BACKGROUND
Oberheim Electronics was founded by Tom Oberheim in California in the early '70's, as a former ARP dealer. Together with Moog, Sequential and Arp, Oberheim was one of the highly reputed American manufacturers of analog synthesizers during the 70s and 80s. The last models of Oberheim's epic analog synthesizers was the monsters Xpander and Matrix 12. And also the less expensive series , but still good sounding, with Matrix 6, Matrix 6R and Matrix 1000. Oberheim was later sold to Gibson Guitars and today Oberheim is owned by the Italian company Viscount, that released Oberheim OB12 that is a good virtual modeling synth, but can not be compared with the sound of the Oberheim analog synths at the heydays.
DESCRIPTION
Matrix1000 is a variant of Matrix 6 and Matrix 6R (rack mounted) with 1000 patches aboard. The patches are compatible between these synthesizers. Matrix1000's patches are arranged in this way:
- 000 - 199 are RAM. There it is possible to store sounds.
- 200 - 999 are ROM. These are static presets. You can edit (via computer) them and store them on preset 000 - 199.
Its easy to access all sounds from a MIDI-sequencer with bank numbers + program change. Matrix1000 responding on velocity (VCO and/or filter), aftertouch and more. There are no knobs or faders for programming on the Matrix1000, but it's possible to program everything in the machine from a computer.
Matrix1000 was manufactured with two looks; the first with black front was manufactured from 1988 and the second release with white front manufactured from 1994 to 1999. The booth models are identical except the front. 6 Matrix1000 can be linked together for a huge 36-voice Matrix (with MIDI-overflow)
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MATRIX 1000 MANUAL
- Get your Matrix 1000 Manual at The Vintage Shop
REVIEWS
EDIT PROGRAMS
- Motu Unisyn
- Emagic SoundDiver - Discontinued, but can be found at Ebay etc.
Shareware programs:
MATRIX 1000 PATCHES
| File | Format |
| Matrix6, 1100 patches | mid |
| m6pc1600 | syx |
| synths_a | syx |
| synths_b | syx |
LINKS