Re: OT -- oberheim matrix 1000 vs. matrix 6 ???

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Is there any truth to the rumor that the 1000 sometimes suffers from 60 hz hum in the output (possibly from the power supply being jammed in much closer in the single-space rack box?).

Tim



In a message dated 10/7/03 11:21:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, catilyne@icicle.net writes:

> At 01:04 AM 10/8/2003 +0900, Sunao Inami wrote:
> >Hi Dylan,
> >
> >Sounds are some different, but  Access Programmer is very useful and rare..
> >and it can recording SysEx data by real time.turning knob is non stress 
> >for making sounds..
>
> Oooh, good point!  I'd overlooked it in the original post, but if you ever 
> wanted to turn the 1000+Programmer back around, you could probably pick up 
> most of the total purchase price on the Programmer alone.
>
> One related caveat which affects both the 1000 &6r, however.  They don't 
> like having their parameters tweaked in realtime via sysex.  I've done this 
> via both Fadermaster and sequencer merely to manually control the filter 
> cutoff, and it results in some 'zipper noise' and stuttering within that 
> parameter.  It won't crash the machine or anything, it just sounds 
> weird.  Not entirely uninteresting, but not what I was going for either (if 
> you're into Glitch you may feel differently).  Perhaps the Programmer has a 
> way around this, although I think the problem is actually related to how 
> fast the CPU within the Matrix can update itself.  So test before you buy, 
> and see if it's going to be a deal breaker.
>
> As I said, I've heard this complaint from owners of both the 1000 and the 
> 6r, so I don't think you're going to get an advantage here of one over the 
> other.
>
>      -c-
>
> _____
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