OBERHEIM is back

[Mike Martin]

 

[Anderton]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. It's about time!

[vonnor]

[Mighty Motif Max]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing what lies ahead here.

[Dave Bryce]

...and brother Marcus Ryle involved as well.

 

dB

[vonnor]

Forget Tom. I just want a few of those drink coasters.

 

~ vonnor

[ProfD]

Awesome that Mr. Oberheim was able to get his name and company back. 

 

Very cool that his peer Dave Smith has graciously kept the Oberheim legacy going as well. 

 

Jason (J3PO) Pollack is making a name for himself as a musician/synthesist/composer too.😎

[ABECK]

1 minute ago, ProfD said:

Awesome that Mr. Oberheim was able to get his name and company back. 

 

100%!!!

[analogika]

Wow!

[ElmerJFudd]

 

[RABid]

I thought he was already back, making those SEM's 10 years ago.

[Dave Bryce]

Thrre were some issues with who actually owned the name worldwide, I believe.

 

dB

[Geoff Grace]

Then it’s great that he’s completely back!

 

Best,

 

Geoff

[marino]

I don't know the details, but it's heartwarming news. I hope that any dirty legal dispute with Behringer is now fully cleared.

[David Emm]

Details are all but moot. Its hard to imagine that there won't be a high-polish OB-8 and most likely a revised OB-6 of some sort below the former's natural price tag. Since Tom gave GForce his blessing for the OB-E v.2, I somehow don't expect yet another actual SEM. People seem to be aiming for the keys, so I loosely expect to see a new OB from Tom that acts like a snowplow, pushing Uli's alleged BX-8 to one side.

[Doerfler]

        

[TommyS]

fantastic........... 

[The Real MC]

Tony Karavidas of DSI (and Encore Electronics MIDI retrofits) at the end.  Tony used to work at Oberheim too.

[Fleer]

So, party till it’s 2099 or $2099?

[AUSSIEKEYS]

👍

[Mark Zeger]

I have a big problem with this announcement. Big.

 

Why?

 

- I have lusted for a Oberheim 4 or 8 SEM voice ever since hearing Heavy Weather, the Pat Metheny Group “white album”, and a 2 manual SEM 8 voice bought by someone who worked at a local music store. That 8 voice could loosen dental fillings. 

- Owning an Oberheim would be purely scratching a 40 year itch. I won’t be gigging or making any money with it.

- The last analog keyboard I bought? A black/gold ARP Odyssey in 1978. I still have it.
- I haven’t bought any new keyboard gear in a VERY long time. In fact, I’ve been planning to sell off nearly all my home studio gear and going to software.

- I have a big birthday in the fall.

- I can feel the GAS approaching.

 

So, yeah, big problem. Thanks a #%^ing lot, Tom Oberheim.

[16251]

 

[ProfD]

1 hour ago, Mark Zeger said:

I have a big problem with this announcement. Big.

 

- Owning an Oberheim would be purely scratching a 40 year itch. I won’t be gigging or making any money with it.

- I haven’t bought any new keyboard gear in a VERY long time. In fact, I’ve been planning to sell off nearly all my home studio gear and going to software.

- I have a big birthday in the fall.

- I can feel the GAS approaching.

 

So, yeah, big problem. Thanks a #%^ing lot, Tom Oberheim.

As the preacher says, get ready, get ready, get ready...🤣

 

Brotha Mark it reads like you're long overdue to scratch that itch.  I hope that Oberheim delivers bigly.😎

[obxa]

So happy to hear.  I love that every time I see Tom he has a smile on his face.....or occasionally a glass of wine.   Hoping he brings back something like the 0b1- or a similar compact 2 voice with memory for live use.  Also hoping he ( and Marcus) get to fully concentrate on the fun stuff they're so gifted at, and they find someone to run the biz side of things. 

 

ps- There's a perfect marketing opportunity right there:  I would love to put my Mini-Mug on one of those coasters!

[Al Coda]

15 hours ago, David Emm said:

Details are all but moot. Its hard to imagine that there won't be a high-polish OB-8 and most likely a revised OB-6 of some sort below the former's natural price tag. Since Tom gave GForce his blessing for the OB-E v.2, I somehow don't expect yet another actual SEM. People seem to be aiming for the keys, so I loosely expect to see a new OB from Tom that acts like a snowplow, pushing Uli's alleged BX-8 to one side.

 

Maybe we´ll see a new flagship,- a competitor to the MOOG One.

I guess, for a remake of OBX, OB-Xa or OB-8, they won´t need Marcus Ryle urgently.

AFAIK, he was into the Xpander and Matrix-12 before he jumped ships Alesis (Andromeda) and Dynacord (ADD-One).

 

So, some patchwork like discrete VCOs together w/ the true Oberheim multi-mode SVF and a 2nd Filter (Xpander multimode type), ModMatrix like Xpander/M-12 w/ possibly more sources and destinations, 2 8-voice boards w/ detune page (Matrix-12) and dual/layer mode, modifiers (5 ENVs, 5LFOs, Ramp generators, tracking generators, VCAs etc.), poly portamento w/ the famous modes, (8 or 16x) MIDI Multimode/ Multitimbrality via Multipatch-Mode, 61 keys, arpeggiator (OB-Xa/OB-8) and the Oberheim Phasor and Ringmod as also a flanger/doubler, tape-delay sim and reverb.

 

Did I forget something ?

 

Well, I can dream ...

 

 

A.C.

 

 

[allan_evett]

Great to see this news!

Fond memories of a lightly-used OB-Xa I picked in 1984; added MIDI to it in 1986.  That keyboard was on almost every gig through 1992, then I sold it for $700... Man, I miss that sound and all the knobby goodness. Thankfully my Stage 3's synth section has lots of front panel fun to offer, and can sound positively huge and 'drippy' as well.  Though putting an OB-6 up top of the Stage has been a temptation.  Will be fun to see what's coming from Oberheim Electronics.

[ChazKeys]

It's just incredible that Tom and Dave still have the enthusiasm and desire at their age. Nothing short of amazing.

 

How will this impact on Behringer's production plans? Will they try and get the UBX out sooner? There is still no sign of the Pro 16 either. 

Was the announcement of the Behringer clone the catalyst for this new venture?

A penny for Uli's thoughts eh?

 

 

 

[drohm]

Great synths keep coming out or getting announced. I keep talking myself out of one in order to wait for the next cool thing, so I end up buying nothing. I suppose that is a good thing. Too many options these days....and too much price inflation! I sure like the OB sound. 

[johnchop]

A redux Matrix 12 could take on the Polybrute and would catch my eye for sure.

 

The original came out when I was a young teen--no amount of honest work would have afforded one. I did get to play one once. The sound blew my hair back and sunk my eyeballs a bit more into my skull.

 

A few years later, I got a Matrix 6. Not the same feeling

[EscapeRocks]

1 hour ago, ChazKeys said:

It's just incredible that Tom and Dave still have the enthusiasm and desire at their age. Nothing short of amazing.

 

How will this impact on Behringer's production plans? Will they try and get the UBX out sooner? There is still no sign of the Pro 16 either. 

Was the announcement of the Behringer clone the catalyst for this new venture?

A penny for Uli's thoughts eh?

 

 

 

I personally don't think it will matter to either entity.

 

There's a market for both the  $$$$ and the $$