Xpantastic!

I totally agree that hardware controllers are the way to go. Nothing beats building a sound 
up by twiddling knobs on the machine itself!

The thing is, I find editing the Xpander using the six rotary controls very unsatisfying. It's 
the only part of the fine machine I dislike. Not to mention the strain one is putting on 24 
year old technology by editing on the machine.

Developing a software editing solution comes a very poor second  IMO, but if it means I 
can use my Xpander for years to come, I'm prepared to go for it. 

Wouldn't it be great if someone built a hardware controller specifically for the Xpander, 
where each param had its own pot!

The Solaris does look lovely. I WAS saving for one of the Prophet 08s, but that Solaris has 
grabbed my attention somewhat instead!



--- In xpantastic@...m, "envia94" <akva@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the link to the Waldorf Pulse editor. Pulse is one of my favourites too, but 
still 
> Oberheims sound much better in their own way. There are probably so few Xpanders left  
in 
> comparison to Pulses that in comparison it would not very well pay off to make a VST 
editor 
> for Xpander.
> 
> On the other hand, a simple general hardware editor would do fine, I, for example, don't 
> want to take the time and efforts of using computers all the time. I prefered a simple 
and 
> quick interface like that of the John Boven's Solaris to be released in the near future. 
Maybe 
> that's the way to go after Xpander and Matrix-12. Still I think, I'll 'never' sell mine, 
because 
> they cannot but getting rarer and rarer.
> 
> Take a look!
> http://www.johnbowen.com/
> 
> Best regards,
> Tiitu.
>