OBERHEIM SYNTH

word. possibly one of the best midi contollers out there. -pc

On Dec 15, 2010, at 6:38 PM, "LarryS" <vision1@...> wrote:

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> > 
> > Well, the Systemizer was basically an XK without the keyboard.
> 
> Possibly, but the Xk has no midi in port.
> 
> > 
> > The XK was a MIDI controller that did some rather nice stuff. It was
> > originally designed as the controller for the Oberheim 
> > Xpander, but MIDI
> > being what it is it worked with all kinds of keyboards.
> > 
> 
> Now see, when I bought mine, the sales guy said it was the "other half" of
> the Matrix 6R and had come out at the same time.
> 
> Figures.
> 
> > It was quite light -- it was very shallow, with a two space 
> > LED display and
> > not much else on the case except some buttons to program it. 
> > It had, IIRC,
> > 76 keys and the obligatory two wheels.
> 
> tut,tut!!
> No wheels, champ!!
> Oberheim didn't transact wheels! Wheels were for dinosaur Moogs and Moog
> wannabes. Oberheim had those incredibly cool LEVERS (that I still prefer to
> most others). 
> 
> 61 notes, only.
> 
> > The systemizer is a combination of the 
> > wonderful key
> > mapping options of the XK along with some additional 
> > functions. I used one
> > live for a while to very good effect. What I wanted was a 
> > Systemizer with
> > two MIDI in ports and 4 MIDI out ports, as my rig got too big 
> > to just use 16
> > MIDI channels. 
> 
> The Xk *did* have cool mapping features. Way ahead of its time, IIRC. 3
> zones
> 
> I still use one.
> 
> L. 
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