As vintage synth dealers, we get to play with a lot of fun toys, but you already know this... I love the Oberheim Xpander! Here's me programming a patch or 2 on the next Xpander we plan to sell. I started out with Oberheim's initialized patch. Though the Xpander isn't as tweak friendly as an analog synth with 1 fader for every parameter, it's still an amazing and deep tool that can be programmed pretty quickly once you're familiar with the layout. Enjoy, and email me anytime at minime123@onebox.com PS A few people criticized how I was handling this Xpander on a forum. This was my reply to them: -i remember one time when my mother took her car in to the mechanic's. she handed him the keys so he could take it for a test drive. she almost had a heart attack when he floored it, cause that car had never gone that fast with her at the wheel. she didnt understand what he was doing, and had a similar reaction to some people here. i knew EXACTLY what he was doing - you generally find more problems when you push a machine. so... -im intentionally a bit rough with pots and buttons when i test items that are going up for sale because i want to be sure everythings in proper working order and is going to perform well for whoever buys it, whether they have a gentle touch, or a "not-so-gentle" touch. xpander encoders, which are known to go bad (and are also designed to click loudly, as you can hear), can respond differently at different speeds, so i test them both slowly and quickly. i didnt want to bore you guys to death with a slow version cause i cant stand sitting there for 10 minutes watching something that could have been accomplished in 2, and i wouldnt want to put you through such torture either. :) plus, my camera stops recording videos after around 3 minutes. also, before i bought my 1st xpander, i thought it was going to be relatively slow to program without a knob for every feature and i wanted to show people thats not the case if you know your way around it. i actually made a few bad button pushes there because i was trying to move quicker than usual. -i have owned and used more than 1 xpander heavily for the last 15 years and havent had a single problem or gotten a single scratch on them since ive had them. plus, im not as "rough" with them in the studio. so, to those who are concerned that im abusing this (or any other) synth, dont be cause im not. you guys might be used to decrepit old crap that falls apart when you look at it, but the stuff we sell is usually much better off, because we put it to the test and fix any functional issues we try our hardest to discover. -as for rubbing off any print, oberheim already took care of that. theres actually a layer of material (im not sure what it is - translucent plastic?) above all the graphics. though this material itself doesnt look very good scratched up. -anyway, thanks for the concern. we would never do anything to harm any synths. in fact, we have turned down guaranteed sales because we didnt like the buyers plans for our babies (heavy road use of a pristine instrument, an "art project" where the instrument would essentially be put to death, etc). so relax, people! :)

