A manufacturer of synthesizers and electronic music equipment from about 1975-1985. Originally founded as Octave Electronics by Carmen Bonanno. Its first product was the Cat, a performance synth similar in concept to the ARP Odyssey. However, it both improved on the Odyssey in several respects (such as suboscillators for both VCOs), and it cost less. This made it a sales success, enough so that ARP threatened to sue, but that went nowhere. In 1979 Octave bought Plateau Electronics, a synth service center, and took Octave-Plateau as the combined name. This had no immediate effect on the product catalog, but Octave had some research work up its sleeve. The lack of sales for the Voyetra put the company in a financial crimp, and in 1985, it decided to change direction. The company developed Sequencer Plus, the first successful MIDI sequencer package to run on an ordinay personal computer. At this time, the company decided to adopt Voyetra as its company name. Voyetra Sequencer Plus went on to sell millions of copies. The company continued to develop sequencer and audio processing software packages, and also made a business out of developing driver software for the early PC sound cards. Voyetra’s sound card drivers were bundled with computers sold by many of the large PC manufacturers, resulting in a long-lasting stream of royalty revenues. The company merged with Turtle Beach in 1996. It has stopped all development of music products; today it focuses on products for gaming and multimedia audio. (Source http://electronicmusic.wikia.com)