Oberheim OB-X8 // Chicago Synth Exchange

Our synth specialist Roland Chira shows what the Oberheim sound is all about, with the brand’s first new synth release in nearly four decades! Built in collaboration with longtime friend Dave Smith, the new Oberheim OB-X8 combines the original Oberheim's three signature OB polysynths-the OB-X, the OB-Xa and the OB-8-in a single unit. Now, you can access all of the sounds that have come to define the Oberheim sound, among artists such as Queen, Prince, Van Halen, Tom Petty, and more! Come try the Oberheim OB-X8 yourself, today, at Chicago Synth Exchange! SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CHICAGO SYNTH EXCHANGE!! More about Oberheim! Tom Oberheim founded the company in 1969, originally as a designer and contract manufacturer of electronic effects devices for Maestro (most notably the Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter), and briefly a retail dealer for ARP Instruments, eventually designing the company's first Oberheim-branded product, the Oberheim DS-2, one of the first digital music sequencers. In 1975 Oberheim introduced the Synthesizer Expander Module (SEM) to complement the DS-2 sequencer and enable a user to play one synthesizer while the DS-2 played a sequence on another. The SEM featured a two-pole filter that could operate as a low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, or band-reject filter, giving it a different sound than the Moog and ARP filters popular at the time. The company later combined multiple SEM modules with a digitally-scanned keyboard and a 2-channel voltage-controlled sequencer to create a series of polyphonic synthesizers, beginning with the 2-Voice, followed by the 4-Voice,[1] and, in 1977, the 8-Voice which combined a 4-Voice with an external module of four additional SEMs. An optional programmer module, capable of storing and recalling 16 instances of some of the sound settings, was available for the 4-Voice and 8-Voice. These were among the first commercially-available polyphonic synthesizers. Do you own one of these pieces of gear? Want to sell or trade it for something new? We buy and trade! - https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/... More Chicago Synth Exchange Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chicagosynt... Twiter - https://bit.ly/2RuYOci Facebook - https://bit.ly/3e4FI4C Pinterest - https://bit.ly/3ea3BHZ Check out our Giveaways page to win gear! - https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/... #chicagomusicexchange #cme #chicagosynthexchange #synthesizer #obx8