the user manual - Xplorer
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1. A REALTIME EDITOR FOR THE OBERHEIM XPANDER MATRIX 12 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Xplorer A realtime editor for the Xpander Matrix 12 File Patch Tools Help TRIANGLE lg SAW FREQUENCY DETUNE PULSE WIDTH VCOIMOD DESTINATION E TRI E saw TRIANGLE E PULSE VCO2 sAWTOOTH NOISE PULSE FM AMPLITUDE FREQUENCY DETUNE PULSE WIDTH VCO2MOD E KEYB MLAG MLEVI E E SYNC VCO1 VCO2 FM LINEAR 9 EXPO E LEGATO TRACKING GENERATOR TRACK IN PT 1 TRACK X PULSE Vol UME VOLUME FREQ RES MODE 15 VOLUME VOLUME VCFMOD VB VCF VCA DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE VOLUME gmermuo more TRIGGER IN CYCLING MODE M RESET E FREERUN DADR ENV X SPEED WAVESHAPE RETRIG AMPLITUDE LAG SAMPLE INPUT Karger LFO X El EXT B LFO GATED SINGLE MULTI TRIGGER zu SOURCE TRACK3 4 m n Ww gt 4 ENV1 4 4 LFO5 ENV2 m i 4 PED 2 4 PED 2 4 TRACK1 4 TRACK3 4 amp E E RE El TRACK3 ENV4 4 4 4 4 TRACK1 m 4 M m m TRACK3 DEST 2 LFO2 M LFO5 AMP M 4 E E E KE Ej VCO2 PW LFO5 AMP ENV5 DECAY 4 U HOB E E LFO2 SPEED ENV4 RELEASE BM m nu uin 4 ENV5 AMP VCO2 FREG ge2. C I click OK Figure 1 Activation of Xplorer Overview Xplorer va File Patch Tools Help TRIANGLE VCO1 SAWTOOTH EE q EET PULSE K E TRI SAW PULSE Vco1MOD MUG VCFMOD VIB Es C et BI E VCFIVCA SOURCE Es Ee ENV TRACK3 KCAT lt ene me R Do FM AMPLITUDE E Saw A LFO3 2 CHU VOLUME TRIANGLE FREQUENCY DETUNE PULSE WIDTH MODE 15 VOLUME VOLUME E PULSE DELAY ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE VOLUME ENVI Envs DECAY VCO2 SAWTOOTH gl NOISE PULSE LFO5 VA i CYCLING MODE RESET E FREERUN DADR mal METEEN C FREQUENCY DETUNE PULSE WIDTH ENV X ENV5 SEA s j VCO2MOD E MLAG E VB B SYNC TE TT TNNT ENVS ENV3 RELEASE MI PED 2 ENV5 AMP 5 PED 2 vco2FREQ Rim Lac CE s OUT TRACKI LFO2 AMP SPEED WAVESHAPE RETRIG AMPLITUDE 2 o LINEAR TRACK3 VCO2 PW x I gl MM LAG SAMPLEINPUT ENV5 F RETRIG MODE OFF 9 EXPO E LEGATO TRACK 5 gO LFO X ENV4 EE Bu coo pes TRACK SEITEN z i LFO3 Y ENV RELEASE TRACK TRACKING GENERATOR OUT KEYBD LFo3 P TRACK3 Y VCA2 VOL 19 TRACK IN PT 1 GEM Lm FES TRACK X MODULATION MATRIX VCO1 VCO2 FM Figure 2 Xplore
3. QE RR Prid a a a kaywakupaqan 12 Input port from 12 Controller or DAW I p t DOE 12 Connecting hardware controller to Xplorer 12 Connecting DAW to Xplorer 13 Using a hardware controller and DAW 15 Mit COMMUN CIO BNN INPN SSS SSS S S S sss a 16 Output MIDI Chan iqel AEA 16 S I AW n sn o manas u np aa aaa 16 Y E DEII ea AA s ee ss 16 Default patch 16 SVHtesizer 16 PILA eair teaedeminisieeneertepautaeie nantes E NN LEE 16 Understanding Xpander Matrix 12 parameter 16 Joor Interface E MUN qd D FEE dE PRU 17 CE OEUEIRETMTMMMMPUSM 17 nisal cM TT 18 Oberheim Xpander LFO Rate to 18 Figures Figure L AGUNOLIOn Or ad AM dap aU pd A QE EID RR 6 Figure 2 Xplorer user interface Fea VE vada c pda quU dra ra a
4. Coda Ra 6 Figure 3 Knob gesture circular movement 7 Figure 4 List of choice 54 4 8 Figure 5 predefined values shortcuts r nh nna ann 8 Foure os FIC uuu usan assusoasaasusqupasqcaqawasawsaqmasqusawaqasqsqqpasanspussamqauamqaqanaapaqawaqamas 9 7 wes MCU S 9 Figure 8 Setting menu sssssssassasassasssasasasssssanasanasnsnsanssasasssssnanaa 10 Figure 9 10 Figure 10 About message on synthesizer s 11 Figure 11 Quick DULCONS ccc cece cece 11 Figure 12 Settings window MIDI Page hmhmh menn nnn nnns 11 Figure 13 Connecting a hardware controller to Xplorer 13 Figure 14 using a virtual MIDI cable in FL Studio 1 2 14 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Figure 15 using a virtual MIDI cable in FL Studio 2 2 14 Figure 16 using a virtual MIDI cable in Cubase 14 Figure 17 using a virtual MIDI cable in Xplorer nnnm 15 Figure 1
5. LFO2 AMP VCO2 PW LFO3 SPEED Y LFO4 SPEED 4 ENV4 AMP ENV4 RELEASE ENV2 DELAY LFO2 SPEED VCA2 VOL 4 MODULATION MATRIX 1 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Table of contents Release y xu us Ua du Eua EMI DR esc eda Gen Ab dE 3 lli Snail Pr 4 System regulremierilS 2 dud hd ain dod dus did oido dicirur aul Pra an b dor ni 4 COC Liga e TIRE E E IS 5 lig ciecillz sre u u 5 Product cedi ide MEER TT um 5 asl m P 6 Using Xplorer on Touch Screens 7 Recommended Touch Screen Gestures 7 Predefined values TOF KIODS SI VERTU Nd PAY MES 8 MONU eneren aE UTITUR 8 al E E A E E E E E E E E E E E T yapa an apasaq 9 PEG i N sss E T pd Er SSS SS S A E A E 9 TOO 10 E e 2 us E AA E A A E A E T A E A A E E E T 10 TAO OU CB Oi wre u E a ee ama sos oes 11 ela M sas 11 VEE c 11 MDT POV ES reri E EE E E E E E E E E A nakuyta akun uu paqwan 12 Output port to
