure to track many patches with no processing whatsoever.
The results – Gigantic polysynths, modulating leads, distorted organs, synth pop bass, complex modulations, punchy pads and absolutely insane FX. Enjoy the sounds of this rare beauty!

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