The Oberheim SEM

Der Oberheim SEM - ein einfacher monophoner Synthesizer mit großem Sound

Als Tom Oberheim 1974 das erste Oberheim® Synthesizer Expander Module (Modell SEM-1) entwickelte, hatte er nur ein Ziel: einen Synthesizer zu bauen, der großartig klingt und gleichzeitig extrem einfach zu bedienen ist. In den Jahrzehnten seit der Veröffentlichung dieses kultigen Synthesizers wurde er von zahllosen legendären Musikern verwendet, was den SEM zu einem der meistverehrten Synthesizer aller Zeiten macht.

Der GForce Oberheim SEM bildet nicht nur den gewaltigen, unverwechselbaren Sound des SEM sorgfältig nach, sondern auch das Ethos des Originals - ein einfacher monophoner Synthesizer, mit dem sich im Handumdrehen unglaubliche Klänge erzeugen lassen. Und mit dem Gütesiegel von Tom Oberheim können Sie sich auf seine Authentizität verlassen. Dazu kommen mehr als 400 kategorisierte Presets und die Inspiration ist nur einen Augenblick entfernt.

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Made In Collaboration With Oberheim

GForce first worked with Tom Oberheim and Marcus Ryle (an Oberheim engineer during the 80s) when creating the GForce Oberheim OB-E® v2. During this time, Tom and Marcus revealed that they felt there were no software emulations of the SEM that accurately recreated the sound and the ethos of the original monophonic SEM. GForce decided to change that, and under the close guidance of Tom and Marcus, they developed the GForce Oberheim SEM to ensure an experience that is truly authentic to the original instrument.

The Authentic SEM Sound

Centered around two VCOs with Pulse and Sawtooth waveforms, two ADS Envelope Generators, one LFO, and a magical, legendary Multi-Mode Filter, the SEM sound is more than the sum of its parts. In the GForce Oberheim SEM, every section of the synth has been painstakingly emulated to ensure sonic authenticity. GForce even modelled the authentic analog inaccuracies of the original SEM, blurring the lines between analog character and digital precision. All this makes the GForce Oberheim SEM the most authentic emulation of the SEM sound available.

Simple Never Sounded So Good

The beauty of the SEM truly lies in its simplicity. With a refined design and feature set, you can easily create warm basses, soaring leads and sweeping arps in an instant. This allows you to spend less time shaping your sounds, and more time making music.

Enhanced Where It Matters

While staying true to the original SEM, GForce also added a number of enhancements to make the GForce Oberheim SEM even more useful for modern music production. Alongside a new VCO3, which doubles as an audio rate LFO for additional modulation and FM possibilities, the SEM now has tempo-syncable LFOs and a host of performance controls via velocity and aftertouch. They also integrated a fun, fast arpeggiator & sequencer, and added a stereo delay and a beautifully lush reverb to sonically compliment your sounds.

Finally, GForce included 400+ factory presets designed by Dave Spiers, Graeme Rawson and Tom Wolfe, each created to demonstrate the incredible sonic character of the SEM. Every preset has been tagged, categorised and is quickly accessible from the preset browser. The SEM even integrates with the GForce Oberheim OB-E, allowing you to load your SEM presets in either device. This enables you to quickly sketch out your sounds in the SEM, and then make them polyphonic in an instant.

SEM - Key Features

• Most authentic monophonic SEM experience and sound - small package, big sound!

• The most playable SEM, full of character, and augmented with a 3rd VCO

• 400+ factory Patches designed to fit in a mix, all tagged and categorised

• Librarian for easy access to the presets (Arrow Keys Navigation)

• Sequencer, Arpegiator, Stereo Delay, Reverb

• Undo/Redo, Extend and Flip mode

• SEM presets can be exported to and imported from OB-E

• Extensive Velocity & Aftertouch modulation