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Re: [xpantastic] Re: Why no Xpander mod. matrix implementation?

2011-08-06 by Karl Schmeer

Hi Matt,


>The mod matrix page is accessed through the "Misc" page, correct? So the 
>implementation is based on hardware that already exists on the Xpander i.e. you 

>wouldn't be giving up any other buttons. 
Yep

>So the big question is: would the mod matrix become available if you used M12 
>roms in the Xpander? Has anyone tried? I too could easily give up the cv/gate 
>ins... 

AFAIK it has never been tried before. I would want to take a long serious look 
at the schematics and hardware
for each synth before I would even try it.

Best

Karl 

________________________________
From: vrazomatt <vrazomatt@...>
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, August 5, 2011 10:17:15 AM
Subject: [xpantastic] Re: Why no Xpander mod. matrix implementation?

--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, Karl Schmeer <shire03@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Matt,
> 
> I should have been more clear. I am assuming the digital boards of both the 
> Xpander and the M12 are the same.
> I really don't know if they are, but if so, it would seem you could take a set 

> of coppied ROMs from an M12 and put them into an Xpander.  Giving the Xpander 

> the Modulation list page. However since the M12 roms never supported 
> the 6 CV/gate  inputs they would not exsist to the firmware.

> On th M12, the modulation page gives you a list of all 20 modulation routings. 
>
> You can change the amount or the destination. IÂ find it most useful to delete 

> unused ones when I need more for some reason. 
> But there is a bug. If you access the modulation page, for some reason it turns 
>
>
> off any quantization you may have set up.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: vrazomatt <vrazomatt@...>
> To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, August 4, 2011 10:56:27 AM
> Subject: [xpantastic] Re: Why no Xpander mod. matrix implementation?
> 
> >Karl,
> 
> >I presume you are talking about the 6 cv/gate inputs (not the CV pedal inputs, 
>
>
> >which I assume the M12 has as well)? If so, there is no direct 
>CV-as-mod-source 
>
> 
> >ability now, so I'm not sure why this would have to be addressed in the 
> >mod-matrix? 
> 
> 
> >From my understanding, the mod matrix is just a compendium of all mod 
>routings, 
>
> 
> >addressed though the already existing "misc" page, so no additional coding 
>would 
>
> >
> >be necessary. 
> 
> >Anyways, I guess this is all just academic unless someone feels like writing 
> >something up!:) 
> 
> > 
> > Am 04.08.2011 08:59, schrieb Karl Schmeer:
> > >
> > > So if even if someone copied
> > > the ROMs from an M12 and was successful in getting it to work in an 
> > > Xpander. you would still lose the
> > > code to control the CV inputs.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards
> > >
> > > Karl
> > >
> >
>

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