Bob Moog Foundation Announces Fundraising Raffle for Minimoog Voyager XL Signed by Thomas Dolby
February 2, 2026 (Asheville, NC) — The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce its winter fundraising raffle for a Minimoog Voyager XL signed by the legendary musician and tech innovator Thomas Dolby. The Minimoog Voyager XL, serial number 0745, is in excellent physical and technical condition. It is valued at $7,500.
The raffle begins at 7 am on February 2, 2026 and ends at 11:59 pm (ET) on February 23, 2026. Tickets are $25 each, five for $100, 12 for $200, and 35 for $500. All proceeds benefit the three hallmark projects of the Bob Moog Foundation: Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum, located in downtown Asheville, NC. The raffle is open internationally. Tickets can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/ThomasDolbyVoyagerXL.
The Minimoog Voyager XL was released in 2010 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the iconic Minimoog Model D. It builds on the original Voyager, which was released in 2002, with an expanded 61-note keyboard, ribbon controller, additional LFO modulation bus, and an extensive front-panel analog patch bay that opens the Voyager up to a more modular approach to creating sounds with more flexibility than any previous Voyager model. Like the original Minimoog Model D released in 1971, it features three wide-range voltage controlled oscillators, one noise source, two resonant filters, an external audio input, two ADSR envelopes and an LFO.
“The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to be offering the Minimoog Voyager XL, the most expansive version of the last synthesizer that Bob Moog designed” stated Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “We are honored to celebrate Thomas Dolby’s deep legacy of creativity and innovation through his participation with this raffle.”
Thomas Dolby is an English musician, record producer, composer, and professor. Early in his career he was a session musician who played a crucial role in Foreigner’s 1981 album 4, contributing signature synthesizer sounds, most famously on "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "Urgent," helping propel the album to #1. He also played keyboards and synthesizers for Def Leppard’s iconic 1983 album Pyromania and later collaborated with George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic, the Thompson Twins, and many others. Dolby is known for his creative, genre bending approach to songwriting.
Dolby came to prominence in the early 1980s, releasing hit singles including “She Blinded Me with Science" (1982) and "Hyperactive" (1984). In the 1990s, Dolby founded Beatnik, a Silicon Valley software company whose technology was used to play internet audio and later ringtones. He was also the music director for TED Conferences from 2001 to 2012. In 2014 he joined the faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where he leads the New Media Program.
“The essence of the Voyager XL is that it's the best of all worlds. It's got the modular capability, ribbon bend controller, MIDI, and presets created by some of the foremost synthesists of our time” noted Dolby. “It’s everything that we liked about the original Minimoog in a modern package.”
Thomas Dolby was gifted a Voyager XL at Moogfest 2012, when he was awarded the Moog Innovation Award by Moog Music, Inc.
About the Bob Moog Foundation
Founded in 2005, the Bob Moog Foundation is dedicated to carrying on the innovative legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog. Through programs like Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum, the organization inspires the next generation of musicians and innovators by blending science, music, technology, and education. For more information, visit https://moogfoundation.org/
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