6. Recommended e MIDI interface with one MIDI OUT and one MIDI IN one Virtual MIDI cable driver like LoopBel http www nerds de en loopbel html or MIDI Yoke http www midiox com Synthesizer e Oberheim Xpander or Matrix 12 synthesizer Oracle VM Virtual Box VMWare Player Parallels Desktop Microsoft Windows XP Vista Windows 7 are all registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners As described at http www trademarkia com oberheim 77616105 html Oberheim is a trademark of Bank of America National Association Charlotte NC 28255 4 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Introduction Xplorer is a real time and bi directional software editor for the Oberheim Matrix 12 and Xpander synthesizers Real time and bi directional means that every change you make in Xplorer is reflected into the synthesizer memory with minimal latency and vice versa Whether you change the sound parameters on the synthesizer in Xplorer or with a MIDI controller the software and the synthesizer will simultaneously update the parameters of the sound without needing to reload the patch into the synthesizer memory The main features of Xplorer are e Single patch tone file load save on disk e Modification of the 226 parameters of a single patch e Real time MIDI automation for all parameters with freely assignable control changes even for filter modes except Modulation Matrix e Copy paste pa
7. patches Understanding Xpander Matrix 12 parameter pages Xpander and Matrix 12 synthesizer parameters are organized into pages and subpages On the synthesizer itself the pages are changed by pressing the PATCH PAGE SELECT buttons and the sub pages with the PAGE 2 buttons When Xplorer needs to change the value of a parameter it has to change the current page and subpage depending on the parameter whether the parameter is changed with the mouse on the user interface of Xplorer or by MIDI automation 16 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com An example let s say we are changing the VCF Freq value and then we want to change the ENV1 Delay value We must first change the page subpage to page ENV1 subpage 1 since VCF Freq is not on the same page sub page than ENV1 Delay Page and subpage changes are handled slowly by the synthesizer and it not possible to do anything to improve that If a lot of page subpage messages are received by the synthesizer in a short amount of time this can result in a loss of page suppage message handling This can mainly happen when two parameters in different page subpages are automated with CC messages and a lot of those messages are received in a short amount of time by Xplorer resulting in a lot of page subpage messages sent to the synthesizer So again it s not recommended to use the same CC to change parameters that appear in different pages subpages User interfac
8. to 63 has 10 predefined values Each knob with negative values detune mod matrix amount has 11 predefined values 10 1 for zero Default value can be chosen directly when mouse is over the knob by pressing the 1 to or top keys on the keyboard 1 for the minimum or for the maximum Fl F2 F3 F4 DES F9 F10 11 F12 zh ME M ESS ei eil Page T 9 TA Page oes End Down Home t PoUp 4 amp 6 34 t mene Figure 5 predefined values shortcuts For VCO Freq knobs default values are set to harmonic values 5th 7th one octave up etc If you change the predefined value of a VCO Freq while playing a note or a chord you ll notice a lovely little glide Hey you re playing with an analog synth Menus All menu items have defined shortcuts to minimize use of the mouse whenever possible 8 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com File Patch Tools Help New Ctri hy Open Save Ctrl 5 Save as Ctrl Maj 5 Exit Figure 6 File menu These commands are straightforward With Open Save and Save As you can manage your single patch sysex files on your hard disk Please note that you can simply drag and drop a SysEx file onto Xplorer If the SysEx file contains a single patch it will be loaded directly The New Ctrl N command is a bit different It will load the default Oberheim patch into t
