KVR Audio

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:56 pm

i know some of us here are obsessive compulsive. i know i am to an extent and that
AMP label pushed me just over the edge

CrazyLittleSomething · Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:57 pm

Yup, the 'D' doesn't fit.
A striped GUI? Please be reasonable.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:11 pm

Strangely enough, after my previous reservations, I kinda like it

(nostalgia, maybe)

I may very well end up using the non-glare version.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:15 pm

CrazyLittleSomething wrote:Yup, the 'D' doesn't fit.
A striped GUI? Please be reasonable.

if you maybe open your mouth a little more, the 'D' just might fit

Maomoondog · Post by **Maomoondog** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:18 pm

layzer wrote:
CrazyLittleSomething wrote:Yup, the 'D' doesn't fit.
A striped GUI? Please be reasonable.

if you maybe open your mouth a little more, the 'D' just might fit

For those of us who remember it, the OBX-a was striped (and very classy too)

Maomoondog · Post by **Maomoondog** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:22 pm

fmr wrote:Strangely enough, after my previous reservations, I kinda like it (nostalgia, maybe)

I may very well end up using the non-glare version.

+1

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:23 pm

Maomoondog wrote:
layzer wrote:
CrazyLittleSomething wrote:Yup, the 'D' doesn't fit.
A striped GUI? Please be reasonable.

if you maybe open your mouth a little more, the 'D' just might fit

For those of us who remember it, the OBX-a was striped (and very classy too)

Actually, the stripes started with the OB8, and by the time of the OB-Xa, there was a complete line of products that could interconnect (the synth, a sequencer and a drum machine, if I'm not mistaken) that all share the same look.

EDIT: Yep, here they are:

And here in high quality:

CrazyLittleSomething · Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:28 pm

Yeah, and it had a monitor, right?

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:35 pm

CrazyLittleSomething wrote:Yeah, and it had a monitor, right?

Hmmm... No, I don't remember a monitor. This was still before MIDI, and the first musical instrument I saw with a monitor was the Fairlight.

Maomoondog · Post by **Maomoondog** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:40 pm

OBX-a / DMX / DSX

That combination was the staple kit for side one of Mike Oldfield's Crises album.

No monitors, but poor studio lights / bad eyes could still pose a problem, but for the sounds the OBX-a was capable of certainly made up for it

Maomoondog · Post by **Maomoondog** » Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:42 pm

fmr wrote: Hmmm... No, I don't remember a monitor. This was still before MIDI, and the first musical instrument I saw with a monitor was the Fairlight.

A black and green combination at that too, and people complain about bad GUI's now

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:20 am

CrazyLittleSomething wrote:Yeah, and it had a monitor, right?

yes, every Oberheim synthesizer of that time came with a
CGA monitor for also playing the Synth's built-in Leisure Suit Larry game on.

layzer · Post by **layzer** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:24 am

Maomoondog wrote:
fmr wrote: Hmmm... No, I don't remember a monitor. This was still before MIDI, and the first musical instrument I saw with a monitor was the Fairlight.
A black and green combination at that too, and people complain about bad GUI's now

aww come on, couldn't you also play global thermonuclear war on it?

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:39 am

layzer wrote:
Maomoondog wrote:
fmr wrote: Hmmm... No, I don't remember a monitor. This was still before MIDI, and the first musical instrument I saw with a monitor was the Fairlight.
A black and green combination at that too, and people complain about bad GUI's now
aww come on, couldn't you also play global thermonuclear war on it?

Shall. We. Play. A. Game?

I like the GUI a lot. Maybe a simpler version for those with eye conditions though?

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:39 am

I like the dark skin a lot, so PM sent

Obxd synthesizer