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Oberheim Conventional Comparisons

Synopsis Media Physical Interface Architecture Components Resource

Interface Comparison

Model Compatibility Multitimbral Memory Program Memory External Storage External Programming UI Input UI Output
SEM - N/A no no no knobs/switches LED
TVS-1a - N/A no no no knobs/switches LED
TVS-1 - no no no no knobs/switches LED
FVS-1 - no 16 no no knobs/switches LED
EVS-1 - no 16 no no knobs/switches LED
OB-1 - no 8 no no knobs/switches LED
OB-X - no 32 no no knobs/buttons LED
OB-SX - N/A 24|48|56 no no knobs/buttons LED
OB-Xa - 16 (split:8 layer:8) 120 no computer:proprietary knobs/buttons LED
OB-8 - split:12 layer:12 120 no computer (proprietary) MIDI (later models) knobs/buttons LED
Matrix-12 Matrix12 Xpander 100 100 MIDI SysEx MIDI knobs/buttons LED displays
Xpander Matrix12 Xpander 100 100 MIDI SysEx MIDI knobs/buttons LED displays
Matrix-6 Matrix6 Matrix6R Matrix1000 50 100 MIDI SysEx MIDI task based LED display
Matrix-6R Matrix6 Matrix6R Matrix1000 50 100 MIDI SysEx MIDI task based LED display
Matrix-1000 Matrix6 Matrix6R Matrix1000 N/A 1000 MIDI SysEx MIDI task based LED display