Rare Oberheim OB-1 is perfect as a plug-in: review, Tom Oberheim vid

Falling through a hole in space-time from 1978-1979, the Oberheim OB-1 seems strangely at home as a monosynth (or polysynth) in 2024. GForce made an addictively good recreation in plug-in form – and it’s the perfect time for Tom Oberheim himself to weigh in on his creation.

3rd Wave, wavetable synth beast, does MPE and is now in desktop form

Groove Synthesis, the instrument maker founded by veterans of Sequential and Oberheim, has taken their massive 24-voice wavetable synth and put it into a desktop form.

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2023

loopop’s great hands-on review of the Oberheim OB-X8 doubles as a sound design tutorial

Choosing an original is always rewarding. One of the reasons we’ve grown to love loopop is that he’s not an “influencer” – his video reviews are manuals, tutorials, and sound design guides come to life. So it’s worth watching the full Oberheim OB-X8 video even if you’re not in the market – because it’s full of sound design tips you can apply to other instruments, even free software modulars and synths.

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2023

In “Piano,” John Object captures emotional realities of war in Ukraine

Peter Kirn - August 9, 2023

Oberheim is shipping the OB-X8 desktop and Tom is posing in the factory to prove it

Peter Kirn - June 12, 2023

Oberheim OB-X8 is now a desktop module, in new edition of one of the best synths today

Peter Kirn - May 9, 2023

The late Dave Smith with Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, Tony Karavidas talking OB-X8 design

Peter Kirn - October 26, 2022

GForce Oberheim SEM, perfect £30 plug-in of a 1974 gem, made with Tom and Marcus

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2022

The Oberheim OB-X8 is a beast – here are more sounds from it, straight-up

Peter Kirn - May 19, 2022

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