From mpulver@wwa.com Mon Sep 30 18:27:11 1996 30 Sep 96 21:27:02 +0500 30 Sep 96 21:26:27 +0500 Comments: Authenticated sender is 29 Sep 96 17:13:10 +0500 (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0v7SpP-000rNgC; Sun, 29 Sep 96 15:51 CDT id m0v7SpO-000M55C; Sun, 29 Sep 96 15:51 CDT Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 15:51:47 -0500 From: Mark Pulver Subject: ROM updates? Cc: xpansions@synthcom.com Tom Moravansky keyed in the following a few months ago... As for "how to upgrade"... You'll have to find someone with a ROM burner and the latest revs to copy the ROMs for you. >From: tmoravan@netcom.com (Tom Moravansky) >Subject: M-12/Xpander OS rev levels >Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 06:33:08 -0800 (PST) > > >IMPORTANT NOTE: The following chart and text originally appeared in an >'Xpansions!' newsletter. 'Xpansions!' was the newsletter of the Xpander >Users' Group and was edited by Mike Metlay. I have not asked Mr. >Metlay's permission to key in the following data. > > > >Oberheim Xpander and Matrix-12 software versions >------------------------------------------------ > > |-----------|-------|----------| > | Main | | | > | Processor | Voice | Cassette | >|-----------|-----------|-------|----------| >| Xpander | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | >|-----------|-----------|-------|----------| >| Matrix-12 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | >|-----------|-----------|-------|----------| > > The latest software rev for the Xpander fixed a number of annoying >bugs like losing sustain pedal data from Roland keyboards and generating >incorrect transpositions in Multi mode, and added a few features like >scrolling increment/decrement buttons. > > There is also rumored to be a beta-test version of the 12's software that >fixes a couple of last remaining bugs, like the bleedthrough of Pressure >modulation data into Pedal2, [...text deleted...] > > The latest official release of the software for the M12 still contains at >least two well-documented bugs: the External trigger jack only affects six >voices at a time (whichever six are displayed on the unit's front panel at >the moment), and there is a problem with modulation bleedthrough between >Pressure and Pedal 2: using one can activate modulations intended to be >activated by the other. According to Jim Letts at Oberheim, the bet-test >version of the software fixes all known problems, but was never finalized >and released because of a potentially dangerous bug of its own. Units with >the beta software reportedly would lock up at random intervals, quite >rarely but too often to allow the ddevelopers to release the software >officially. >___________________________________________________________________________ ___ >Tom Moravansky >tmoravan@netcom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Pulver/Chicagoish, IL The home of "Son of The MIDI Wall" mpulver@wwa.com http://shoga.wwa.com/~mpulver Check out the EMP CD -->>> http://soli.inav.net/~kent/emp.html From mpulver@netcom.comWed Jul 19 12:15:18 1995 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:09:48 EDT From: Mark Pulver To: David Evans Cc: analogue@hyperreal.com Subject: Re: Xpander Software Revisions At 12:50 PM 7/19/95 -0400, David Evans wrote: >can someone tell me what the latest >software revision is for the Xpander? Do you have to open it up to tell the >revision? What sorts of bugs/features do different versions give you? The real numbers are a Metlay or Bradley question, but the how: Hit these buttons: 1) "Master Page" 2) "2nd Page" 3) Pick "Versions" (I think it's the rightmost label) And read away... My Xpander is running Main 1.0, Voice 1.2, Cassette 1.0; (voice and main might be swapped). ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Pulver/Chicago, IL analog analog analog and umm, analog mpulver@netcom.com Voyetra 8, Xpander, P5, MKS-70, 2600, stuff From cord@lance.colostate.eduWed Jul 19 12:54:34 1995 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 13:47:17 MDT From: Cord Mueller To: Mark Pulver , David Evans Cc: analogue@hyperreal.com Subject: Re: Xpander Software Revisions >>can someone tell me what the latest >>software revision is for the Xpander? Do you have to open it up to tell the >>revision? What sorts of bugs/features do different versions give you? > >The real numbers are a Metlay or Bradley question, but the how: > > Hit these buttons: > > 1) "Master Page" > 2) "2nd Page" > 3) Pick "Versions" (I think it's the rightmost label) > > And read away... > >My Xpander is running Main 1.0, Voice 1.2, Cassette 1.0; (voice and main >might be swapped). The latest released rev of the Xpander software, which added a few features and fixed several bugs, is as follows: Main Software: 1.2 Cassette: 1.0 Voice Software: 1.4 Among the features added are scrolling patch number displays if you hold the + or - buttons down, quantized lag (for glissandoes), and the removal of the less-than-useless DEFAULTS page. Cord, actually from mike!