Oberheim TR-909
Almost nothing is documented about the "Oberheim TR-909". This archive's file has no specifications, no dates, no design details and no period review. The only whitelisted period page attached to the entry is Audio-Collection (April 1991, p.94). It is a sampling-CD advertisement, priced at $59 - $69 per collection, and it never mentions Oberheim or a TR-909.
The supplied period press does show that the TR-909 designation belonged to Roland. A March 1997 classified ad listed a "ROLAND TR909" at £995. Oberheim's drum machine at the time, per an April 1984 press item, was the DX, for which Oberheim offered a sync-to-tape retrofit. No source in the record ties the TR-909 name to Oberheim.
This entry may be a cataloging ghost — the model number properly belongs to Roland's rhythm machine, not to Oberheim. Until an Oberheim catalog page
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