Oberheim Matrix-12 - Zone

3. In the VASSIGN Sub-Page, you have six Voices displayed in the Upper
window with their corresponding control sources in the Lower one. Use
the VOICES 1-6/VOICES7-12buttoninthe PROGRAMMER section to
switch Voice Banks as you are assigning the Voices.
<£) In this Sub-Page, you have no less than 22 sources of playing control for
each Voice: any one of six Zones or MIDI Channels 1 through 16. Turn
any one of the six knobs to view these available control options.
VASSIGN
V0ICE1 2
n n n
ZONE1 ZONE1 Z0NE1 Z0NE4 Z0NE5 CHI 6
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ZONE
Selecting a MIDI Channel for a Voice removes it from Keyboard control. The Voice
can only be played monophonically from another instrument connected to the
MATRIX-12's MIDI IN jack if it is assigned to a MIDI Channel. This is referred to as
the MIDI MONO Mode-one Voice being played from one MIDI Channel.
Selecting a Zone for a Voice allows it to be played from the Keyboard or from MIDI
(Zones can also have MIDI IN control as we will cover in a moment). Thus, if a Voice
is assigned directly to a MIDI Channel in this Sub-Page, it by-passes the Zones
(and therefore the Keyboard) and gives up its ability to play polyphonically.
If two or more Voices are assigned to a Zone, they will play polyphonically within
that Zone. Thus, a Zone is the way to group Voices so that they will play
polyphonically - eitherfrom the Keyboard or from MIDI IN. For our purposes, turn
the knobs so that all 12 Voices are set to ZONE 1 on the display. Now the
MATRIX-12 is set up to play all 12 Voices polyphonically.
By the definition given previously, a Zone is the way to play two or more of the
MATRIX-12fs Voices polyphonically. In our example, ZONE 1 is being used to play
all 12 Voices polyphonically. Think of a Zone as a "Voice Module" where Voices
are assigned to be grouped together in order to be played polyphonically. But
keep in mind that it is simple logic that if only one Voice is assigned to a Zone, it
will only play monophonically in that Zone. Another way that Voices en be set to
play mpnophonically is by setting the MODE of the Zone to any of three unison
fl//V/-") modes.
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