bx_oberhausen from Plugin Alliance has landed

[GaryG]

Like... being able to play all 8 SEM modules polyphonically. Which isn't possible in Oberhausen, it just lets you play one SEM module polyphonically.

There are ways of doing this, I've done it using a Reaper specific, midi splitter plugin in which routes subsequent notes to different channels on which you can have whatever vstis you want (different notes on different synths!) I'd be surprised if no ones made a more generic version for all DAWs.

Though think my poor old lappy may combust if I tried to make a poly bx_oberhausen...

[chk071]

I actually tried that yesterday using the xhip notelogic plugin... Didn't work at all in Studio One, but, I was able to make it work in Cubase. Unfortunately it only played all instances at the same time, but no polyphonic notes. I probably did something wrong though.

[GaryG]

I had to try a couple of times in Reaper before I got the channels and sends etc all correct, it may be flexible but reaper routing can still give me a headache.

Didn't know about the xhip plug, may have a look out of curiosity, thanks.

[chk071]

Can you give me a tip how you set up your MIDI splitter plugin? I try to set up xhip notelogic, and just don't get it...

I create an instrument track with notelogic (in Studio One, instrument tracks also function as MIDI tracks), set the input to my MIDI keyboard, then add 4 instances of bx_oberhausen, then set their input to the instrument track with notelogic, set each MIDI channel individually (1-4), then switch to the notelogic channel, set monitoring for all 4 bx_oberhausen channels on, and I don't hear a beep from them.

[Dasheesh]

there was a free script floating around for a while that i would use to up the poly on the synapse moog for a while, and it was amazing, then they added xtra poly to it, and i dumped the script and cannot remember where to find it for the life of me. more then likely got pulled from the net after they started bombing us with "updates". have a deep dive on the webs and you might get lucky and find it tho.

[Tj Shredder]

Bx unfortunately only listens to channel 1. So, depending on how your DAW rechannels you have to do some tweaking just that xhip notelogic might not be enough. In Bitwig I would not need it, as an instrument selector would do it on its own in round robin mode... Several Oberhausens eat significantly CPU, but if it delivers this sort of joy who cares, just render it if necessary...

[chk071]

Ah...

I will try with some other synths then, and see if I can get those to work with notelogic. Thanks.

[Cro-magnon]

It is still possible if each instance of Oberhausen plays one note of a chord.Add as much instances as you need for your chords.
It will be a bit tedious to program,but this is how some artists used their mono synths as pseudo polyphonic synths in the past.

[chk071]

I'm asking myself if I want to go that route anyway. It was rather to test if one can set up an architecture like the 8-voice. Prgramming every single module to match the others is pretty tedious anyway TBH. Thankfully bx_oberhausen has 32 voices, so you can at least get an architecture similar to the OB-X.

Before I tried notelogic, I loaded up 4 instances of Oberhausen in the Studio One multi instrument, set a bit of detune on the saw oscillators, and programmed a bit different filter decay settings for each instance, added some resonance, and played some notes. Sounds lovely when the envelope settings differ a bit on each voice, and gives it that Tom Sawyer like wicked spacey sound. It's also there when you use unison in a single Oberhausen instance, but, I somehow dislike the tuning when you use unison.

[Cro-magnon]

I never bothered myself to do that either,but the end result must sound awesome after hours of fine tuning.
Yes using Oberhausen in polyphonic mode is less hassle.
I haven't tested it yet and not quite a polyphonic SEM,but Synapse Obsession lets you tweak each voice independently for still a Oberheim-ish sound.

[martinjuenke]

Let's do the math:
PA Oberhausen costs 20 bucks per oscillator.
GForce OB-E costs roughly the same per oscillator.
That's fair!
Does OB-E sound four times as fat as Oberhausen?
Obesity is overstated!

[Sinisterbr]

Let's do the math:
PA Oberhausen costs 20 bucks per oscillator.
GForce OB-E costs roughly the same per oscillator.
That's fair!

What?..

[chk071]

Oberhausen cost me 20 bucks per synth.

Actually, a bit less even, I think.

[martinjuenke]

Oberhausen cost me 20 bucks per synth.

Actually, a bit less even, I think.

Okay, then OB-E is overpriced. Just skip it!

[Sinisterbr]

Oberhausen cost me 20 bucks per synth.

Actually, a bit less even, I think.

Exactly, that's how I got it as well. Amazing deal for the quality.