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Oberheim OB-X8M Desktop Module  From Sequential

The OB-X8 now available as a powerful, portable desktop module.

Sequential

$3,499.99

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Manufacturer's Description from Sequential

True Oberheim Sound

It sounds like a classic Oberheim because it is a classic Oberheim. Its 100% analog audio path cuts through a mix like no other synth.

Pure Analog

The audio signal path of the OB-X8 is all analog, filled with warmth and punch. It’s the same trademark Oberheim sound that made iconic tracks like 1999 by Prince, Jump by Van Halen, and Tom Sawyer by Rush so unforgettable. And now it’s yours to enhance your own music.

New Sounds

The classic OB-series factory sounds that you know from countless recordings are all here. But that’s just the start: our network of world-class sound designers has created jaw-dropping new sounds just for the OB-X8. And because the OB-X8 has a clear and easy-to-grasp set of controls, creating your own sounds is as easy as turning a few knobs and saving what you like.

Three In One

The OB-X8 combines the three different voice architectures of the OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8 into a single instrument. The individual filter types and other unique characteristics of each model have been faithfully reproduced, giving you the most authentic OB experience possible. You can even mix elements of different models to create sounds never possible with the originals. There’s never been an OB-series synth as powerful and versatile.

A Classic — Evolved

The OB-X8 is more than just a new OB-series Oberheim. It’s engineered to be the best modern OB ever created.

Meticulously Matched

Creating the classic OB sound required more than just replicating vintage oscillators, filters, and envelopes.

The Oberheim design team exhaustively analyzed and recreated the complex interactions between the various components of each OB-series synth to capture their nuances and character.

The result is the most faithful, authoritative renewal of an analog classic possible — with all of the warmth, subtlety, and presence of the originals.

Page 2022

OB insiders know that the myriad of “Page 2″ functions unlocked the hidden power of the original OB-8.

We’ve included all of the classic Page 2 parameters and created new ones for 2022, giving you direct access to 40+ nuanced controls such as additional SEM filter modes, per-voice panning, LFO keyboard tracking, Mod delay time and envelope inversion, independent pulse width control, and much more.

A Tactile Triumph

The unique design of the expression levers was integral to bringing out performances that made the OB-series synths famous. 

Sound Editor

Unlock the full potential of your Oberheim OB-X8 with OB-X8 SoundEditor! This standalone program and plugin from SoundTower is a full-featured Editor/Librarian that greatly enhances the OB-X8 sound editing experience. With every parameter displayed in a logical, easy-to-use graphical interface, you can create, edit, organize and store OB-X8 Programs on your computer with ease.

OS v2.0 — Update

The OB-X8 is a modern legend. And now, the free OS version 2.0 update builds on the Oberheim legacy by providing a host of new features.

Expanded Sound Palette

The OB-X8 is a true modern legend. And now, OS version 2.0 builds on the Oberheim legacy by summoning immersive binaural worlds and stacking simultaneously selectable oscillator waveforms. Ignite creativity and expand your sound palette with a fresh new low pass filter type and independent VCO 1 and 2 level modulation.

  • Instant binaural mode pans individual voices hard left and right for true stereo operation  
  • Simultaneously selectable waveshapes for each oscillator extends timbral variety 
  • New 4-Pole low pass filter type with fuller bass at high resonance 
  • New VCO 1 and 2 level LFO modulation destinations for independent timbral mixing 
  • Arpeggiator clock sync now has selectable note division values for expanded rhythmic control

More Memory & Control

More than an upgrade, it’s an analog classic reborn. Download the free OB-X8 OS v2.0 update and reforge your sonic legacy.

  • Twice the Split and Double memory locations, including program storage directly in the new banks for 512 more stored sounds 
  • Separate MIDI channels for lower/upper split bi-timbral operation

32 Voice Poly Chain

The addition of poly chain allows for 32-voice epics with multiple instruments connected. Experience massive Oberheim sound from the company that pioneered polyphonic analog synthesis.

MIDI Polyphonic Expression

Now you can sculpt nuanced dreamscapes with MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression). With OS v2.0, OB-X8 now responds to MPE, a revolutionary MIDI extension enabling independent control for every note. MPE lets you bend the pitch, adjust timbre, and manipulate other sound aspects individually.

Think Small - Play Big

The OB-X8 is now available as a powerful, portable desktop module. It fits right into your studio, your music and your life.

Fits Perfectly

For the first time ever, the new OB-X8 desktop version condenses all the sonic power of the Oberheim OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 into a footprint that’s compact enough for studios of any size, and convenient enough to take out on the road.

