Channels 01 through 16.
Program Select Enable/Disable.
Wheel Enable/Disable.
Program Send/Receive:
Send 1 program. [editor's note: it dumps ALL programs!]
Local Off: (for Channel B)
Allows separate control of Channel B over MIDI.
UNIQUE FEATURES:
1) Delay: when in unison, the triggering of half the voices can
be delayed by 20, 40, or 80 milliseconds.
2) Poly Mode [sic]: When in Double Mode, this assigns the entire
audio output of program B to the filter input of program A
(replacing A's oscillator).
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5.6 What's it worth?
Asking prices from usenet newsgroups were around $150 U.S. in February 1996. One
person posted a price of $50 U.S. for a beat-up machine, for parts. I paid $200 Canadian
for a Split-8 and a Yamaha TX7 (Feb. 1996), which seems tohave been a good deal. I
know of another user who paid $300 U.S. for aSplit-8 and a Korg EX-800, and yet
another who bought his Split-8 for $250 U.S. The listed price in "Vintage Synthesizers"
by Mark Vail is $150 U.S.(published 1993). Knowing what I know now, I'd probably pay
up to $300 Canadian for one today, and feel happy afterwards. The Split-8, Six-Trak,
Multi-Trak and MAX seem to have escaped the tremendous price inflation that has
recently hit analogue synths of all kinds, making them an attractive alternative to their
more expensive cousins.
Addendum: recently (Feb. 1997), usenet asking prices have increased to about $350 U.S.
5.7 Software and sounds
Surprisingly, the Split-8 is supported by Opcode's Galaxy universal librarian. To date,
this is the only sysex librarian I am aware of that supports this synth. See Keyboard
magazine, Dec. 1996, pp. 122-126 fora review of synth editor/librarians. No sequencers
that I know of contain dump request macros for the Split-8.
Original factory presets are available on cassette from Wine Country ($25, Keyboard
magazine, Dec. 1996, p. 171).
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