Upcoming Synapse OB-Xa: Obsession

[AnX]

]Do the trimmers allow you to (at least) adjust the attack timing of each voice, in addition to things like resonance?

within a limited range, yes

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Any of the Page 2 features of the OB-8 find their way into OBsession?

such as?

Such as:

LFO Quantize
LFO Mod Depth Envelopes
LFO Delay
LFO Key Track
LFO Invert
Portamento Quantize

See page 36 here:

http://www.synthmanuals.com/manuals/obe ... manual.pdf

[Yorrrrrr]

No, it's just OB-Xa with a few features added. But not those.

[PAK]

it's not diva, it's an obxa emu with some bells and whistles
the two are really not comparable

A lot of subtractive synthesis is samey. Diva is sufficiently flexible that, for some, it dispenses with the need for lots of other "emulative" synths.

Thus, depending on your needs, it is comparable unless you're saying Diva can't cover a whole bunch of OB-XA territory? (Although, in Swan's infamous comparison, it was the more flexible OB-8, I think it somewhat establishes the point that it can cover that territory.. )

As for being an OB-XA emulation, we'll see. Arturia's effort can be improved on. But I've yet to hear anything from Obsession which established it's doing anything special, with resonance, over and above what Arturia's effort does..

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

No, it's just OB-Xa with a few features added. But not those.

If it hasn't already come up, maybe a tester can suggest those to Richard for a future enhancement. Not "must have" by any means, but definitely would be cool, quirky, and fit in with the OB vibe.

[AnX]

in a word, no

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

As for being an OB-XA emulation, we'll see. Arturia's effort can be improved on. But I've yet to hear anything from Obsession which established it's doing anything special, with resonance, over and above what Arturia's effort does..

I'm sure KVR and YouTube both will be swarming with OBsession vs. OB-Xa V videos, and the eventual, OBsession vs. OB-Xa V vs. OB-Xa hardware.

[Calenberger]

Sorry, in all these friendly discussions I've lost track of the release date...
Will it come out before Zebra 3?

[Yorrrrrr]

Yes, probably this week, or the week after. Does Zebra 3 comes out before that?

[AnX]

As for being an OB-XA emulation, we'll see.

thats what it is

SA would not release it if they didn't think it was accurate

im sure Rich knows how to do it better than you or I.

[AnX]

Sorry, in all these friendly discussions I've lost track of the release date...
Will it come out before Zebra 3?

i think sly stallone will come out before Z3

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Love U-he, but come on, Z3 won't be out this year. Sadly. No need to dig in.

[PAK]

Advanced features in the Arturia plugin like the Function generators do not really matter much for me if sound wise IMHO it is much worse than OBsession.

Well, except those functions do matter for that particular aspect of brass sounds. So, depending on how much the step-lfo steps in here, OB-XA V has the advantage there..

Where Arturia messed up is they crippled individual voice variation (on an Oberheim emulation, no less!). That's really short sighted of them and should indeed give Obsession a sonic advantage.

Otherwise, for stuff like the resonance, I'm not hearing it do anything Arturia's doesn't, and it falls short of the OB-XA hardware.. sooo...

[PAK]

I'm sure KVR and YouTube both will be swarming with OBsession vs. OB-Xa V videos, and the eventual, OBsession vs. OB-Xa V vs. OB-Xa hardware.

Maybe, but patch matching ability is a skill. A skill most of the hardware owners have in limited quantities..

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Yeah, but you'll get the chance to do it yourself soon too. So if you can do it better...