Oberheim Matrix-6R Editor Help Setup Notes Due to some limitations of the Matrix 6r, Patch Base makes changes to sounds on your synth by saving every change you make directly to the synth's memory.

A patch editor for the Oberheim Matrix-1000, 6, and 6r synthesizers, written in Max.

Installation

To use this software, you'll need a copy of Max from Cycling '74, which can be downloaded from their website: https://cycling74.com/downloads/.

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Download all of the included files, and make sure you keep them in the same directory together.

Usage

Once you have Max installed, open the file matrix-editor.maxpat to run the editor. To configure your MIDI settings within the editor you need to double-click the 'midiin' and 'midiiout' boxes on the right side of the editor. When double-clicked, each box will show a list of available MIDI ports for you to select from, to communicate with your Matrix synthesizer.

To get the current patch from your synthesizer loaded into the editor, click the 'get current patch' button on the right side of the screen.

Once configured, all changes you make within the editor will be instantly sent to your Matrix.

Currently this tool does not save any patches. This may be added in the future.

To look for more info, see the Oberheim Matrix Patch Editor home page.

I upgraded the firmware on my beloved-but-long-unused 1986 Oberheim Matrix 6r! These synths are the royalty of analog fatness. I love their sound. This is the result I was looking for:

It’s remarkably clean inside for a machine made in 1986. I acquired it used in the early 90s.

Just look at the bank of six voices. The CEM3396 chips are the VCF/VCA chips that give this synth its distinctive lushness. And made each voice circuit like 5x smaller than possible just a few years earlier.

The firmware upgrade was just a simple EPROM swap. Out with the old, in with the new! I got the chip from a chap on Reverb who’s using new EPROM stock (not old ceramic parts) The firmware update itself allows the Matrix to be used with modern MIDI patch editors and is a testament of amazing microcontroller assembly language hacking. Check out the page by the author of the Matrix firmware update. Thank you so much!

And the result is the same as before the upgrade: it still sounds glorious.