OBERHEIM SYNTH

If the volume control is set at maximum can you use VCA settings in the programming section to make the sound quieter?



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 From: Loveslap! Recordings <loveslap@...>
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012, 21:50
Subject: Re: [oberheim] trying to diagnose generall weakness of my matrix 12
 

  
Changing velocity sensitiy didn't help..


On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Martin Ator <cyllall@...> wrote:

 
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>Check if you get any changes by editing velocity sensitivity etc pages 68, 89, 70 of the user manual, also check VCA settings page 115 
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> From: Martin Ator <cyllall@...>
>To: "oberheim@yahoogroups.com" <oberheim@yahoogroups.com> 
>Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012, 20:54
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>Subject: Re: [oberheim] trying to diagnose generall weakness of my matrix 12
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>Have you got it set up to control volume using pedals instead? Somethings not quite right. It shouldn't be that quiet. I don't know if the volume is microprocessor controlled? Maybe some parts of the volume control circuitry have gone awry. Is it the same for all patches I take it? Has this been modded for individual output jacks, if so are these working OK?  
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>Try not to do any hot swapping. Power down before plugging any jacks in/out.
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>Your Juno works fine with your audio interface? No -10db, 0db, +4dB switches switched to the wrong thin anywhere?
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>The answer could be something simple and because it's passing audio it might not be a very big problem to fix.
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>What's the history of this Matrix 12, was it working fine at one stage?
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> From: Loveslap! Recordings <loveslap@...>
>To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012, 19:48
>Subject: Re: [oberheim] trying to diagnose generall weakness of my matrix 12
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>I turned the juno way down to match the maximum volume of the matrix.
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>On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Peter Mörck <peter@...> wrote:
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>>Perhaps turning the volume up helps? 
:P
>>I could barely even see the waveforms in Audacity 
at normal zoom level.
>>Is your mixer/soundcard healthy?
>>Those waveforms look terrible, both the Juno and 
the Matrix ones.
>>Like synced or something...
>>Turn the volume up and try bypassing any mixers if 
there was any.
>>This recording just seemed strange.
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>>BR,
>>Peter
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: Loveslap!  Recordings 
>>>To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com 
>>>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:54  AM
>>>Subject: Re: [oberheim] trying to  diagnose generall weakness of my matrix 12
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>>>sanity check: 
>>>http://www.sendspace.com/file/f8slzb
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>>>right 
  channel is Juno106
>>>left channel is matrix 12
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>>>both are single saw 
  waves (no sub osc on the juno, only one osc used on the matrix)
>>>filter is 
  wide open
>>>resonance is at 0
>>>all modulation is off
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>>>On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Loveslap! Recordings <loveslap@...> wrote:
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>>>i will  post an audio example for sanity check purposes.  
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>>>>On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Paul Cunningham <paul@cometway.com> wrote:
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>>>>>I find that Oberheims (from the Matrix era) are awesome for complex  textures and realtime modulation, and while they do (and should) have a  respectable low-end, they are not heavy-handed. You can still get some big  lows though using the triangle waveform and a bit of resonance like you  said. Most of the sound is in those CEM chips and each Oberheim I've heard  sounds unique. I have four Matrix-1000s and each one is a little bit  different, but they sound amazing all together.
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>>>>>They are unlike other hybrid synths in the sense that there is a  little of "play" in the settings and that this, when combined with the  modulation matrix, add up to something more like a single board modular  synthesizer.
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>>>>>I have no idea about the factory programs for the Matrix-12, but a  pair of Matrix-1000s playing the same patch, one panned left and the other  right, sounds tremendous! It's a subtle thing, but I expect that you can  get some amazing imagery using the same approach. -pc
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>>>>>On Oct 16, 2012, at 10:58 AM, oberhomie wrote:
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>>>>>>Hello
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>>>>>>I have a Matrix 12 (Voice 1.4) (Main Software 
        1.1)
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>>>>>>I like it but when I listen to online samples they sound 
        much better..
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>>>>>>Mine seems to lack "balls".. I have no trouble with 
        any tuning.
>>>>>>But my low end doesn't seem to be there and many of the 
        factory presets don't really impress.
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>>>>>>Once thing I've noticed is 
        that when I adjust the VCF resonance, there is a HUGE difference between 
        62, and 63.. in fact resonance=63 is the only time the synth grows a 
        pair... 0-62 is wimpy, 63 is burly.
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>>>>>>Is this normal?
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>>>>>>I 
        really want to get this thing sounding 
      good!!!
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>>>>Loveslap Recordings
>>>>http://www.loveslap.com
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