Xpantastic!

Hi Tony,

--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Cappellini" <cappy2112@...> 
wrote:
> I've never been good at making a patch of a sound that I want.
> Randomness is my friend;-)

I have to admit there is big fun in setting up patches that just do 
unexpected things all by themselves.

> I've heard this many times over the years- that the XPander ramps 
> are faster than the envelopes, but my ear doesn't hear this, 
> probably because I'm not doing something else correctly with the 
> ramp.

You know what, your right. I checked with my scope - no difference.
I guess it's a mind game I played on myself. While I was at it, let 
me dispell another myth. It is said that if you modulate an 
envelope's attack rate with the same envelope, you can get a concave 
or convex slope to the envelope. Again checked with scope, and nope, 
attack slope just gets longer (+ modulation) or shorter (-modulation).

> Installing & running Midiox takes less timt than tho send this 
> email ;-)
> It's not complicated- although the UI could be a little more
> convenient to use when sending/receiving patches.

For one, the studio machine (running ME) is not on the net. I have a 
MOTU MTC AV for midi I/O and I don't think I can run the thing with  
VISTA. They barely support PC's for that matter. This means I have 
make a copy and move it over there. 
And two, the studio is just a general mess right now. Anyway, I plan 
to do it soon because I bought some replacement backup batts, and 
will have to get midiOX going to back up my patches.

> What do you mean- whatever happened to it?

Well the last post on the site was in 2000, so I guessed it was 
defunct. I have a lot of self sustaining patches like those demoed
and thought hey, maybe I could get in on this?  

Karl