Re: [xpantastic] Overhauling my Xpander
2015-02-24 by Karl Schmeer
Hi Tony, Here is a link to the battery: http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/battery-products/batteries-non-rechargeable-primary/394467?k=P226-ND All
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Overhauling my Xpander
2015-02-22 by cappy2112@...
Happy New Year Xpander/M12 owners, For the sake of prevention, I want to replace the battery in my Xpander, as well as the caps on the power supply board. At
Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2015-01-16 by blchrr@...
I had this problem a few years ago, the only solution was filing the edges of the button holes which worked well.
Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2015-01-15 by 3r1n915xt@...
Thanks all so much for the ideas. I tryed a few things. Reseating the board didn t work because the PCBs screw holes are actually very tight and don t allow
Re: [xpantastic] Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-21 by Ian Hamilton
I m interested too. I did find some parts that looked identical but the mounting is different as the manufacturer improved the design. Sent from my iPhone
Re: [xpantastic] Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-21 by Seth Elgart
Here s a link to the buttons: http://syntaur.com/Items/2847.html Seth On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 7:38 AM, akva@live.com [xpantastic]
Re: [xpantastic] Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by Keith Sterling
Contact Clavia, their Nord synthesizers use similar looking buttons, albeit smaller. I m sure the same manufacturer makes the bigger Xpander/M-12 button
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by akva@...
Great news! Thank you guys! Tiitu
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by PeWe
Yes ! That´s the right ones !!! I replaced all in my XPander. merry x-mas too PeWe ... Yes ! That´s the right ones !!! I replaced all in my XPander. merry
Re: Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by John Leimseider
Syntaur just got tons of OB parts including panel switches... Check it out on AH. Sent from my iPad
Re: [xpantastic] Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by Seth Elgart
Sam Mims of Syntaur just yesterday posted on the Analog Heaven mailing list that they now have all the old stock of parts from Oberheim/Gibson. I d definitely
Re: Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by geebeex@...
Hi, If you are speaking about front panel switches, see this post: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/xpantastic/conversations/messages/924
Replacing parts for Xpander buttons
2014-12-20 by akva@...
Hi, Does anybody know, if there are anywhere available spare Xpander buttons, originals or compatible? I might be even willing to trade a CEM3374 or a display
Re: Want to trade: CEM 3372 B series chips for C series
2014-12-20 by akva@...
Hi Matt, What is the difference between B and C series? Tiitu
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-14 by Karl Schmeer
Hi, It s a well built machine, removing the six screws on the ends allows you to lift the front panel of the xpander up. The circuit board that the buttons are
Want to trade: CEM 3372 B series chips for C series
2014-12-12 by mattvrazo@...
Hi all, looking to trade or sell a few CEMs--I ve got 9 new old stock 3372 B series chips; I need 3 C series. I would trade 3 for 3 C series and sell the rest
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-12 by mattvrazo@...
I had the same issue on mine. Rather than opening it up, I simply took a razor blade and shaved off the edge of the button hole on the case until it didn t
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-12 by yan lesage
i have a xpander , not hard to open.. they are the big main board, psu board , and other board for memory, control on cover ..pcb board are hold and fragile,
Re: [xpantastic] Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-11 by John Henson
It sounds as if the front panel is slightly out of line with its switch holes. Just loosen all the panel mounting nuts on the inside, just enough to allow a
Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-11 by akva@...
For photos inside, see: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/xpantastic/files/Pictures https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/xpantastic/files/Pictures/
Re: [xpantastic] Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-11 by PeWe
Be carefull ! 1st try to reseat the circuit boards under the frontpanel,- if this doesn´t help, here´s my story: It´s possibly the plastic surface w/ all
Re: Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-11 by Sean Finnigan
Same!! I too am having one of my button sticking in the same manner and had considered the same remedy. Any suggestions would be awesome. S
Sticking Buttons on Xpander?
2014-12-11 by 3r1n915xt@...
Hi all, Im looking for suggestions on how to fix the sticking buttons on my Xpander. When pressed down, they stay down, and can only be brought back up by
RE: [xpantastic] [Matrix-12] All Voices Fail Tuning on VCOS, PW, RES, VCF, VCA
2014-12-10 by neil loughran
Matrix s and Xpander OS goes a bit bonkers at times. Try a complete reset. It certainly helped me when I had problems with tuning/processor malfunction errors
[Matrix-12] All Voices Fail Tuning on VCOS, PW, RES, VCF, VCA
2014-12-10 by peter
I booted up my M12 tonight and can t get anything to pass tuning. Any ideas what I should check for? Likely a failed logic chip inside, but how would I
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander issue- booting to reset page
2014-12-06 by sonofprent@...
