Oberheim Matrix-12 User Manual

BUILDING A MULTI PATCH: Phase I
To best understand the ways to put MULTI Patches together, and the ways in
which they can be used, we will construct a simple MULTI Patch "from scratch",
then take you through a series of steps that will transform this simple MULTI Patch
into a complex setup in Phase III. This section will cover multiple splits, doubling
and multi-layering of sounds, and multiple control sources involving the MATRIX-
12's own Keyboard and control from MIDI IN Master sources.
At this point, you may want to review the section in this manual on how the
MATRIX-12 is used as an independent instrument, as a MIDI Master, as a MIDI
Slave and as both Master and Slave in Part 2: MATRIX CONTROL, beginning
on Page 85. Although Part 2 primarily deals with the MATRIX-12 in SINGLE
PATCH Mode, it provides an excellent foundation for the information you are
about to read. Many of the procedures and examples given in the rest of this
chapter are repeated from Part 2, along with new information that deals
exclusively with MULTI Patches.
Starting Out
Understanding the use of a MULTI Patch will be easiest when starting from a basic
MULTI setup, much like the OBERHEIMBaslc Patch. The procedure is very
similar, but with a few additional steps:
STEP 1. Recall the "Basic MULTI Patch"
. Enter SINGLE PATCH Mode and select Patch 00. This can actually be
any SINGLE Patch, but for simplicity, we will use SINGLE Patch 00
for this experiment.
Enter MULTI PATCH Mode and select a MULTI Patch that you do not
want to keep. This can be any one of the 100 available MULTI Patches.
This example will require writing the Basic MULTI Patch into memory at
some point which will permanently replace the MULTI Patch
selected.
Press and hold the STORE button. While the STORE button is being
held down, press the CLEAR button in the MODULATION SOURCE/X
SELECT section. The MATRIX-12 will recall SINGLE Patch 00 but it will
be the OBERHEIMBasic Patch instead of the Patch programmed into
00. This function also clears the MULTI Patch.
Press "00" on the Keypad and the MATRIX-12 will recall the
programmed SINGLE Patch 00 from memory.
Re-enter MULTI PATCH Mode and you will observe the following:
• The MULTI Patch number that you selected previously will be
recalled but with the OBERHEIMBasic MULTI Patch selected
instead of the programmed MULTI.
• The Voices will have SINGLE Patch 00 assigned to them.
Playing the MATRIX-12's Keyboard will reveal that this is not the
programmed version of SINGLE Patch 00, but the initialized
Basic Patch instead.
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Oberheim Matrix-12 Specifications

General

Brand	Oberheim
Model	Matrix-12
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English