Oberheim Matrix-12 - Patch Edit; Patch Selection; Voice Selection

You can, however, switch into MULTI PATCH Mode while comparing. If you
return to SINGLE PATCH Mode, the Patch that you were working with will
be recalled in its edited state. The Patch Numberwill have stopped
flashing and will be underlined again.
To stop the compare activity, press the SINGLE PATCH button again. The
Patch as well as all of the displays will return to the edited state. The Patch
Number will stop flashing and will be underlined again.
NOTE: The preceeding two examples are the only two ways that you can
exit an edited Patch and return to it in its edited state without performing
the STORE function. If you select another SINGLE Patch before Storing,
the one that you were just editing will drop its edits. When you select this
Patch again, it will be recalled in its original, unedited state.
You can Compare an edited MULTI Patch with the original as well.
Comparing in MULTI PATCH Mode is identical to comparing in SINGLE
PATCH Mode.
PATCH EDIT
These buttons are active only in MULTI PATCH Mode. PATCH EDITing in MULTI
PATCH Mode allows you to select and manipulate each of the MATRIX-12's
twelve Voices independently. As we probe deeper into the MULTI PATCH
programming capabilities of the MATRIX-12 in Part 5, you will discover that the
possibilities of PATCH EDITing are almost limitless.
In MULTI PATCH Mode, you are able to press any one of the PATCH EDIT
buttons, all six, or any combination of two, three, four or five. Pressing one or
more buttons at the same time selects that Voice or Voices. You can now perform
a number of different operations:
1. Patch Selection
MULTI PATCH Mode, among other things, gives the MATRIX-12 its
MMulti-Timbrar capability - the ability for its Voices to play different
sounds at the same time.
If one Voice is selected, the Keypad is used to select the Patch
Number-taken from the bank of SINGLE Patches-that this selected
Voice will play. Thus, the synthesizer can be programmed to play 12
different sounds at once, by selecting a new Patch for each Voice from
the Keypad, one at a time.
If two or more (up to six) Voices are selected, selecting a Patch from the
Keypad assigns it to all Voices that are underlined. This is a handy
time-saver. To select more than one Voice, you must press the desired
PATCH EDIT buttons all at the same time.
2. Voice Selection
When a Voice or Voices are selected in one bank, the corresponding
Voice or Voices are selected and underlined in the other bank. However,
whatever Patch selections or edits to the selected Voices' Patches you
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