Plug It In
You need throe things before you can get any sound out of the Xpander:
POWER
The Xpander can operate on AC power between 100-130 volts or 200-260 volts. Make sure
the Xpander is set for the voltage in your location before plugging in the power. On the back
of the Xpander, next to the power outlet and power on/off switch, is arecessed switch which
selects the operating power range to 100-130 volts ("1 15") or 200-260 volts ("230").
Remove the red foil cover from the power socket and plug in the power cord to the Xpander
and the AC power source
Turn on the Xpander with the power switch next to the power socket on the back panel. Do
the displays on the Xpander light up? Does the power switch light up? If not. check your
connections.
SOUND SYSTEM
Connect the Xpander to amixing board, stereo instrument amplifier, or other sound system
using the stereo or mono mixed outputs, for now (There are also individual voice outputs on
the back panel of the Xpander We'll get into how to use them later. See the PAN Multi Patch
Page)
CONTROLLER
The Xpander needs to be connected to some other device that will tell the Xpander when
and what to play The Xpander can be controlled by anything with MIDI or Control Voltage/
Gate Outputs
To operate the Xpander from aMIDI controller such as an Oberheim OB-8 or Oberheim MIDI
Keyboard, connect the controller's MIDI OUT to the Xpander's MIDI IN. When the Xpander is
first turned on. it will receive MIDI information on all 16 MIDI channels.
To operate the Xpander using Control Voltages and Gate Outputs from the Oberheim DSX
Sequencer or other source, connect the Control Voltage and Gate Outputs of your controller
to the six pairs of CV/GATE INPUTS on the back of the Xpander.
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