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"This particular M12 is very special because it is an early unit made before the original Oberheim Electronics, Inc. company hit financial problems in 1985 and was bought out by lawyers to become Oberheim ECC. As a result, this is one of the few M12 that was made when the company was still Tom's. However, unlike other early M12 units, this one received the Factory Aftertouch upgrade (not all M12 have aftertouch!) AND received the original Oberheim 12-Individual Output upgrade (see photo of the side panel).
So this is really the best combination of hardware - an early, original M12 from Tom's original company (notice the serial number sticker does NOT have the "Electronics, Inc" words cut off/punched out like the stickers on later units) and still has the Los Angeles, CA 90064 address under the big "Oberheim" logo on the back. Google some photos of other M12 and you'll see how these differ on later units after the company changed.
I tried to take a photo of the Tuning page showing that everything gets a PASS, but for some reason my digital camera and the refresh rate of the displays on the M12 don't play nicely together and certain segments of the display appear dark in the photos (like when you photograph a TV screen and you see dark bars). Trust me, the VCOS, PW, RES, VCF and VCA all display PASS after tuning."
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