Matrix 1000 and ebay questions ..

[host]

A few days ago I decided to buy Oberheim Matrix 1000 and since it could take forever to find one used here and so far I can`t find any in my neighbourly countries I guess I`m gonna have to buy one from ebay which has tons of them so I`m checking out how things work there, any suggestions or experiences to tell?
I never bought anything from the internet so I`m a little bit scared and sceptic about it all ..


p.s. Also any Matrix 6 or Matrix 1000 users here? I`m trying to find some audio demos but couldn`t find many just 3 really short ones and the .rm one from vintagesynth.com

[Hollowcell]

One thing to ask about if they don't mention it is is it has all the voices still. They are going down the same road as the Juno-106s in this regard. Best to make sure it still has all voices working.

I buy from the net pretty often, but that is on one of the auction sites here in Japan. I've never bought on ebay, so can't give much advice there.

[jasedee]

Have you got Paypal account etc? Thats something you may need to set up. Other than that, when dealing with eBay, u just need to use your instincts. If something sounds too good to be true, then it is.

I have bought a Yamaha CS-10, Juno 60, and PG-1000 programmer from eBay, not to mention a few other bits of outboard etc, and havent had any issues yet

[Tomer=Trance]

I have some expirience with the Matrix 6,
"Classic oberhim sound" which i personaly love.
Great fat round bass,warm pads and strings and awesome leads (dou to the great sweet sounding filter...)
The routing capabilties are very good (it has a matrix patchbay ,like in the Virus...)
Programing it is a huge pain in the ass since you have no knobs and just a huge list of manus and sub manus so i would suggest buying a dedicated hardware controler like the Behringer endless rotary knob box or such and\or geting a software editor like MidiQuest or Soundiver.

cheers,
Tomer.