MATRIXSYNTH: Oberheim OB-1


Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Oberheim OB-1

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Note the blue LEDs.

"-8 patch memories for saving user presets, VERY handy on a vintage monosynth!
-2 VCOs with Saw and Pulse waveforms.
Both VCOs have a voltage controllable width control (both can be swept by LFO or Vco2 by the Envelope) for both the pulse waveform (from square to narrow pulse waveform) AND rather uniquely the sawtooth waveform too (can be swept from sawtooth to a sine waveform!)
-2 Sub-Oscillators available, one for each oscillator! Can sound HUGE!
-Oscillator Sync and Cross Modulation. Oscillator sync is absolutely killer sounding, i dont think ive heard a synth that has better oscillator sync! Cross modulation is great too.
-Excellent discreet, Oberheim filter, either 2 pole or 4 pole slopes are available with keyboard tracking and resonance. Keep rolling up the resonance and the bottom end stays solid. Fantastic sounding filter, one of my favourites!
-1 LFO, three waveforms, Sine, Square or S+H.
-White noise.
-2 ADSR Envelopes.
-Portamento.
-Flexible modulation buss. LFO can modulate both oscillators frequency or waveform shape and the filter cutoff. Envelope can sweep Oscillator 2 or the filter.
-Excellent performance bender, you can bend one or both oscillators (has a broad or narrow range) or introduce modulation.
-CV, Gate and audio inputs."

5 comments:

  1. Wow, people really ARE getting out of hand with the prices of analogue! Ridiculous!

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  2. nice synth, but the price is way to high!

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  3. Why even waste your time and money listing things on ebay if you are going to price them so ridiculously high that no one would even even consider putting in a bid?

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  4. you're (in)correct, sir. eventually, someone WILL buy it. someone...

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  5. I don't know, look at some of wavstudios overpriced auctions. Some have been up for a couple years and have not sold. I could only see it selling to some signed musicians who money is no object to and have no idea what the actual value of things are. These aren't as rare as the seller would have you think. There have been a few on ebay in just the last 6 months and none sold for even close to $1000. But I guess you are right. There is always some idiot with too much money to blow and no idea of idea or care of the actual value.

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