----- Original Message -----

From: narfman96

To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:59 AM

Subject: [oberheim] Re: Matrix 1000 editor that works in XP or Mac OSX

 

I'm not sure about your particular editors with PC's or Mac's but I have a lot of issues with using todays faster PC's to send sysex to my older synths. The better USB midi interfaces are built for speed and can easily send too much data for the Matrix to handle. This alone will result in incomplete banks and corrupted patches. I use Midi-Ox in windows to send sysex banks. Slow down the transfer with delays and use smaller buffers by configuring the sysex option. Sometimes buffers as small as 32 or 64 bytes are needed with 100 milliseconds or more delay between buffers. Basically you don't care how long it takes to send a bank of patches as long as the M-1000 can write them to ram.

I can make an updated V1.11 eprom for your M-1000. There are also sellers listed on Ebay that offer this service if you have the bin file. Oberheim even though they may be defunct owns the copyright for this firmware so it's not a profit making venture. I only charge for the cost of the eprom and shipping. Usually $12.00 US total. Contact me offlist for the details.

Fran

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com , Peter Mörck <peter@...> wrote:
>
> Getting an updated EPROM shouldn't be too hard if you have some friendly people in your country (which is ) that can send you an EPROM for a modest fee.
> Perhaps someone can even help you replace the chip in the synth.
> It's really simple but of course you need to take the necessary precautions regarding high voltage, static electricity, etc...
> I'm sure someone can do it for free or very little money for you.
>
> In any case, I can't imagine it will cost you more than the hassle and cost of actually selling and buying another unit :)
>
> BR,
> Peter
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: check_sum
> To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:05 AM
> Subject: [oberheim] Re: Matrix 1000 editor that works in XP or Mac OSX
>
>
>
>
> > >>
> > >> > Hi, I'm desperately trying to find an editor for my matrix 1000. I've
> > >> tried OB6000 and all the others I can find online (Midiquest, Matrix2001
> > >> seems to have disappeared as well as something called jsynth.lib)
> > >> >
> > >> > OB6000 and the others I've tried all crash my Matrix1000 when I import
> > >> patches. It's really frustrating.
> > >> >
> > >> > My model is a black Matrix1000 firmware 1.03 does anyone know if it's
> > >> related to the firmware version I heard they went up to 1.11 so maybe mine
> > >> is an early version.
> > >> >
> > >> > I am running Mac OSX lion but can also run Windows XP on it so any
> > >> platform is good.
> > >> >
> > >> > But always the same issue - some of them half work,K but in the end they
> > >> ALL crash the Matrix when receiving sysex patch dumps and or/editing.
> > >> > Driving me nuts.
> > >> >
> > >> > Any help MUCH appreciated thank you
>
> Hi,
> I have EXACTLY the same problem and setup as you-Lion/Win XP/M1000 with firmware 1.03
> I can save you a lot of wasted hours-believe me I tried everything out there and yes they all crash my M1000. I didn't bargain on such a headache and a waste of time when my matrix 1000 came in the mail...it really depressed me for a while.
> Basically you have two options : 1) As I think someone said, there's a Cubase editor out there - I run it on boot camp xp on a laptop and it's the only editor that won't crash the Matrix. Unfortunately it only has mod matrix presets so you can't edit everything but you can control the majority of the parameters. Sysex Librarian for Osx will load and save banks without crashing. That's about it, I tried them all nothing else worked :(
>
> 2) (my current plan) sell your matrix and buy another with newer firmware.
> I believe (albeit with no evidence) the 1.03 firmware can't handle Sysex too well (actually none of them do even the later ones the CPU is slow but at least the 1.11 versions don't seem to crash, for others anyway.)
> Updating your firmware is not pratical if you're like me- it involves using an EPROM burner or sourcing an updated EPROM from somewhere (how on earth )
> It's an old synth, sadly you can't just download an update via midi file or something!!!!
>