| Oberheim Xpander programming |
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As vintage synth dealers, we get to play with
a lot of fun toys, but you already know
this... I love the Oberheim Xpander! Here's
me programming a patch or 2 on the next
Xpander we plan to sell. I started out with
Oberheim's initialized patch. Though the
Xpander isn't as tweak friendly as an analog
synth with 1 fader for every parameter, it's
still an amazing and deep tool that can be
programmed pretty quickly once you're
familiar with the layout. Enjoy, and email
me anytime at minime123@onebox.com
PS A few people criticized how I was handling
this Xpander on a forum. This was my reply
to them:
-i remember one time when my mother took her
car in to the mechanic's. she handed him the
keys so he could take it for a test drive.
she almost had a heart attack when he floored
it, cause that car had never gone that fast
with her at the wheel. she didnt understand
what he was doing, and had a similar reaction
to some people here. i knew EXACTLY what he
was doing - you generally find more problems
when you push a machine. so...
-im intentionally a bit rough with pots and
buttons when i test items that are going up
for sale because i want to be sure
everythings in proper working order and is
going to perform well for whoever buys it,
whether they have a gentle touch, or a
"not-so-gentle" touch. xpander encoders,
which are known to go bad (and are also
designed to click loudly, as you can hear),
can respond differently at different speeds,
so i test them both slowly and quickly. i
didnt want to bore you guys to death with a
slow version cause i cant stand sitting there
for 10 minutes watching something that could
have been accomplished in 2, and i wouldnt
want to put you through such torture either.
:) plus, my camera stops recording videos
after around 3 minutes. also, before i bought
my 1st xpander, i thought it was going to be
relatively slow to program without a knob for
every feature and i wanted to show people
thats not the case if you know your way
around it. i actually made a few bad button
pushes there because i was trying to move
quicker than usual.
-i have owned and used more than 1 xpander
heavily for the last 15 years and havent had
a single problem or gotten a single scratch
on them since ive had them. plus, im not as
"rough" with them in the studio. so, to
those who are concerned that im abusing this
(or any other) synth, dont be cause im not.
you guys might be used to decrepit old crap
that falls apart when you look at it, but the
stuff we sell is usually much better off,
because we put it to the test and fix any
functional issues we try our hardest to
discover.
-as for rubbing off any print, oberheim
already took care of that. theres actually a
layer of material (im not sure what it is -
translucent plastic?) above all the graphics.
though this material itself doesnt look very
good scratched up.
-anyway, thanks for the concern. we would
never do anything to harm any synths. in
fact, we have turned down guaranteed sales
because we didnt like the buyers plans for
our babies (heavy road use of a pristine
instrument, an "art project" where the
instrument would essentially be put to death,
etc). so relax, people! :)
Tags : oberheim expander xp1 xp-1 xpander matrix-12 vintage synthesizer synth keyboard module moog sequential circuits prophet |
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Durée : 180 s |
| Before Nortec Collective and Latinsizer / moog/oberheim/seq |
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Back in 1988-1996 in Tijuana( US-Mexico
Border) i was involved in diferent
industrial, Noise Electronic Local Acts
before i started with "Nortec
Collective"(1999). At the same time i was
working with Ramon Bostich to do an Ambient
Noise Music Duo with a more analog synth
touch, this poject called "Monithor" wich
later become Latinsizer as a solo alias, this
footage i founded in lost tapes from back in
1996,
this video was taken at Monterrey city at an
abandoned wharehouse from 1905 before it
become a cultural park today (Parque
Fundidora), Ramon and i did a total Analog
Synth live set there in 1996 using using a
couple of Moog Synths, Oberheims, analog
sequencers and modified drum machines.
enjoy
De 1988 a 1996 estuve involucrado en varias
agrupaciones de música electrónica
post-industrial en Tijuana antes de empezar
con el "Colectivo Nortec"(1999).
