Gforce Software, something new is on its way...

[werp]

wonders what this offers over the Arturia SEM V....

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

wonders what this offers over the Arturia SEM V....

Eight voices that can be set to do completely independent settings under a single voice controller.

[cantaloupe]

Being 2021 I really hope this has MPE and microtuning

Looks like it doesn't - and it is such a massive waste. There are open source tuning libraries from the surge synth team - how hard can that be to implement?

Control over harmony and pitch is such a basic f**king feature. It is not an academic niche.

[werp]

wonders what this offers over the Arturia SEM V....

Eight voices that can be set to do completely independent settings under a single voice controller.

lifted from the arturia sem v description
“ Your SEM V module basically has the power of 8 SEMs! Thanks to the ergonomic 8-Voice Programmer module, setting each SEM voice is much faster than on hardware...”

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

wonders what this offers over the Arturia SEM V....

Eight voices that can be set to do completely independent settings under a single voice controller.

lifted from the arturia sem v description
“ Your SEM V module basically has the power of 8 SEMs! Thanks to the ergonomic 8-Voice Programmer module, setting each SEM voice is much faster than on hardware...”

Did you watch the G-Force video from today on the unison patch? Try to replicate that on the SEM V.

[zvenx]

After spending the last hour on my bx_oberhausen, I can't wait for Tuesday to come.
Oberheim sound aesthetics really does things to me...

rsp

[werp]

wonders what this offers over the Arturia SEM V....

Eight voices that can be set to do completely independent settings under a single voice controller.

lifted from the arturia sem v description
“ Your SEM V module basically has the power of 8 SEMs! Thanks to the ergonomic 8-Voice Programmer module, setting each SEM voice is much faster than on hardware...”

Did you watch the G-Force video from today on the unison patch? Try to replicate that on the SEM V.

I did watch all of it. I haven’t opened my copy of SEM V for quite a few years. The ‘paperwork’ does mention individual tuning of the voices and multi-timbrality. It also offers extras that the original modules didn’t contain.
Time will tell I guess. No doubt youtube will be hosting some comparison videos. Sooner rather than later I expect Mr Evil Twin

[trackbout]

It looks like the 8 Voice Programmer in the Arturia is more of an arpeggiator thing? Never used it but it doesn't look much like the GForce implementation.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

SEM V takes one SEM module and makes a polysynth module out of it. The OB-E (8-Voice) is 8 individual SEM modules. It would be like running 8 mono instances of SEM one through some kind of polyphonic software to route the voices. Just a different deal, different synth.

I look forward to demoing Tuesday. Should be a nice fun toy to play with.

[werp]

Maybe I’ll fire the Arturia version up...
Looking at the full 8 voices on one screen might possibly do my head in. My problem with the GeForce version is probably visual information overload...Could explain my current preference for hardware over software.

[simmo75]

No, there’s nothing sus here. Briefcasemanx is wanting to use a perfectly legitimate discount that he’s entitled too. It is wholly separate to the £30 coupon sent to subscribers this week.

Is there an introductory price?

[mholloway]

Yeah I didn't watch the whole video initially, and thought "wow - the OB8 really did sound awesome".

So uh, crap. GAS. And i've been promising myself the Odyssey cause the hardware version's a bit unwieldy, space-wise....

Just FYI, the video (and emulation) is about the Oberheim Eight Voice. The OB-8 is a completely different synth.

[Shaetano]

Is there an introductory price?

There will be.

[simmo75]

Is there an introductory price?

There will be.

Thanks.

[Tj Shredder]

It looks like the 8 Voice Programmer in the Arturia is more of an arpeggiator thing? Never used it but it doesn't look much like the GForce implementation.

This video shows an iSEM for iPads. SEM V is for real computers...
The Arturia is theoretically limited in that regard, as it can modify only up to 6 parameters of each voice. In the advanced settings is an 8 voice programmer to do that. Practically that is sufficient. In terms of UI I even prefer that, as you can program the variations of all 8 in one place...
I also setup my bx_oberhausen in Bitwig for 8-voice SEM MPE joy. Works like charm, but eats significant CPU (8 instances in an instrument selector...) Lets see how that GForce compares... Will it support MPE...?