2008-08-12 by Tony Cappellini
... The program would run in any Microsoft OS in the CMD shell (what you called DOS-based), and also Linux & the Mac OS. I ve know of a program written this
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2008-08-12 by PeWe
Hi ! Well, you see there´s the schrieb again in this mail. Now I know it´s being created by Thunderbird, german version, if I recieve a mail. Yes, I know
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2008-08-12 by Karl
... Hi PeWe, Your right. I mostly worry about how to clone the dinosaur, not if we should or not. Karl
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2008-08-12 by PeWe
Well said, Karl, - these points below are the difficult ones. Like you, I did it by writing all on paper 1st,- but I cannot agree to the parameters scale
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2008-08-12 by Karl
Hello All Has any one noticed that you can adjust the XPANDER/M12 LFO speed in between the standard 0-63 settings by using recursive modulation. Just modulate
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2008-08-12 by PeWe
Hi Tony ! The Matrix 1K has fewer modulation sources,- less lfo´s, less envelopes, less tracking generators and less ramp generators. So this might not be a
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2008-08-12 by Karl
Hi Tony, When you say cmd line do you mean a DOS based running under say XP or would I have to get a linux shell running in my PC? I like your Idea of just
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2008-08-12 by PeWe
Thx for compliment ...
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2008-08-12 by PeWe
Hi ! 1.) I found out, the name of the program is wrong,- it is: Bank Dumper (TM) Software for Atari ST Computer and Oberheim Xpander Synthesizer including 1000
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2008-08-12 by Tony Cappellini
Windows, but it would be a cmd line app that could run on Linux/Mac. (gui apps take too much time ) ;-) First, we all need to agree *if* it can be done- that
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2008-08-12 by Karl
Hey There Tony, What computer platform would you do this on? I would pay for this. Karl
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2008-08-12 by Karl
Hi PeWe, Well.. Both my left and right hand say no, But If I ever do I would let this group know first. Karl
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2008-08-12 by Karl
Hey there Matrix, I want to thank you for hosting the VFD poll on my favorite Blog that sent me this great user group. Many Thanks Karl tsotha on the your
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2008-08-12 by Karl
Hi PeWe, ... I could not have thought of a better example than the Korg M1, That was, and still is a great example of a band keyboard. I have one stored
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2008-08-12 by Tony Cappellini
... Once the patches are sent to the Xpander from the Atari, they can just be dumped individually, or as a bank. No need to use anything in between. ... Adding
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2008-08-12 by John Pallister
Perhaps the patches could be recorded by passing the Atari- Xpander MIDI through a laptop running MIDI-OX. Then the SysEx could be logged and the patches
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2008-08-11 by PeWe
If there ever a cassette was available, these are the patches of that ATARI ST program,- Oberheim Bankloader. The disk is copy protected and you need to have
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2008-08-11 by PeWe
You need the Matrix-1000 manual w/ the full midi implementation. Unfortunally, mine is printed, not PDF and I have no scanner. You get the manual here:
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2008-08-11 by PeWe
Hi Sean ! I own both synths and I tried that in the past,- my experience: 1.) It isn´t possible to transfer any Matrix 1000 patches over to a Xpander/Matrix12
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2008-08-11 by Tony Cappellini
If someone provides me with the Matrix 100 sysex format, I ll look into writing a little program that will *attempt* to port an M1k patch to the XPander patch
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2008-08-11 by Tony Cappellini
Not directly. One would have to do some editing because the patch lengths, sysex IDs, and byte offsets are different. However, there was a Patch Cassette of
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2008-08-11 by WT
Nope, not possible. Differnt synths, different ( though similar ) parameters. WT ... From: swisstony123456789 To:
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2008-08-11 by swisstony123456789
Hi all I was wondering if any one can tell me if this is possible and if so, how would I go about it? I ve got so many patchs on the matrix I would love to use
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2008-08-11 by Tony Cappellini
... Greg- let us poor 1.4 folks know what it s like out there on the cutting edge ;-)
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
