Xpantastic!

Tony Cappellini wrote:
> The sysex header for sending a patch to the xpander contains one byte
> which indicates the patch number.
>
> However, There is an independant edit buffer which allows you to edit
> a patch remotely (and locally to, I think) without affecting any of
> the patches
> already stored in locations 1-100
>
> This edit buffer allows you to tweak patches, and compare the edit to
> the original, when you are inMulti Mode
> Oberheim thought of everything and they sure had some great software
> engineers who could squeeze out ever bit of capability out of a
> 1.89Mhz 6809!
> (although, I do wish the envelopes were generated in hardware instead
> of software)
>   
Well, I figured it out.

MidiOx doesn't work.

SyxLibEd is a bit complex, but worked!

For anyone wishing to transfer banks to the Xpander and back, SyxLibEd 
works well on Windows.

It's split into 2 areas, above and below. Click on Tools (below) and you 
get 'Open From File'. Click that and select a .SYX bank or patch file 
from disk.

Select the MIDI device that is connected to the Xpander's Midi Out, then 
click the button with '|' on it. It goes to '->' as it transfers the bank.

When finished, it should flip back to '|'.

Now on the Xpander, change patch down and up 1 to get the new named patches.

Jeremy.