Oberheim Matrix 6/6R/1000

Single Patch Editor

This editor will work with the Oberheim Matrix 6, 6R, and 1000. These machines have slightly different sysex and capabilities: so if you are working with the Matrix 1000, you need to check the "Matrix 1000" box. If you are working with the 6 or 6R, you need to keep that box unchecked.

Communicating with Edisyn

Make sure that Memory Protect is off (see page 36 of the Matrix 1000 manual, page 11 of the Matrix 6 manual).

Restoring Patches 0...199 on the Matrix 1000

If you erased these patches, you can restore them from sysex files stored in the file resources/Matrix1000Banks.zip in Edisyn's repository.

About Patch Names

The Matrix 1000 and the Matrix 6 store patch names differently. The 1000 doesn't actually store a name, but just information about bank and number. If Edisyn sees this, it will attempt to replace this placeholder name with the original "classic" name. This will include the writeable patches less than 200, unless you uncheck "Use Classic Patch Names" in the Matrix menu.

Looking Up Patch Names by Classic Matrix 1000 Name

If you would like to load a patch from memory, you can look it up by patch name in the Matrix menu.

Sending Individual Parameters to the Matrix 6/6R

Weirdly, the 6/6R require a special sysex message before it will start receiving individual parameter changes. Ideally we'd send this message before every single individual parameter change, but that would be costly. So instead Edisyn sends this message whenever requesting a patch, or sending or writing a patch (manually or via undo/redo/reset/randomization/etc.), or when you uncheck the "Matrix 1000" box. If your 6/6R is not responding to individual parameters, you can also send the message manually by selecting "Request Sending Parameters" in the Matrix menu.

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Thanks

Thanks to Guillaume Collavizza (collavizzagui@hotmail.fr) for debugging individual-parameter updates on the Matrix 6 and 6r.

By    Sean Luke
Date    Matrix 1000 Version: August 2017
Matrix 6/6R Revisions: February 2020