THE ALTERNATIVES

Alesis A6 Andromeda £2,000+ second-hand

This 16-voice VCO analogue beast can do just about anything imaginable and it does a mean Obie impression with its 12dB Oberheimstyled filter. Huge sounding! eBay, Gumtree etc

Sequential Prophet-6 £1,989

The comparisons are inevitable as they are closely related on many levels but they sound very different from each other. You’ll prefer one or the other, or want both! www.davesmith instruments.com

Oberheim OB-8 £2,500+ second-hand

Looking like an OB-6 on steroids, the OB-8 sounds huge and features eight analogue voices with splitting and layering. Also features a 12/24dB low-pass CEM filter and Curtis VCOs and ADSR. Beast! eBay, Gumtree etc