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4. Overview
Let's take a quick look on the user interface first. Details to the different modes and buttons are following behind
– if necessary at all.
The 45 turn dials are – you guess it already – for direct changing of the parameters of the Matrix.
The 4 endless encoders are for finetuning values on features tweaked best in fine steps and with a display. There
are 4 lines, each starting on an encoder and ending in a corner of the display. This should help finding the right
encoder of the parameter you want to change.
The 7 buttons change main modes, allow program comparison or control the Chord Memory. The 4 buttons
above the display sometimes have a secondary function:
Function keys
In modes like MATRIX, COMPARE, CHORD SETUP, RANDOMIZER & PATCH the 4 buttons above the display act as
function keys to execute different menu functions. A button acting as function key has it's LED shining and a
command printed in capitals in the 1st line of the display.
Example: press RAND to enter RANDOMIZER. The LEDs of the buttons RAND and PEEK light up, line one of the display
reads 'XIT DO' below the buttons. Pressing RAND again means 'execute XIT' and you will leave Randomizer again.
Pressing PEEK (=“DO“) would have created a random/preset patch which would have been sent to the Matrix right
away.
PLAY Mode
After powerup or if no other mode is selected you are directly in
PLAY MODE
. This is the main mode you will
spend most time in: here you change the parameters of the Matrix with the knobs. Details to PLAY Mode follow
in
Chapter 5. Play Mode
Button 'PREFS'
Press
PREFS
to enter the Programmer's menu with it's preferences. Any changes you make here will
automatically be saved on exiting. The settings are also preserved after powering the Programmer down of
course. Holding the PREFS button for longer than 2 secs. activates
MIDI BYPASS MODE
. Details on all PREFS
parameters and the MIDI BYPASS MODE will follow in
Chapter 8. PREFS and MIDI BYPASS MODE
Button 'COMPARE'
Use
COMPARE
to switch between your
original
patch of the Matrix and your
edited
patch. As long as compare is
active and you hear the original patch, the turn dials are locked.
Line 2 of the display shows 'Original Patch' to make clear you actually are listening to the original patch as it was
coming out of the Matrix's memory. Line 1 displays the command 'KEEP?' and button No. 4's LED above the
display is bright. If you desire to keep your original patch just press this function key. Your edited patch will be
replaced by the original patch and the Programmer jumps back into PLAY mode. Or you simply press COMPARE
again to revert to your edited patch.
Button 'CHORD'
This enables/disables
CHORD MEMORY
. Holding the button for 2 seconds jumps into the CHORD SETUP menu.
All infos and details about this in
Chapter 10. Chord Memory
Button 'MATRIX'
Press
MATRIX
to enter
MATRIX MODE
. This mode offers a comfortable and complete access to all parameters of
the 10 slots of the modulations matrix. Press MOD again to leave this mode. Details about Matrix Mode in
Chapter 6. Matrix Mode
Button 'RAND'
Press
RAND
to jump into the Programmer's
RANDOMIZER
. If you are addicted to chaos or know all the 800
presets of the M1000 by heart this might be your weapon. Press RAND again to get back to PLAY Mode. The
Randomizer will be handles in detail in
Chapter 7. Randomizer.
Synth Programmer for Oberheim Matrix - Operation manual V 1.6 – 05/2020
© Stereoping Germany, Meschede 2020
