Used, oberheim taxi shanghai xpander oberheim taxi shanghai xpander. Oberheim xpander factory stock patches cassette tape turnlab. Modifying the basic patch oberheim xpander raynet repair. Arturia brings the awesome sauce with their new matrix12 virtual. The oberheim xpander 1984 is quite a curious release from the legendary developer. The oberheim xpander is a flexible, powerful and versatile analog synth with extensive digital control, allowing for the creation of all types of sounds pads, textures, drones, leads, basses and. It has the classic muscly oberheim sound with 6voice polyphony at 2 vcos pervoice. The oberheim xpander is an analog synthesizer launched by oberheim in 1984 and discontinued in 1988. However, for a couple of reasons there is a small but growing minority of owners suffering from. May 06, 2017 patch the oneeyed horse is a derby fave across america, us the mosttalkedabout horse at the kentucky derby was a halfblind colt named patch. Each voice or group of voices could either be assigned to respond to a specific midi channel 116, to a specific keyboard range on a specific midi. Commercial patches available for the oberheim xpander synth fool. Patches 9,223 patches, soundsources 5,439 soundsources, multis. Oberheim ob8 the ob8 was the last in the ob trilogy of synths starting with the obx in 1979, moving on to the obxa in 1981 before arriving at the ob8 in 1983.
With the exception of the top c note, all keys from octave to octave are identical, and all black keys within a given style are identical. Oberheim matrix12xpander wav samples, pdf manuals cyborg. Provide patch sheets for a number of analog synths. This is a brief demo of some random sounds taken from this product. Meticulously overhauled by the most critical professionals around and working perfectly. I cant help you with where to find factory patches, but i can suggest that if all your patches now show 0 values theres a good chance theres an internal battery that died and now needs replacing. We buy, sell, repair, service and rent out new, second hand and vintage gear. The xpander was the first oberheim synth to feature an extensive midi implementation. The units internal memory holds 100 single and 100 multi patches. Ample output options offer stereo and mono outputs as well as six additional individual audio outputs 1 for each voice allowing you to use the xpander as a stereo polyphonic 6voice synth, as six individual monosynths or any combination in between. The obvfd upgrade is a fullytested circuit board that is equivalent in both form and function to the display pcb used by oberheim in the xpander and matrix12 synthesisers. Xpander polyphony is a bit low to get alot of mileage out of multitimbrality. In other words, a b note in the lowest octave uses the. I too am looking for the rich matrix 12 patches as i just toasted my patches when i reset my ic chips on the processor board and thought i killed the whole synth but it needed the memory reset and retuned and then it still sounded dead until i loaded the expander audio and now it works but i have lost the fat sounds and it now sounds just like the xpander instead.
Oberheim matrix 12 6 xpander mc3000 ob x 6 8 12 synthesizer rerigerator magnet. Two cyrus quattro multi room kitseach box contains a module, a board, an xpander remote and a cable, plus there is an extra xpander remote. The patches are called the upper and lower patches. The oberheim xpander and matrix12 each use three 40character vfds vacuum fluorescent displays to communicate with the user. Dec 09, 20 oberheim xpander synth samples available to buy on ebay. The oberheim xpander is a desktop velocity and aftertouch sensitive, 6 voice polyphonic, multitimbral analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators with sync and fm, resonant 624db multimode low pass, high pass. The xpander was oberheim s first synth product that was designed from the ground up with midi in mind. A quick glance at the three instruments reveals a striking similarity to the point where you begin to question whether there was indeed any differences at all.
Oberheim xpander member of matrix 12 6 family modular. Each voice or group of voices could either be assigned to respond to a specific midi channel 116, to a specific keyboard range on a specific midi channel. You could argue that oberheim gave xpander the tools to move into a whole different territory to ob8 and in one sense you would be mad not to go there. Xpander circuitry overview oberheim xpander raynet repair.
Feb, 2020 the xpander uses a 14 bit dac which provides the high resolution needed for the generation of smooth and accurate modulations however an even higher resolution is required to achieve the very high standard of tuning accuracy that oberheim likes to offer. Just running through the factory presets on the xpander gives a hint of how deep its capabilities are. It is essentially a keyboardless, sixvoice version of the matrix12. Encore make midi retrofits for the oberheim obx and ob8 as well as the roland jupiter 8 obxob8 factory presets. Heres a quick movie of my oberheim expander up for auction.
