[sdiy] Oberheim Matrix 6r ROM image needed

[Csaba Zvekan]

Yes, they are all completely different firmware. 2.13 is for Matrix 6r while the 2.13a is for Matrix 6. The Matrix 1000 is using a different version called 1.12. 

Many thanks

	


On 18 Aug 2014, at 16:31, ChristianH <chris at chrismusic.de> wrote:

> Considering that the 1000 has 800 ROM presets, I wouldn't expect it to
> have the same firmware as anything else. It *may* be compatible, but
> most certainly not the same.
> 
> And I seem to remember that there are some M6 or M6r SysEx messages that
> the M1000 ignores. Don't have the manual right now, IIRC some additional
> performance/effects/combination stuff.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:03:26 +0200 Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-08-17 23:15 +0200, Csaba Zvekan wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you Terry and many thanks , Andre that?s the one. I
>>> believe Matrix 1000 and Matrix 6r share somewhat the same
>>> architecture. Perhaps I could readout the ROM from my Matrix
>>> 1000 or swap the firmware and see if that solves my problem?
>> 
>> From what I've read in the archives of the oberheim Yahoo group,
>> the Matrix 6 and Matrix 1000 don't respond to all the same MIDI
>> messages so there are significant differences between their
>> firmwares.
>> 
>> They don't have the same front panels so they the may have
>> completely different electronics. Could be that, on the Matrix
>> 1000, writing 0x12 to I/O register 0x34 prepares for reading a
>> front panel switch but on the Matrix 6R, it shorts two output
>> ports...
>> 
>> This also applies to the M6 vs. M6R, by the way. It would be
>> pretty perverse but we've all seen worse.
>> 
>> Maybe the experts on the oberheim list know ?
>> 
>> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/oberheim/
>> 
>> -- 
>> André Majorel http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/
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