Re: Oscillators out of tune per voice
2017-01-14 by playthatbeat@...
could it be something set in the GROUP pages? You know, the section where you can set up multitimbral routing and splits and so on? vaguely remember this on my
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Oscillators out of tune per voice
2017-01-12 by 3r1n915xt@...
On my Xpander, each pair of oscillators are always a bit out of tune with each other. The amount of detuning is different on each voice, but consistent per
Internal mains Fuses for Xpander
2016-09-14 by Jeremy Smith
Maplin order code: GL88V You get 10 fuses, which should last at least 10 years of mains surges. Right now, you can only pick up instore in the UK. But this
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Tuning too fast
2016-09-11 by Karl Schmeer
Your Welcome, Always glad to help Karl
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Tuning too fast
2016-09-11 by Jeremy Smith
... Wow you re totally right! All but voice 5 was on. I did as you said and it tunes now. There I was thinking I d trashed a $4500 synth! Thanks again, Jeremy.
Re: Tuning too fast
2016-09-11 by Karl Schmeer
Hi Check and see if all the voices are turned off.( Page two of Master page)If they are all off, it will cause the problem you are seeing.Check this first,
Re: [xpantastic] Tuning too fast
2016-09-11 by Nick Zampiello
it would probably whatever circuit provides the voltage that tells the computer that the voice checks out? NEW ALLIANCE EAST!!!! ... New Alliance East -
Tuning too fast
2016-09-10 by Jeremy Smith
Hi, My Xpander conked out today, and now when you tune, it just whizzes the numbers 1-6 past mega fast, and therefore doesn t tune properly. I m a bit upset to
Re: Xpander skipping voice / voice fail
2016-09-08 by dfoster.graphics@...
ok many thanks, i ll start by swapping the C449 cap and see how I get on.
Re: Xpander skipping voice / voice fail
2016-09-08 by Karl Schmeer
Hi, Yes, you are correct. That cap tends to fail. I bought a hundred of them some time back, but have only had to replace 2 or 3 of them, over the years.
Xpander skipping voice / voice fail
2016-09-07 by dfoster.graphics@...
Hi all, so I discovered this week that Voice 4 on my Xpander has died and is skipping when playing. I don t believe its a dead voice chip as I switched the
Re: [xpantastic] Weird Xpander Behaviour
2016-02-27 by playthatbeat@...
The @@@@@@@@ or %%%%%%% in the display is usually the PSU needing a refurbish (caps), or one of the ribbon cables needing a re-seat, and is common across the
Re: [xpantastic] Weird Xpander Behaviour
2016-02-09 by Karl Schmeer
Hey Odds are real good it s a battary issue, But being the machine is +20 yrs old the caps could easily need replacing. While you are replacing the battary it
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Weird Xpander Behaviour
2016-02-09 by Mark Morton
Again I cannot claim that our symptoms match up and mine was a Matrix 12 but the symptoms changes form bot up to boot up and all went away on a battery
Re: Weird Xpander Behaviour
2016-02-09 by deanolium@...
Hopefully it is. Though looking at the schematics, I m not totally sure why the battery failing would quite cause this. I could see that with it failing, some
Re: [xpantastic] Weird Xpander Behaviour
2016-02-09 by Mark Morton
I had a simliar-not identical but I got the reset message etc experience last year. I got sound but it was odd sound . It did turn out to be the battery.
Weird Xpander Behaviour
2016-02-09 by deanolium@...
Hey there, My xpander - which I got last year - has started doing odd behaviour, and I just want to float it past you guys to see if it is what I hope it is;
Re: [xpantastic] Matrix 12 single patch to multi patch
2016-01-11 by Karl Schmeer
I think you have the chain mode enabled. Which allows one to sequence the patches, single or multi. Look in page two of the master page Best Karl ... On Mon,
Matrix 12 single patch to multi patch
2016-01-11 by rogerabejean@...
I am not sure how this has happened but when I am using my Matrix 12 in the single patch and I wish to go the the next patch (for example #23 to #24 or #25),
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Matrix-12 ROM version changes
2016-01-09 by sterling.keith@...
Interesting. My Matrix-12 has worked great for 30 years so I reckon there s no reason to change it. Oberheim had one location after North Hollywood... they
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Matrix-12 ROM version changes
2016-01-09 by John Leimseider
That is the version D board. The 1.6 doesn t add anything. I wouldn t change it unless you are having problems. I could send the files to the group if anyone
Re: Matrix-12 ROM version changes
2016-01-09 by sterling.keith@...
Thanks for the info John. Where is the board revision located on the PCB? My voice boards have OBERHEIM 1810D etched on them. I couldn t find any other
Re: [xpantastic] Matrix-12 ROM version changes
2016-01-09 by John Leimseider
You only want 1.6 if you have rev D voice boards! If you do, it will fix the intermittent Voice Processor Malfunction message. It won t work on earlier revs of
Matrix-12 ROM version changes
2016-01-08 by sterling.keith@...
