> >>
> >> > 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!!!!