I doubt it´s the same because the Matrix 12 has a modulation page w/ dual mode voice detune functions in addition. There must be more code which adresses the
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
Thx,- this is what I can order via the web here in germany. I´ll give it a try w/ my 2 used replacements if it´s arrived,- needs some days. Let us know if
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2008-08-10 by eggwheatis
Servisol Super 10 Switch Cleaning Lubricant is what it says on the can. PS: hey are still working perfectly :o) ... air and ... which ? ... the ... plastic
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
Hmmm,- so we see your Matrix12 in the sales soon ??? :-)) PeWe
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2008-08-10 by eggwheatis
I would say there is a high possibility that 1.6 is the same as 1.4..as the matrix had 1.6 and obviously they use the same voice boards... what I would do if I
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
Wow,- interesting. Simplest fix on earth,- I´m curious about the long-life cycle of such a solution. I remember a service tech opened the rotarys and used
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
Hmmm,- so what is it doing different compared to 1.4 in a Xpander ??? I´ve found one annoying issue in 1.4 years ago: If you are in multi patch mode and have
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2008-08-10 by Karl
... anyone think it might be possible to adapt the fix mention below for the Xpander/Matrix 12 encoders? ... others do. ... Hello Chase, This fix appears to be
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2008-08-10 by Chase Smith
Forgive my ignorance if this has been mentioned before but does anyone think it might be possible to adapt the fix mention below for the Xpander/Matrix 12
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2008-08-10 by Karl Schmeer
Hi Jeremy, I love the way this board sounds. Especially when you switch the coral on. A very nice combo organ. I still have mine. But it needs work Are the
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2008-08-10 by eggwheatis
Sure I will...it is always a risk spraying cleaners into things. Thats why I named the exact brand. The thing is I couldn t live with them like that so I took
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2008-08-10 by vco3@aol.com
HI phil, let us know if they keep working ok, I have heard that they will work for a while after cleaning like that but then will be worse later...I hope not
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2008-08-10 by eggwheatis
Hi, I just fixed all the rotary encoders on my Xpander in about 1 minute. The symptoms were that the values were jumping around, wouldn t go up unless you went
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2008-08-10 by vco3@aol.com
HI I also have 1.6 in my xppander and it works great.. cya analoguejeff
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2008-08-10 by eggwheatis
I saw it, read it and copied it. very useful. Thanks very much for uploading it. Phil. ... 12/info/Xpander.OS-revisions.txt
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2008-08-10 by baumont987
As far as I know, with it s 1.6 voice version, my XPander is working like a charm, never get a software crash since 5 years. My god, perhaps I m the only
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2008-08-10 by Jeremy Smith
... Funny, I just bought a Crumar Toccata off Ebay (albeit with 3 broken keys). Cheers, Jeremy.
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2008-08-10 by matrix
Cool tracks. I put them up on http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com as well. ... -- cheers, matrix http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
I see your mails, Tony,- in my email program,- but I´m not logged in @yahoo groups actually, so I don´t see the files in the files section. I just had found
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2008-08-10 by Tony Cappellini
... This is the same file I just uploaded to Xpantastic. Isn t anyone seeing these emails????????????????
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
And this according the specs of the Matrix12 OS and last beta version ...
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
Ooops, never heard of this,- I did all the available updates in the past and finaly it was: processor 1.2 / voice 1.4 and cassette 1.0 just found :
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2008-08-10 by baumont987
Hi, On my Xpander, voice version shows 1.6. It was already 1.6 when I bought it from german studio. Looks like it is a Matrix-12 voice chip. software is 1.2.
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2008-08-10 by Tony Cappellini
... Those docs are already online but it doesn t look like they are in this Yahoo group, so I ll upload them. I scanned them in back in 1996 or so, along with
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
So, it´s the CEM3372 chip then, I fear ... ... So, its the CEM3372 chip then, I fear ... eggwheatis schrieb: I ll try that when I get round to servicing
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2008-08-10 by PeWe
+1 :-)))
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