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Oberheim Four Voice (FVS-1): The first commercial polyphonic synth and why it still matters
April 20, 2026
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The Oberheim Four Voice, also known as the FVS-1, was introduced in 1975 as a four-voice analog polyphonic syn…
The Oberheim Two Voice, also known as the TVS-1, was introduced in 1975 as a performance-oriented keyboard ins…
The Oberheim OB-8 is an eight-voice analog polysynth introduced in 1983 as the last original entry in the clas…
The Oberheim OB-Xa is an analog polyphonic synthesizer introduced at the end of 1980 as the successor to the O…
The Oberheim Matrix-6 is a six-voice analog polysynth introduced in 1985 as a smaller, more affordable way int…
The Oberheim Eight Voice is an analog polyphonic synthesizer generally documented as arriving in 1977, though…
The Oberheim TEO-5 is a five-voice analog polysynth introduced in 2024, first shown at Superbooth and position…
The Oberheim OB-X8 is an eight-voice analog polysynth introduced in 2022 as the first new Oberheim-branded fla…
At first glance, the Oberheim TEO-5 and OB-6 look like close relatives separated mainly by price. Both are ana…
The Oberheim Matrix-12 is a 12-voice analog polysynth introduced in 1985, built around the voice architecture…
The Oberheim OB-1 was introduced in the late 1970s as a monophonic analog lead synthesizer built for performan…
The easiest mistake in this comparison is to assume that the Oberheim TEO-5 and Sequential Take 5 occupy the s…