The successor of Matrix series, however, has a feature that strongly distinguishes Matrix-6 from its predecessors: the synthesizer's voices use digitally controlled oscillators (DCO). To build the voices Oberhiem used a specialized chip CEM3396 which...
Black (well, gray at least) page in the history of Oberheim. This synthesizer is difficult to associate with Oberheim, for which there are a number of reasons: First, Tom Oberheim did not take any part in the development of this product. Second, this is...
The Roland JV-35 is a digital synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1993 and discontinued in 1996. It was the successor to the Roland JV-30 and was part of the JV series of synthesizers but based on the SC-55 Sound Canvas sound engine. It...
The Kurzweil K2500X is a digital synthesizer and workstation produced by Kurzweil Music Systems. It was released in 1997 and was the flagship of the K2500 series of synthesizers. It features a 61-key velocity sensitive keyboard and has an onboard...
In the early 80's all serious synthesizer manufacturers had to try hard to stay on the market after the release of the Prophet-5 synthesizer. The first attempt to grab his bite of the niche was made by Oberheim when he launched OB-X synthesizer, the...