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Lots go crazy: An Oberheim OB-8 synth from the Purple Rain sessions and the Amek mixing board that Prince used to record Dirty Mind in his home studio are both up for auction

The items come from Matt ‘Dr’ Fink’s personal collection, and could fetch up to £100,000 and £60,000 respectively

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This free synth and sampler plugin comes with over 2GB of samples from "the world's rarest synthesizers"

Wavea Flite's free version is packed with samples from Yamaha CS-80, Roland Juno 106, Jupiter 8, SH-101, Oberheim OB-8, Prophet 5, Korg Monopoly and more

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Issue 413 of Future Music is out now

Elevate Your Sound. Plus: A Guy Called Gerald, WHY?, salute, Monolake, Oberheim TEO-5, modern EQ masterclass & much more!

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“It’s angry and ready to bite”: GForce Software releases an authentic but enhanced version of the OB-1, the best Oberheim synth you’ve never heard of

The often forgotten 1978 classic gets another chance to shine

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The 5 instruments you need to know about at Superbooth 2024 – New synths, samplers and drum machines

Video and sound demos of some of the biggest hitters at this year's show, from Elektron, Arturia, Polyend, Oberheim and UDO

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“If you think your addiction to synths and studio gear is out of control, imagine being in Depeche Mode”: We'd forgotten quite how much of the band's gear Alan Wilder shifted in his legendary auction, and just how many bargains were up for grabs

An Oberheim and Minimoog went for a song, but it was a Martin Gore guitar and E-mu sampler that stole the show

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The 15 most exciting new hardware synths of 2024: analogue and digital instruments from Korg, Behringer and more

GEAR EXPO 2024: The must-have new monster synths you need to audition this year

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"He didn't tap a foot or move his head or anything. He listened to it all the way through and I thought he hated it": when an Eagle, Heartbreaker, Roger Linn and an Oberheim OB-X combined forces for a pop masterpiece – the Boys Of Summer story

Tom Petty rejected Mike Campbell's synth and drum machine demo, Don Henley didn't make that mistake… but the 1984 hit had other obstacles to overcome

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"It’s not one of my favourite things. It’s stupid because I produced it, but the keyboards just hit me as wrong": Van Halen's Jump is 40 years old. Here's how the most famous keyboard riff of all time was created (and how you can do it, too)

Or the most irritating? You decide…

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Behringer says that it plans to “turn the synth world upside down” with a desktop version of its Oberheim-inspired UB-Xa

Downsized UB-Xa D ditches the 61-note keyboard

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NAMM 2024: "We've fired up the first complete prototype - what an amazing moment": Behringer delivers updates on some of its biggest synth and drum machine projects

The latest news on Roland, Oberheim and Casio-a-like synths and drum machines from our favourite clone trooper

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“The next best thing to a ‘real’ OB”: GForce Software OB-X review

First they brought you Vintage Synth Trumps, now GForce add this bona fide classic to the fold

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"Our engineering teams are working on close to 100 exciting products": So, what's happened to the synths and drum machines that Behringer has announced that aren't in the shops yet?

Chip shortages are to blame, but are any of these clones trooping their way to a store any time soon?

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"Rather naively, we thought we'd write a song that could be played by machines and all we'd have to do was press the button": The real reason New Order made Blue Monday, and the gear that powers it

The birth of a landmark track. Plus, learn how to recreate that famous Moog bassline

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Believe it or not, the Behringer UB-Xa synth is now on sale - and it’s even cheaper than we thought it was going to be

Find out why this Oberheim OB-Xa clone is being sold for “way below the actual value”

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No, you’re not dreaming - Behringer’s UB-Xa synth has finally been launched (though we still can’t find it for sale anywhere)

This long-awaited Oberheim OB-Xa clone is ready to go, apparently

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The gear that time forgot: 15 synths, samplers and controllers that could have been classics, but weren't

We take a backwards glance at the groundbreaking music technology products that never quite made it

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808s, MPCs and Auto-Tune: The story of hip-hop production in 10 iconic bits of gear

Hip-hop's evolution is intertwined at every turn with the development of music technology. As the genre turns 50, we chart its five-decade history through ten influential pieces of music-making kit

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Behringer teases 3 new synths, including one that “even Uli Behringer doesn’t know about”

Instruments inspired by the Moog Source, Yamaha DX7 and Oberheim 2-Voice could be heading your way

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Superbooth 2023 is on: the best new synths, Eurorack and other music tech gear

We head to Berlin to meet up with some familiar faces at the Fez

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Superbooth 23: Oberheim’s OB-X8 desktop module is smaller and cheaper than the keyboard version, but sounds just as good

Compact instrument says au revoir to the Fatar, downsizing the price and form factor in the process

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The Oberheim DMX drum machine is set to ride again as Behringer wheels out its BMX “homage”

An emulation of the ‘Blue Monday drum machine’ is on the way, but you can’t place a new order just yet

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