Oberheim XPander + Xplorer : sweet electro lead

video upload by synth freak

"Small improvisation on Oberheim Xpander with a sound designed with the Xplorer editor - https://github.com/xplorer2716/XplorerEditor."

Xplorer Editor Now Open Source and Available on Github

video upload by XplorerEditor

Note the video above is latest from from 11 years ago. You can find additiona demos in previuos posts here.

News via the developer on the Xpantastic group:

"The Xplorer editor is now open source and available on Github: https://github.com/xplorer2716/XplorerEditor/ Almost everything is explained in the readme file https://github.com/xplorer2716/XplorerEditor?tab=readme-ov-file#readme, so I won't duplicate the information here.

Sadly I have no time to develop new features since years, you know how real life is. Now anybody can grab the source and continue the journey.

I hope this will help Xpanders/Matrix-12 owners to get the best of their beloved synths. This is my humble contribution to the community :)

IMHO, the best thing to do with the source code would be to migrate the it to a perennial framework such as JUCE, so any users could run it on Windows/Mac/Linux, whatever the underlying architecture is (Intel, ARM, etc...). This is not a simple task, mostly regarding UI.

The latest release is available here: https://github.com/xplorer2716/XplorerEditor/releases/tag/v2024.8.2.1
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Xplorer - a realtime editor for the Oberheim Xpander/Matrix-12 (1.10.24.1 new features)

Published on Oct 26, 2012 by XplorerEditor

"Xplorer - a realtime editor for the Oberheim Xpander/Matrix-12

http://xplorer-editor.com

Xplorer 1.10.24.1 is released.

The video shows mainly the following new features:
- Drag and drop support for single patch 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.


CHANGE LOG

New features:
- 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.

Bug fixes:
- A modified single patch name is now saved correctly when a store (F10) command is sent to synthesizer
- Rename patch dialog does not warn anymore on bad patch name when the Cancel button is clicked
- Settings window now shows correctly when system font size is 125%
- Settings/User interface: The color dialog now shows the custom knob color as the default custom color when opened"

Oberheim Xpander switched on Bach (Xplorer editor)

YouTube Published on Aug 30, 2012 by XplorerEditor

"Oberheim Xpander playing the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565,Johann Sebastian Bach (MIDI sequence).
Starting from the default Oberheim patch, this patch was made with the Xplorer editor, a real time editor for the Oberheim Xpander and Matrix-12.

You can download the sysex of this patch here: http://xplorer.programmer.free.fr/bb/viewtopic.php?id=15

More info about the Xplorer editor: http://xplorer-editor.com"

Xplorer realtime demo (full setup)

YouTube Published on May 12, 2012 by XplorerEditor

"In this demo, you will see that while playing an arpeggiator in FL studio, the parameters of the expander can be changed on the expander itself, with the keyboard controller, on directly on the touch screen. Whatever the input mode is, everything is synchronized.
Explorer is more that an simple editor, it can acts as a real time controller too.
Enjoy the demo !"