OBERHEIM OB-6 Module

The OB-6® desktop module is just as powerful and easy to use as its counterpart, the OB-6 Keyboard. The module has all of the same controls as the keyboard version and provides the same immediacy and ease of use. As with the OB-6 Keyboard, all parameters are at your fingertips, with full-sized knobs and switches and a comfortable, intuitive layout.How does it sound? Massive — just like the keyboard, because on the inside, it’s exactly the same. The same analog signal path with discrete VCOs and VCFs. The same high-quality digital effects. The same classic Oberheim sound that has been earning raves from musicians around the world. They’ve also added a poly chain feature so that any two OB-6s can be paired for twelve-voice polyphony!Both the OB-6 desktop module and OB-6 keyboard are a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between the two most influential designers in poly synth history, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim. The OB-6 takes the classic bold Tom Oberheim sound — with its true voltage-controlled oscillators, 2-pole filter, and amplifiers — and adds modern enhancements such as studio-quality effects, a polyphonic step sequencer, an arpeggiator, and more. No other modern analog poly synth can boast such a pedigree or such a massive, in-your-face sonic signature.The OB-6 sound engine is inspired by Tom’s original SEM, the core of his acclaimed 4-voice and 8- voice synthesizers. It features two discrete voltage-controlled oscillators (plus sub-oscillator) per voice with continuously variable waveshapes (sawtooth and variable-width pulse, plus a triangle wave on oscillator 2). The classic Oberheim-inspired 2-pole, state-variable, resonant filter provides low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and notch functionality. Voltage-controlled amplifiers complete the all-analog signal path.The dual effects section provides studio-quality reverbs, delays (standard and BBD), chorus, flangers, and faithful recreations of Tom’s original phase shifter and ring modulator. While the effects themselves are digital, with 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution, a true bypass maintains a full analog signal path.Also present is X-Mod, which expands the tonal palette and makes it easy to create dramatic and unconventional sounds. Modulation sources are filter envelope and oscillator 2, both with bi-polar control. Destinations include oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 1 shape, oscillator 1 pulse width, filter cutoff, and filter mode. The polyphonic step sequencer allows up to 64 steps and up to 6 notes per step. You can create sequences polyphonically, with rests, and sync to an external MIDI clock. The full-featured arpeggiator can be synced to external MIDI clock as well. Unison mode features configurable voice count (1-6 voices), chord memory, and key modes. Inputs: Pedal;MIDI IN;Footswitch LFO: Yes Pedal Inputs: Yes Oscillators: Yes Sequencer: Yes Pitch Bend: No Bluetooth: No UK/EU Power supply included: Yes Aftertouch: Yes USB: Yes Effect Types: Ring Modulation;Phase shifter;Reverb;Flanger;Chorus;Delay Battery Operation: No USB MIDI: Yes Arpeggiator: Yes Display: Yes Filter: Yes Headphone Output: Yes Modulation: Yes Made in: USA MIDI Interface: Yes Package Contents: Manual;Adapter Depth (cm): 52.0 Colour: Black Number of Presets: 500 Height (cm): 11.2 Number of Sounds: 500.0 Type: Desktop Synthesizer Outputs: MIDI OUT;Line Jack 6,3 mm TS;Headphone Jack 6,3 mm TRS Net Weight (kg): 5.9 Variant: Module Envelope: ADSR Weight: 5,9 kg Width (cm): 19.8 Storage Medium: Internal Sound Engine: Analog Polyphony: 6 Power Supply: Adapter