Keyboard Vs Desktop

The OB-X8 desktop module boasts an identical sound engine to the keyboard version, featuring an all-analog signal path with discrete VCOs, VCAs, and filters. And with its knob-per-function sound designing experience, you’ll have immediate access to virtually all the synth’s parameters, allowing you to create your own unique sounds with ease and precision.

Although the paddles and keybed are missing from the module version, the Arpeggiator and Keyboard Split & Double functionality are maintained, so the OB-X8 desktop is ready to go when connected to your favorite controller.
Sequential

About Manufacturer

Sequential is helmed by legendary instrument designer and Grammy-winner Dave Smith, the original founder of Sequential Circuits in the mid-70s. Dave designed the Prophet-5, the world’s first fully-programmable polyphonic synth—and the first musical instrument with an embedded microprocessor.

Dave is generally known as the driving force behind the generation of the MIDI specification in 1981. It was Dave, in fact, who coined the acronym. In 1987 he was named a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for his continuing work in the area of music synthesis. After Sequential, Dave was President of DSD, Inc, an R&D division of Yamaha, where he worked on physical modeling synthesis and software synthesizer concepts. He then started the Korg R&D group in California, producing the Wavestation products and other technology.

He took over as President at Seer Systems and developed the first soft synth for Intel in 1994, followed by the first fully professional soft synth, Reality, released in 1997.

Realizing the limitations of software, Dave returned to hardware and started Dave Smith Instruments, which released the Evolver hybrid analog/digital synthesizer in 2002. Since then the Sequential product lineup has grown to include the Prophet X, Prophet Rev2, Prophet-6, OB-6, Pro 2, and Prophet 12 synthesizers, as well as the Tempest drum machine, co-designed with friend and fellow electronic instrument designer Roger Linn.

 

Dave is generally known as the driving force behind the generation of the MIDI specification in 1981. It was Dave, in fact, who coined the acronym. In 1987 he was named a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) for his continuing work in the area of music synthesis. After Sequential, Dave was President of DSD, Inc, an R&D division of Yamaha, where he worked on physical modeling synthesis and software synthesizer concepts. He then started the Korg R&D group in California, producing the Wavestation products and other technology.

He took over as President at Seer Systems and developed the first soft synth for Intel in 1994, followed by the first fully professional soft synth, Reality, released in 1997.

Realizing the limitations of software, Dave returned to hardware and started Dave Smith Instruments which released the Evolver hybrid analog/digital synthesizer in 2002. Since then the DSI product lineup has grown to include the Prophet 12, Prophet ’08, Pro 2, Mopho, and Tetra synths, as well as the Tempest drum machine, co-designed with friend and fellow electronic instrument designer Roger Linn.

Specifications

Hardware

  • 8-voice, pure-analog polyphony with saw, square/pulse, triangle, and noise
  • Two discrete SEM/OB-X-lineage VCOs per voice deliver classic punchy Oberheim tone
  • Discrete SEM-lineage VCFs deliver authentic OB-X-style tone and presence
  • Genuine Curtis filters add bold OB-Xa/OB-8 character
  • Meticulously modeled envelope responses match each OB model: OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8
  • Full-featured arpeggiator
  • Bi-timbral capability allows two presets simultaneously for splits and doubles
  • 400-plus factory programs, including the full set of factory sounds for the OB-X, OB-SX, OB-Xa, and OB-8
  • Integral, fanless, heatsink-free power supply
  • Real walnut end cheeks
  • High-resolution OLED display enables patch management and easy access to advanced features
  • Classic Oberheim Pitch and Mod levers allow expressive note bending and vibrato (Keyboard version only)
  • (Desktop) Weight: 9.6 lbs.  Dimensions: 22.0” L x 8.5” W x 4.0” H

Enhancements

  • Additional SEM filter modes add high-pass, band-pass, and notch functions to the classic OB-X filter
  • Vintage knob allows variable amounts of voice-to-voice variability to emulate the behavior of vintage instruments 
  • Velocity sensitivity adds expressiveness to volume and filter 
  • Channel Aftertouch adds real-time performance-based modulation
  • Enhanced unison allows variable voice stacking from 1-8 voices
  • Variable triangle wave cross-modulation
  • Over 600 user-programmable preset locations
  • Programmable per-program pan allows wider stereo presence
  • Variable oscillator and noise levels

Ins & Outs

  • Stereo and Mono outputs
  • Volume, Sustain, and Filter inputs
  • Arpeggiator clock input
  • MIDI In, Out, Thru
  • USB