Matrix-12 V

Programmable analog freedom.

Matrix-12 V resurrects the first programmable analog synthesizer in software form, enhancing its revered combination of modular flexibility, analog richness, and 15-mode filter with enormous new levels of creative freedom.

Enter
the Matrix

Extreme patching met 12 dual-oscillator voices in one of the most prestigious keyboard synths of the ’80s.

With 27 modulation sources, 47 destinations, 15 filter modes, and five envelopes, it combined the flexibility of a modular synth with the polyphony and programmability demanded by artists like Toto, Vangelis, Prince, and Herbie Hancock. How do you improve upon such an instrument? Matrix-12 V balances absolute authenticity with the flexibility modern music makers need - and then some.

You Can’t Sample This

Our True Analog Emulation® technology models the behavior of every circuit and how they interact. Matrix 12-V is one of its biggest achievements yet.

Your Everything Synth

Whether you make power-pop, electronica, R&B, hip-hop, or a fusion of styles yet to have a name, Matrix-12 V delivers head-turning sounds with remarkable ease.

An Ace in Your Hand

The Matrix could sound like virtually every other analog polysynth of the ’80s — and some digital synths — but no other synth could sound like the Matrix.

Own a Legend

A working Matrix-12 fetches five figures if you can find one. Matrix-12 V offers perfect accuracy at a tiny fraction of the cost, and with modern stability.

Analog in
a digital world

With digital synths like the DX7 and affordable sample-based keyboards just over the horizon, Tom Oberheim and company set out to show the world what a no-holds-barred analog machine could really do.

Echoing Oberheim’s earlier success with the SEM, the project began with a sound expansion module. This was 1984’s Xpander, which had six voices and the same signal path as the Matrix-12, which would arrive just a year later.

MIDI created a market for modules that could augment the capabilities that synth players already owned without adding the bulk of another black-and-white keyboard to their rigs. The Xpander was designed by engineers Marcus Ryle (who would later invent the Alesis® ADAT) and Michael Doidic, and became an instant hit.

Discover the history of Matrix-12

Agent
of analog

Matrix-12 V puts your hands on more of the original’s parameters at once.

It’s a playground for quick tweaks during live performance and exacting sound design in the studio.

Because it applied digital control to analog tone generation, the Matrix-12 had three displays and many pages of functions but only six knobs. We thought a sound engine this sensational deserved a lot more.

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01. Original Oscillators

We began with faithful models of the oscillators, which feature pulse, saw, and triangle waves, PWM, hard sync, FM, and noise.

02. 15 Filters in One

That’s right — multiple pass modes, multiple slopes, and even phase-shifting filters let the Matrix create tones other analog synths can’t.

03. Pushing the Envelope

Why settle for just volume and filter envelopes when you can have five assignable ones? Create sounds that evolve in interesting and unexpected ways.

04. LFO Flexibility

Explore 5 tempo-syncable LFOs ready to apply to anything - and that’s just the tip of Matrix-12 V’s modulation iceberg.

05. Modulation Central

Press any parameter’s button to see all the sources that modulate it, and work with up to six sources at once.

06. Ramp It Up

Four ramp processors are like extra one-stage envelopes you can apply to any signal.

Matrix
Reloaded

More modulation, built-in FX, and a powerful Multi mode make you the architect of amazing sounds.

We dove deep into what makes the Matrix-12 special, put every parameter of it within easy reach, and then freed its analog mind with some reality-bending upgrades.

  • Master Your Mods

    Tweak a superhero’s eye view of every modulation routing in Matrix-12 V at once. With up to 40, you’ll never run out of them.

  • Zone Out

    Splits or layers? How about six independent keyboard zones with adjustable range, MIDI channel, and voice allocation?

  • Massive Multis

    Assign Matrix-12 V’s voices to keyboard zones and transpose, detune, and pan them here. Each voice can play a different patch if you want!

  • Standalone Vibrato

    As if five LFOs weren’t enough, an independent vibrato lets you modulate its speed and amount from the mod wheel, a pedal, or aftertouch.

  • Dual FX

    Choose from studio-grade classics including phaser, flanger, chorus, analog delay, stereo ping-pong delay, and lush reverb.

  • Maximum Control

    Achieve electron microscope level control over Matrix 12-V’s behavior with the settings located on Page 2.

Hear it
in action

Journey from the neon-lit streets of the 1980s to off-planet colonies and beyond with these audio demos from our community of artists and sound designers, made exclusively using Matrix-12 V sounds.

