Oberheim Xpander Owner's Manual

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Copying a
Patch
From
One Voice To
Another
You
can
copy a
Single Patch from
one voice
to another
within
a
Multi Patch. Press the
PATCH
EDIT button
of
the
voice with the patch you
want to copy, so
it becomes
underlined
Then hold the
STORE
button,
and
press the
PATCH
EDIT button
of
the voice
you
want to
copy
the patch to.
Editing
Several
Voices
Simultaneously
You can
edit the
Single
Patches of
several voices at
the
same time
simply
by
pressing
sev-
eral
PATCH EDIT
buttons at the
same
time. Now
any editing
will affect all of the
underlined
voices
For example,
turning up
the
filter
resonance will turn
up
the resonance
on all the
underlined
voices.
Realize
that since you
can
edit
several different
patches
this way. a
control
will not necessar
ily
be at
the same
setting on all
the
voices.
Therefore, the
display
shows the value of
the left
most
voice that
you are
editing
at
the
moment.
You can't
edit any
modulation
pages
because
they can
vary so
much from patch
to
patch You
can't store
patches
in this mode,
either.
(If
you
think you're
having
trouble keeping
track of
six different
Single
Patches and
a
Multi Patch,
think about
what the
computers are
going through')
Remember
that you can
compare
the entire edited
Multi Patch
with
the
unedited
one.
and that
you
can
store
the
Single
Patches one at a
lime
GETTING
BACK TO
SQUARF
ONE
The
Xpander
is
so
flexible that
it's
entirely possible
to
lose
track of who's
modulating what
But
there is
a
basic patch (called
OBERHEIM")
indelibly etched
in the back
of
the
Xparv
der's memory
To
reach it hold the
STORE
button
and press the
CLEAR
button (on
the right
of the X
Select selection
of the
front panel)
You can recall
this patch
from
either Single
Patch
or Multi Patch
mode.
You
can also edit this
patch
of
store
it
in
any
Single Patch
location
This basic
patch
resembles
a
conventional
synthesizer
hookup
There are
only
two
modula-
tions: Envelope
1
to
Filter
Frequency, and
Enveloped to VCA2. It
can t be
erased
under any
circumstances
Master Reset
There is also a
way to
reset
everything
except
patches:
Turn the
power
off.
then turn the
power on
while holding the CLEAR
button. This
master
reset
will recall the
OBERHEIM
patch
as
well
as
setting
everything
to
its default
condition
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Xpander Owners
Manual
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Oberheim Xpander Specifications

General

Type	Analog Synthesizer
Polyphony	6 voices
Oscillators	2 VCOs per voice
Control	MIDI
Synthesis Type	Analog Subtractive
VCA	1 per voice
Memory	100 patches
Modulation	Extensive modulation matrix
Year Released	1984
Filters	Multi-mode filter per voice
Envelopes	3 per voice
Keyboard	No keyboard
Inputs	CV/Gate
Outputs	Individual voice outputs