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2008-09-09 by Tony Cappellini
... Hitachi makes pin & instruction compatible replacement for the 6809, but it s clock speed can go up to 3 or 4Mhz. The 6309 has some additional
2008-09-09 by takisdamaschis
Hi everyone, my xpander seems to fail the VCO tune test randomly!some voices fail during one test and pass on the next! there is no cosistancy on the voices
2008-09-09 by analogholic
Hi everyone, When I read the percussive like patches -thread, I was reminded that I while ago (when the Matrix 12 was my only analog synth) that I (as many
2008-09-09 by Tony Cappellini
... Nothing is ever posted on these sites, you have to call and tell them how many you want to buy. Even at $50-$100 a piece, it s better than letting a $1600
2008-09-09 by Karl
Hello Randy, Sounds right to me. I was thinking of the times I have seen techs leave the synth plugged in and powered up to avoid dumping the memory. It
2008-09-09 by Karl
Hi Tony, ... Tony Cappellini ... What was the cost per part? I have a problem every once in a while (well, more and more lately) when a part
2008-09-09 by William Cason
If your xpander is not plugged into anything (e.g. the wall) while unsoldering the battery, I it shouldn t matter if the iron is grounded or not because there
2008-09-07 by Tony Cappellini
... The Service manual reads that this should be 4.4 V with power on, and 2.xV with power off. With power off, the voltage reading is correct. I will probably
2008-09-07 by Karl
Thanks Phillipe, You are too kind. Truth is, You fixed it by doing all the heavy lifting(real work). I just made some suggestions. Glad I Could Help Karl
2008-09-07 by Karl
Hi Tony, Have been out of pocket for a few days ( building a parade float). Back now. ... 6.6 V seems very strange for the memory power supply. The battary
2008-09-07 by Tony Cappellini
In 1998 or so, I bought my Xpander sight unseen from a guy in Southern California. I was living in San Jose at the time, about 6 hours away by car. (someone
2008-09-07 by Tony Cappellini
Karl, I went through all the DC voltmeter measurements in the service manuel. Everything looks good (to me) except for Step 3, +5M text. On the right side of
2008-09-06 by Tony Cappellini
Thanks. I have an original Xander srvice manual, with color schematics.
2008-09-05 by PeWe
There´s nothing wrong with it,- use it as a synth ... Try to create a wovel sounding selfplaying patch which sings the song Rolling Home ... ... There´s
2008-09-05 by Tony Cappellini
I will. I hope to take a look inside this weekend. During the week is difficult ... Karl- my car is making a noise that also sounds like my Xpander. Any idea
2008-09-05 by PeWe
Yep,- Karl is a big plus here ! PeWe
2008-09-05 by philipperyckman
All of you, Guys, trust Karl: he s a genius. He fixed my Xpander in no time across the atlantic !! Do exactly the steps he recommends. Best regards to all,
2008-09-04 by Karl
Hi Tony, I did find this link to some xpander pages in PDF: http://matrix-12.tripod.com/home.htm Karl
2008-09-04 by Karl
Hey Tony, I was looking in the Xpander Service Manual. I Have a PDF copy, but I don t remember were I got it. Anyway, It says that When you do the DAC mono
2008-09-03 by Tony Cappellini
... Perhaps I should upload a short mp3 of it and let the court decide. Would someone upload (or just email me) an mp3 of what I should be hearing during the
2008-09-03 by Karl
Hi Tony, Power Supply: If you have a buzz in the audio output Then the power supply may be going. An easy way to tell is to get a new large capacitor of the
2008-09-03 by Tony Cappellini
Voice 1 seems to be bad, so I ve turned it off. With Voice 1 Off, This is the status of Autotune VCOs- PASS PW - PASS RES- PASS VCF- PASS VCA- FAIL (With VCO1
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
I ve had my Xpander since 1998, this is the first time I ve had a serious problem with it. It has not been used in concerts, since I m not a musician. I took
2008-09-02 by Karl
Hi Tony, Don t Fret, we will try to get him happy again. I have been helping Phillip (member) off post with almost the same problems. If you want to keep these
2008-09-02 by Jeremy Smith
... When I first got my Xpander, it wouldn t tune. In my country (England) the mains voltage is 240v. My Xpander was set to 110v so I bought an adapter, not
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
I don t think so. If this isn t on the autotune page, then I didnt do it.
