Happy days are here again from Tom Oberheim’s new company We don’t make a habit of announcing that previously announced products are shipping, but Oberheim shipping...
It was just released today (Tom Oberheim’s birthday), and it’s a beauty Okay, this is my new favorite synth (along with all my other favorite ones)....
Oberheim Electronics, one of the most venerated names in synthesizer design, has announced its return to operation to meet the rising demand for its instruments. Oberheim...
A teaser video shows Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, and Tony Karavidas, with Sequential’s Dave Smith – and they’re having drinks That can only mean good things,...
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This one has Tom Oberheim’s endorsement Remember the GForce OB-E plug-in? Well, the new version now has Tom Oberheim’s endorsement. You can read some of the...
Mark Jenkins profiles a synth that continues to divide opinion after 20 years The title of this piece is intentionally contentious, because the distinctively blue-paneled OB12...
Music Tribe, holding company for Behringer and others, follows Gibson’s move a couple of years ago Technically, the worldwide rights to the Oberheim trademark are now back with...
It’s their take on 1977’s version of the Oberheim analog classic, renowned for its impact on rock, dance, and pop from the late ’70s and ’80s...
It’s based around a single SEM, but the OB-E has eight of them – and each voice has all the features GForce OB-E: a software emulation...
Every synth is unique, but here are Mark Jenkins’ (and our) favorite general tips to make creating sounds easy and fun Early synthesists were often asked...
Mark Jenkins with a blast-from-the-past keyboard that looks very much to the future A few months back, just before the new Oberheim synth appeared, we featured a retrospective...
Absolutely, but a lot of instruments that look backward are being released – and that’s a good thing, as Nick Batzdorf philosophizes. Don’t worry, innovation isn’t...
Mark Jenkins updates us on the goings-on at Arturia, the French hardware and software company. Arturia maintains a healthy balance between hardware and software products. Synths...
Spitfire introduces POLARIS – a modern string orchestra imitating classic synth sounds from the mind of GRAMMY-nominated American electronic music composer Brian Transeau (a.k.a. BT). Producing...