OBERHEIM SYNTH

Howdy all, 

Fellow Oberheim user here.  I also used to sell the stuff at a music 
store.  Sadly, the only piece of Obie gear I currently own is the 
Matrix-1000 rack unit.  I like it, but can't really get much out of 
it.  All the editors I've tried seem to be a bit cumbersome.  Sure 
wish the unit would have had basic CC maps available to control 
common params.  Oh well, maybe I will find what I need here...

I also own a Sea-Sound SOLO, the sound-card that Tom Oberheim 
released for a year or so before his company went belly up.  I did 
get to meet the man himself at the 2000 NAMM show when he was still 
selling the sea-sound stuff.  He wasn't too personable.  I did shake 
his hand and told him how much I loved his new sound-cards blah blah 
and that it was an honor to meet him.  He seemed quite bothered 
hahaaahaa... anyway...

Glad to be here.

Trevor

Hi Trevor,

Welcome to the list!

I too met Tom Obie at the '87 Summer NAMM in Chicago.  I had my pix 
made with him but the camera screwed up.  "Bert" Bertovic, who felt 
sorry for me, sent me a pix of Bert, Tom and some piano player named 
Herbie Hancock....... haha  I have it on my wall.  Bert wrote the 
Matrix 12 and Matrix 6 manuals (the good ones!) and worked PR for the 
company.  I thought he was pretty good but he must not have been good 
enough!

I have a Matrix 6R which I would trade you for the M 1000.  It has two 
characters (No 7-8) out in the LED.  Everything else works perfectly.  
I also have the 1000 patches for it.

I also have 3 DMX and Xpander.  The Xpander is not for sale-just 
yet...... :)

You can email me at: tenorsax20@...

Charlie in the swamp

On Oct 11, 2004, at 1:16 PM, ask and eye just might tell you... wrote:

>
>
> Howdy all,
>
> Fellow Oberheim user here.  I also used to sell the stuff at a music
> store.  Sadly, the only piece of Obie gear I currently own is the
> Matrix-1000 rack unit.  I like it, but can't really get much out of
> it.  All the editors I've tried seem to be a bit cumbersome.  Sure
> wish the unit would have had basic CC maps available to control
> common params.  Oh well, maybe I will find what I need here...

I don't have a pic, but I do have one of Bob Moog from the same 
show.. hehe.. Bob was MUCH nicer to meet.  Pleasant and personable.  
God I wish I had his Voyager synth (don't quite have 3 grand lyin 
around, ya know?)...

Thanks for the offer, I do plan on keepin' the M1000 for a bit 
longer, just tryin to get the most out of it.  Without being able to 
tweak params, it's just not as fun as even my crappy ol' radio-shack 
moog MG-1 or my Roland Juno-106.  I tried using sound diver to tweak 
the M1000 and it's ok... just not as nice as being able to assign say 
the mod wheel to control filter cutoff etc.  I seem to remember there 
might be a way to do it, just never got far enough into it.  
Truthfully, it's been a while since I even fired up the ol' M1000, I 
just moved into a new place and I am still gettin my new PC up and 
running... soon, very soon...

I just joined a bunch of these groups to see if I can get my rig back 
up to speed.  I joined the Roland JD-990 group, Yamaha FS1R, Peavey 
Spectrum and this one.  I have a ton of gear because of my stint at a 
music store selling the stuff.  It gave me G.A.S. (Gear Aquisition 
Syndrome) and as a result, my room is full of fun stuff.  Now... If I 
just had the time to use it all!!!

haha.

Trevor

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, Charles Massey <cmassey@g...> wrote:
> Hi Trevor,
> 
> Welcome to the list!
> 
> I too met Tom Obie at the '87 Summer NAMM in Chicago.  I had my pix 
> made with him but the camera screwed up.  "Bert" Bertovic, who felt 
> sorry for me, sent me a pix of Bert, Tom and some piano player 
named 
> Herbie Hancock....... haha  I have it on my wall.  Bert wrote the 
> Matrix 12 and Matrix 6 manuals (the good ones!) and worked PR for 
the 
> company.  I thought he was pretty good but he must not have been 
good 
> enough!
> 
> I have a Matrix 6R which I would trade you for the M 1000.  It has 
two 
> characters (No 7-8) out in the LED.  Everything else works 
perfectly.  
> I also have the 1000 patches for it.
> 
> I also have 3 DMX and Xpander.  The Xpander is not for sale-just 
> yet...... :)
> 
> You can email me at: tenorsax20@m...
> 
> Charlie in the swamp
> 
> On Oct 11, 2004, at 1:16 PM, ask and eye just might tell you... 
wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > Fellow Oberheim user here.  I also used to sell the stuff at a 
music
> > store.  Sadly, the only piece of Obie gear I currently own is the
> > Matrix-1000 rack unit.  I like it, but can't really get much out 
of

> > it.  All the editors I've tried seem to be a bit cumbersome.  Sure
> > wish the unit would have had basic CC maps available to control
> > common params.  Oh well, maybe I will find what I need here...

On Oct 12, 2004, at 1:30 PM, ask and eye just might tell you... wrote:

>
>
> I don't have a pic, but I do have one of Bob Moog from the same
> show.. hehe.. Bob was MUCH nicer to meet.  Pleasant and personable.
> God I wish I had his Voyager synth (don't quite have 3 grand lyin
> around, ya know?)...
>
Good luck in your new digs and if you ever plan to sell the M1000, let 
me know.

Charlie in the swamp