Xpantastic!

Hey, Thanks for that, Ive spoken to a couple of those people already funnily enough (benden and synthparts. You think the DAC is worth having a spare one of too then? Is there one of those inside or 6 do you know?
The guy who teched mine didnt think Id have a problem with the screens, think its been in storage for a long while- they are very bright and have no fading anywhere. I might grab one of the benden ones on the next run just in case, its great that he did that. :) Be nice if someone mass produced another run of CEMs just to future proof  us but I cant see that happening. 

--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, blchrr@... wrote:
>
> Nice demos there Andy.
> The CEM chips labels are 3374 for the dual vco and 3372 for the vcf chip, i 
> think you will be able to find the 3372 filter chips quite easily on ebay, 
> but the dual vco chip is harder to find- i think they do pop up on ebay from 
> time to time, but i think thats going to be your best bet for those, also 
> check some of the vintage parts suppliers:
> www.synthparts.com
> http://www.vintageplanet.nl/
> I just checked and synthparts have them in stock, they also have the HS3140C 
> dac in stock which is another hard to find part.. 
> 
> My tech buddy built some replacement display boards for the xpander, check 
> it out:
> http://www.lenham.clara.net/sound/xpander.html 
> 
> Hope that helps! 
> 
> 
> > Hello, finally got hold of an xpander last week, absolutely love it. Some of my first sounds out of it here: http://soundcloud.com/t1b/sets/xpander/ 
> > 
> > Im not really a vintage chap but I make exception for the XP, always amazes me that no-one has ever really topped it in the 25 years it has been out. I guess the andromeda came close but since its not a desktop synth and looks like a mid 90's car stereo Im ruling it out. 
> > 
> > Anyway, Ive a few questions: 
> > 
> > CEM's- anyone know of anywhere with a few spare VCO and filter chips. Is that all I should be stocking up on or is there anything else prone to faliure? 
> > 
> > OS- Im not on the most recent OS (think Im on 1.0 and 1.2), everything is running perfect so Im tempted to leave as is- is there anything Im missing out on by not upgrading? Was it just a bug fix upgrade? 
> > 
> > Manual: I have a PDF I can print though I was wondering if anywhere stocks printed & bound manuals? 
> > 
> > Cheers, 
> > 
> > Andy/tIB/sonofprent 
> > 
> >
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