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Oberheim OB-X8

Oberheim OB-X8 desktop shipping
Hardware

Oberheim OB-X8 desktop module analog polysynth is shipping now

June 12, 2023 Synth Anatomy 2

Superbooth 23: Oberheim has turned its 8-voice bi-timbral analog polyphonic Synthesizer OB-X8 into a desktop module. Good news from Oberheim. The desktop version of the Oberheim OB-X8 is now shipping from the factory and will […]

Oberheim OB-X8 review
Hardware

Oberheim OB-X8 review: part 1 look & feel and oscillators

February 14, 2023 Synth Anatomy 15

Oberheim has returned to the synth market with an epic bi-timbral polyphonic analog Synthesizer, the OB-X8, here is my review Some synthesizers are magical. Instruments you stand in front of and just say, wow, and […]

Geosynths Obsession Vol 1
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GEOsynths Obsession Vol 1, new sounds for the Oberheim OB-X8

January 19, 2023 Synth Anatomy 0

GEOsynths has published Obsession Vol 1, a library featuring 128 new sounds for the Oberheim OB-X8 analog polyphonic Synthesizer. One of the synthesizer highlights of 2022 was definitely the Oberheim OB-X8. The first Oberheim analog […]

Oberheim OB-X8 shipping
Hardware

Oberheim OB-X8 poly analog Synthesizer is shipping now

July 25, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

Oberheim announced today that they have started shipping their new OB-X8 bi-timbral poly analog Synthesizer.  One of the big highlights of this year’s Superbooth (22) was the launch of the new Oberheim OB-X8. The first […]

Oberheim OB-X8 developer interview
Hardware

Oberheim OB-X8, a synth developer talk with Marcus Ryle

May 18, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

A developer talk from Superbooth 22 with Marcus Ryle about the Oberheim company comeback and the new OB-X8 polyphonic analog Synthesizer.  After a lot of teasing, and leaks, the Oberheim OB-X8 finally stood as a […]

Oberheim OB-X8 photos
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Leak: Oberheim OB-X8 poly analog Synthesizer for Superbooth 22 (new photos)

May 7, 2022 Synth Anatomy 27

LEAK: the Oberheim OB-X8 has just been leaked, a new bi-timbral polyphonic analog Synthesizer that is built on the OB-X, OB-Xa.. legacies For a few weeks now, Tom Oberheim has been teasing a new Synthesizer […]

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