MATRIXSYNTH: Search results for oberheim jacket

Showing posts sorted by relevance for query oberheim jacket. Sort by date Show all posts
Showing posts sorted by relevance for query oberheim jacket. Sort by date Show all posts

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Tom Oberheim's Jacket


Very "Daft Punk." Apparently this one was owned by Tom Oberheim himself. Man I am tempted... If anyone out there gets it, please post back with a comment and let us know. It would be great to know this went to a good home. Title link takes you to more shots pulled via this auction. The other shots include images of it in silver reversible . Sent my way via brian comnes.

Details:
"It’s True! My very good friend, Mr. Tom Oberheim personally gave me his own Oberheim jacket has a thank you for supplying him with key electronic components and consulting with him on his electronic needs as he began the rise of Marion Systems. Tom is a good friend and a fantastic man with incredible genius. As a young man I grew to have a ton of respect for him and enjoyed hanging out with him in his Santa Monica office as Marion Systems grew.

Tom Oberheim (mini bio)
Synthesis Pioneer

Tom Oberheim has been developing electronic products for musicians for over 35 years. He invented a number of innovative electronic music products, including: the first polyphonic music synthesizer, the first phase shifter and ring modulator for the performing musician, the first completely programmable music synthesizer, and the first electronic music system that incorporated a synchronized music synthesizer, digital sequencer and digital drum machine. He has founded and managed three electronic music product companies, and served as a CEO and CTO. He also participated in the development and implementation of the MIDI standard."

Tom, forgive me for putting your jacket on Ebay, but I feel it should be passed on to another fan of your fantastic legacy (not to mention it doesn’t fit me anymore).

This silk, zip up Jacket is in FANTASTIC condition, reversible, and has the large GREAT Oberheim Logo embroidered on both the “black side as well as the silver side”. Also since this was Tom’s jacket “Oberheim” is embroidered on the front left breast area of the black side. The jacket can be worn comfortably by a man or woman and I would say the size is a man’s large, based on Tom’s size and when it fit me."

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Oberheim Jacket

Remember the Oberheim Jacket? Looks like another one is up for auction. If you're name is Jim, this is your jacket. No title link, just the two shots and details.
Details:
"This silk, zip up Jacket is in AMAZING condition, and has the large GREAT Oberheim Logo embroidered on the back. It was given to me by my Mom's ex boyfriend in the 80's, knowing what a fan of "Jump" by Van Halen I was. I think I might have worn it once when I got big enough to wear it. It was (is) too valuable to wear out to clubs. The person that owned this tested and played EVERY Oberheim Synth between 78 and 80. He also come up with some of the great OBX patches, namely the Fender Rhodes, Farfisa, Clav, Square Wave Strings and Portimento Sweep. "Tim" is embroidered on the front left breast area of the black side.The jacket can be worn comfortably by a man or woman and I would say the size is a man's large, based on the size and how it fits me.

There is a small snag in the slik lining, otherwise it is in perfect condition."

via me... No, not me, matrix, but me...

Friday, May 22, 2026

Oberheim DX Full Restoration: How to Add MIDI, Upgrade RAM & Play Live


video upload by Nostalgic Explorer

"If you want to see how the Oberheim DX looks from the inside, how to clean the buttons, how to upgrade the RAM, and how to add MIDI to this classic drum machine, you're in the right place.

This machine came to me in pretty bad shape. Dirty on the outside, with some faulty buttons, and in serious need of some love. But honestly? It's not that hard to bring one of these back to life if you're careful and you enjoy working with vintage gear. And if you don't — stick around anyway, because it's super interesting to see these machines from the inside.

I'm walking you through the full process: deep cleaning, how to remove and clean the button contacts the right way (spoiler: cleaning the surface does nothing — you need to go under them), installing the Electrongate MIDI board and RAM upgrade so you don't need a battery anymore, and swapping the plastic panels for the beautiful wooden ones from Electrongate.

Big shoutout to Paul White, whose Electrongate videos were a huge reference for this build. I'm just a student passing the knowledge forward — go check his page, I'll leave the links below.

Once everything was back together and fully working, I put on a jacket — because if I'm performing original music for you, you deserve some respect — and played a live jam using the restored Oberheim DX, the Oberheim DMX, Moog Voyager, Rhodes Mark I, Oberheim Matrix 6R, Elektron Digitakt, and the Roland Space Echo RE-201."

Monday, March 10, 2014

Vivian Kubrick - Full Metal Jacket, 1987


via Charlie Lesoine on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Some synth spotting. Vivian Kubrick in her bedroom, where she wrote the score for Full Metal Jacket, 1987. I see a DX5, a Fairlight and an Oberheim Xpander maybe?"

Full Metal Jacket OST- Leonard (Abigail Mead/Vivien Kubrick)

Uploaded on Sep 28, 2010

"Upload mp3s @ http://www.mp32tube.com Original soundtrack to Full Metal Jacket, composed by Stanley Kubrick's daughter Vivien (credited as 'Abigail Mead')"

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Oberheim OBERNotes Winter 1980

via this auction

I actually used to get these when I bought my first synth, an Oberheim Matrix-6. You can see what the jacket looks like here.
HOME




© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH