Xpantastic!

Can anyone tell me the differences in Xpander software revisions? I 
have just updated mine from 1.0/1.2 to 1.2/1.4. What improvements were 
made?

Thanks, Phil.

> Software revision 1.4 Operation Guide is 8 pages, a long list of changes and
> fixes.
> Processor version is 1.2 and only the voice version is 1.4
>
> I don´t have a scanner unfortunally.
>
> I´m in germany ( but the guide is in english).
> If we have someone from germany in the group w/ a fax and who is able to
> scan the docs and upload these, I offer to fax the guide.

Those docs are already online but it doesn't look like they are in
this Yahoo group, so I'll upload them.
I scanned them in back in 1996 or so, along with the newsletters for
the Xpander Users Group.

Hi,


On my Xpander, voice version shows 1.6. It was already 1.6 when I
bought it from german studio. Looks like it is a Matrix-12 voice chip.
software is 1.2.
Does anybody knows the difference (if any) between 1.4 and 1.6 ?


--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "eggwheatis" <phil@...> wrote:

>
> Can anyone tell me the differences in Xpander software revisions? I 
> have just updated mine from 1.0/1.2 to 1.2/1.4. What improvements were 
> made?
> 
> Thanks, Phil.
>

> processor 1.2 / voice 1.4 and cassette 1.0
>
> just found :
>
> http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Oberheim/Xpander.Matrix-12/info/Xpander.OS-revisions.txt
>
This is the same file I just uploaded to Xpantastic.
Isn't anyone seeing these emails????????????????

As far as I know, with it's 1.6 voice version, my XPander is working
like a charm, never get a software crash since 5 years.

My god, perhaps I'm the only XPander user in the world to have an 1.6
in my XP ;)

--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Ooops, never heard of this,- I did all the available updates in the
past 
> and finaly it was:
> 
> processor 1.2 / voice 1.4 and cassette 1.0
> 
> just found :
> 
>
http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Oberheim/Xpander.Matrix-12/info/Xpander.OS-revisions.txt
> 
> you seem to be right it´s a Matrix12 chip ...
> 
>
http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Oberheim/Xpander.Matrix-12/info/matrix12.software.versions.txt
> 
> Does it work in the Xpander ???
> 
> baumont987 schrieb:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On my Xpander, voice version shows 1.6. It was already 1.6 when I
> > bought it from german studio. Looks like it is a Matrix-12 voice chip.
> > software is 1.2.
> > Does anybody knows the difference (if any) between 1.4 and 1.6 ?
> >
> > --- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com 
> > <mailto:xpantastic%40yahoogroups.com>, "eggwheatis" <phil@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me the differences in Xpander software revisions? I
> > > have just updated mine from 1.0/1.2 to 1.2/1.4. What
improvements were

> > > made?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Phil.
> > >
> >
> >
>

I saw it, read it and copied it. very useful. Thanks very much for 
uploading it.

Phil.

--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Cappellini" <cappy2112@...> 
wrote:
>
> > processor 1.2 / voice 1.4 and cassette 1.0
> >
> > just found :
> >
> > http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Oberheim/Xpander.Matrix-
12/info/Xpander.OS-revisions.txt

> >
> This is the same file I just uploaded to Xpantastic.
> Isn't anyone seeing these emails????????????????
>

I would say there is a high possibility that 1.6 is the same as 
1.4..as the matrix had 1.6 and obviously they use the same voice 
boards...

what I would do if I had both files would be to look at the data 
between 1.6 and 1.4 and see if the checksums are the same. If they 
are then they are identical..if not it would be interesting to find 
out the differences.

Phil.




--- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Hmmm,- so what is it doing different compared to 1.4 in a 
Xpander ???
> 
> I´ve found one annoying issue in 1.4 years ago:
> 
> If you are in multi patch mode and have midi CC#7 assigned 
to "Pedal #1" 
> in the midi page,- if you send a program change and a CC#7 offset 
value 
> to the Xpander to change multi-patches w/ the right level,- the 
Xpander 
> shuts down until you move a midi continuous controller pedal or 
slider 
> w/ CC#7 again. This doesn´t appear in single patch mode.
> Is this eventually fixed w/ 1.6 ???
> 
> If yes, are the eprom images available for version 1.6 ?
> Is the eprom chip itself available anymore ?
> Or can someone copy this version 1.6 on a chip for testing 
eventually ?
> I have no Prommer here unfortunally ... :-(
> 
> PeWe
> 
> baumont987 schrieb:
> >
> >
> > As far as I know, with it's 1.6 voice version, my XPander is 
working
> > like a charm, never get a software crash since 5 years.
> >
> > My god, perhaps I'm the only XPander user in the world to have an 
1.6

> > in my XP ;)
> >
> > --- In xpantastic@yahoogroups.com 
> > <mailto:xpantastic%40yahoogroups.com>, PeWe <ha-pewe@> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > processor 1.2 / voice 1.4 and cassette 1.0
> >
> >
>

> My god, perhaps I'm the only XPander user in the world to have an 1.6
> in my XP ;)

Greg- let us poor 1.4 folks know what it's like "out there" on the
cutting edge ;-)