SWAN wrote:is there anywhere in europe you can get a new SEM?
Nope. At present it's exclusive to AudioMIDI. And I don't think that's likely to change any time soon - The units are hand built & AudioMIDI already have a big back log to catch up with. It will be a while before I get mine that's for sure. Apparently people that ordered in October are still waiting! That's one of the reason's that I just thought, 'what the h**l! I'll order it right now', after phoning just to find out what 'Availability : Special order', meant on the item description
Just order from AudioMidi and they'll send it. Obviously you'll pay shipping and customs charges but I thought it was well worth it.
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:55 am
by Dogboy73
jaypodesta wrote:Just order from AudioMidi and they'll send it. Obviously you'll pay shipping and customs charges but I thought it was well worth it.
How does that work with the customs charges? I've never got stung for that before when ordering stuff from abroad. First time for everything I suppose
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:10 am
by jaypodesta
The shipping company Fedex or whoever call you and tell you how much you owe - based on the item value + their handling/processing fee. Once you pay it - they deliver. Simple.
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:47 pm
by Dogboy73
jaypodesta wrote:The shipping company Fedex or whoever call you and tell you how much you owe - based on the item value + their handling/processing fee. Once you pay it - they deliver. Simple.
I see. Never gone through this sort of process before. Maybe I just got lucky previously? Is it just when ordering from the States or does this apply to Europe as well? S**t! I wonder how much I will get stung for?!
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:29 pm
by Stab Frenzy
Dogboy73 wrote:I see. Never gone through this sort of process before. Maybe I just got lucky previously? Is it just when ordering from the States or does this apply to Europe as well? S**t! I wonder how much I will get stung for?!
It depends where you live and what the regulations are. Here it's roughly 18% on amounts over $1000, but each country is different.
Not sure how accurate this is but it worked out at just over £100. I can live with that
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:20 pm
by SWAN
any good demos around of the SEM? Im particularly interested in how the filters sound.
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:06 pm
by Dogboy73
Slim pickings at the moment. A couple on YouTube;
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:20 pm
by StepLogik
Dogboy73 wrote:Slim pickings at the moment. A couple on YouTube;
Yup, not much out there now, but hopefully more will come. If I get one for xmas, I'll definitely post a vid.
I'm hoping someone will post a video of the SEM being sequenced acid-line style so I can get a feel for the envelope response/snappiness.
Love the sound of the SEM
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:52 am
by Dogboy73
StepLogik wrote:Yup, not much out there now, but hopefully more will come. If I get one for xmas, I'll definitely post a vid.
I'm sure more will appear beore long. I'll definitely be putting some YouTube vids up when I get mine
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:45 pm
by Dogboy73
I sent an email to tomoberheim.com asking about the connectivity on the MIDI>CV version of the SEM. Got this back today;
Off Topic
The rear panel of the SEM MIDI to CV version has the following connector set:
MIDI In
MIDI Thru
The following go to the EXT inputs to the VCF on the SEM:
Audio Input #1 (variable gain - gain pot is on front panel of MIDI-CV module)
Audio Input #2 (normalled with internal 440 Hz oscillator)
Audio Output
CV #1 Output (volt/oct result of summation of Note On + PitchBend + Frontpanel Transpose
CV #2 Output (modulation voltage which results from the Source selection on MIDI-CV frontpanel (Velocity, Selected Controller, Channel Pressure)
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:35 pm
by otto
Has Tom shipped any of the drop-ins yet? I'm contemplating patching one out myself and using it as the basis of an otherwise DIY modular. That is if I get ambitious.
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:52 pm
by otto
Has Tom shipped any of the drop-ins yet? I'm contemplating patching one out myself and using it as the basis of an otherwise DIY modular. That is if I get ambitious.
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:07 pm
by Dogboy73
otto wrote:Has Tom shipped any of the drop-ins yet? I'm contemplating patching one out myself and using it as the basis of an otherwise DIY modular. That is if I get ambitious.
Not sure about that. I think only the patch/CV version has shipped so far. When I emailed just over a week ago asking about the MIDI>CV version I got a reply saying that testing was about to start hopefully with units shipping mid to late Jan 2010.
Re: The New Tom Oberheim SEM Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:07 am
by Dogboy73
Sent another email to Tom to see if there's any news on the SEM MIDI>CV version. He replied saying the software still needs to be sorted. Shouldn't keep emailing him really but I'm anxioua for news
