OBERHEIM SYNTH

I have two M6R's.  I bought one brand new in '87 I believe and it has 
performed flawlessly on stage for nearly 20 years.  We split it and 
used two voices for bass and four for organ/strings and other pads.  
One time it did lockup through some power problem but we did a reset 
and it worked as it should ever since.

The second one I bought for the studio and as a backup, which I never 
needed to use it for.  When I got it from an eBay auction, ($200. US) 
there were two characters burnt out in the display.  I have been unable 
to replace the display but am working on it at present.  Having two 
units, I was able to live with the bad display but situation is not 
good if I was doing some serious programming on it.  I can figure out 
the patch names.  The rest of the unit works as it should.

As to the switches:  They have never been a problem on either unit. 
(Knock on wood) :)

At present, I am debating adding the M6R to my MIDI wind controller 
(Yamaha WX5) rack but the extra weight, cabling, having more stuff to 
haul around has discouraged me from this addition.  I use the old 
Yamaha WT11 module (two op FM) with my WX5 and if the M6R is mixed with 
the FM from the WT11, it is a gorgeous sound.  There are also many solo 
sounds that I could use in addition to the layering.

As a studio piece, it adds some terrific sounds to anyone's arsenal.

One tip:  Turn it on for 30 minutes before the session to let 
everything warmup.  Then run the calibration, run the tuning one time 
and maybe tune it one more time after another 5 or ten minutes of 
playing and it will be solid for the rest of the night.

I have heard of many problems with the M6 but have found the M6R to be 
really solid.

BTW, I went to the summer NAMM show in 1987 and this module was being 
used by most all of the keyboard controller displayers as part of their 
rack.  Don't know if Oberheim passed them out or not but the exposure 
was great.  I also got to meet Tom Oberheim at this meet!
Hope this helps.
Charlie
Two M6R's, three DMX, Xpander

On Apr 16, 2005, at 1:36 PM, chapman_todd wrote:
> I have the chance of buying one, and I would welcome comments on
> whether I should buy it or not.. any one comment?
>