Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-08-01 by Jeremy Smith
... I was going to post to say just this, so thanks for verifying it. ... The only thing I needed from the comparison was the VCO s and waveforms, the thing I
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Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-08-01 by deano
Hi Mondo, Whilst it doesn t check *everything* on the Xpander, the init patch basically has enough to ensure everything is working. On a simple scale, the
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-08-01 by ipc.de@...
Hello friends out there, It puzzles me, but how can even a considerable indentity in the init patch (which is a most simple patch) tell that a synth is
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-30 by Jeremy Smith
... Great work for verifying this! Thanks for helping. I can stop worrying about my synth s sound and start making some new patches - and some new music. :-)
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-29 by Karl Schmeer
Hi Jeremy, Listening to your wav file, It sounds just like my Matrix 12 s init patch. As soon as I figure out how to extract it I could look at it insound
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-28 by Jeremy Smith
... To clarify... I live in the UK where the power supply is 240v. I had a 110v to 240v adapter for a synth of mine. The Xpander was set (switch at the back)
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-28 by Jeremy Smith
... Just to note so people can check their voices to mine: OBERHEIM patch is hold down Store and press Clear. Current patch isn t overwritten, so it s
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-28 by Jeremy Smith
First my 6 voices with Oberheim patch (8MB): http://www.ringsofkether.com/jeremy_xpander_test.wav ... Just could the fuse blowing damage the voice chips. ... I
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-19 by Jeremy Smith
... Hi, Just a quick note... I ve decided to init the patch to OBERHEIM , the basic patch, and will record the voices from the synth and upload them to my
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-19 by Karl Schmeer
... Hi All, Jeremy,ipc.de, This is all excellent advice! ^^^ I agree, The CEM chips are not prone to failure. I might add:Jeremy, what
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-19 by ipc.de@...
I am sorry, but I forgot to add to my previous post that for checking the consistency of the six voices you will have to: (1) acitvate ALL six voices in the
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-19 by ipc.de@...
You are sure that the voices aren t as good as before. So, what is your question? I would like to help, but it is unclera to me what actually happened that
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-18 by deano
Well, the easiest way to check is put up a sample of some waveforms from Osc 1 and Osc 2 separately, across each voice with the filter wide open. (So one with
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-18 by Jeremy Smith
... Yes. Everything checks out, I did entire diagnostics. But I m SURE the voice chips aren t as good as they were when I bought it. Cheers, Jeremy.
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-17 by Thomas Dial
Have you tried running the tuning procedure? TD From: Jeremy Smith jeremy@xanadu.net [xpantastic] To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-17 by Jeremy Smith
... It s a lovely track, thanks for sharing. Nice melody, nice production. Some nice XPander sounds there. I m convinced my Xpander s voice chips are faulty, I
Fuse blown on Xpander
2017-07-17 by Jeremy Smith
Hi folks, Soon after I got my Xpander, I had it on 110v and plugged in a 240v cable. The fuse blew and I got some new fuses from Maplin. It seemed to work okay
Re: Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-16 by Thomas Dial
That s cool, Jeremy! You ve inspired me to share a track I wrote soon after I got my Xpander. It s done entirely with the Xpander except for the AIR Piano
Album done mainly on XPander
2017-07-16 by Jeremy Smith
Hi folks, Here s my new album : https://straightouttamongolia.bandcamp.com/album/mutant-pop-lp I m just posting it here because I need some people to listen to
Re: [xpantastic] External trigger input
2017-07-14 by Trevor Daly
Thanks Karl I have actually got a modular synth sitting next door wanting to spit out cvs! I ve managed to trigger gates at the individual inputs so far but
Re: [xpantastic] Matrix-12 Service Routine Questions
2017-07-14 by Karl Schmeer
Hi, The UNTUNE VCOs option typically sets the tuning to some random number and should not be used to set a default value. On Tuesday, July 4, 2017 11:18 PM,
Re: [xpantastic] External trigger input
2017-07-14 by Karl Schmeer
Hi, The trigger input must be above +5V . A typical audio signal is much lower in voltage, and is an AC bipolar ( +/- ) voltage. So an audio signal is
Matrix-12 Service Routine Questions
2017-07-04 by ipc.de@...
(1) With UNTUNE VCOs of lower voice board sound about one octave (1.2 Volts) lower than VCOs of upper board. Are there different default values for lower and
External trigger input
2017-06-27 by trevordaly@...
Hello brothers! Anybody have a wav file of a suitable click track for the trigger input? I have tried a few, but no luck yet... Thanks trev
Re: [xpantastic] loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2017-06-10 by Tony Cappellini
Did you try the ones from the Xpander User Group newsletter? I think I typed in all of those by hand, and saved them via syses. For some reason, I didn t save
Re: [xpantastic] loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2017-06-02 by mattvrazo@...
Agreed. The Xpander/M-12 factory patches have to be some of the worst ever and are pretty embarrassing given the power of the synths. There really isn t much
Re: loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2017-06-01 by geri77@...
