irrespective of all the spillover and sound concerns, if you have a 6R, then
you probably oughta add a 6R just to keep things alike and interchangable.

On a recent discussion, we spoke of how the 6R has no Midi-volume built in.
That's not all, but that's big enough. IOW, the two different units sound
'alike' whenever they CAN, but on some patches they can't if you expect to
have much midi control.

And if you are using midi for your control (no right or wrong, it's just a
choice), then a 6R and a 1000 are not gonna work and play together nicely
because of those reasons.

Personally, I have two M1000s and would never own another 6R again. But
that's just me.

Larry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto: oberheim@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of fylthymcnasty
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:15 AM
> To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [oberheim] Matrix 6R Spillover vs. Matrix 1000 Group Mode
>
> Hello, I am a new Matrix 6R owner, and I want to expand it to
> 12 voices by adding another unit. I have read that the 6R
> and 1000 sound slightly different (though this is highly
> contentious) and I want to minimise that difference as much
> as possible when using two units together, obviously.
>
> So, I have a choice between the two to buy, they both seem
> well priced, so that is not a factor, nor is the extra space
> taken by the 6R. What I want to know about is how well each
> of the "added polyphony" systems work, and if one is superior
> to another. I must admit that I much prefer the idea of
> alternating notes that adding the 1000 would bring (I
> understand that I would need to have the 1000 chained first
> as the "master" in this situation). But how well do two 6Rs
> work together Once the maximum 6 voices is reached it
> spills over to the second unit, but I'm not sure if this will
> happen simply at a note off message (which is undesireable)
> or after the VCA envelope release frees the voice. Basically
> I'm concerned that I'll be playing say, all six notes, with a
> long release, lift my hands to play another six notes and it
> will play the new chord on the same machine because all six
> note-offs have been receieved, the effect being that the
> release will be cut on the first chord, rather than switching
> to the second machine to play the second chord, as the first
> plays out on the first machine.
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated! Sorry to jump straight in
> with a question, but I need to know, and this seems like the
> best place there is! Also, I'm very happy to see that
> BCR2000 template in the files section - can't wait to try that out!
>
> Cheers, Fylthy
>
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