Xpantastic!

I own both and I'd probably burn to death in a fire if I had to run back in
to the house and decide between one or the other.  I actually think the
Chroma sounds better.  However, the Xpander wins hands down for reliability.
I have recently upgraded the power supply and main board for my Chroma so it
is stable now.  As wonderful as the Xpander is to program, the Chroma is
infuriating.  However, the MIDI implementation on the Chroma (through the
new MIDI interface or the KromaKult) gives you CC controls over everything
as opposed to a couple on the Xpander.

 

James R. Coplin

 

From: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com [mailto:xpantastic@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of mattvrazo
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:18 PM
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [xpantastic] Re: Xpander Vs. Rhodes Chroma

 

--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com <mailto:xpantastic%40yahoogroups.com> ,
vco3@... wrote:
>
> HI the rhodes arp chroma does not use 3374/3372's, the chroma
polaris uses 
> these. The rhodes arp chroma is a very different voice compared to the 
> xpander...hope this helps.. cya analog-jeff
>

ahhh... ok... how did I miss that?! (Doesn't help with the similar
name!) Ok, I guess they have a discrete oscillator and different CEM
chips for VCF/VCA. 

I guess that makes it a little less xpander related at this point, but
if anyone has any comments, would still be interested to hear them.