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

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Thanks again. The M6 and/or M1000 have been on my want list for *ages*.

Timothy


In a message dated 10/7/03 12:11:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, catilyne@icicle.net writes:

> At 02:29 PM 10/7/2003 -0400, Fsksync@aol.com wrote:
> >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?).
>
> Personally, I've never had a problem with 60 cycle hum.  I have heard some 
> anecdotal reporting of this, though.  Many of the very worst offenders, 
> however, were found to actually be broken (cracked circuit board in at 
> least one case) once they were taken into the shop.  I've also heard that 
> the later white-face units aren't as susceptible to interference, but I 
> don't believe there were as many white-face produced as black-faced.  Thus, 
> statistics say you wouldn't see as many of those units coming into a shop 
> in the first place.
>
> What you *do* want to watch out for is interference and 
> grounding.  Unfortunately, the shielding on these guys wasn't what it 
> should be.  If you set it right next to your computer monitor, you're going 
> to pick up interference hum, just the same as if you held a guitar pickup 
> close to the monitor.  Make sure you use insulating washers to mount it 
> with, and pay some mind to where in your rack you position it (if it's 
> right next to a particularly noisy unit, you might get some bleed).
>
> Like I said, I've never had any issues with this, but perhaps I'm one of 
> the luckier ones.  It's worth it to pay an extra bit of attention to power 
> and grounding issues anyway, just to make certain you've got the cleanest 
> possible sound.
>
> And as an aside: for those of you into MIDI guitar, these little guys kick 
> *ss.  They work in MIDI Mode 4 (guitar mode) just fine, and they sound great.
>
>      -c-
>
> _____
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