Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 Synthesizer
A fusion of two great design ideas.
The OB-6 is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the most influential synth designers in history — Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim. It’s an all-analog, 6-voice poly synth with voltage-controlled oscill... read more
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Love.
Modulation of the filter type via your choice of sources is heaven...but just the start of this magic piece.
Hands down one of the most expressive synths I’ve ever laced hands on. It’s truly an instrument in the way many other fantastic offerings by other (including other DSI offerings) just haven’t pulled off. Thats what set this synth apart from the others for me. It’s just insanely expressive in such an effortless way- in addition to sounding beautiful.
This is one synth you really have to put hands on & play to really appreciate. No sound demos are gonna really tell the story. No review can explain what it is to play.

Oby!
What can I say? It is an Oberheim and gets the sounds I want. It is crazy thick combined with the Xpander.

Amazing
Lush, beautiful, the most amazing Analog Synth I have ever played.
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A fusion of two great design ideas.
The OB-6 is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between two of the most influential synth designers in history — Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim. It’s an all-analog, 6-voice poly synth with voltage-controlled oscillators, a state-variable filter, and voltage-controlled amplifiers, inspired by Tom’s original SEM design — the bedrock of his legendary 4-voice and 8-voice synthesizers.
Manufactured and sold by Dave Smith Instruments, the OB-6 features six discrete analog voices with two oscillators (plus sub oscillator) per voice, continuously variable waveshapes with triangle, sawtooth, and variable-width pulse waves, X-mod with 2 sources and 5 destination, a 64-step polyphonic step sequencer, dual digital effects that include faithful recreations of Tom’s acclaimed phase shifter and ring modulator, a full-featured arpeggiator, and a powerful, in-your-face, sonic signature like no other instrument.
This analog powerhouse is packed into a four-octave, semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch, making it perfect for stage or studio.
The Best at Warm and Fizzy Filtered Sounds
While the OB-6 has a lot of range, there's one thing it's the best in the world at and that's warm poly sounds with a sizzling filter activated.