9. 8 using Xplorer with DAW and a hardware controller 15 Figure 19 Settings window User interface 17 Release history 1 10 24 1 October 24 2012 Windows 8 support Drag and drop support for single patch SysEx files Enhanced single patch data detection in SysEx files Extract single patches from an all data data dump SysEx file into a given folder Get all single patches from synthesizer into a given folder All data dump request backup and restore save and restore synthesizer whole memory to from a sysex file MIDI status is now displayed as 3 leds under the VFD Display Smart all not off mode to reduce stuck notes when changing patch Links to website added to help menu 1 8 12 3 August 12 2012 Tune request linear knob movement predefined knob values 1 5 8 1 May 8 2012 First final release 1 4 15 1 April 15 2012 First beta release 3 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Notice THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
10. Interface OUT IN IN OUT Figure 13 Connecting a hardware controller to Xplorer Connecting a DAW to Xplorer To use Xplorer in conjunction with a DAW like Cubase Ableton Live FL Studio Reaper etc you need a virtual MIDI cable A virtual MIDI cable is software that emulates a MIDI interface It uses one or more virtual MIDI ports to allow communication of MIDI data between applications One application is sending MIDI data to the virtual MIDI output port and the other one is listening to the virtual MIDI input port You may ask why is a virtual MIDI cable needed It s because Xplorer is not based on proprietary technologies like VST This guarantees that it will be still usable and maintainable years from now There are many virtual MIDI cable applications available In the example below we will see how to use Xplorer with a DAW and MIDI Yoke which is a free virtual MIDI cable see http www midiox com If you use Windows 7 you may prefer to use LoopBel which is free too see http www nerds de en loopbel1 html Cubase Ableton Live FL Studio Reaper are respectively trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Ableton AG Image Line and Cockos Incorporated VST is a trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH 13 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Once the virtual MIDI cable software is installed please follow the installation guidelines you should see the v
11. USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE You agree that any and all claims suits or other disputes arising from your use of the software shall be determined in accordance with the laws of France in the event the author is made a party thereto You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the court in Strasbourg France for all actions whether in contract or in tort arising from your use or purchase of the software System requirements The following are the system requirements for using Xplorer PC or compatible hardware Mac BootCamp Virtual machine e Processor 400 MHz Pentium processor or equivalent Minimum Core 2 Duo processor or equivalent Recommended RAM 96 MB Minimum 512 MB Recommended Hard Disk Up to 500 MB of available space may be required CD or DVD Drive Not required Display 1280 x 900 256 colors Minimum 1680 x 1050 high color 32 bit Recommended Virtual machines like e Parallels Desktop http www parallels com products desktop e Oracle VM Virtual Box https www virtualbox org e VMWare Player http www vmware com products player overview html Windows 9 Minimum e Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows 8 with latest service pack 32 or 64 bits note Xplorer does not run on Windows RT e Microsoft NET Framework 4 0 Client Profile may be already installed on your operating system MIDI Interface Minimum e MIDI compatible interface with at least one MIDI OUT port
12. e page Knobs Dolor Q linear movement circular movement Figure 19 Settings window User interface Color You can choose your own color for the user interface This color is applied to all knobs and buttons Knob movement you can choose linear or circular movement for the knobs Credits Wes Milholen user s manual and website design Sean Hancock Eduardo Saponara Doug Terrbonne Tony Cappelini beta testing Hielo Patagonia Sounds macro photography 17 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Appendix Oberheim Xpander LFO Rate to BPM OBERHEIM XPANDER LFO RATE TO BPM BPM 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 LFO RATE SQUARE WAVE 7 Experimental measures May vary depending on your synthesizer 41 42 43 18 18 46 47
