Oberheim Matrix-12 - Constructing the MULTI Patch; Getting a Grip on MULTI Patches

The MULTI PATCH Mode of the MATRIX-12 has been referred to numerous times
throughout the manual. In this section, we will discuss what a MULTI Patch is, how
to put one together and some of its uses.
MULTI PATCH Mode provides the means to program the performance
parameters used used to control the Voices - namely PAN, VIB, VASSIGN and
ZONE-that are otherwise used Globally in SINGLE PATCH Mode, plus several
additional parameters. SINGLE PATCH Mode, as you remember, treats these
performance parameters as Global functions and does not program them per
Patch. But in MULTI PATCH Mode, you are giveni 00 memory locations to Store
the control setup that you want to use to play the Voices. And each MULTI Patch
can be programmed to play a completely different arrangement of these controls.
Thus, each of the 100 MULTI Patch programs will remember the relative
transpositions (TRANS), panning (PAN), volume (VOLUME), the control sources
of each Voice (V. ASSIGN and ZONE), individual Voice detuning (DETUNE) and
Vibrato (VIB). So in effect, a SINGLE Patch remembers a sound, while a MULTI
Patch remembers information about a collection of sounds, but not the actual
sounds themselves. The MULTI PATCH PAGE SELECT buttons-which are
located on the right-hand side of the instalment and shared with the SINGLE
PATCH PAGE SELECT buttons - are used to select the Pages which affect this
collection of sounds.
In addition to programmable Voice control, MULTI PATCH Mode also permits a
different SINGLE Patch sound to be assigned to each Voice. This feature gives
the MATRIX-12 its "multi-timbral" capability: the ability to play many different types
of sounds - up to 12 - at once. Any of the existing 100 SINGLE Patches can be
assigned to any of the Voices, in any combination. Of course, you can program all
the Voices to play the same sound Patch if needed.
Last, a sub-mode of MULTI PATCH Mode is the Individual Patch Edit mode where
the MATRIX-12 still plays separate sounds on each Voice, but the controls affect
the sound of one or more Voices as though they were in SINGLE PATCH Mode.
This sub-mode is useful for editing one or more Voices in the context of an entire
MULTI Patch.
Getting a Grip on MULTI Patches
A simple way to observe the difference between SINGLE Patches and MULTI
Patches is to compare two Pages that exist in both Modes:
• Enter SINGLE PATCH Mode.
• Press MASTER PAGE.
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