Was the basttery- I replaced with one of these and all is well again, :) CR17335SE LFU - FDK 3V CR 17335SE, 2/3A, U-Lötfahnen jetzt für nur 4,30 € bei
Re: [xpantastic] Xpander issue- booting to reset page
2014-11-12 by Mark Morton
My m12 had the exact same symptoms it was the battery and a new one fixed it Sent from my iPhone
Xpander issue- booting to reset page
2014-11-12 by sonofprent@...
My xpander is having a bit of a wobble- when I power on it goes to the reset page: it boots to reset memory? doesnt affect patches Of course, it has killed
Re: [xpantastic] Re: PSU Transformer
2014-07-03 by yan lesage
hello karl , very nice for support .. yu are electronician, musician ? i learn electronics slowly , i m musician, but i will learn your info with the schema
Re: [xpantastic] Re: PSU Transformer
2014-07-03 by Karl Schmeer
Hello Ian, I have a different PSU in my M12. Aside from a buzzing transformer it works fine. The following coments, come from looking at the xpander
Re: PSU Transformer
2014-07-03 by galawak@...
hello everybody, I have a problem with PSU too since 4 weeks.. 2 technicians check it, replace resistor ( R17 was burn, R4), capacitor, transitor Q2,Q3 ..
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-04-01 by Karl Schmeer
I have looked at doing this, but increasing the micro speed is not all. The analog multiplexer circuit ultimately determines the update rate of each
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-04-01 by Tony Cappellini
PeWe ... you cannot make ´em faste. ... tasks where Xpander/M12 fail. Welllllll, Hitachi makes a pin & instruction compatible 6809 replacement (6309) that
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-04-01 by <playthatbeat@...>
agreed, the machine is about complex modulation. if you want a click/bass snapyness, then use something like a shruthi from mutatable - it s so hard and jabby
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-04-01 by Antonio Tuzzi
you can modulate a ramp with a ramp and obtain exponential ramp
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-04-01 by PeWe
That´s why I said fuget it ... Components and software inside Xpander(M12 are as fast as they are and you cannot make ´em faster. Use the machine for what
Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by <leo-666@...>
But I heard that the xpander s processor acts quicker if less routings are enabled. It s logical cause the processor is so vintage. I even saw somebody wrote
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by Nick Zampiello
i know you can route multiple things to the same VCA and maybe by doing this you can trick it into moving faster than the normal VCA setting allows? i
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by robert hall
yes use ramp for quick pulse On Monday, March 31, 2014 12:32 PM, Omar wrote: well, when you define snappy as being the problem,
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by Omar
well, when you define snappy as being the problem, that won t have anything to do with the characteristics of the oscillators. that has everything to do with
Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by <leo-666@...>
Ramp routed straight to the filter ? Very interesting. Gotta try it soon. And to my ears the problem also is the fact that xpander has weaker soundung
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by Omar
As PeWe stated, you re not going to get Minimoog fast response times from any of the modulation sources. However, while this is one of those things that
Re: [xpantastic] Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by PeWe
One of the designers of the Xpander and Andromeda is Marcus Ryle. That explains a lot. Andromeda developement is younger, so yes, there´s a different
Re: How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by <leo-666@...>
Even Andromeda strikes with a fast envelope. And sounds very close to a Voyager sometimes. Andromeda s envelopes are also software. Maybe a modern faster
Re: [xpantastic] How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by PeWe
No. Xpander/Matrix-12 has software generated modifiers (LFOs, ENVs, VCAs) being too lame for percussive attack (bass) sounds. It´s the weak point of these
How to make snappy bass on Xpander ?
2014-03-31 by <leo-666@...>
Maybe somebody can post a guideline how to make more snappier bass sounds on Xpander. Standard aproach like Saw Wave with Filter ADSR zero attack, short decay,
Re: Xpander: How do you remove the matte finish
2014-03-15 by <joigaloid9@...>
Quite accidentally, I removed the matte finish partly on my Matrix-12. I had to clean off some of the foam from the road case which had adhered to the
Re: [xpantastic] How do you pan your Xpander voices
2013-12-21 by PeWe
No go because that´s 7 voices :-) In single patch mode, when I play the Xpander as a poly synth,- I have 2 voices in center and pan the others to L2, L1 and
Re: [xpantastic] How do you pan your Xpander voices
2013-12-21 by endofcommon@...
Omar, so like... L, L1, L2, C, R2, R1, R ?
Re: [xpantastic] How do you pan your Xpander voices
2013-12-20 by Omar Torres
that s only possible with the Matrix-12. Only way to do it with the Xpander is to create 6 variations of the same patch, each slightly detuned and assign them