13. el see below MIDI communication Output MIDI channel Set up Memory Protection see the switch at the back of your synth MIDI Ports Depending on your MIDI setup and how you want to use Xplorer you can define the settings in different ways Output port to synthesizer This is the OUTPUT port of your MIDI interface which should be connected to the MIDI IN port of your synthesizer Input port from synthesizer This is the INPUT port of your MIDI interface which should be connected to the MIDI OUT port of your synthesizer Please note that the INPUT port and OUTPUT port configuration in Xplorer do not need to be on the same MIDI interface Controller or DAW input port This port is the port of your MIDI Keyboard or the MIDI Controller you want to use to control your synthesizer In you re using a DAW MIDI output as the INPUT port this is the port of a MIDI Virtual cable that connects the DAW with Xplorer Let s see these configurations in detail Connecting a hardware controller to Xplorer The figure below describes how to connect an external hardware MIDI controller to Xplorer The MIDI interfaces in the picture below could be external MIDI interfaces sound card MIDI interfaces or a mix of both 12 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Legend a Physical MIDI cable E s MIDI suu muu m Interface abs x ee m OUT IN MIDI
14. ge for TRACK ENV LFO and RAMP pages e g you can copy all ENV1 page parameters and paste them to ENV3 e Rename patch go to patch store patch save patch to disk e Real time update of all parameters when the user tweaks the synthesizer knobs dual editing can be done without needing to reload the patch and resynchronize the synthesizer and the PC as most editors need to do e Patch randomizer generates a new patch from random values e Auto sized user interface depending on system s default font size e and more to come in the next releases As a registered user you get e Lifetime free updates for the Xplorer software e Free access to the latest Xplorer source code starting 2018 01 01 Installation You should have received the download link by email Extract the downloaded archive and launch the setup exe file Product activation The first time Xplorer is started it will ask you for the activation of the product You should have received your license key file by email Please select the location of the file and click OK The application will restart Please keep your license key file in a safe place for future reuse It s your personal license key file Do not share it Depending on both hardware and software specifications of the synthesizer 5 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual Activation of Xplorer Activate the application using the key file Specify the location of the xplorer lic key file on your computer and
15. he choice made in the settings the knobs can be tweaked using a linear movement or a circular movement Linear movement This is the default movement the mouse or the finger moves up or down to increase decrease knob s value Circular movement This is similar to what you do when you turn the knob to the left or right 4 MULTI Figure 3 Knob gesture circular movement To use circular movement on touch screens press the knob with your finger turn in the direction of the current value of the knob and then turn left or right according to your wishes so you can see the knob while changing the value List of choice combo boxes Forget about the right down arrow Press the combo box with your finger and then release it from the screen to show the content of the list Then move your finger up or down depending on your choice and release it to make a selection 7 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com POLEI 4 42 11 POLE LOW RES 2 POLE LOW 3 POLE LOW 8 POLE LOW mti 3H CA E eny HIGH 3 POLE HIGH 12 POLE BAND 14 POLE BAND i2 POLE NOTCH 3 POLE PHASE 15 HIGH 1 LOW 13 HIGH 1 LOW 12 NOTCH 1 LOW PHASE 1 LOW T AC K DECAY SUSTAIN RELEA Figure 4 List of choice gesture Check boxes and radio buttons Press either on the control itself or its label Predefined values for knobs To speed up the tone programming each knob with positive values e g from O