Al mismo tiempo estaba trabajando en otro
proyecto con Ramon Amezcua en un tinte mas
Analógico, Ambient y ruido(Monithor),
proyecto que luego se convirtiera en
"Latinsizer" como proyecto solo y Bostich con
Pointloma, este video lo recuperé de unas
cintas perdidas de una tocada en Monterrey en
1996 en donde tocamos en el parque fundidora
cuando estaba abandonado y se utilizaba para
hacer fiestas de música electrónica y ahora
es un museo y parque cultural(asà pasa), en
esta tocada es una ejecución de varios
instrumentos analógicos(moogs, oberheims,y
otros) con algunas cajas de ritmos
modificadas y secuenciadores de step, espero
lo disfruten, saludos
info about the synths used(extracted from
www.vintagesynth.com)
MOOG ROGUE
Cheap Moog bass? Some may say so... An even
cheaper version of this synth was made by
Realistic (known as the Concertmate MG-1).
The Rogue has a decent Moog filter with an
external input and syncable VCO's. Still it
does have its limitations in design and
synthesis capabilities. Very basic and easy
to use, the Rogue is an inexpensive place to
get good Moog sounds! It is very similar in
fact, to the Moog Taurus which is a bass
pedal synthesizer system. Unfortunately the
Rogue shows no sign of MIDI or patch memory.
It is used by Peter Gabriel, Add N To (X),
808 State, Latinsizer, Stereolab, Mr. Oizo
and KMFDM.
MOOG SOURCE
Moog's Source was their first to offer patch
memory storage as well as some other new
features. It boasted 16 memory locations so
you could finally save and recall your synth
patches. A casette-tape jack was also
implemented to transfer your patches to and
from an external tape and free up the
on-board memory for additional new patches.
But in an effort to modernize with the
eighties, the Moog had replaced all buttons,
knobs and sliders with flat-panel membrane
buttons and a single data-wheel assignment
format. At the time, this may have seemed
far-out, but in all actuality it is the
Source's downfall.
Parameters are edited not with hands-on
sliders and knobs but by assigning a selected
parameter to the dedicated data wheel. This
is very tedious and does not allow for true
hands-on tweaking during performances nor can
you adjust different parameters
simultaneously or while playing. These days,
the membrane buttons don't always seem to
work quite right either. However, those
famous monophonic Moog sounds are still
inside this synth which has two fat analog
oscillators and the legendary 24 dB Moog
filter.
The Source has been used by Tangerine Dream,
Jan Hammer, Depeche Mode, Devo, Vince Clarke,
New Order, Ultravox, Josh Wink, Front Line
Assembly, Moog Cookbook, Kitaro, Imperial
Drag, The Cars, Phish, The Rentals, King
Crimson, Blur, and Gary Numan.
OBERHEIM MATRIX 6
The Matrix 6R is the Matrix 6 without a
keyboard, retaining its membrane programming
interface. Oberheim later produced the Matrix
1000, which is essentially 1000 patches from
the Matrix 6 in a 1-unit rack-module, preset
and editable only through SysEx. For
professional studio work or live on stage,
both the Matrix 6 keyboard and rack-mount are
excellent and versatile synths that make a
great source of bright and punchy sounds,
vintage analog pads, textures and ambient
sounds. It is used by Orbital Apollo 440,
Jimmy Edgar, Philip Glass, The Grid, Future
Sound of London, Astral Projection,
Latinsizer, The Shamen, Mouse on Mars,
Tangerine Dream and Cirrus.
bostich y fussible
Tags : drum machine circuit bend tr-606 analog sequencer synth modular moog oberheim tr909 latinsizer nortec tijuana pepe mogt |
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Durée : 238 s |
| Oberheim Matrix-12 Demo |
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This is an Oberheim Matrix-12 vintage analog
polysynth, it is my personal favorite synth
ever. Basses, strings, super-thick pads.
Worth every red cent. Sound for this video
was recorded into Cubase SX3 through an E-mu
1616M audio interface. Absolutely no effects
were added. Probably half of the patches
programmed by me! This demo is guerrilla
style with mostly noodling - no rehearsing
whatsoever - can you tell? So please take it
easy with the comments....after all I spared
you guys the Van Halen Jump riff the obies
are famous for. Alas, maybe I make a better
vid later.
Tags : Oberheim matrix-12 matrix xpander analog vintage synthesizer demo demonstration |
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