2008-09-02 by eggwheatis
Have you tried the DAC Mono test in the service Page ?. If you get a bleep , can you count period between the bleeps . Do you get no bleeps or an almost
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
... That reminds me. I have about 20 or so self-playing patches from the Xevents. I sent them to Randy- I should probably put them in the archives- to see if
2008-09-02 by Chase Smith
What about the DAC Mono test (pass or fail)? I will guess that you can probably fix this by recapping the power supply board. When I got my Xpander I had
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
... The Xevents were held by a bunch of Xpnder/M12 owners here in the Bay Area. I participated in only two of them. Many of those people are still around, but
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
It looks like I won t need to do an A/B comparison with Jeremy s wave file, I can easily hear now that my Xpander is not working well. Prior to this and the
2008-09-02 by Karl
Hi Tony, ... I have to admit there is big fun in setting up patches that just do unexpected things all by themselves. ... You know what, your right. I checked
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
Thanks Karl,. ... I ve never been good at making a patch of a sound that I want. Randomness is my friend;-) ... How can you use a ramp for attack without using
2008-09-02 by Karl
Hi Tony, On of my favorite things to do: midi up my emu XL7 drum machine to my M12 and replace each drum with a patch I write from scratch. It seems I have to
2008-09-02 by Tony Cappellini
Does anyone have any percussive patches they can upload? I ve never been able to make good-sounding percussive patches on the Xpander. I ve heard the MP3 of a
2008-08-31 by PeWe
Yep ! Most of the factory programs have to be edited to your taste and to be reprogrammed for usage w/ midi-controllers. This is a machine for sound
2008-08-31 by Jeremy Smith
... Hi, Thanks for the info, I ll have to try harder with Midiox. Also, now I ve got these patch banks installed, I finally hear what this synth is capable of!
2008-08-31 by Tony Cappellini
... I use Midiox to send/receive patches to/from my Xpander & OB8 quite often. It works just fine. You need to Enable Receive Midi and ENable Sysex
2008-08-31 by Jeremy Smith
... Sorry, that s Tools (above) Jeremy.
2008-08-31 by Jeremy Smith
... 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
2008-08-30 by Tony Cappellini
Are any of the Xpander owners on this list in/near the San Francisco Bay Area? I have had my doubts about how good my Xpander sounds for some time, and would
2008-08-30 by Tony Cappellini
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
2008-08-30 by William Cason
Hi Jeremy, This may be a dumb question, but did you type 99 on your xpander to recall patch 99 after you received it into your xpander? I think you have
2008-08-30 by Tony Cappellini
... I dont think you need to enable sysex to send, but top receive. I may be wrong. Either way, enable the Sysex function on the Midi page, for the Xpander to
2008-08-30 by Jeremy Smith
Hi folks, When my Xpander receives a patch by SysEx, the sub-page Midi Enb flicks to the main Midi screen, indicating something must have happened, yet the
2008-08-30 by PeWe
But it causes, just as a substitute, being installed on a well configurated machine and loaded in a whacky host, permanent and far more excessive brain
2008-08-29 by Jeremy Smith
... The O-PX Pro is nice, but to my ear it lacks something from the Xpander - a kind of punchiness which causes temporary ear damage in excess. ;-) Jeremy.
2008-08-29 by PeWe
... Yes, thx! I´ve just read it and there seem to be a few guys talking about something, they don´t have knowledge about. Fritzman on page 4 / Fri Aug 26
2008-08-29 by Jeremy Smith
... I find interesting the point that Gibson *should* license the technology to help everyone get Xpanders cheap. However, on the other hand, Gibson is doing
2008-08-29 by Tony Cappellini
I thought you all would be interested in this http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=100745&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0