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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Darkstar XP2

via this auction. Note the vocoder chip upgrade was never made.

"Specs:
Polyphony: 8 Voices
Multitibral: 5 Parts

Each part features:
Level, Transpose and Note range setting.
Tremolo effect modulated from one LFO / Pan effect modulated from one LFO or Envelope / 4 x assignable outputs
Each Patch holds 5 different Parts.
64 Patches = 320 different sounds (64 patches X 5 Parts per patch)
Chorus FX sends Per Part (Hard wired to Outs 1 and 2)

Voice Specification: 2 Oscillators
Each continuously variable between Sawtooth and square/pulse output
Oscillators can be hard sync together
RingMod
Each can be de-tuned and can be modulated by one of the envelopes/LFOs
For each the pulse width can be varied and modulated by one of the envelopes/LFOs
Oscillator 2 can be transposed 5, 7, 12, 16, 17, 19 or 24 semitones

Oscillator 2 can be switched between:
Pink noise, White noise, Blue noise,Normal waves, Formant wave form, Sine wave, Input 1, Input 2

Joystick: Assignable X/Y Joystick

Filter: 12dB per octave resonant
The cut-off frequency can be modulated by the and set to track the keyboard
The resonance can be varied and modulated by one of the envelopes or LFOs
The output can be switched between off, low pass, band pass and high pass
Envelop Mod Can Be LFO2 or VCF envelope

Envelopes: 2 x ADSR envelopes, each of which can be set to respond to key velocity

LFOs: 2 x LFOs, each with a separate speed and delay control
Each LFO can be set to output one of the following waveforms:
Each can be set to key sync
Each can be synced to incoming MIDI clock
Ramp, Triangle, Square, Sine, Pulse, Sample & hold, Random

Triggering/Portamanto: Note triggering can be normal or auto glide
Polyphonic portamanto for polyphonic parts
Portamento has constant time, two polyphonic modes and six pre-glide modes

MIDI:
Note ON/OFF, Velocity, Pitch bend, Mod wheel / aftertouch (assignable), Program change, Sustain pedal, most
parameter controls, System exclusive. Midi in,Out,thru

Power Supply: External 9vDC (600mA minimum) output plug wired centre pin +

Dimensions/Weight: 340x230x50mm (13.4x9x2 inches) 3.7kg (8lbs)

4 1/4'' outputs
1 stereo 1/4'' headphones out
1 stereo 1/4'' input
Optional Vocodar Chip"




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just a warning...the vocoder chip for the XP2 was never made.

matrix said...

Thanks, I forgot about that. I updated the post with this.