New features of the synthesizer include SEM filter types, per-voice panning and keyboard tracking of the LFO. If you like, you can load two presets simultaneously and play them as a split or layer using the after-touch-enabled 61-key FATAR keyboard. Thus, the OB-X8 represents a comprehensive reissue of the Oberheim synthesizer that many synthesizer fans had to wait a long time for.
A legend!
Over 40 years ago, Tom Oberheim launched a series of legendary polyphonic analog synthesizers: OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 can be heard on numerous hits of the 80s, from Prince to Eurythmics and Van Halen to Andy Borg. With the help of Dave Smith, who has unfortunately passed away in the meantime, and his company Sequential, who had already gained experience with the reissue of old classics with the Prophet-5 Rev4, the OB-X8 was developed and, against all odds of the last years, was quickly produced in series and brought to the stores. Tom Oberheim did not want to compromise on this, but this is reflected in the price: With a current street price of 5,400 euros, the synthesizer is located at the upper end of modern synthesizers, although this still seems relatively cheap compared to the prices of the originals. We tested whether the synthesizer is worth such an investment.
Big and chic
As good as software and digital technology may sound by now, unpacking such an analog flagship always has something particularly magical about it. The scope of delivery
