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!
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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.
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[@Leiria65]

I find it kind of amusing that CMEs synth guy is called Roland

[@inkling1788]

I shall dub thy son, "Oberheim"--nickname, Obie. And, to continue the Elon Musk tradition, middle name "X-8"

[@RayyMusik]

‘Jupiter‘ would be more impressive.

[@electro-classicorchestra1585]

A reverse sawtooth on the LFO…yes!!
The new Prophet 10 doesn’t have it, which is mind boggling. I have little use for a regular saw on the LFO, but a reverse saw is an incredibly powerful feature. One of the many reasons I love my OB-X8. 😊

[@christopherhammell9904]

I would love some patch tutorials.

[@MotorHolmes]

I can’t get over the OB sound. ♥️

[@RayyMusik]

Brilliant demo. You certainly have the right sense for the unique Obie sound.

[@chicagosynthexchange]

Thank you!!

[@malcolm77]

Excellent job! Just got my X8 today. Could you please explain to me how to dial in Jump from the factory A1 brass patch?

[@nelnich4445]

I just got mine. So easy to dial in Sounds I've been trying to get for years with do many synths. Even the obx8 bank presets are sick.

[@GeorgiRusev]

My OB-6 is always ready to fight this sexy beast! :)

[@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000]

This sounds a thousand times better than the trigon

[@entropybentwhistle]

Well, the point of the Trigon is a cheaper alternative for people who want to sound Moogy. Let Trigons be Trigons, as my old uncle Anatole used to say.

[@johnadams5489]

Yep it sounds like an Oberheim. My question is how useful would this be in today's music?

[@kimzim2001]

Maybe it will shape tomorrow’s music.

[@harrisonthacker9707]

2:05

[@Sam9wilson9]

What? 😂

[@SamLibman]

What?