Arturia OB-Xa V

[SLiC]

no free or big discount for V7 owner!?!!!!

Its 49 bucks if you own V7, 149 bucks to upgrade to V7 from any older version) and get the OB...
If you are not seeing those deals and you are eligible just contact Arturia....

That will have a few of the people sat on there older V collection licences twitching....lotttaaaaa good stuff for 149 bucks

[SLiC]

Also, judging from the emulation of previous synths, my money is on the Synapse one, so I'd like to see that one first.

Well you can demo a fully working realised Arturia OB-Xa now, so you may as well see that one first...there is absolutely nothing to indicate that the Synapse version will be relapsed any time soon, it isn't even officiality announced as coming, so I am not expecting it to be released this year. I will end up with the Arturia one when I upgrade my V collection anyway

[jamcat]

I’ve seen a lot of fanboys of certain developers talking about how much better their ‘80s synth emulations are, but when I compare demos to the Arturia versions, it’s always the Arturia ones that sound like they actually came from the ‘80s.

These “home team synths” all sound more like ultra-slick modern VA synths. That’s great if that’s what you’re looking for, but they just done have a legit ‘70s/‘80s vibe to my ear.

[andrew71]

This is around the time that one could expect a new V collection. Anyone knows anything about that?

We only got one new instrument now. Typically a new V collection brings 3 new instruments to the table. Maybe Corona caused delays as in many 'industries' but coding software is something that can be done pretty well from home too with online sprint meetings after each sprint.
So can we expect a new V collection around summer? Better to wait and see.

There was a post early on in this thread that implied more was coming. Another post a page or so back also stated that the OB-Xa would be added into Analog Lab by the summer. Taking those hints, I think that the V-Collection will be updated later this year. I think that, as a business, putting the synths out individually gives them more bumps in income than everything dropping at the same time.

[Examigan]

I just tried something with the default init preset from Template in the browser. See if you get the same result. I used the standalone version on a PC with Windows 10.

Switch Unison on, set to Stereo, play one note over and over.
maybe about 3 notes a second. I get a kind of stuttering sound that shouldn't happen if I am just playing just one note repeatedly, and even happens when I turn up the buffer size to 512 samples. Same issue even when Poly is set to 16.

I don't get that issue, but a single held note will take around 30% CPU on Studio One with this setup (more if I increase the dropout protection).

Ok thanks for checking. I just tried it in my DAW (Cakewalk) and had the same issue as before.

[LoveEnigma18]

This is around the time that one could expect a new V collection. Anyone knows anything about that?

We only got one new instrument now. Typically a new V collection brings 3 new instruments to the table. Maybe Corona caused delays as in many 'industries' but coding software is something that can be done pretty well from home too with online sprint meetings after each sprint.
So can we expect a new V collection around summer? Better to wait and see.

There was a post early on in this thread that implied more was coming. Another post a page or so back also stated that the OB-Xa would be added into Analog Lab by the summer. Taking those hints, I think that the V-Collection will be updated later this year. I think that, as a business, putting the synths out individually gives them more bumps in income than everything dropping at the same time.

Absolutely spot on and exactly what I thought yesterday. They took this different approach for the very reason.

Example: Buy OB-Xa V now for $49. Later, probably December 2020, when V Collection 8 is out, give $99 for upgrade from your previous V Collection since discounted upgrades are always minimum $99. So, a sales advantage of $49 per sale.

Instead, I would wait and give $99 in December if I were to upgrade to V Collection 8 and get all the new synths.

But as always, pay more-get early.

[Vortifex]

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[Ingonator]

I just posted this in the other thread:

I just talked with Richard from Synpase Audio and he allowed me to tell that the Synapse Audio OB-Xa plugin will include a Bandpass filter with 12dB and 24dB modes.

This is one of the advanced features that currently is not included in the Arturia plugin and that i used in several of my own patches for the Synapse Audio plugin.

[SLiC]

I just posted this in the other thread:

I just talked with Richard from Synpase Audio and he allowed me to tell that the Synapse Audio OB-Xa plugin will include a Bandpass filter with 12dB and 24dB modes.

This is one of the advanced features that currently is not included in the Arturia plugin and that i used in several of my own patches for the Synapse Audio plugin.

Nice that you tipped Arturia off- I bet it will be in the next update in a few weeks

[wagtunes]

I’ve seen a lot of fanboys of certain developers talking about how much better their ‘80s synth emulations are, but when I compare demos to the Arturia versions, it’s always the Arturia ones that sound like they actually came from the ‘80s.

