Oberheim DMX

The Oberheim DMX is a drum machine released in 1981 by Oberheim electronics - one of the first drum machines on the market to come with sampled drums.

Phil Collins bought an Oberheim DMX as part of the 'Oberheim System' package in 1984, alongside the DSX sequencer and the OB-8 synth. The DMX (alongside the entire Oberheim system) was set up for The System keyboardist David Frank to work on songs like "Sussudio". He programmed at least half the drums for "Sussudio" on the DMX, and these were synced up to Phil's Roland TR-909 (likely via SMPTE) drum machine parts on the final record.