Oberheim XK - OWNERS MANUAL ADDENDUM; HOLD;CHORD

OWNER'S MANUAL ADDENDUM
INTRODUCTION
u/hfrhu/nron,*!,,,*..^! *. ^ **??!* had SOme si9niflcant changes and additions made to its operating software
usin iTwTh themanwl sc! tha° * addendum serves as a guide to these changes and we recommend
Manual. It is included at the end of this addendum. a r8VIS8
I. HOLD/CHORD
of HOLD/CHORD function of the Xk is now separate per Zone. Previously, notes held across the
,.« 0O than Qne Zone wQu|d be hQ(d Qn thosQ ^^^ Nq^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^
1. Press and hold down the HOLD button.
S.!L6? k.°£i °nly the notes thal ^ played In the Actlve Zone wi!l °® held. The Active Zone
'•• •*- LED lit on the front panel.
"Chord Play". Remember that notes will not
LIMIT^the^ton* tranSp°Sed wHhln the Zone and is refe™<*d to the note that defines the LOWER
^ that if the LOWER LIMIT is changed while holding down a note, the note will not play with the new
t *" Lh9 k6y '? r?leased and r*fcV*<l' (This is true with all events in the Xk - Anytime a change £
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r^l^ g g note, the note will not play with the ne
rnlnf wh, t *" Lh9 k6y '? r?leased and r*fcV*<l' (This is true with all events in the Xk - Anytime a change
. made while a key or keys are being played, the change only affects new notes.) 9
II. BEND LEVER
The Bend Lever can now be reversed.
switch while you are powering the Xk ON. This wil
III. ARPEGGIATOR
1. The Aroeggiator Gate Time has been changed to make its operation more reliable when used with the
. and the OB-8 as well as many other MIDI synthesizers.
IrnlSrt«°U ml9£htV8 Jxperienced notes stickl"9 °n or notes not playing, especially at higher
Arpeggiator tempos. This has been corrected in version 1.4.
Also, this change now makes the fastest Arpeggiator speed 20Hz. This means that the Arpeggiator will play
frTmaPM? ? ? n°te? Per S6C0nd Pr6Vi0USly the UDper limit was 40H (40 ^ ^
2.
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ftouMrThP? ? ? n°te? Per S6C0nd- Pr6Vi0USly the UDper limit was 40Hz (40 no^ Per sec^ndM
should also be noted that when EXTERNAL CLOCK IN is used to drive the Arpeggiator the dock
used °rn°teS Wi" rand°mly StiCk°n']t iS alS0 lmportantthat1/64 note9sorhigher no°be
used f0J arDe99i0 transposition can be changed. It is programmed the same way as
,'n mmd,that th8 int6rValS USed in an arpe99i0 are "GIobal" (theV a«^ all programs in
JK Program-OnIy the number of intervals t0 be used in **
3. When us ng an external clock to dnve the Arpeggiator - if the clock source is stopped, the Arpeggiator will
not reset to the first note if the clock is restarted but will continue from the next note To reeet the
Arpeggiator to start with the first note, turn the Arpeggiator OFF and then ON again
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