XW-Synths

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1. Hard Sync Lead from "Let's Go"

   By AlenK

   This is not the first patch for the XW synths released here that emulates the hard-sync lead from "Let's Go" by the Cars on their 1979 album "Candy O." It's just my personal take on it. The original was done on a polyphonic Prophet 5 synthesizer. However, this emulation is monophonic because on the XW synths, the solo synth is the only synthesis mode that supports hard sync. Note that this tone exhibits noticeable aliasing above about middle F. It should work on both the XW-P1 and the XW-G1 models.  
    
   PS. A full description of how the emulation was crafted can be found in The XW-P1 Companion: Volume 2 - Emulation Examples.
   

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   Updated January 1, 2019

2. Simulated Stepped Glissando

   By AlenK

   This is an example of a cool special effect that modifies a smooth portamento pitch glide between two notes into a series of discrete steps. It should work equally well on both the XW-P1 and XW-G1.  A full description of the technique can be found here.
   Note that this example uses just a single oscillator with a simple sawtooth waveform. The technique can be used with any of the pitched oscillators (Syn1, Syn2, PCM1, PCM2) configured with any waveforms and with any envelopes. You can also extend the technique to the external input oscillator using an additional virtual controller.  
   

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   Updated April 26, 2017

3. Drum Mod for 4 keys

   By maarkr

   I made a drum mod to use in a performance for the lowest 4 keys on the board (C2 to Eb2). I put a kick, tick, cowbell, and clap on them. I have this on my Rock Piano performance since I sometimes use a cowbell and clap, and sometimes do the count-in for a song.
   Just so you know, above the 4 keys are a few blank spaces and then the standard set continues, as well as below the C2 key. Just set your keyrangehi and low to the appropriate spots.
   

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   Submitted August 25, 2015

4. Joes Section

   By Jokeyman123

   With renewed interest in my XW-P1, and after working at hex layers with the PX560-I decided to recreate-a bit old-school stylistically-a hex layer for the XW-P1 which is similar to one I have uploaded here for the PX560 already, which I divided up into zones and with slightly different instrumentation. This is a little different, the drawbars/sliders are so handy on the XW-I have programmed a trad jazz section of instruments-all layered together across the entire keyboard to be brought in and out with the drawbars. Nothing fancy as far as dynamic control from the keys-just straight through the drawbars. 1-6 are 1) flute, 2) mute trumpet, 3) alto sax, 4) acoustic piano, 5) breathy sax and 6) tremolo vibes. Sure wish I could midi the PX560 to the XW and use the XW drawbars to control levels in the PX560 hex layers-but as hard as i have studied, I do not think it is possible. There are no specific cc messages to control the hex layer dynamics in the PX560. Would be very cool if anybody AlenK maybe? Brad? Mike Martin? Would be a killer feature......maybe, somebody?? Japan-firmware update?
   

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   • hex layer

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   Submitted March 31, 2020

5. XW PolySynth - barwa głosu do utworu Nobody's Diary - Yazoo

   By Grzegorz

   XW PolySynth - barwa głosu do utworum Nobody's Diary - Yazoo
   

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   Updated November 23, 2019