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Ob x american ad nov 1980 first oberheim ad in colour jpg. To find out more about how each synth differs, view our synth comparison pdf. Oberheim electronics is an american company, founded in 1969 by tom oberheim a former designer and contract manufacturer for maestro, which manufactures audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments. The ob sx has been developed using much of the same circuitry as the oberheim ob x in order to get true polyphonic synthesizer sounds.
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