Two Matrix-12s on the bay. One here, and one here. Title link takes you to more shots. Update: consensus is that the auctions are both frauds. Check out the comments of this post. And note, I DO NOT put posts up for the sake of the auction. I put them up for the shots and details only. The auction links are a courtesy and the equivalent of via flickr, via YouTube, via joe, etc. It is not the purpose of these posts.Some details from both:
"This amazing machine was the last of the great Oberheim analog machines; built before Oberhiem's acquisition by Gibson/Norlin. Computer controlled, with a revolutionary matrix modulation section and full midi implementation, it set a new standard for power and sound that hasn't really been equaled. Each patch features 12 voices. Each voice can have a different sound assigend to it. These voices can then be played polyphonically in rotation, or grouped by polyphonic zones. Or stack them all for a monster 12 voice monophonic lead to rock the earth! Via midi, you can even play every voice individually on it's own channel - it's like having 12 individual dual oscillator monophonic analog synthesizers, and at the same time having a 12 voice polyphonic 12 timbre synth.
# Audio Sources 12 Independent Velocity, Release Velocity and Pressure (After-Touch) responsive analog Voices. NOTE: On this unit, Release Velocity and Pressure are accessible only by external MIDI controller.
# Voice Control Assignment can be per MIDI Input Channel (12 maximum) or per polyphonic grouping in up to six Zones.
On-Board ("Local") Controllers
# 61-Note (C0 to C5) five-Octave Velocity, Release Velocity and Pressure (After-Touch) sensitive Keyboard, non-weighted.
# 2 Non-dedicated Modulation Levers.
# 2 Non-dedicated Pedal Inputs.
Voice Architecture (per Voice)
# 2 Voltage Controlled Oscillators ("VCOs")
# 1 15-Mode Voltage Controlled Filter ("VCF")
# 15 Voltage Controlled Amplifiers ("VCA")
# 1 FM Modulation Generator
# 1 Lag Processor
# 3 Tracking Generators
# 5 Digital Envelopes
# 5 Digital Low Frequency Oscillators ("LFOs")
# 1 Noise Generator
Modulation
# Matrix Modulation™ System utilizing 27 possible Sources routed to 47 possible Destinations in up to 20 "Modulation Pages" per Voice.
# 12 Permanent ("hardwired") modulations per Voice.
MIDI Implementation
# MIDI IN, MIDI OUT and MIDI THRU Ports
# Transmit and Receive Channel select independent per Voice (MIDI MONO Mode) or per polyphonic Zone.
MIDI Modes
# Mode 1: OMNI On, Poly
# Mode 3: OMNI Off, Poly
# Mode 4: OMNI Off, Mono
MIDI Controllers
# Indendent Controller Number select
# Controllers ON/OFF select
# Patch Change Commands ON/OFF select
Miscellaneous MIDI Features
# System Exclusive ON/OFF select
# MIDI Echo ON/OFF select
Miscellaneous
# Three 40-Character Fluorescent Displays
# 100 SINGLE Patch Memory Locations
# 100 MULTI Patch Memory Locations
# "Chain" Programming Mode
# Cassette Interface - FROM (input) and TO (output) ports
# Trigger Input Requirements (selectable): +5V DC signal minimum, 1ms Pulse Width
Power Requirements (selectable):
# North America and Japan: 95 - 120 V A.C., 50 - 60Hz
# Europe: 200 - 230 V A.C., 50 - 60 Hz
Dimensions
# Length: 38-7/16 in. (97.63 cm)
# Width: 20-5/16 in. (51.59 cm)
# Height (maximum, Including feet): 5-15/16 in. (15.08 cm)
# Net Weight: 33 lbs. (14.97 kg.)"
UPDATE: Read the comments of this post. For auction posts it's usually a good idea to check out the comments to see what others are saying.
Beware from the matrix 12 from uk, i've contacted the guy, and he offered me a money transfer with western union, using some kind of fake ebay message!!! probably a fraud!!
ReplyDeleteI agree he did the same to me! Also the one in the US was sold earlier to a guy in the UK so this might be fraudulant as well BEWARE!!
ReplyDeleteboth surely look like a fraud. it`s very dubious to me. i would be very careful with these.
ReplyDeleteUK auction is FRAUDULENT. The picture has been used over and over again by fraudsters.
ReplyDeleteThe US guy offered me the thing for 700GBP (why GBP in the US?) ... and the other never gave me the required infos - I am shure both are frauds! MatrixBlog should not support such frauds with pictures, links etc !!!
ReplyDeleteLaurin
If I've got my history straight, this was not the last model produced by pre-Gibson Oberheim. I'm pretty sure the Matrix-6/6R were produced concurrently, and the blackface Matrix-1000s came after that. I've got a blackface Matrix-1000 and the manual gives the corporate name as Oberheim/ECC. I'm not sure where the whiteface Matrix-1000 and the OB-12 fall into the sequence, but I believe they were pre-Gibson too.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, and there was also the Xpander, which is basically a Matrix-12 without a keyboard, as I understand it.
ReplyDeleteAn Xpander is half a matrix 12.
ReplyDeleteVoice-wise anyways.
I don't know why matrix has these auctions either.
They're either high negative real Ebay sellers or all positive fraudulent sellers.
If you think I post auctions for the sake of auctions you are nuts. The auctions have nothing to do with the post. It's just a via link like via flickr, via YouTube, via joe, etc. The post is about the shots and the details not the auction. Don't forget that. Click on the title link to get to the shots I grabbed. Also someone sent these in. As always, do your homework on auctions and always be careful.
ReplyDeleteIts an automatic mechanism that auctions are pushed when you blog them, one can see that every time, that the prices runnig high instantly after you linked these auctions.
ReplyDeleteSo maybe it would be better not to link running auctions - or to link/blog them after they are over ;-)
Laurin
Laurin,
ReplyDeleteThat actually isn't a bad idea! have a sort of "gate delay" for ebay posts where they can be written by Matrix on Day X and then they posted by Matrix on Day Y.
This would make those who are looking for a good deal happy as 30 other poeople wouldn't be bidding against them.
On the other hand if i saw something after bidding was finished and I didn't have a chance to bid on it i would also be sad.....
oh life is so complicated!
It's a two-way street. I have found some great Ebay stuff via Matrix that I probably wouldn't have searched for otherwise. Maybe there's a compromise... perhaps an additional Matrix blog that only features Ebay postings. You could call it "Matrixsynth B."
ReplyDeleteI've found several things I've bid on from Matrixsynth.
ReplyDeleteAlso, many times when I've bid, I've been the only one, so the comment about the prices going up isn't true in all cases -- but I'm sure it's true in some.
Sometimes I've found auctions that are cool, and Matrix held off on posting about them until they were done so I'd have a chance to try and get the auction.
What an agreeable chap Matrix is.
Does he swallow?
ReplyDeleteOnly booze, but you are definitely swallowing the Matrixsynth juice by coming back here. Anytime you need some, just come back for a swallow.
ReplyDeleteI luv synth pron. Gulp...gulp...!
ReplyDelete