OBERHEIM SYNTH

does this happen when triggered from MIDI?

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From: "sloppyjoe6412" <sloppyjoe6412@...>
To: <oberheim@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:44 PM
Subject: [oberheim] Matrix 6, keys die then come back to life


> Ok, now that thanks to this group I got my long neglected Matrix 6 to 
> work, I've found stuff I didn't know before, and I'm not sure whether it's 
> a problem with mine or just a typical feature.
>
> With some patches, especially leads, after playing a fast sequence, one 
> key will "die", meaning it won't respond for a while, as if the contact 
> was gone. Of course this could be just a dirty contact going on and off. 
> But I don't think so because after changing the patch the same key will 
> respond perfectly well, and then next time a completely different key will 
> temporarily die. And so it goes. It seems to affect any of the 61 keys.
>
> It can't be cutoff after exceeding the six voice limit because it also 
> happens with mono patches. Plus, when you use too many fingers in a chord 
> one or more notes will cutoff but will come back to life immediately after 
> youi lift enough fingers: in this thing I'm describing the given key stays 
> unresponsive until you change the patch, even if you're not playing 
> anything else.
>
> Also, this does not happen when I play slow chord changes. Only with fast 
> fingering riffs, mono or chords.
>
> Has anybody seen anything like this?
>
> Thanks!
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