Back in 1988-1996 in Tijuana( US-Mexico Border) i was involved in diferent industrial, Noise Electronic Local Acts before i started with "Nortec Collective"(1999). At the same time i was working with Ramon Bostich to do an Ambient Noise Music Duo with a more analog synth touch, this poject called "Monithor" wich later become Latinsizer as a solo alias, this footage i founded in lost tapes from back in 1996, this video was taken at Monterrey city at an abandoned wharehouse from 1905 before it become a cultural park today (Parque Fundidora), Ramon and i did a total Analog Synth live set there in 1996 using using a couple of Moog Synths, Oberheims, analog sequencers and modified drum machines. enjoy De 1988 a 1996 estuve involucrado en varias agrupaciones de música electrónica post-industrial en Tijuana antes de empezar con el "Colectivo Nortec"(1999). Al mismo tiempo estaba trabajando en otro proyecto con Ramon Amezcua en un tinte mas Analógico, Ambient y ruido(Monithor), proyecto que luego se convirtiera en "Latinsizer" como proyecto solo y Bostich con Pointloma, este video lo recuperé de unas cintas perdidas de una tocada en Monterrey en 1996 en donde tocamos en el parque fundidora cuando estaba abandonado y se utilizaba para hacer fiestas de música electrónica y ahora es un museo y parque cultural(así pasa), en esta tocada es una ejecución de varios instrumentos analógicos(moogs, oberheims,y otros) con algunas cajas de ritmos modificadas y secuenciadores de step, espero lo disfruten, saludos info about the synths used(extracted from www.vintagesynth.com) MOOG ROGUE Cheap Moog bass? Some may say so... An even cheaper version of this synth was made by Realistic (known as the Concertmate MG-1). The Rogue has a decent Moog filter with an external input and syncable VCO's. Still it does have its limitations in design and synthesis capabilities. Very basic and easy to use, the Rogue is an inexpensive place to get good Moog sounds! It is very similar in fact, to the Moog Taurus which is a bass pedal synthesizer system. Unfortunately the Rogue shows no sign of MIDI or patch memory. It is used by Peter Gabriel, Add N To (X), 808 State, Latinsizer, Stereolab, Mr. Oizo and KMFDM. MOOG SOURCE Moog's Source was their first to offer patch memory storage as well as some other new features. It boasted 16 memory locations so you could finally save and recall your synth patches. A casette-tape jack was also implemented to transfer your patches to and from an external tape and free up the on-board memory for additional new patches. But in an effort to modernize with the eighties, the Moog had replaced all buttons, knobs and sliders with flat-panel membrane buttons and a single data-wheel assignment format. At the time, this may have seemed far-out, but in all actuality it is the Source's downfall. Parameters are edited not with hands-on sliders and knobs but by assigning a selected parameter to the dedicated data wheel. This is very tedious and does not allow for true hands-on tweaking during performances nor can you adjust different parameters simultaneously or while playing. These days, the membrane buttons don't always seem to work quite right either. However, those famous monophonic Moog sounds are still inside this synth which has two fat analog oscillators and the legendary 24 dB Moog filter. The Source has been used by Tangerine Dream, Jan Hammer, Depeche Mode, Devo, Vince Clarke, New Order, Ultravox, Josh Wink, Front Line Assembly, Moog Cookbook, Kitaro, Imperial Drag, The Cars, Phish, The Rentals, King Crimson, Blur, and Gary Numan. OBERHEIM MATRIX 6 The Matrix 6R is the Matrix 6 without a keyboard, retaining its membrane programming interface. Oberheim later produced the Matrix 1000, which is essentially 1000 patches from the Matrix 6 in a 1-unit rack-module, preset and editable only through SysEx. For professional studio work or live on stage, both the Matrix 6 keyboard and rack-mount are excellent and versatile synths that make a great source of bright and punchy sounds, vintage analog pads, textures and ambient sounds. It is used by Orbital Apollo 440, Jimmy Edgar, Philip Glass, The Grid, Future Sound of London, Astral Projection, Latinsizer, The Shamen, Mouse on Mars, Tangerine Dream and Cirrus. bostich y fussible

An old Oberheim DX drum computer at work. Used for D'n'B track =)

vintage synth demo track by RetroSound sweeping pad sounds: Roland JD-800 sample/hold bass sequence: Oberheim Matrix-1000 (played with the DX-7 II) digital fx sounds: Yamaha DX-7 II FD drums: Roland TR-707 more info: http://www.retrosound.de and http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72 Unfortunately it came by the youtube sound compression to a few unwanted digital noises in the sound. View the vid in better sound quality add: &fmt=18

Noodling on the Oberheim Two Voice to demonstrate its sonic abilities. Audio path is OB TVS into Seven Woods Audio SST-206 Space Station into Sony TCD-D100 DAT recorder.

Oberheim OB-8 - playing a quick run of one of my songs, "One For The Road" which the original can be heard on my SoundClick page: www.soundclick.com/mikethompson

Oberheim OB-8 - playing a portion of a song I wrote called "Real". The original song can be heard on my SoundClick page: www.soundclick.com/mikethompson

http://www.sonicprojects.ch OB-X rev.2 and SonicProjects OP-X compared - not exactly tweaked the same but tried to copy the character

vintage synth demo by RetroSound first part: short Matrix-1000 track, triggered by the MFB Step64 step-sequencer drums: Roland TR-707 second part: some retro-sounds by RetroSound more info: http://www.retrosound.de and http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72

A demo of the Oberheim OBXa in unison mode. Starts with a solo with some external delay and reverb added then again with the addition of some Boss Chorus, Phaser & Flanger.

vintage synth demo by RetroSound 68 bass and sequencer sounds from the Oberheim Matrix-1000 Analog Synthesizer, sequenced by the MFB Step64 step sequencer drums: Roland TR-707 more info: http://www.retrosound.de and http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72 This video demo is not a musical statement, only demonstration of the sound possibilities of the instrument.