These “home team synths” all sound more like ultra-slick modern VA synths. That’s great if that’s what you’re looking for, but they just done have a legit ‘70s/‘80s vibe to my ear.

So you actually think the Arturia MIni V sounds closer to an actual Minimoog than The Legend?

What planet are you living on? And yes, I own both and there is no comparison.

[SLiC]

But as always, pay more-get early.

Same with hardware- if you can wait 6 months you get the discounts and sales....shame I hate waiting

[Robmobius]

I’ve seen a lot of fanboys of certain developers talking about how much better their ‘80s synth emulations are, but when I compare demos to the Arturia versions, it’s always the Arturia ones that sound like they actually came from the ‘80s

Nah... Arturia's older synths sound meh compared to their competitors. You sound like the perfect Arturia fanboi. A tad ironic...

I like their newer stuff, however.

[Ingonator]

I found that compared to the real OB-Xa and the Synapse Audio plugin the "F-ENV" button in the Osc section is missing in the Arturia plugin. This in combination with the filter envelope amount knob ("MOD" knob) could be used to do pitch envelope modulation of Osc 2 which is especially useful with typical Osc Sync sounds. It was the only way to do this in the original hardware as this did not include a mod matrix or another way to do such envelope pitch modulation.

In the Arturia plugin it seems to be necessary to use the mod matrix at the hidden panel to do Osc2 pitch envelope modulation or use one of the 4 function generators (which is how it seems to be done in certain presets of the plugin).

I started to compare the Osc Sync in the Arturia and Synapse Audio plugin and somehow there is something strange about how it sounds in the Arturia plugin. I'll try to check this further by replicating one of multiple of my Sync patches i made with the Synapse Audio plugin.

[WasteLand]

Yes, it sounds quite lovely in my opinion.

A couple of patches sent FL Studio's CPU meter over 50%, but FL is weird with CPU. Looking on task manager the actual hit was about 4%. Most patches seemed pretty reasonable on CPU.

which patches. cubase pro 10.5 (not the most "light" DAW, i don;t know the term right now.), tried some patches, nice "average load" usage.

Cyberpunk Bass (Short) is one patch that sends FL's CPU meter to the halfway mark for me. I have an i7 6700k. This plugin generally isn't a CPU destroyer though.

in my case almost halfway, but of course, you can load, it depends, 6 vst instruments and 10 effects and it will still play.

it is most of the time the size of buffer that's is filled up, on one thread/core. (or most of the time, every daw shows it the same, reaper has a deeper view of the usage.)
and yes. unison to 8 is the cpu killer. but i have projects with for example, soft modular, goes 3/4 on it is own, and i still can add two reaktors blocks, also pretty demanding, 2 synths for example, effects, spark 2, etc...

by the way also an i7 6700k (conservative overclock to 4.4 ghz, on all cores, of course).

EDIT: by the way, bought the ob-xa, already in a track. ha! with own preset, from scratch. but i still haven't discovered all possibilities of course.

and: i like the Mini V! (nobody does, but i like, and demoed the legend, personal taste and style of music and way of programming). i wanted to say this. bottom good, yes bottom!, high precise. never have to eq. because this always comes up, in another forum, i tried to discover, how one works, which style you make, how you mix, programming your own presets influence the judgment...
and: because this discussion is now also about the ob-xa v. i will never say choose that emulation or synth. get the one you like, and works for you.

[SLiC]

I’ve seen a lot of fanboys of certain developers talking about how much better their ‘80s synth emulations are, but when I compare demos to the Arturia versions, it’s always the Arturia ones that sound like they actually came from the ‘80s.

These “home team synths” all sound more like ultra-slick modern VA synths. That’s great if that’s what you’re looking for, but they just done have a legit ‘70s/‘80s vibe to my ear.

So you actually think the Arturia MIni V sounds closer to an actual Minimoog than The Legend?

What planet are you living on? And yes, I own both and there is no comparison.

The Legend sounds very good (as does Monark), but it doesn't sound like my Moog Hardware synths ...it often sounds better, as do most Minimoog VSTs!

It doesn't matter to me how close it sounds to an original or current equivalent hardware, it is just 'does the particular sound/preset fit my song in the mix and sound good'. Sometimes the beast 'emulation' isn't the best 'sound' for a mix...that even more the case with hardware!