16. he current memory location of your synthesizer as described in the synthesizer owner s manual In short Ctrl N in Xplorer will give you the same result as using Clear Store on the synthesizer Patch File Patch Tools Help Previous F5 Next Goto patch Randornize Rename 10 F12 Store Synchronize Figure 7 Patch menu AV Previous F5 same as using on the synthesizer Next F6 same as using on the synthesizer Go to patch F7 This command opens a dialog to get the patch number and goes to this patch when Enter is pressed Randomize F8 This command randomizes all the parameters of the patch to get a new patch The new patch name will be called Random Press the F8 key to get soundscape inspiration Rename F9 Opens a dialog to set the patch name Please keep in mind that this is the patch name not the file name on your computer Store F10 Stores the current patch into the synthesizer memory at the current memory location Please keep in mind that this command is not the same as saving the sysex file on your hard disk Synchronize F12 In case of communication errors between the synthesizer and Xplorer such as an unplugged MIDI cable you can use this command to get the current 9 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com synthesizer patch into Xplorer Changes made in Xplorer will be erased by the synthesizer current patch values T
17. irtual MIDI ports in your DAW Using the virtual MIDI Cable in your DAW FL Studio In this example we use MIDI Yoke Port 1 with Xplorer and in FL Studio we use Port 21 This internal port number is specific and may vary depending on your setup zT Microsoft MIDI Mapper Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth Software synthesizer Qut To MIDI Yoke 1 MIDI hardware port wel UltraLite MIDI hardware port 0 Figure 14 using a virtual MIDI cable in FL Studio 1 2 In FL Studio you can use this port as a standard MIDI OUT Microsoft MIDI Mapper Software synthesizer Out To MIDI Yoke 1 MIDI hardware port 21 MIDI Oui UltraLite MIDI hardware port 0 Send master sync Port number ovato oe KK Figure 15 using a virtual MIDI cable in FL Studio 2 2 PLUGIN MISC FUNC CHANNEL BANH PORT PATCH none Using the virtual MIDI Cable in your DAW Cubase Add a MIDI Track and set the output MIDI channel of the track to the corresponding MIDI Channel miu Eteint Eteint Connect Sut MIDI Yoke 1 Figure 16 using a virtual MIDI cable in Cubase Using the virtual MIDI Cable in Xplorer 14 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Select as Controller or DAW input port the same port you use in your DAW In this case it is MIDI Yoke Port 1 MIDI ports eee in From MIDI Yoke 1 H
18. one Output port to synthesizer UttraLite Wegener MIDISPORT 2x4 In 1 MIDISPORT 2x4 In 2 Figure 17 using a virtual MIDI cable in Xplorer You re done If the other ports of Xplorer are configured MIDI Out to synthesizer and MIDI IN from synthesizer you should hear your synthesizer by playing the MIDI OUT keyboard into your DAW Using a hardware controller and a DAW The diagram below summarizes the whole process Legend Physical MIDI cbe cable Aplorer Virtual MIDI Cable EESE BEER s BERBER EEEEES sss 4 07 MIDI HH HHHH Interface A EE m MIDI Interface OUT IN HMHI Figure 18 using Xplorer with a DAW and a hardware controller 15 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com MIDI communication Output MIDI channel This is the channel number used on the output MIDI port to communicate with your synthesizer You must ensure that the channel you set in Xplorer is the same as the channel set on your synthesizer Go to Master Page MIDI Channel to set this up on your synthesizer Smart all not off When this option is activated an all not off MIDI message is sent to the synthesizer before a single patch change occurs to avoid stuck notes SysEx Delay This is the delay in milliseconds used between each SysEx message sent to the synthesizer It is a good idea to use the default value 30 ms if communication between Xplorer and the s
19. ools Tools Tools Help settings Ctrl G I Tune Request w ry ae Single patches d 3 Get all single patches from synth 1 Backup Restor d Extract all single patches from file Figure 8 Setting menu Settings Ctrl G Opens the Settings window see next chapter Tune request F4 Sends a tune request to the synthesizer Single patches Get all single patches from synth Get all single patches from synth and store them to given folder Extract all single patches from file extract all single patches from a SysEx file aka all data dump and store them to a given folder Backup Restore Backup all data save all synth data single and multi patches into a SysEx file on disk Restore all data restore a previously backup file into synthesizer s memory Help Help Xplorer help Fl Check for new releases Go to website Go to forum About Figure 9 Help menu Xplorer help F1 Opens this manual Check for new releases go to website and go to forum redirects your web browser to the corresponding website page About Shows the infamous About window Note when the About window is shown a message is sent on the display of the synthesizer This can be a quick way to verify the MIDI output communication to the synthesizer n short this command is the same as doing manually a backup into a file and extracting all single patches from this file 10 18 Xplorer Editor use