I did, of course ;-) But wanted to hear how the default patches sound. I will certainly also try patches here, and am happy to share my stored patches - as an
Re: [xpantastic] loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2017-06-01 by Tony Cappellini
It s a shame you didn t save the patches before overwriting them. It would be nice t hear something new and refreshing. On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:03 PM
Re: [xpantastic] Re: loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2017-06-01 by PeWe
Do you have a manual ? At least you have to enable MIDI sysex in the MIDI page ... MASTER MIDI Enables SYSTEMX Manual page 49/50 receiving and
Re: loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2017-06-01 by geri77@...
If it s of any help, I just recently restored the factory patches: I also couldn t get it to work using MIDI, luckily it worked without any problem using the
Re: Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-28 by geebeex@...
Hi, I m the author of Xplorer. It s being a while I was nt there. You should have a look at the default patch (File/New or Ctrl-N), which gives you the very
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-27 by Jeremy Smith
... Yup, that s what I d have to do, and it s kind of beyond me. :-( ... Well thanks for helping. ... I tried PeWe s suggestion (see other post). The only way
Re: [xpantastic] Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-27 by Jeremy Smith
... I tried adjusting the keyboard sources. Although they weren t set on the normal patches, setting them on a random patch had no effect. It wouldn t track
Re: Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-18 by Karl Schmeer
Hi Jeremy, Long time:-). I don t have Xplorer, the link seems dead. I was wondering does it randomize the matrix mods also? If so, you may need to go
Re: [xpantastic] Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-17 by PeWe
Don´t own Xplorer ... But Page 2 of OSC1 and OSC2 offer controll sources for precise pitch control: a) MOD = KEYBD b) MOD = LAG press the related switches,-
Re: [xpantastic] Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-17 by Jacob Vosmaer
On the second page of each VCO menu, in the top row, you can select which inputs control VCO pitch. Push the buttons so that only keyboard is underlined.
Getting random patches in Xplorer keyboard tracked
2017-05-17 by Jeremy Smith
Hi folks, I bought Xplorer a while back. It has the ability to make a random patch. The problem is, the patch can t be played on the keyboard because that
Re: Faster envelopes on Matrix 12/Xpander - Conversation with one of the designers
2017-05-14 by mattvrazo@...
I sent Aake a message on Facebook. We ll see if he ended up doing the mod.
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Faster envelopes on Matrix 12/Xpander - Conversation with one of the designers
2017-05-13 by Karl Schmeer
This was discussed on the forum some time ago. If I remember right, it was a hardware mod to the sample and hold circuits of the multiplexer. And was
Re: Faster envelopes on Matrix 12/Xpander - Conversation with one of the designers
2017-05-13 by akva@...
PS. Those chromatic keyboards shown in the photo are manufactured by http://www.master-production.com/acc_keyb.htm
Re: Faster envelopes on Matrix 12/Xpander - Conversation with one of the designers
2017-05-13 by akva@...
Aake: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aake-otsala-6984942b/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aake-otsala-6984942b/ A photo of this xpantastic Matrix-12 in my home
Re: Faster envelopes on Matrix 12/Xpander - Conversation with one of the designers
2017-05-13 by akva@...
Ref. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/xpantastic/conversations/messages/608 The Matrix-12 owned by the Swedish band named Ace of Base in the past was
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander/M12 autotuning/tuning table query
2017-03-26 by mattvrazo@...
This isn t really a general case of vintage analog stability . Hoping someone with knowledge of the autotune process might be able to chime in.
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander/M12 autotuning/tuning table query
2017-03-25 by Nick Zampiello
The reason is different heat coefficients for different calibre of 10 % accurate parts from 40 years ago.It s awesome. I will hit the tune button on my MKS80
FS: CEM 3372 (x 7)
2017-03-25 by mattvrazo@...
Hi all, I m selling 7 x 3372s. These are all rev. Bs with the same date code. All are tested and I m almost certain they are NOS (I had been holding onto these
Xpander/M12 autotuning/tuning table query
2017-03-25 by mattvrazo@...
hi all, wondering if anyone can explain the autoning process and the storage of tuning tables to me (the service manual is pretty helpful, but this pertains to
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Xpander skipping voice / voice fail
2017-02-22 by Karl Schmeer
... So I finally had time to look into this, it didn t fix the problem. ... The cap C449 is the output signal from voice 4 to the panning and auto
Re: Xpander skipping voice / voice fail
2017-02-20 by dfoster.graphics@...
So I finally had time to look into this, it didn t fix the problem. Also I sadly made things worse when soldering the new caps in place. i ve managed to lift
Re: Oscillators out of tune per voice
2017-01-17 by 3r1n915xt@...
Aha! For future reference, I found the (now obvious) cause of my quiet and inconsistent voice volume: I was monitoring the Xpander from _just_ the Right
Re: Oscillators out of tune per voice
2017-01-17 by 3r1n915xt@...
Thanks Captain, good advice. So I tried a full reset (holding clear down at power up) but same problem. (Which I discovered BTW, leaves patches intact, but