Oberheim - 50 Years Of Synth Design

In an impromptu chat, Tom Oberheim tells Sam Inglis about his early years as an engineer and his accidental route into creating electronic musical instruments. As he celebrates his 50th year since the launch of the SEM, Tom talks about the rise of digital, the resurgence of analogue and the launch of the new TEO-5.Chapters00:00 - Introduction00:26 - An Accidental Engineer02:46 - Building For Musicians06:34 - Becoming a Distributor For The ARP 260011:05 - Designing The SEM12:43 - The Filter Design15:03 - The OB-1 And Patch Memories16:36 - OB-X - Polyphony And Programmable Presets19:35 - The Oberheim Sound22:37 - The Digital Takeover24:40 - The Resurgence Of Analogue28:01 - Launching The OB-X8 With Focusrite29:23 - The Oberheim TEO-530:37 - Utilising New TechnologyOberheim BiogOberheim is the 21st century return of the legendary company that helped fuel the original electronic music revolution in the 1970s. Now, just as then, Oberheim is guided by the vision of engineer and inventor, Tom Oberheim. Tom’s genius for innovation introduced the world to the first commercially available poly synth and other groundbreaking electronic instruments that literally changed the sound of music.Today, Oberheim reawakens this extraordinary legacy by bringing the famed Oberheim sound to a new generation of instruments and artists. The company’s passion remains unchanged by time or technology — to once again provide the world with the finest-sounding analog synthesizers ever made.https://oberheim.com/Sam Inglis BiogEditor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 20 years. He is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006).Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts