Introducing Oberheim

One of the early American synthesizer pioneers, founded by Tom Oberheim in 1973. In 1985, Oberheim folded and reappeared as Oberheim/ECC, manufacturing the Matrix lines and MIDI processors. In 1991 Gibson Guitars bought Oberheim, continued Matrix-1000 production (now white face) and developed the OB-Mx, designed by Don Buchla. Gibson Some synthesizer features (like variable saw/pulse oscillators) can be seen throughout the generations.