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Oberheim Prommer

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Prommer
ManufacturerOberheim
Dates1983–1985[1]
Price£949[2] GBP
Technical specifications
Polyphony16 notes
Timbrality1 part
Synthesis typeDigital
AttenuatorAttack, Decay
Input/output
External controlMIDI In, out

The Oberheim Prommer is a monophonic device that programs EEPROM chips for use in Oberheim DMX, Linn Simmons and Sequential Circuits drum machines, allowing you create you own samples. The device could be triggered by MIDI, or via Oberheim's pre-MIDI parallel bus.[3]

Features

The Prommer uses the 8 bit COMDAC format and features 64k of RAM. the maximum sapling rate is 32 kHz.[4]

Editing of samples

  • Attack
  • Decay
  • Reverse
  • Ring modulation
  • stretch / squash

Notable users

References

  1. ^ "Oberheim Prommer MIDI Sampler / PROM programmer". Encyclotronic. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  2. ^ "Oberheim Prommer (MT Apr 87)". www.muzines.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3. ^ text., Synthmuseum.com website, including all information and images, is copyrighted as a collective work and is the property of Synthmuseum.com, Inc. This copyright does not supersede any copyrights that may exist for previously copyrighted images and. "Synthmuseum.com - Oberheim : Prommer". synthmuseum.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Oberheim Prommer" (PDF). 22 August 2018 (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)