Oberheim Xpander Owner's Manual

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Always check a tape
after
recording it. There
are
all
sorts
of
reasons tor a tape not to
work,
and it's
better that you
find out
now.
while you can
still make
another
tape if you have to.
Now
that I've got
your
attention. I should
mention that
the
Xpander cassette
interlace
is more
reliable and
is more
tolerant
of
bad
tape and tape
recorders
than any interface
we've
ever
made.
The
Check process is
the
reverse of the
Save process:
Press the
CHECK
CASS
button on the cassette
page, start the
tape, and
adjust the
level on
the
recorder
until
you
hear
the
leader tone
through the
Xpander's
output.
When
you
hear
the
tone,
your settings
are
good
and the
cassette
interface is ready
to
receive
data. If you
don't
hear
the
tone, the
Xpander doesn't
hear it. either.
The
Master Volume
control
adjusts
your
monitor
level, but
doesn't
affect the interface.
The
Xpander
will
revert
to its
state of
suspended
animation
(completely
dark except
for the
Page 2 button
and
LED.
which flashes
as
each
patch
gets
transferred)
until the
data is fin-
ished, at
which point
the
display
will read either
"DATA
COMPLETE;
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or one of
several
error
messages.
You
can
abort
the
cassette
process at any
time
by
pressing the
PAGE
2
button
Load
data
from
tape
follows
the
same process as
checking
a tape,
with the
addition
of some
options
Press the FROM
TAPE
button to
view them
ALL loads
all
patches into
the
Xpander
ONE
patch
only. Pressing ONE
prompts you
for the
desired
patch
from the tape
and the
des-
tination
patch
number into
the
Xpander.
Press START
when
you're
ready
SINGLE loads
only the
Single
Patches
MULTI loads
only
the Multi
Patches
CHAIN loads
only the
Program
Chain.
Realize that the
patches
themselves
will not be loaded
in.
only the
chain
itself.
GLOBAL
loads
only
the
Master
Multi pages, used
in Single
Patch mode
Choose
one of
these
options,
start the tape,
and
adjust the
level on
the
recorder
until
you
hear
the
tone through the
Xpander's
output.
When
you
hear the
tone, your
settings are good
and the
cassette
interface is ready
to
receive data.
If you
don't
hear the
tone
;
the
Xpander
doesn't hear
it.
either. The Master
Volume
control
adjusts
your
monitor
level, but
doesn't
a
ffect
the interface
The Xpander
will again
revert
to
its state
of
suspended
animation
(completely
dark except for
the Page 2
button
and
LED.
which
will flash
as
each patch gets
transferred)
until the
data
is
finished, at
which
point the
display will read
either
"DATA
COMPLETE;'
or
one
of several
error
messages.
You
can abort the
cassette process
at any time
by
pressing
the
PAGE
2
button.
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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