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From: tim@fisher.UUCP (Tim Snyder)
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Subject: Re: synth shopping...and Oberheim synth questions
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 12:14:20 EST
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> an Oberheim Xpander or Matrix-6 (a Matrix 12 is twice the voices, but
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> do poliphony with arbitrary split/layering.  The Xpander and Matrix-6
> do 6 voices (the Xpander has no keyboard of it's own).  The Matrix-12

> 	Stephen Uitti, Purdue University.  ach@pucc-j

So, the Xpander is simply a Matrix-6 without keyboard?
When you say "do 6 voices," do you mean six voices (patches) layered
    on a single key?
How arbitrary is the layering and splitting:
  Can one split the keyboard to six sections?
  Can it be, say, three sections, two voices each?
What are the limitations of "polyphonic" (i.e., how many keys at once?),
    and is this a function of the splits and layerings?
What do these three items cost?

                                        Woomera,
					Tim Snyder