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Tasty new Ob-Xa Clone

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https://www.synapse-audio.com/obsession.html - from Synapse

Available as a VSTi for a while and coming out as a reason rack Extension soon

me get.
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Seems to be a popular thing to clone right now, DiscoDSP has a https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/native & iOS version as well, and there's a few freebies I've seen recently as well.
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valis wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:41 pm Seems to be a popular thing to clone right now, DiscoDSP has a =https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/native & iOS version as well, and there's a few freebies I've seen recently as well.

OBX-d, originally from Dat-Sounds, is a freebie.
Dunno why DiscoDSP has it in the shop.
I downloaded v1.5 some time ago (since it´s out) and it runs w/o any restrictions.
It´s a good sounding synth.

Arturia now has a OBX-a clone for the V-Collection too.

My all time favourite is still Sonic Projects OP-X Pro II, which runs 32Bit and VST3 x64 flawlessly in Reaper, but shows graphic animation related "clicks & pops" issues when running as VST3 in Presonus Studio One Pro 4.6.2. on my system.
There´s absolutely NO difference in sound and/or functionality using the 32Bit version.
The old 32Bit version works excellent w/ MIDI Prg.-Ch. commands and VST3 /VST2 x64 don´t.

VST3 technology ditched MIDI Prg.-Changes completely.

For VST2 x64, some manufacurers offer "MIDI" or "User" banks to be filled w/ (128) patches which respond to MIDI Prg.-Changes then,- but not all.
One should have in mind when using plugins for a keyboardplayer´s live rig.

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I thought UVI had one they were giving away free recently as well, but a quick look on their UVI Workstation sound libraries page showed their Oberheim models included everything but this one.
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Now - if your into Waldorf - heres Largo at a massive discount

https://audioplugin.deals/deal-2/

https://waldorfmusic.com/en/largo-overview

Might grab this as well.
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I’m still wondering what happened to that 15 year old kid at NSMM a few years ago who reverse engineered an OBX with original parts, and added a dual EG on the Filter.
Thing sounded EXACTLY like the OBX I had, even better because of a few added tricks.

Software sounds really good these days since AVX and SSE4 implemented on the i7’s.
You still a real monophonic analog but Poly soft synths are really good.
I like Zebra because it’s 4 oscillators, and it can emulate any synth once you sweat the learning curve.
Blows away Omnisphere for authentic analog, but Omnisphere does digital incredibly well.

The Oberheim above sounds pretty close to my ears. That buzzy saw wave was really well done.
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dawman wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:44 pm I’m still wondering what happened to that 15 year old kid at NSMM a few years ago who reverse engineered an OBX with original parts, and added a dual EG on the Filter.
Thing sounded EXACTLY like the OBX I had, even better because of a few added tricks.
You mean Teenage Engineering ?

https://teenage.engineering/
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I think this is his website dawman. Not really sure what happened to him(prob a mob hit from Uli or Korg) but it never materialized from what I could discover.
http://shearelectronics.com/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiV7lzYuM8I

Man that thing sure did sound nice though.
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yayajohn wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:23 am I think this is his website dawman. Not really sure what happened to him(prob a mob hit from Uli or Korg) but it never materialized from what I could discover.
http://shearelectronics.com/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiV7lzYuM8I

Man that thing sure did sound nice though.
That´s what we need for SCOPE !

:)

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dante wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 8:50 pm Now - if your into Waldorf - heres Largo at a massive discount

https://audioplugin.deals/deal-2/

https://waldorfmusic.com/en/largo-overview

Might grab this as well.
It's worth grabbing, and while it doesn't have the super hot DA's from the rack units I played with in the past, it does at least give access to some of Waldorf's palette in a way that the native Waldorf wavetable OSC we have in Modular does not. I've owned it for about 5 years now, and when I need that brash sound it's an easy tool to reach for.
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dante wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:48 pm
dawman wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:44 pm I’m still wondering what happened to that 15 year old kid at NSMM a few years ago who reverse engineered an OBX with original parts, and added a dual EG on the Filter.
Thing sounded EXACTLY like the OBX I had, even better because of a few added tricks.
You mean Teenage Engineering ?

https://teenage.engineering/

No, not that gay stuff, it was Shears Electronics, young guy and a hardware clone with some ass on it.


https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/c ... ame=iossmf
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Gay stuff - lol !
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I was going to respond that wrongthink is not allowed, but then I realized we're still free and among friends. :)
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Yeah it wouldn't fly outside of our freethink isolation here. The upside of Scope's obscurity allows us a bit of flying under the radar leeway, but the call out is noted nonetheless.