20. r s manual http www xplorer editor com Figure 10 About message on synthesizer s display The Quick Buttons The quick buttons are located under the display They give another way to access the main menu commands without going into the menu GO A A A m Mm Mm A Figure 11 Quick buttons Settings The settings window is available thru Xplorer s menu or the Ctrl G keyboard shortcut MIDI page Settings MIDI ports MIDI communication Controller DAW input port Output MIDI channel AER Smart all notes off Output port ta synthesizer Express 128 Port 1 SysEx delay ms Input port from synthesizer Express 128 Port 1 Default patch number a Synthesizer type Xpander Matrx 12 Parameter Control change number VCO2 WAVE SYNC Mone VCF FREG 74 Sound Controller 5 default Brightness VCF RES T1 Sound Controller 2 default Timbre Harmonic Intens VCF MODE None VCA1 VOLUME None VCA2 VOLUME Mone VCF MOD KEYBD None 1 T Figure 12 Settings window MIDI Page 11 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com The first thing is to set up your synthesizer MIDI configuration to enable communication with Xplorer Enable MIDI system exclusive messages go to MASTER PAGE MIDI ENABLES and select SYSTEMX Disable MIDI echo go to MASTER PAGE MIDI ENABLES and unselect ECHO Enable Patch change go to MASTER PAGE MIDI ENABLES and select PATCH Set up MIDI chann
21. r user interface Xplorer is not just another generic synthesizer editor with ranges of slider controls that are all the same and don t really tell you what you are doing Xplorer was developed by an Xpander owner for use by Xpander and Matrix 12 owners With Xplorer you quickly get an overview of all parameters of a single patch including an overview of the Modulation Matrix With Xplorer you can tweak the sound simultaneously using a computer mouse a hardware MIDI controller your DAW software or directly on your Xpander or Matrix 12 Use the method you prefer to change the sound Xplorer s display shows you in real time which parameter is currently being modified 6 18 Xplorer Editor user s manual http www xplorer editor com Using Xplorer on Touch Screens The user interface of Xplorer was designed to be usable on touch screens Most users of touch screens enlarge the system font size to have graphics more suited to this type of use The Xplorer user interface automatically changes based on the system font size If you increase the system font size to 125 Xplorer s user interface will be 25 bigger Larger controls are then easier to manipulate With a 25 font size Xplorer user interface fits perfectly into a 1680 1050 resolution which is the native resolution of many common LCD screens Recommended Touch Screen Gestures To optimize the user experience the following gestures are recommended Knobs Depending on t
22. ynthesizer is working fine If not try to increase this value Values lower than 10 ms may hang up the synthesizer because it s receiving data too quickly Default patch number This is the default patch number used by the editor when you start up Xplorer or when you generate a random patch A good practice is to set it to 99 and to leave patch 99 as your testing patch This will prevent you from accidentally overwriting patches that you may want to keep Synthesizer type This is the type of synthesizer you have an Xpander or a Matrix 12 Please set it up accordingly MIDI Automation This is the table where you can set up MIDI control change messages to automate the parameters e g automate VCF Freq with CC 1 VCF Resonance with CC 2 and so on To remove a control change assignment select None at the end of the list you can press N on your keyboard to quickly set this value The same control change number can be used to automate more than one parameter at a time although this not recommend for parameters that are on different pages or subpages see below Understanding Xpander Matrix 12 parameter pages Please keep in mind that MIDI contro change messages are received by the Controller DAW Input port If this port is not defined the MIDI automation feature will not work Right clicking on the table enables an HTML export of the content of the list so you can keep track of your assignments and recreate them for other
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