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Synth Legends
Synth Radar

Synth Legends, don’t miss this symposium with Bob Moog’s final public appearance

August 21, 2025 Synth Anatomy 0

Synth Legends is an upcoming livestream of a symposium from 2005 with five synth legends, including Bob Moog’s final public appearance. Exactly 20 years ago, legendary Synthesizer developer Bob Moog passed away. He has shaped […]

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 […]

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 […]

Gforce Software Oberheim SEM
News

Gforce Software Oberheim SEM review, an emulation of Tom Oberheim’s first analog Synthesizer

July 7, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

Gforce Software is celebrating Tom Oberheim’s 86th birthday with an SEM emulation, Oberheim first analog Oberheim Synthesizer.  July 7th is a big day in the synth world. Exactly 86 years ago, the audio engineer and […]

Oberheim OB-X8 photos
Hardware

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 […]

Focusrite Sequential Oberheim
Hardware

Focusrite Sequential welcomes back Oberheim with a new product teaser

April 12, 2022 Synth Anatomy 1

Focusrite Sequential welcomes back the Oberheim brand with a new product teaser, maybe the possible OB-X Synthesizer reissue.  More than a year ago I reported on a possible Oberheim OB-X reissue in collaboration with Sequential. […]

Gforce Software OB-E Oberheim
News

Gforce Software OB-E v2, Oberheim endorsement, Windows support & more

February 22, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

Gforce Software OB-E v2 is official endorsed by synth pioneer Tom Oberheim, has Windows support, and offers many new features. The waiting is over. Last year Dave Spiers and his team at Gforce Software released […]

Bright Sparks Tom Oberheim
Synth Radar

Bright Sparks: Gforce Software dedicates a documentation to the synth pioneer Tom Oberheim

February 18, 2022 Synth Anatomy 1

Gforce Software dedicates a new chapter of their stunning Synthesizer documentary Bright Sparks to the synth pioneer Tom Oberheim.  Dave Spier’s company Gforce Software is known to many for their high-quality Synthesizer emulation like the […]

Oberheim trademark
Hardware

The official rights to the Oberheim brand are back with its founder, Tom Oberheim

August 3, 2021 Synth Anatomy 3

After 36 years, Tom Oberheim is again the sole owner of the Oberheim trademark rights after Uli Behringer transferred the remaining to him. The rights to the Oberheim trademark have already changed several times. The […]

Oberheim TVS Pro SE
Synth Radar

Oberheim TVS-Pro Special Edition Synthesizer exploration with Julian Pollack (J3PO)

July 10, 2021 Synth Anatomy 0

Sound designer and musician Julian Pollack sonically explores in his new video the new Tom Oberheim TVS-Pro Special Edition Synthesizer.  In March of 2021, Tom Oberheim announced the comeback of the TVS-Pro as a special […]

Cherry Audio Eight Voice
News

Cherry Audio Eight Voice, Oberheim Synthesizer Emulation For Only $29

March 15, 2021 Synth Anatomy 2

Cherry Audio Eight Voice, an emulation of iconic Oberheim 8 Voice Synthesizer from Tom Oberheim as a plugin and module format for Voltage Modular 2, each for just $29. The cherry is on fire. If […]

Oberheim TVS-Pro Special Edition
News

Tom Oberheim Announces TVS Pro (Two-Voice) Special Edition

March 3, 2021 Synth Anatomy 2

Tom Oberheim re-introduces the TVS Pro, the iconic Two-Voice analog Synthesizer in a special edition with the original Logo. In 2016 Tom Oberheim released the TVS Pro aka Two-Voice synthesizer reissue based on two SEM […]

Gforce Software OB-E
News

OB-E Plugin, Gforce Software’s Take On The Oberheim 8 Voice Synthesizer

February 23, 2021 Synth Anatomy 2

Dave Spiers’ Gforce Software revives the legendary Oberheim 8 Voice polyphonic analog Synthesizer in the form of a new Mac-only plugin named OB-E with all the beloved and new modern features. A teaser about a […]

Behringer Oberheim OB-Xa
Hardware

Behringer Renames The UB-Xa Polysynth In Oberheim OB-Xa

January 29, 2021 Synth Anatomy 45

Behringer has renamed its upcoming polyphonic analog Synthesizer UB-Xa and uses the name of the original Oberheim OB-Xa, is that allowed but is that allowed? In 1981 Tom Oberheim launched one of the most fat-sounding […]

Sequential OB-X
Hardware

Sequential OB-X, Reissue Of The Legendary Oberheim Polysynth In The Works?

January 11, 2021 Synth Anatomy 0

Sequential, the company of Dave Smith has filed the trademark for OB-X, will we see a reissue of the legendary Oberheim polysynth for NAMM 2021? Prophet 5 and Prophet 10, Dave Smith and his company […]

Free Plugins (VST/VST3/AU/AAX)

The Free OB-Xd Synthesizer Plugin (VST/AU) By DiscoDSP Is Available Again & Update Released

March 27, 2018 Synth Anatomy 0

For several months it had become quiet around the developer discoDSP. So his website was not available for a long time and customers could not download his product. Now there are good news. The developer […]

Hardware

More Details About The UB-Xa Synthesizer Published – Front Panel Update, No Internal Effects & More

March 8, 2018 Synth Anatomy 0

If you look for the strongest topics in the field of Synthesizers in 2018 already than it’s probably the UB-Xa, Behringer’s new polyphonic Synthesizer based on the Tom Oberheim OB-Xa. Many are debating whether it’s […]

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    Audio & MIDI

    Aodyo Instruments Loom: multidimensional MPE MIDI controller: development update

    Aodyo Instruments Loom is a new portable, multidimensional MPE controller designed for touch, slide, strum, and trigger signals, now on Kickstarter. Last November, it was announced that Aodyo Instruments had been revived by the French [...]
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    Plugins

    Cherry Audio SH-MAX review: three classic Roland SH synths reborn as a plugin

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