Does anyone know what was updated in the current Matrix-12 ROMs? My Matrix-12 has: Voice ROM version 1.4 Main Board ROM version 1.1 I know that there is a
loading patches via sysex - Heeellllppppp!
2015-11-25 by minimoog74@...
Bought a great Matrix12. Couldn t be happier. However: previous owner messed up patches - so I want to reload original factory patches (single.multi). Have
Weird issue with saving patches
2015-10-15 by obambulating@...
Hi all! thanks for letting me in the group. My Xpander has this funny problem that stops me from saving patches to any location with the numbers 8 and 9 in it.
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-25 by Tony Cappellini
Thanks for the offer Karl, but it s not that I really need to do this, it s just a programming exercise. I ve got a cassette dump saved as an audio file so I
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-25 by Tony Cappellini
... patches) threw up a link to a guy named Walt Whitneyselling old patch tapes on eBay. I bought one that turned up a few weeks ago, so I guessed you d
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-23 by Karl Schmeer
Hi Tony, If you really, really want to know, I guess I could drag my M12 into the shop and put a scope on the output of the cassette out. I could get a general
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-23 by John Pallister
Well, the previous thread on this list (when I asked about Kid Nepro patches) threw up a link to a guy named Walt Whitney selling old patch tapes on eBay. I
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-23 by Tony Cappellini
... Who is Walt Whitney? ... OS source code. If he still has it, could you please ask him to release it to us? Wow- you have a good memory. I m pretty sure
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-23 by John Pallister
Hi Tony, I guess you bought one of Walt Whitney s patch tapes as well, then? :) The idea of writing some software to decode the patch audio has crossed my mind
Xpander casette patch specification
2015-08-15 by Tony Cappellini
Hello Xpander Users, Do any of you know if the Xpander (or M12) cassette patch specification has every been documented? I would like to know the following, at
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-16 by PeWe
Well, I can download when I log in,- but you already served me well :-) Thank you very much ! all the best P. Am 16.07.2015 um 20:27 schrieb Karl Schmeer
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-16 by Karl Schmeer
Hi PeWe! Sorry, I ment in this forum s file collection. Ya have to go to this groups home page and click on the file menu. There are at least 5 or 6 sets of
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-16 by Paul T
Of course Walt would do better to sell his patches as downloadable files but then he wouldn t be finding boxes of cassette tapes in his garage or basement that
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-16 by PeWe
Hi Karl ! Which site do you mean ? I don´t have all the posts available here atm. thx PeWe Am 16.07.2015 um 05:43 schrieb Karl Schmeer shire03@sbcglobal.net
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-16 by John Pallister
Thanks for the feedback guys (and Tony)! Paul, Walt would do better to record his tapes and sell them as downloadable audio files - I don t think I have
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-16 by Karl Schmeer
Hi John, If you have not already tried them, check out the patches located on this site. I was quite impressed with the quality. Some made my M12 sound like a
Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-15 by Paul T
Walt Whitney is also selling cheap patches on cassette and he was a great programmer back in the 80s. I ve got some Chroma patches of his that are pretty good.
Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
2015-07-15 by John Pallister
Hello list, The venerable Kid Nepro is still selling his (her?) Xpander/Matrix 12 patches via eBay[1] - 100 patches for (as little as) $20, that s just 20¢
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander 'lever 2' problem
2015-07-05 by Omar Torres
... -omar ... sent from iPhone
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander 'lever 2' problem
2015-07-05 by Bakis Sirros
hi Omar, many thanks! now the lever 2 works fine! best regards,Bakis. From: Omar Torres holografique@gmail.com [xpantastic]
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander 'lever 2' problem
2015-07-05 by Omar Torres
Bakis - if you haven t already checked, look to see that the Xpander is set to receive modulation for Lever 2 on MIDI CC 1, which is the standard CC for
Xpander 'lever 2' problem
2015-07-05 by Bakis Sirros
hi to all, few days ago, i (my tech actually) restored my xpander with changing the battery, changing all capacitors, in the voice boards and in the PSU. now
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2015-04-25 by Karl Schmeer
Hello You may have tried this already, but if you re-seat ( carefully pull out and push back in) the integrated circuits in the digital section your
Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2015-04-24 by khatri.naeem786@...
I just got a non-working Xpander (that seems to be a Rev. A U.S. made one). After a power supply recap and full cleanup- I m getting a Voice Processor
Re: [xpantastic] Overhauling my Xpander
2015-02-25 by Tony Cappellini
Ok, thanks Karl. I ll just replace the electrolytics.
Re: [xpantastic] Overhauling my Xpander [1 Attachment]
2015-02-25 by Karl Schmeer
Thanx Tony the pictures help. You are right these are the caps I would leave alone. Polypropylene ( I called them polyprop for short) are one of the few
Re: [xpantastic] Overhauling my Xpander
2015-02-24 by Tony Cappellini
Thanks for the info Karl. That battery is the exact same one in my Xpander currently. Looking at the attached picture of my voice board Regarding the polyprop