We are older and more tempered than for example the ol' wild west XITED forum days :)
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This Ob-Xa emulation does soumd pretty good. Some of the audio examples on Youtube from users sounded better than those from the developer IMO. I thought his Minimoog emulation Legend was pretty good too. I can't justify any more VST synths that's why i'm glad he's making a RE version of Ob-Xa. I may just get both Ob-Xa and Legend Rack-Extensions, they look like they'll expand Reason in a nice way.
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Yeah Legend RE rocks. Close to MiniMax but different enough to have both, especially for load balancing purposes.

Got the Waldorf, it was worth the price just for one seq preset which I'm gunna use straight away in a Floyadalike track.

048 Solaris DiZ Blows my mind in a lower octave

I have so many synths they start to sound alike so gotta be creative not to get overwhelmed.
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I've been demoing these 3 this past week:
Sonic Projects OP-X Pro II, Arturia's, and Synapse Audio.

All three sound nice however a thought occurred to me as I was scrolling through the presets of each.
Seems to me other than the straight SAW wave "Jump" sound (which I love on the OBXa) most of the other sounds can be done on other synths.
I think that this is probably a case of where the actual analog circuitry is what really gives the OBXa its character and not so much the design and a VST just isn't going to capture that. I guess it comes down to this, if you want the real thing then get the real thing. Otherwise there are many VST synths that can do what this one can and much much more.
I agree with Bud though, a professionally developed Scope OBX would be a nice addition to the family.
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valis wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:08 am I was going to respond that wrongthink is not allowed, but then I realized we're still free and among friends. :)
My apology.
A union tradesmen most of my life, and we threw the term around for excess, extreme, unnecessary, etc.
For example, a safety handrail, 20’ long 2 x 4. We had to use these over and over, carry them up to higher levels, so we became frustrated when guys used a half dozen nails when 1 maybe 2 nails were needed. Foremen would point it out and say what’s this gay shit..

And in my upbringing we remembered terms like the Gay 90s, and gay meant overly happy, etc.
Now days political correctness re shaped the word to where somehow it’s offensive or whatever.
I shall pause and calibrate my Neanderthal communication.

I still slip, so forgive me.
After 30 years of hearing this in Spanish english and Slavic it’s habitual.

Funny thing, I spoke this way in the showrooms for years where homosexuality was the norm.
When asked about extra moves to coordinate with a musical passage I would say knock off the gay shit (extra hand twists, etc.) nobody complained and knew exactly what was meant.

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valis wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:08 am I was going to respond that wrongthink is not allowed, but then I realized we're still free and among friends. :)
My apology.
A union tradesmen most of my life, and we threw the term around for excess, extreme, unnecessary, etc.
For example, a safety handrail, 20’ long 2 x 4. We had to use these over and over, carry them up to higher levels, so we became frustrated when guys used a half dozen nails when 1 maybe 2 nails were needed. Foremen would point it out and say what’s this gay shit..

And in my upbringing we remembered terms like the Gay 90s, and gay meant overly happy, etc.
Now days political correctness re shaped the word to where somehow it’s offensive or whatever.
I shall pause and recalibrate my Neanderthal ways.

I still slip, so forgive me.
After 30 years of hearing this in Spanish english and Slavic it’s habitual.

Funny thing, I spoke this way in the showrooms for years where homosexuality was the norm.
When asked about extra moves to coordinate with a musical passage I would say knock off the gay shit (extra hand twists, etc.) nobody complained and knew exactly what was meant.

Cheerz
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I would refer to the Teenage Engineering stuff maybe as 'Not that Toy crap' now.

In the same way I would refer to this IK Multimedia Syntronik as 'Not that Sample Crap' - but hey here it is - on special at $70 bucks if anyone wants a cheap - quick - all in one classic synth solution (including the OB, Moog, JP8, JP6 etc etc):

https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/au ... -syntronik

Probably hi poly due to being sample rather that circuit emu based.
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