Escapes

In The Matrix

Selecting Presets

Trap

Rifts

A downtempo track with strong eerie feeling, taking advantage of the various filters modes, on board effects and voice parameters to fill the stereo width and audio spectrum.

Sunset

This minimalist demo features a light lead, the "Mountain Echo" preset, and a filter glide effect which take you to an other dimension.

Brian Molo

Artistscorner

Included in
V collection

Legendary Keyboards Reinvented

This instrument is also part of the V Collection -your complete dream line-up of the legendary synths, organs, pianos and more that made keyboard history. They’re modeled with the most advanced technologies for authentic realism, and enhanced with new creative options. Whether you use it as DAW plugins in the studio or standalone at gigs, V Collection puts the greatest keys of all time at your fingertips for instant inspiration.

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Toutes les fonctionnalités
dont vous avez besoin

  • Tutoriels intégrés

    Les tutoriels intégrés détaillent chaque aspect de l’instrument, des différents paramètres aux conseils de nos designers sonores, pour que vous puissiez vous concentrer sur votre créativité. Cela ne devrait pas être aussi simple, et pourtant ça l’est !

  • ASC

    L’Arturia Software Center vous sert à télécharger, organiser et mettre à jour tous vos logiciels d’Arturia au même endroit, ou encore à gérer toutes vos licences sur plusieurs appareils. Plus c’est simple, mieux c’est.

  • Compatible avec votre STAN

    Nos instruments virtuels et nos plug-ins sont conçus pour s’intégrer facilement à votre installation. Quel que soit votre style, vous pouvez expérimenter tout en profitant d’une parfaite compatibilité avec les principales STAN, aussi bien sur Windows que sur macOS.

  • Navigateur de presets

    Ne passez pas des heures à chercher le son que vous avez en tête. Le navigateur intelligent vous permet de trier les presets par mots-clés, par type d’instrument, style musical, etc. Vous pouvez même sauvegarder vos sons favoris pour les rappeler instantanément dès que vous en avez besoin.

  • Interface graphique redimensionnable

    Vous voulez profiter de nos émulations d’instruments classiques avec une immersion visuelle totale ? Vous préférez économiser le précieux espace sur votre écran ? Les interfaces de tous les instruments virtuels d’Arturia peuvent être redimensionnées à la taille qui vous convient.

  • Intégration parfaite

    Les paramètres des instruments sont directement assignés aux commandes des claviers de la gamme KeyLab d’Arturia, mais ils fonctionnent aussi très bien avec d’autres contrôleurs MIDI. Vous bénéficiez ainsi de macros pour modifier instantanément le son, d’une intégration facile avec la STAN et d’un fonctionnement indépendant.

TAE® Powered

The exclusive analog modeling technology that makes our emulations indistinguishable from the originals.

By accurately mimicking the characteristics of analog oscillators, filters, and soft clipping, we can provide astonishing component-accurate detail and authentic analog charm in equal measure.

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Main Features

Two oscillators, each offering triangle, sawtooth and variable-width pulse wave with PWM.

Oscillator 2 also functions as a white noise generator.

Oscillator 1 or the Filter can be frequency modulated.

Single filter with 15 modes: 4 Low Pass, 3 High Pass, 2 Band Pass modes, Notch and Phase Shift plus four additional "combo" filter modes.

Ultra-powerful modulation matrix with 27 sources and 47 destinations.

Sources include 5 envelopes, 5 LFOs, 4 Ramp, 3 Track generators, Velocity, Pressure, Keyboard follow, and more.

Two insert effect slots with six studio-grade effects available.

12 voices of polyphony like the original instrument

Multitimbral

Works in Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX.

Platform specifications

Windows

  • Win 10+ (64bit)
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
  • 32GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
  • ARM processors not supported on Windows

Required configuration

  • Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS (64-bit DAWs only).

Apple

  • Mac OS 11+
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or M1 CPU
  • 32GB free hard disk space
  • OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

Work with ASC

  • An elegant and simple solution to help you install, activate, and update your Arturia software instruments.

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Oberheim® is a registered trademark of Tom Oberheim®, which is in no way associated or affiliated with Arturia. All manufacturer and product names mentioned on this page are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Arturia. The trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose features and sound were studied during the development. All names of equipment, inventors, and manufacturers have been included for illustrative and educational purposes only, and do not suggest any affiliation or endorsement by any equipment inventor or manufacturer.