Xpantastic!

PeWe wrote:

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>
> You cannot detune the 6 voices of a Xpander separately, even not in 
> "unison mode".
> You don\ufffdt even can detune a patch, you loaded in each slot of a 
> multipatch in a Xpander and like you can w/ a Matrix-12.
> There\ufffds no detune page in the Xpander.
> As a workaround, you can store the same patch to 6 single patch memory 
> locations, each version of this patch slightly detuned already,- then 
> load in a multipatch and adjust volume and pan there and play all unison.
> But this wastes 6 memory locations for each unison-detune sound.
>
> That\ufffds the benefit of a Matrix-12,- 6 more voices, the detune page and 
> the modulation page for better visability of used modulation sources 
> and destinations,- that\ufffds all.

But only 2 outputs for M12?

> Matrix-1000 has a unison mode already and is cheap,- stack 4 and 
> detune \ufffdem globally against each other while each being in unison mode.
>
> I don\ufffdt know if the Matrix-1000 has enough processing power for your 
> planned hack.
> It has the same processor than Matrix-12 and Xpander,- but the Xpander 
> has 2 already.
>
> In the Matrix-12,  there are simply 2 voiceboards you stack.
>
> You can put Matrix-1000 and Xpander in "guitar" mode,- so each voice 
> receives pitch bend data separately on different MIDI channels.


> With a sequencer, you can detune the voices that way, or if you own a 
> MIDI processor w/ the ability storing and transmitting MIDI CC offset 
> data to different MIDI channels, you can do it that way in realtime.
> If the sequencer or MIDI processor is able to store sysex commands in 
> addition and transmitting these, in strictly sequencial order and 
> together w/ MIDI program change commands as well as MIDI CC offsets, 
> to the Matrix-1000, you\ufffdd be able to remotely switch between operation 
> modes like normal operation, unison mode and "guitar" mode.

This (using pitchbend to change detune) sounds like the best solution.

Jeremy.

>
> Look at the MIDI specs in the manual.