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Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?

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¢ per patch.

Has anyone tried these patches? Are they worth the money? I imagine pulling them apart and seeing how they work could be educational. Obviously the patches you make yourself are the best ones...

Cheers,

John :^P

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. 
My only experience with Kid Nepro is that I bought a bunch of patches for a Yamaha TG33 many years ago. I was going through them the other day and they are not too exciting and seem to tread similar ground throughout the patches but maybe that's what you get from a TG33. 
Here's his EBay ad and yes he does misspell Xpander: 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Synth-Patches-Sounds-On-Cassette-tape-For-Old-Analogs-/280468299837?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item414d36a03d 
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From: "John Pallister john@... [xpantastic]" <xpantastic@yahoogroups.com> 
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:11:42 AM 
Subject: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts? 




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¢ per patch. 

Has anyone tried these patches? Are they worth the money? I imagine pulling them apart and seeing how they work could be educational. Obviously the patches you make yourself are the best ones... 

Cheers, 

John :^P 

[1] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oberheim-Xpander-Matrix12-Sounds-100-New-Patches-Sysex-Mac-Windows-/261968498063 
-- 
John Pallister 
john@... 
john@synchromesh.com

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 totaly different synth!!

Best

Karl




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On Wed, 7/15/15, John Pallister john@... [xpantastic] <xpantastic@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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 To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 10:11 AM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       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¢ per
 patch.
 Has anyone
 tried these patches? Are they worth the money? I imagine
 pulling them apart and seeing how they work could be
 educational. Obviously the patches you make yourself are the
 best ones...
 Cheers,
 John :^P
 [1] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oberheim-Xpander-Matrix12-Sounds-100-New-Patches-Sysex-Mac-Windows-/261968498063
 -- 
 John Pallister
 john@...
 john@...
 
 
 
     
      
 
     
     
 
 
 
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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 anything that plays cassette tapes any more...

Karl, I'll definitely have to go through the patches on this site too.

Cheers,

John :^P
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On 16 July 2015 at 04:43, Karl Schmeer shire03@sbcglobal.net [xpantastic] <xpantastic@yahoogroups.com>; wrote:

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 totaly different synth!!

Best

Karl

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On Wed, 7/15/15, John Pallister john@... [xpantastic] <xpantastic@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 10:11 AM














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¢ per
patch.
Has anyone
tried these patches? Are they worth the money? I imagine
pulling them apart and seeing how they work could be
educational. Obviously the patches you make yourself are the
best ones...
Cheers,
John :^P
[1] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oberheim-Xpander-Matrix12-Sounds-100-New-Patches-Sysex-Mac-Windows-/261968498063
--
John Pallister
john@...t
john@synchromesh.com











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Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts?

2015-07-16 by PeWe

Hi Karl !

Which site do you mean ?
I don\ufffdt have all the posts available here atm.

thx

PeWe


Am 16.07.2015 um 05:43 schrieb Karl Schmeer shire03@... [xpantastic]:
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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 totaly different synth!!

Best

Karl




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 got squirreled away back in the 80s. Caveat Emptor as they say. 
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From: "John Pallister john@... [xpantastic]" <xpantastic@yahoogroups.com> 
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 11:13:47 PM 
Subject: Re: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts? 




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 anything that plays cassette tapes any more... 

Karl, I'll definitely have to go through the patches on this site too. 

Cheers, 

John :^P 

On 16 July 2015 at 04:43, Karl Schmeer shire03@sbcglobal.net [xpantastic] < xpantastic@yahoogroups.com > wrote: 





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 totaly different synth!! 

Best 

Karl 

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On Wed, 7/15/15, John Pallister john@... [xpantastic] < xpantastic@yahoogroups.com > wrote: 

Subject: [xpantastic] Kid Nepro patches - thoughts? 
To: xpantastic@yahoogroups.com 
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 10:11 AM 













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¢ per 
patch. 
Has anyone 
tried these patches? Are they worth the money? I imagine 
pulling them apart and seeing how they work could be 
educational. Obviously the patches you make yourself are the 
best ones... 
Cheers, 
John :^P 
[1] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oberheim-Xpander-Matrix12-Sounds-100-New-Patches-Sysex-Mac-Windows-/261968498063 
-- 
John Pallister 
john@... 
john@synchromesh.com 











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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 patches in zip files.
If you have trouble getting to them,  I have copies here I can send you.

Best

Karl
 



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On Thu, 7/16/15, PeWe ha-pewe@... [xpantastic] <xpantastic@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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     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@...
       [xpantastic]:
 
     
       
       
           
             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 totaly
               different synth!!
 
               
 
               Best
 
               
 
               Karl
 
             
           
         
         
 
       
        
 
       
       
       
       
       
     
     
 
   
 
 
 
     
      
 
     
     
 
 
 
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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 shire03@... [xpantastic]:
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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 patches in zip files.
If you have trouble getting to them, I have copies here I can send you.

Best

Karl


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