SG Lewis thinks the Oberheim OB-6 is the “best synth out there”

British producer SG Lewis lately labelled Oberheim’s OB-6 synth as “the most effective synthesizer ever”.

The producer, identified for his 80s disco-tinged chart hits like Name On Me (feat Tove Lo) and Vibe Like This (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Fortunate Daye), revealed his love for the synth throughout a current interview with the Tape Notes Podcast on YouTube.

In it, he tells host John Kennedy about how he and fellow producer Completely Huge Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) used the OB-6 at Sleeper Sounds studio in London throughout the making of Name On Me. Many parts of the observe, he demonstrates, from the lead line to the stabs and most prominently the bass groove, had been made up from it.

He says: “It’s all OB-6 just about. I believe it’s the most effective synth that’s accessible on the market. I exploit it for just about every thing and it’s in all probability the most effective two-and-a-half grand I’ve ever spent. It’s a kind of synthesizers that you simply decide up and might do something with it.”

After Kennedy asks SG Lewis if he and TEED felt like “children in a candy store” when surrounded by a lot analogue gear, the producer agrees but additionally says he “discovered himself going again to the OB-6 each time”.

SG Lewis isn’t the primary to publicly reward Oberheim’s merchandise – and he definitely gained’t be the final. MusicTech awarded the brand new Oberheim OB-X8 the Product Of The Yr Award for 2022. In our assessment of the analogue synth, we wrote: “It’s no doubt the instrument we had been promised; delivering heat chords, growling bass, piercing leads and far, rather more in a wide range of modes. An instrument that may maintain its personal for years to come back, the OB-X8 is a high quality synthesizer with few rivals.”

Additionally on the Tape Notes YouTube channel, you’ll find clips of SG Lewis from the identical session discussing his vocal chain method on the observe Chemical compounds in addition to his strategy to sampling.

Watch the total interview with SG Lewis by way of the Tape Notes YouTube channel.

You may also discover out extra and examine costs for the Oberheim OB-6 at reverb.com.