Oberheim Matrix-12 User Manual

We have just created what is referred to as a "Modulation Page". If you press
the PAGE 2 button, PAGE MODIFIER will return to the original VCO 2 Page 1
display. Notice that FREQ now has a little dot next to it (FREQ.) indicating that it
is being modulated. This is your visual clue that a Destination is being modulated
and is true for all Modulation Pages.
The Ground Rules of Modulation
• You are permitted to use up to six modulation Sources per Destination.
There are six spaces in the display in any given Modulation Page available
for Source assignments.
• If a Destination is being modulated by two or more Sources, their effects
on the Destination are summed together. This means that the effect of
one Source used alone may be interfered with or even added to by the
introduction of another Source in the same Modulation Page. This
situation may be even further enhanced when positve amounts are used
on some of the Sources and negative amounts are used on the others.
Keep experimenting!
• 20 Modulation Pages can be created per SINGLE Patch only. This is due
to the total computing capability of the MATRIX-12's Voice Processor. If
you lose track of the number of Modulation Pages in a particuler Patch and
attempt to add a 21 st Mod Page, the Upper PAGE MODIFIER Display will
inform you of this by displaying the message:
MAXIMUM OF 20 MODULATIONS PER VOICE
• In theory, although not practical, you can take any one of the 27 Sources
and route it to all 20 possible Destinations. In contrast, you can also have
six different Sources modulate the same Destination. Keep experimenting
- you're only limited by your own imagination.
• The range of a modulation may in some cases not be enough to do the
job. No problem. Just add the same Source again in the Mod Page and
adjust VALUE X until the required range is achieved. If you still need more
just do it again. Also, since the same Source can be used several times,
each VALUE X amount can be used for "fine tuning": a Source can be used
to provide very fine increments of change if necessary. Try it.
• When modulating a Destination that already has an initial amount of a high
value (above 50 or so) by a positive Source value, it is recommended
that this initial value be set to a lower amount. This is suggested so that the
modulation has enough "headroom" to be effective.
If, for example, the Destination's initial amount is 63, in many cases the
effect of positive modulation may not be heard because the Destination's
amount is already at its maximum to begin with. VCA1 in most Patches is a
good example of this. Some experimentation is required depending
greatly on the nature of the Modulation Page you've created.
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Oberheim Matrix-12 Specifications

General

Brand	Oberheim
Model	Matrix-12
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English