Backuping and more space is possible via a cassette interface or midi sysex dump. Diamond plate light duty 14 ata case for oberheim expander keyboard. Utilizing oberheims matrix modulation technology, the xpander combined analog audio generation vcos, vcf and vcas with the flexibility of digital controls. In other words, a b note in the lowest octave uses the same key as a b note in any other octave. That is to say, each could be configured to create a different timbre this is accomplished via the multipatch mode which will be described below. When in split, the units six voices can be assigned as. Oberheim xpander synth samples available to buy on ebay. To understand some of the ramifications of midi applied to the xpander it is necessary to understand certain terms and concepts. Oberheim xpander 6 voice analog vintage synth modular design. The toggle switch filter group is used to switch between 2 filter groups.
So far i did not really find those with teh current version of matrix12v. Cassette tape of the matrix12 factory stock patches. Yes, there are sounds there which one has heard on almost every synth, but there are also others which make you want to grab the manual just to work out how they were done. Oberheim xpander midi implementation 8152008 page 530 xpander overview the xpander is an unusual musical instrument both in operation and in its midi implementation. The full product contains over 15,400 wav samples making up over 488. Otherwise you should just buy an ob8 and be done with it. A1066 oberheim xpander filter the synthesizer network.
Bessell on the other hand has a single solo album black horses of the sun din47. Patch the oneeyed horse is a derby fave across america, us the mosttalkedabout horse at the kentucky derby was a halfblind colt named patch. Theee analogue megasynth builtbj 1984 this is the multilingual version. Vfds have admirable brightness and contrast and the majority of units are still working well after more than 20 years. Available as system exclusive, standard midi files, data cassette or wav files. We want our items to outlast others on the market, and spare no expense doing what we can to promote their longterm reliability. Xpander, analog synth racksound module from oberheim. It is essentially a keyboardless, sixvoice version of the matrix12 released a year later, in 1985. An analogy to the matrix modulation system might be all of those millions of wires that existed on the fir. Will burn custom sound eproms for linn, oberheim and simmons drum machines. Tabletop version with half the polyphony architecture class. In many ways they are the most flexible nonmodular analog synths ever built.
Features 15 different filter types those filters of the a107 that were available in the xpander with 8 filters available simultaneously. The xpander is a sixvoice desktop version of the with which it shares an identical voice architecture. Patch king sounds for oberheim xpander and matrix 12 synthesizers are your best upgrade value. This is accomplished by the circuitry on the right of the dac u811 see next page. Back in the early 90s i owned a xpander for awhile and programmed a new set sounds for it. Make offer oberheim xpander firmware latest os upgrade eprom set version voice 1. Each voice or a voice group can be assigned to its own midi channel or one of the 6 onboard cvgate inputs. With the explosion in prices for analog gear, the xpander and matrix 12 are still very highly valued. Xpander circuitry overview oberheim xpander raynet. It uses modern vacuum fluorescent displays to replace the aging or faulty originals and extend the life of the instrument.
Includes patch sheets and schematics for many vintage synths including arp, sequential circuits, moog, overheim, korg and roland. If your fortunate enough to own one of these vintage synths and need some sounds for it, youve come to the right place. The xpander was oberheims first synth product that was designed from the ground up with midi in mind. Hello i have an xpander, seems like multi patches are missing.
If you load up any of the original factory patches, which thankfully have no. Oberheim xpander and matrix 12 repair parts and keys. Multimode filter based on the filter circuit of the oberheim xpander, cem3379, 15 different filter types. Each voice has five lfos, each with about five different wave shapes, plus the ability to sample most other modulators. Xplorer may change things but i havent tried it yet. The xpander uses a 14 bit dac which provides the high resolution needed for the generation of smooth and accurate modulations however an even higher resolution is required to achieve the very high standard of tuning accuracy that oberheim likes to offer. Though the xpander isnt as tweak friendly as an analog synth with 1 fader for every parameter, its still an amazing and deep tool that can be.
Oberheim xpander synths sounds electronic music synths analog synths the xpander is a sixvoice desktop version of the matrix 12 with which it shares an identical voice architecture. Oberheim xpander restoration by benden sound technology. Sep 10, 2014 i too am looking for the rich matrix 12 patches as i just toasted my patches when i reset my ic chips on the processor board and thought i killed the whole synth but it needed the memory reset and retuned and then it still sounded dead until i loaded the expander audio and now it works but i have lost the fat sounds and it now sounds just like the xpander instead. The oberheim xpander is a desktop velocity and aftertouch sensitive, 6 voice polyphonic, multitimbral analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators with sync and fm, resonant 624db multimode low. The xpander is a sixvoice desktop version of the matrix 12 with which it shares an identical voice architecture. Products for oberheim matrix 12 and xpander replacement keys parts. The xpander owners manual, first edition describes the technology as this. Thus, split mode effectively divides the unit up into two independent synthesizers, each with a certain number of the m6s six voices.
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