KVR Audio

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:05 am

It's been rock solid for me, no crashes. One nice feature is that the mouse scroll wheel can be used for course adjustments of the knobs.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:28 am

same here, no problems in XP SP3 32, EnergyXT2 DAW.
using it on a new song about the Montauk project...watch for it in the music forum!

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:17 am

bk wrote:This may have already been mentioned somewhere, but did anyone notice that you get a triangle wave when neither waveform button are pressed on an oscillator?

Is that the way the hardware worked?

I found this on the RetroSynth site:

http://www.retrosynth.com/docs/obx/obx_user.pdf

Looks like the original didn't have a triangle wave in it.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:21 am

Examigan wrote:
bk wrote:This may have already been mentioned somewhere, but did anyone notice that you get a triangle wave when neither waveform button are pressed on an oscillator?

Is that the way the hardware worked?
I found this on the RetroSound site:

http://www.retrosynth.com/docs/obx/obx_user.pdf

Looks like the original didn't have a triangle wave in it.

Doesn't matter. I think this is a great idea. BTW - The original didn't have a -24dB filter either. That wasn't added until the OB-Xa.

DuX · Post by **DuX** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:35 am

Well, triangle was introduced in OB-8 as far as I remember. Yes it is a great feature.

gamecat666 · Post by **gamecat666** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:47 am

FL Studio -
Obxd is reporting a steady 20% cpu, even when not making any sound.

This is odd behaviour as FL usually disables plugins that arent being used to save CPU. There must be something in the code thats stopping FL from switching it off.. ?

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:59 am

Was searching for OB-X patch sheets and have found this one with the factory sounds of the OB-Xa:

http://www.matrixsynth.com/2011/01/ober ... -book.html

Have not really found the correspomnding audio demos yet. Thought i had found for a few sound but those do not seem to fit to the patch sheet at all (totally different sounds).

There is a free OB-Xa bank for OP-X Pro which i had checked with the demo version of OP-X Pro II. The patches seem to be repgrogrammed 1:1 from the patch sheets (i have checked that for several patches). Only difference i found was in the Osc 2 Detune amount.
There are two options now: either OP-X Pro is calibrated exactly after the OB-Xa or the patches are reprogrammed without checking aganst the real thing.
Those OB-Xa patches w3ere not reprogrammed by Peter himself.

Reprogramming the very first patch (called "Brass Ensemble") in OBXD does not sound like in OP-X Pro but sounds nice anyway.
Does also sound more analog and "Oberheimish" to me than OP-X Pro (independent on how close that specific patch is). Opposing to OBXD it seems to be difficult to get a realy raw analog sound from OP-X Pro which is why i hald sold it 2 years ago (as already mentioned).
From all Oberheim emulations i got (OBXD, Arturia Oberheim SEM V, Uhbie filter in Diva and OP-X Pro II demo) OP-X Pro II is maby e the one i like least of those. I am sorry to say this bt this is my opinion.

Anyway it would be nice to find some audio demos of the real thimng showing those fcaotory patch sheets. Not really easy to find those. Anyone with a real OB-Xa or some links for nice demos of those pathces here?

One option is to reprogram the "Jump" Brass sound based on the original song and compare to the corresponding one in OP-X Pro to get an idea how that and OBXD compare or differ.

At the end if i am not able to do this comparison or if i find that OBXD just sounds different it's no real problem as i like the sound of OBXD how it is besides any comparisons.

Ingo

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:08 pm

Given that a sound in a song isnt the raw audio, its not a good idea to use it as a benchmark.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:09 pm

Ingonator wrote:Was searching for OB-X patch sheets and have found this one with the factory sounds of the OB-Xa:

http://www.matrixsynth.com/2011/01/ober ... -book.html

Have not really found the correspomnding audio demos yet. Thought i had found for a few sound but those do not seem to fit to the patch sheet at all (totally different sounds).

There is a free OB-Xa bank for OP-X Pro which i had checked with the demo version of OP-X Pro II. The patches seem to be repgrogrammed 1:1 from the patch sheets (i have checked that for several patches).
There are two options now: either OP-X Pro is calibrated exactly after the OB-Xa or the patches are reprogrammed without checking aganst the real thing.

Reprogramming the very first patch (called "Brass Ensemble") in OBXD does not sound like in OP-X Pro but sounds nice anyway.
Does also sound more analog and "Oberheimish" to me than OP-X Pro (independent on how close that specific patch is). Opposing to OBXD it seems to be difficult to get a realy raw analog sound from OP-X Pro which is why i hald sold it 2 years ago (as already mentioned).
From all Oberheim emulations i got (OBXD, Arturia Oberheim SEM V, Uhbie filter in Diva and OP-X Pro II demo) OP-X Pro II is maby e the one i like least of those. I am sorry to say this bt this is my opinion.

