The oberheim obxa was a synthesizer created by the oberheim company as an overhaul of their first compact synthesizer, the obx the obxa was released in december 1980, a year after the obx was released. Oberheim obxa service manual 3rd edition synthfool. View and download oberheim obxa owners manual online. Owners claim the voicecard had a lot of character in the sound.
The obb is the latest development in the evolution of oberheim synthesizers. The obxa is a massive analog synthesizer with a very familiar and classic oberheim sound. Oberheim obxa servicemanual power supply electronics. The characteristics of the obxa is rather small compared to modern synths, but it is a standard small end. However this one has up to 8 voices which can be split, layered and stored. Save oberheim obxa to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. This page lists owners manuals, service manuals and documentation available for oberheim audio, music, stage and studio equipment. Oberheim obxa service manual 3rd edition synthesizer resistor. Reproduction prohibited without written permission fe. All normal operations on the instrument are turned off at this time. Oberheim obxa servicemanual free download as pdf file.
Oberheim is back with their first analogemulation professional synthesizer. These files are provided as a public service by electrongate. We have service manuals for every make and model of mainstream electronics and appliances out there including oberheim service manuals. This blue beauty is supposed to recreate and emulate the classic sounds and tone of the original oberheim analog filters. Polyphonic synthesizer pages synthesizer oberheim obxa. A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. Though they walked that back, they now have an official announcement about a clone of the oberheim obxa. Oberheim finally progressed to digital glide in the ob8 that was generated by software and guaranteed matching glide rates between voices. With popular service manuals for everyday electronics including tvs, dvds, vcrs, audio and stereo equipment, camcorders, appliances and more, were sure to carry the service manual need. This document describes the procedure for calibrating the obx. I was just reading the obxa manual today and i found the following snip interesting.
User manuals obxa readdownload instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Instead of discrete circuits for oscillators and filters, the obxa and the oberheim synths to follow switched to curtis integrated circuits. The obxa boasts up to 8 voices of analog polyphony making it known for its legendary gigantic lush sound based on the curtis chips of the 1980s. Behringer clones oberheim obxa behringer has been getting quite proactive about cloning classic synthesizers lately, as this recent leak from their website shows. Oberheim obxa analog synthesizer from the year 1981 the demo video shows some self programmed sounds. This page contains information about the owners manual for the obxa from oberheim. Obxa service manual 3rd editionpdf formatthis was scanned by someone else. Obxa programmable polyphonic synthesi zer coveri ng service third edition manual june numbers 1982 820b 1b and above wi th seri al units contents table technical notes specificati ons improvements and addi ti ons obxa software 1i story test procedure power supply test modul at ion assembly cal i brat i on. Prommer owners, give it a try and let me know how it works for you. Oberheim ob8 owners manual the first of the ob series oberheim synths, this is a classic analog obxa and ob8 synths which offer more flexible programming, the obx still holds its own. This copy of owners manual was originally available from. Its sound, size and power are very similar to the prophet 5 from sequential. The oberheim sem tom expanded its concept again with the help of dave rossum and scott wedge cofounder. This track is using obxa sounds only and is available on the firechild album the holy grail released may 2014.
Promenade is an interface program for the oberheim prommer, and supports data transfer, remote control of reading and programming eproms and has a nice visual interface. View and download oberheim obx owners manual online. We have 3 oberheim obxa manuals available for free pdf download. A special highlight of the ob8 is its excellent keyboard. A refinement and evolution of oberheims ubx and obxa, the 088 contains. View and download oberheim obxa service manual online. Service manual dsx, matrix12, ms1a ms1a schematics. Owners with later user manuals can also verify that their manuals refer to the obxa instead of the obx, so both camps are correct. What to remember here is two inland vco saw and pulse, 12db and 24db filter one or the other, a noise on off, an lfo sine square sh modulating the frequency, the filter or pulse width, an envelope follower to create vco2. Original oberheim ob8 owners manual ob8 japanese version preowned. Service manual, owners manual oberheim obxa service manual 79 pages. Not touchsensitive, of course, no its just an excellent, wellweighted, very playable keyboard. Encore make midi retrofits for the oberheim obx and ob8 as well as the roland jupiter 8 obxob8 factory presets.
Programmable polyphonic synthesizer 79 pages synthesizer oberheim obxa service manual. Oberheim obxa is an analog synthesizer from the golden years, 1981. Oberheim list of service manual andor schematics on synthxl. Ob1, obx, obxa, ob8, xpander and matrix6 and 12, all highly regarded and influential machines. The obxa was oberheims flagship polyphonic synthesizer for the 1980s and the bigger brother to the obx. The ob12 is a 12 voice synth with 4part physical modeling synthesis. Oberheim obxa service manual 3rd edition free download as pdf file. Oberheim obxa owners manual 3rd ed internet archive. Digital glide was first introduced on the 56preset obsx which emulated the unequal glide rates in the obx while the obxa produced at the same time of the 56preset obsx still had analog glide. Since it was better than my original scan and already pdf i am posting this one. The design philosophy behind it was to take all of the feature3 of the obxa, add as many new features as were economically feasable, and redesign all of the circuitry for increased reliability and lower cost.
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