Whilst we wait for their LinnDrum-based drum machine, the Behringer PR team have sneakily revealed their Behringer BMX sampling rhythm box
VSTs from GForce Software, Sonible, and Sugar Bytes are our software deals of the week! A synthesizer, a metering bundle, and a granular effect!
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What were the best software synths of 2022? From classic to innovative, here are my picks of the year's best and most interesting soft synths...
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At SynthPlex 22 Jacob Brashears reveals the latest version of his presumed dead Relic OB-X clone, but it's now something much more extraordinary.
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For version 2.0, Aly James has reworked the OB-Xtreme softsynth for added fatness, increased distortion emulation and more OB-X and OB-Xa detail.
Behringer has produced a reproduction of the classic Oberheim Two Voice synthesizer featuring two SEM modules in its Eurorack/Desktop format.
Another mini-synth from Behringer this time embracing the sound of the Oberheim Matrix 6 and Matrix 1000.
A new episode of Bright Sparks shares the story of electronic instrument pioneer Tom Oberheim available free via GForce Software TV YouTube channel.
Tom Oberheim has announced that after 36 years, the worldwide rights to the Oberheim trademark are now back with its founder.
Cherry Audio has pulled a SEM out of their Eight-Voice emulation and dropped it into their Voltage Modular Eurorack environment in both mono and polyphonic versions.
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Cherry Audio has released its take on the Oberheim 8-Voice synthesizer. Featuring 8 interlocked SEMs, Mini Sequencer and yes, a Windows version.
Music Tribe's trademark application of "Behringer Oberheim" may falsely suggest a connection with Tom Oberheim says the US Patent Office.
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GForce Software has captured the huge sound of the legendary Oberheim 8-Voice synthesizer and stuck it in the OB-E virtual instrument for Apple Mac.
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In response to demands for their Oberheim clone Behringer has published a photo of a Tool Made Sample of the UB-Xa and reminds us that making synths is hard.
Coming out of Amsterdam is the handmade MMVCF filter Eurorack module based on the Oberheim filter design found in the OBX-a analog synthesizer.
The G-Storm Electro XaVCF module brings the Oberheim OB-Xa filter into the Eurorack format. With new 1-pole band pass and low pass modes, the XaVCF offers some additional features.
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Live on Kickstarter is the VS-1 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer based on the voice card from the Oberheim OB-X and aims to bring that classic, warm analog polyphonic sound to life.
In a gesture of good will Gibson has returned the Oberheim brand and trademark back to the company founder Tom Oberheim who says he's thrilled!
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Behringer release and short and sweet video of what appears to be a working UB-Xa. We only get a couple of notes so I guess they are treating us mean to keep us keen.
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RAST-A is a virtual analogue model of the classic Oberheim polysynth of the 1980s for the HALion virtual instrument platform. The perfectly warm polysynth for your Supertramp or Van Halen tribute band
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Brainworx and Plug-in Alliance promised us some software synths at NAMM earlier in the year. The first one to emerge is a rather brilliant recreation of the classic Oberheim SEM.
Uli Behringer has been feeding the internet with day-by-day images of their Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer clone under construction. Today he published some photos of the finished hardware - and it looks great!
This particular labour of love is still some way off as Behringer engineers knuckle down to try to make some money to fund synthesizer passion projects such as the UB-Xa.
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Abstrakt Instruments have been raising funds for Oberheim OB-X parts on Kickstarter. Now they've revealed a stretch goal that will put together a who OB-X rack kit - if they can reach that goal in the next 36 ...