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Re: [oberheim] Matrix 6R Easter Egg

2009-08-25 by Charles Massey

There's a couple of inside jokes in there!

There was a patch in the Xpander called B Farts......  It sounded  
about like what you are imagining!

There's an organ patch in the M6R called Bert's B.  Bert was a very  
cool Oberheim Exec who wrote most of the later manuals.  Twas a fun  
bunch of people working there in the mid 80's.
On Aug 24, 2009, at 6:35 PM, bernard.escaillas wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While testing sysex on my 'new' Matrix 6R, i found some strange thing:
> In Quick Edit mode, when trying to send a value for parameter #100  
> (max allowed number is supposedly 99), the display shows some  
> message...
>
> For those who want to try, the sysex is:
> F0 10 06 06 64 00 F7
>
> I have uploaded a picture in the Photos section (album Misc).
> You can see is looks like 'AlanSm7=QPOff'.
> Probably the name of some Matrix 6 R developper.
>
> Someone knows the full story behind this ?
>
> P.S.: I have also tried the parameter 101, display shows a bunch of  
> @ then the Matrix is locked... Needed to reboot while pressing the  
> Yes button. I think i will stop experiment at this point before it  
> gets worse ;)
>
>
>
>

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