Anyway it would be nice to find some audio demos of the real thimng showing those fcaotory patch sheets. Not really easy to find those. Anyone with a real OB-Xa or some links for nice demos of those pathces here?

One option is to reprogram the "Jump" Brass sound based on the original song and compare to the corresponding one in OP-X Pro to get an idea how that and OBXD compare or differ.

At the end if i am not able to do this comparison or if i find that OBXD just sounds different it's no real problem as i like the sound of OBXD how it is besides any comparisons.

Ingo

That Patch Book is from OB-Xa, not OB-X. I did reprogram the entire book, using for sound reference the sounds of the OB-8 in Synthmania (the majority of the sounds are the same, although there are some different names, and the synths are very much alike).
I wasn't obsessed with recreating the same sounds, so, I did some "free adaptations". 2Dat already has the bank, to eventuallyu include it oin the final version, but I can make it available publicly available, if he has nothing to object (I am not being paid or something, but since I sent it to him, I feel like he should be heard about this.
If he has nothing against, I will upload the bank. It has 128 patches, including all the "FMR versions" of that Patch Book.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:11 pm

Dunno if these are useful
http://www.babic.com/SYN/obxa.htm

2DaT · Post by **2DaT** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:21 pm

fmr wrote: That Patch Book is from OB-Xa, not OB-X. I did reprogram the entire book, using for sound reference the sounds of the OB-8 in Synthmania (the majority of the sounds are the same, although there are some different names, and the synths are very much alike).
I wasn't obsessed with recreating the same sounds, so, I did some "free adaptations". 2Dat already has the bank, to eventuallyu include it oin the final version, but I can make it available publicly available, if he has nothing to object (I am not being paid or something, but since I sent it to him, I feel like he should be heard about this.
If he has nothing against, I will upload the bank. It has 128 patches, including all the "FMR versions" of that Patch Book.

Its very nice bank. Of cousre you can upload it here.

I dont think that ob-xa and obxd are the same. While they can be close, obxd will never have characteristic ob-xa and ob8 filter "sizzle" of CEM 3320 chips. More close to SEM and ob-x though

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:21 pm

fmr wrote: That Patch Book is from OB-Xa, not OB-X. I did reprogram the entire book, using for sound reference the sounds of the OB-8 in Synthmania (the majority of the sounds are the same, although there are some different names, and the synths are very much alike).
I wasn't obsessed with recreating the same sounds, so, I did some "free adaptations". 2Dat already has the bank, to eventuallyu include it oin the final version, but I can make it available publicly available, if he has nothing to object (I am not being paid or something, but since I sent it to him, I feel like he should be heard about this.
If he has nothing against, I will upload the bank. It has 128 patches, including all the "FMR versions" of that Patch Book.

Hi fernando,

nice to hear this. I am sure your patches will sound great like always.

I anyone with a OB-Xa here it would be nice to hear the sounds from "the real thing" but as you mentioned the OB-8 should not sound too much different.
A differnce seems to be in the 12db and 24db modes as the OB-Xa has two differnt circuits for thsoe whice the Ob-8 uses a single IC for creating the 12dB and 24db filter. Both OB-Xa filter circuits are shown here:
http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php? ... fo.cem3320

BTW to me it is still odd that the patch sheets of the OB-Xa are repogrammed 1:1 in OP-X Pro. Especially the filter of the OB-X and OB-Xa should be quite different.

Just watching this (there are three parts):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah7ctuXZzkM

OB-Xa vs OB-8 comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s1dCQ6X4f8

The inevitable "Jump" (cover version):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeOjJ8x2iqU

Ingo

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:42 pm

Ingonator wrote:
From all Oberheim emulations i got (OBXD, Arturia Oberheim SEM V, Uhbie filter in Diva and OP-X Pro II demo) OP-X Pro II is maby e the one i like least of those. I am sorry to say this bt this is my opinion.
Ingo

Since you like to compare things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlmrnAk0oHU

I really like OP-X Pro II, not sorry to say

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:57 pm

I prefer Diva

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:59 pm

Examigan wrote:
Ingonator wrote:
From all Oberheim emulations i got (OBXD, Arturia Oberheim SEM V, Uhbie filter in Diva and OP-X Pro II demo) OP-X Pro II is maby e the one i like least of those. I am sorry to say this bt this is my opinion.
Ingo
Since you like to compare things:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlmrnAk0oHU

I really like OP-X Pro II, not sorry to say

Too bad it's Synth Edit. Most SE stuff doesn't get on with my setup.
Bring on the non-SE OB-X synth!

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