OBERHEIM SYNTH

recently picked up an ob-sx, it has a switch on the back to flip 
between banks of preset patches, but nothing happens when you flip the 
switch, maybe you have to press a button as well?, i don't have a 
manual, anyone know how to do it?

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "synthy55" <synthy55@...> wrote:
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> 
> recently picked up an ob-sx, it has a switch on the back to flip 
> between banks of preset patches, but nothing happens when you flip 
the 
> switch, maybe you have to press a button as well?, i don't have a 
> manual, anyone know how to do it?
>

I'm not completely sure, but I think the bank select switch is there 
for an _optional_ EPROM containing more patches.  If you look inside 
the OB-SX, you'll probably see an empty EPROM socket somewhere on the 
main circuit board.

I used to have an OB-SX. If you have the 56 patch version, the switch 
has no effect. You select the patches using a combination of the bank 
buttons: A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, ABC, plus the patch number button. You 
end up with a total of 56 patches using all of the combinations. I am 
guessing it is something similar with the other versions.


--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "Paul White" <pjwhite@...> wrote:

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> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "synthy55" <synthy55@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > recently picked up an ob-sx, it has a switch on the back to flip 
> > between banks of preset patches, but nothing happens when you flip 
> the 
> > switch, maybe you have to press a button as well?, i don't have a 
> > manual, anyone know how to do it?
> >
> 
> I'm not completely sure, but I think the bank select switch is there 
> for an _optional_ EPROM containing more patches.  If you look inside 
> the OB-SX, you'll probably see an empty EPROM socket somewhere on the 
> main circuit board.
>

That's right.  I just looked up the ECO (Engineering Change Order) 
that mentions this switch as being redundant.  Starting with the new 
paint scheme in 1981 (blue stripes instead of the gray accents), this 
switch was eliminated altogether and all OB-SXs came with 56 programs.
On an older OB-SX, it's possible that it was upgraded to the 56 
program version but the switch was never removed.


--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "litemakr" <litemakr@...> wrote:
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> I used to have an OB-SX. If you have the 56 patch version, the 
switch 
> has no effect. You select the patches using a combination of the 
bank 
> buttons: A, B, C, AB, AC, BC, ABC, plus the patch number button. 
You 
> end up with a total of 56 patches using all of the combinations. I 
am 
> guessing it is something similar with the other versions.
> 
> 
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "Paul White" <pjwhite@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "synthy55" <synthy55@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > recently picked up an ob-sx, it has a switch on the back to 
flip 
> > > between banks of preset patches, but nothing happens when you 
flip 
> > the 
> > > switch, maybe you have to press a button as well?, i don't have 
a 
> > > manual, anyone know how to do it?
> > >
> > 
> > I'm not completely sure, but I think the bank select switch is 
there 
> > for an _optional_ EPROM containing more patches.  If you look 
inside 
> > the OB-SX, you'll probably see an empty EPROM socket somewhere on 
the 

> > main circuit board.
> >
>