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Tom Oberheim

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Thomas Elroy Oberheim (Manhattan, KS, 7 July 1936), known as Tom Oberheim, is the inventor of the first polyphonic music synthesizer.

He has been the founder of three audio electronics companies. The companies are Oberheim, Marion Systems & Seasound. He participated in the development of the MIDI standard.

In 1987, after the sale of the Oberheim company, Tom Oberheim created the company Marion Systems (named after his daughter Emily Marion) the new company specialized, once again, in sound products. The first product was a 12-bit to 16-bit option for Akai's S900 sampler. Marion Systems was formerly in Santa Monica and later Lafayette in California. After the end of Marion Systems, Tom developed Seasound.

Recently, Oberheim began selling an updated version of his original SEM with upgraded electronics. As with the original, the new SEM was a true analog synthesizer. In 2009, he released a second version of the SEM with MIDI control.

Oberheim was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas.

References

  • "Session Transcript: Tom Oberheim". Red Bull Music Academy, Barcelona 2008.
  • "TOM OBERHEIM: The Man who made Marion". Sound On Sound (March 1994).
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