Oberheim OB-X8 Module 8-Voice Polyphonic Analogue Synthesiser

Polyphonic synthesiser with an 100% analogue audio path

For the first time in more than 40 years, a legendary analogue synth sound returns.

The OB-X sounds like a classic Oberheim because it is a classic Oberheim. Its 100% analogue audio path cuts through a mix like no other synth.

The audio signal path of the OB-X8 is all analogue, 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.

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

The Oberheim design team exhaustively analysed 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 analogue classic possible - with all of the warmth, subtlety, and presence of the originals.

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.

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 than an upgrade, it's an analogue 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

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

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.

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.

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.

Features

• 8-voice, pure-analogue 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 modelled envelope responses match each OB model: OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8
• Full-featured arpeggiator
• 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 behaviour 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
• Stereo and Mono outputs
• Volume, Sustain, and Filter inputs
• Arpeggiator clock input
• MIDI In, Out, Thru
• USB

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