Oberheim ob-8 factory patches

The calibration on your ob 8 will likely be messed up because it will have the calibration values of an ob 8 that are on the tape, whether it be the factory values or the values of someone elses ob 8. View online or download oberheim ob 12 operating manual. When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Oberheim continued to make synthesizers until the late 1980s. Aug 10, 2018 and as promised here are some famous presets of the oberheim ob 8. Obxd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. The ob 8 is a very warm and rich sounding eight voice polyphonic synthesizer with that classic oberheim sound. Most synthesizer aficionados agree that the ob8 doesnt sound inferior to the obxa, and they appreciate the ob8s extra programming facilities, stability, and economy. All the kinks worked out from the ob x and ob xa, but still that same killer sound. Nov 26, 2018 oberheim ob 8 keyboard synthesizer w midi via this auction.

The ob 8 is part of the famous ob line, and was a refinement and evolution of oberheim s ob x and ob xa. This hardware change resulted in a more agressive sound, not quite as creamy as the obx original, but what still became a bread and butter sound of the oberheim line. The ob 8 is the vintage oberheim that people should get. That eliminated the cost of the high parts count and the labor intensive matching for the otas that were thorns of analog polyphonic glide.

Its also not a cheap battery thats easy to find at the local drugstore. This is an extremely powerful, classy sounding analog polysynth, and thanks to the numerous knobs and buttons, its easy to program and configure once you got an idea of all the various parameters. Other notable oberheim synthesizers include the ob 1 monophonic, the ob 8, the xpander, the matrix6, the matrix12, and the matrix marketed after the acquisition by gibson. The ob6 is a onceinalifetime collaboration between the two most influential designers in poly synth history, dave smith and tom oberheim. We have set up a separate forum area to discuss everything related to the coronavirus covid19. This is one of the classic, early va synthesizers of the late 90s, together with clavia nord lead, yamaha an1x, korg ms2000, and access virus. Splitting the keyboard mode separates the ob xa into two 4voice synths with two available patches. The oberheim ob8 was the final model in oberheims legendary ob line and like its predecessors, it featured the same large 8 voice analog polyphonic sound. The ob6 takes the classic bold tom oberheim sound with its true voltagecontrolled oscillators, 2pole filter, and amplifiers and adds modern enhancements such as studioquality effects, a. It is essentially a keyboardless, sixvoice version of the matrix12 released a year later, in 1985. Synthchaser battery eliminator for oberheim ob8 synthesizer. Heres a freshly serviced oberheim ob 8 that sounds awesome and is available at a great price.

It attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways, a number of things were added or altered to the original design. Im a tech, not a musician, so please be gentle with me. View online or download oberheim matrix6 owners manual. Dave smith instruments ob6 6voice polyphonic analog. By request, a run through of the ob8 patches on the synth i just repaired. Matrix 6r factory patches restore gearslutz is partsupported by our visitors. The layer mode plays the two patches simultaneously. Ok, so i have a late model ob8 with factory midi in need of some repair. Because it was released just before midi debuted, the ob 8 had no midi implementation originally, but some models were retrofitted with 9channel midi implementation. The jp8000 was seen at the time as the modern incarnation of the classic jupiter 8, from 1981. Oberheim finally progressed to digital glide in the ob 8 that was generated by software and guaranteed matching glide rates between voices.

View and download oberheim ob8 owners manual online. The oberheim matrix 12 87 patches in sf2 and kontakt v4. We offer a big selection original factory and created soundssingle voicespatches in sysex. And as promised here are some famous presets of the oberheim ob8. R2detune would like to present this original 1983 oberheim ob8 factory stock patches cassette tape. The oberheim sem v has a simplicity and elegance that was a feature of many 70s synths. Mar 31, 2009 although tom oberheim said that the ob8 is too perfect, lacking the earlier models grit, its still a humansounding instrument. The oberheim ob8 synthesizer stores presets in memory with the use of a battery backup. The ob8 did use oberheims very own digital buss system making the ob8. It would overheat after 1015 minutes and the cpu would crash, freezing the panel leds and making no sound. The synth riff on princes 1999 was an ob8 and of course the brass synth chords on van halens jump which is probably our most requested sound, was done on a obxa. The ob8 is part of the famous obline, and was a refinement and evolution of oberheims obx and obxa. Imagine the architecture of the ob 8 with the filters and mod routing of the xpander and to round it all off, make the filters seamless as per the sem.

Heres a classic analog polyphonic synthesizer from 1983, the oberheim ob8. Oberheim xpander with calzone case and cassette with patches recently serviced. I have not used midi quest with the encore kit yet, but it should work all the same. This one has what appears to be a vintage copy of the factory midi. You can also use the cassette interface to save and restore your own custom patch. Vintage serviced oberheim ob8 wmidi at a nice price. Sep, 2016 here are the factory patches for the 120 preset version of the oberheim obxa as a wav file for importing via the cassette interface. Heres a short video showing how to import this wav file into the synthesizer.

It also prompted us to think about what our ultimate ob would consist of. Many of the big acts of the time used the ob synths on several classic recordings. The oberheim ob 8 is a 61 key, 8 voice polyphonic duotimbral analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators with sync, noise generator, resonant 12db or 24db low pass filter cem3320, dual adsr envelopes, three lfos, 120 presets, chord memory, arpeggiator, tape and proprietary interfaces. Oberheim responded with the ob x, then the ob xa in 1980.

Unfortunately the battery is soldered to the board and not easy to change yourself. It is the best but i must say you have done an incredible job as well. Sep, 2016 i show you how to load the factory patches into a vintage ob series synthesizer using the cassette interface. It includes a profile for the ob 8 so i was able to simply load and dump patches with a single click from the menu. The guy from encore told me that their kit is the same as the factory except with some bug fixes and improved hardware. The oberheim page at mm with software and info for the matrix 6 plus a patch file for the oberheim xpander. Up to 120 patches of memory storage were also available to keep your. Dec 29, 2004 it is the opx reaktor ensemble and it is beyond perfection with tons of patches. Arturia have managed to replicate these qualities as well as adding some very cool innovations to the original design. Make offer oberheim ob 8 keyboard synthesizer used. Original oberheim software for the matrix 6 and 6r dos based programs. Classysounding filters a very lush and powerful, classic analog polysynth. Magnetic ram upgrade for oberheim z80 based products dmx, dx, ob 8, ob xa, ob x, dsx.

There is nothing wrong with it, it stays in tune, and everything has been tested. We offer a big selection original factory and created soundssingle voices patches in sysex format for download in real synthesizer. Either way, it is highly unlikely they will be right for yours. Original factory patches have been reloaded see list.