Riecco il giovin Fox! Il video è stato fatto dall'amica SilviaMp3 durante la cena dell'ultimo dell'anno il 31 dicembre '07. Per gli esperti, sto suonando il suono di piano della Scheda OP-1 installata nell' Mc2000 EX. Improvviso un meedlay: Domani Puoi sentirmi ancora Parsifal Giorni infiniti (poteva mancare?!) Tre metri sopra il cielo soundtrack (con erroraccio mio) La luna ha 20 anni In diretta nel vento La gabbia Music (John Miles) Inca Cercando di te Dammi solo un minuto Ci penserò domani Non siamo in pericolo ...e GO! Saluti dal Fox! XD

a demo of the Gibson Oberheim Echoplex and the many other devices I use to make sounds on the Springboard. Video by Gretchen Hasse for Gearwire: http://www.gearwire.com/springboard4-lab.html

http://www.sonicprojects.ch SonicProjects OP-X software synth - Oberheim OB-X clone - playing some famous patches of the factory bank

http://www.sonicprojects.ch SonicProjects OP-X software synth - Oberheim OB-X clone - playing some factory presets

synth demo by RetroSound bassline: Oberheim Matrix-1000, triggered by the MFB Step64 step sequencer drums: Roland TR-707 fx sounds and pads: Roland JD-800 hand-played more info: http://www.retrosound.de and http://www.myspace.com/retrosound72

Me playing a simple song, without the use of a sequencer, on the fat "jump" Oberheim OBXa. The OBXa was played in split mode. This recording was made with a small pocket camera.

The fat "jump" analog Oberheim OBXa synth and the small but also great sounding analog SH 101 together. I have used the sequencer of the SH 101 that was triggered by the TR 606 and the OBXa was played in split mode. This recording was made with a small pocket camera.

2000 Oberheim OB12. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer.

Here's a quick patch we made demonstrating the Oberheim Mini Sequencer we recently put on the market. It's triggering an ARP 2600. This particular Oberheim Sequencer has been modified. One of the mods is a CV input to transpose the sequencer CV output - a very useful feature. Here we show pitch transposition occuring every 32 steps. We achieved this by using clock division and an ARP Sequencer's quantized sequence output. You can transpose the sequence using other external CVs, like the CV out from a 1 volt per octave MIDI to CV converter, a 1 volt per octave output from a vintage synth, etc. The cute little yellow and green box is the legendary Tone Tweakers Mojax 3x4 - only the most complicated and awesome electronic musical device ever made!!! ;) This short sequence reminds us of something off Depeche Mode's Violator album. You may or may not agree, but we hope you enjoy it anyway. And yeah, those are latex gloves. We wear gloves cause our gear's so smokin' hot it would otherwise burn us. :) Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com

This is an Oberheim Matrix-12 vintage analog polysynth, it is my personal favorite synth ever. Basses, strings, super-thick pads. Worth every red cent. Sound for this video was recorded into Cubase SX3 through an E-mu 1616M audio interface. Absolutely no effects were added. Probably half of the patches programmed by me! This demo is guerrilla style with mostly noodling - no rehearsing whatsoever - can you tell? So please take it easy with the comments....after all I spared you guys the Van Halen Jump riff the obies are famous for. Alas, maybe I make a better vid later.

Just a quick video of me messing about on my Oberheim OB-8. Please excuse the rubbish playing (and noisy keys) but hopefully this will give you an idea of the sounds you can coax out of this beast.

Next to Roland's TR-808, the Oberheim DX and DMX are classic Hip-Hop drum machines. The Oberheim DX differed from the 808 in that it used actual drum samples rather than synthetic sounds. Released in 1984, the DX has found its way into too many tracks to mention in hip-hop, dance, rock, and pop music. The machine's bigger brother, the DMX, provided the moniker for old school producer Davy DMX (not to be confused with rapper DMX, who claims his acronym stands for "Dark Man X.") If you're from the old school you know these sounds, and you love them. For more beats, videos, and mixtapes visit my homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/alqahtani/

Tom Oberheim, synthesizer pioneer, shares some thoughts on why the BEAM Foundation's efforts are vital to the future of music.

a short demo of jump played on the original OBX-a. no solo included yet.