Oberheim Matrix synthesizers
Illustration — Oberheim Matrix-12 (1985–1988) Oberheim Matrix synthesizers were a product line of subtractive analog synthesizers from Oberheim featuring a system of modulation which Oberheim called "Matrix Modulation" as a method of selecting and routing elements that dynamically shape various aspects of the sounds it produces. Matrix synthesizers continue to be popular due to their characteristic late-1980s analog sound and leading patching and filter capabilities. These five products fall into two groups.
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Illustration — Oberheim Matrix-12 (1985–1988) Oberheim Matrix synthesizers were a product line of subtractive analog synthesizers from Oberheim featuring a system of modulation which Oberheim called "Matrix Modulation" as a method of selecting and routing elements that dynamically shape various aspects of the sounds it produces. Matrix synthesizers continue to be popular due to their characteristic late-1980s analog sound and leading patching and filter capabilities. These five products fall into two groups.
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The Xpander is a six-voice rack-mount synthesizer with voltage-controlled oscillators and very flexible voltage-controlled filters. The Matrix-12 is in effect two Xpanders plus a keyboard. The second group consists of the Matrix-6 synthesizer, with DCOs, and much more standard filter capability. It had two rack-mount variants, the Matrix-6R (Matrix-6 without keyboard) and the Matrix-1000 (low cost preset version with extended memory).
• Xpander — Matrix-12 — Matrix-6 — Matrix-6R — Matrix-1000 • Image(s) — — • Illustration — Oberheim Matrix-12 synthesizer top view with background erased. — — — • Polyphony — 6 voices — 12 voices — 6 voices • Oscillators — 12 VCOs (2 per voice) featuring CEM3374 — 24 VCOs (2 per voice) featuring CEM3374 — 12 DCOs (2 per voice) featuring CEM3396 • Filter — Multimode, 15 variations of low / high / band / notch / phase shift resonant filter based on CEM 3372 w/ external switch circuitry — low-pass filter using CEM3396's LPF — same as 6R but different capacitors • LFO — 5 (per voice) (plus 1 global for vibrato effect) — 2 (per voice) (plus 1 global for vibrato effect) • Envelopes — 5 (per voice) — 3 (per voice) • Layers — 6-part multitimbral with up to 6 zones — 12-part multitimbral with up to 6 zones — 2-part multitimbral with up to 2 zones — monotimbral • Memory — 100 patches, 100 multi — 100 patches, 50 multi — 1000 patches (800 preset, 200 user) • Form Factor — Desktop — 61-key (velocity & channel aftertouch) — Rackmount • Production — 1984–1988 — 1985–1988 — 1985–1988 — 1986–1988 — 1988–1994 • Price — US$3995 — US$6399 — US$1695 — US$999 — US$599
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- 1.Oberheim Xpander page at Vintage Synth Explorer
- 2.Oberheim Matrix 12 page at Vintage Synth Explorer
- 3.Oberheim Matrix 6 page at Vintage Synth Explorer
- 4.Oberheim Matrix 1000 page at Vintage Synth Explorer
- 5.Oberheim Matrix 1000 manual at Vintage Synth Explorer
- 6.Oberheim Matrix 1000. Sound On Sound. June 1994.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Oberheim Matrix 1000. Sound On Sound. 54–56. September 1988. 0951-6816.
- Oberheim Matrix-12. Future Music. 61. 0967-0378.
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