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Arturia SEM V3

CurrentReleased 2025approx. £111

Arturia prices this in dollars only. £111 is $149 converted at 0.747 (checked 22 September 2026); UK shops add VAT and, for imports, duty.

The Oberheim SEM rebuilt: two oscillators with continuous waveform blending into the 12 dB state-variable filter that sweeps from low-pass through notch to high-pass, up to eight voices, a four-layer arpeggiator and drag-and-drop modulation.

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Arturia
Status
Current
Released
2025
Price
approx. £111

Engine

Synth type
Analogue modelling
Emulates
Oberheim SEM (1974)
Voices
8
Polyphony
Up to 8 voices
Oscillators
2 VCOs (saw, variable pulse) with hard sync, plus sub-oscillator
Filter
12 dB state-variable: low-pass, notch, high-pass, band-pass
Effects
Insert effects

Software

Plugin formats
VST2, VST3, AU, AAX

Features

Features
Multi-arpeggiator, Unison, Macro controls, Standalone app, NKS

Heard on

Artists and records that used the original Oberheim SEM, as Arturia tells it.

  • John Carpenter
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Joe Zawinul (Weather Report)
  • Geddy Lee (Rush)

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