Gforce Software Oberheim SEM

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[chk071]

I agree, fine tuning should be possible in 0.01 increments.

[chk071]

Gforce is a nice company, so as an OB-E owner, I might get this SEM offer. But I'm not sure, because I try not to collect synths that overlap....

I'm thinking about getting it, because the SEM emulation I already own (bx_oberhausen) has some small things I'm not so fond off... e.g., you can't get the attack stage of the envelopes to be tight. They're always a bit open the whole time, even when you turn the circuit emulation thing off. And, if you turn it on, I find the variance of the LFO speed to be too much, and the variance of the envelope stages as well.

[Shaetano]

I agree, fine tuning should be possible in 0.01 increments.

.01 increments are possible in the software using the centre dial, but you do have to move quite subtly.

[chk071]

Ok thanks. I'll give it a try.

Edit: Nope, doesn't work here. Only in 0.03 increments.

Are you using some special kind of mouse, or mouse settings (higher DPI or something)?

[Shaetano]

Hmm… I’m using a trackpad. I’ll test a mouse in a bit.

[ians]

0.1 is possible here with my trackpad although its quite fiddly to get right

Have to say this thing is lovely. I don't want other SEM but I'm really into mono synths these days. This has the same quality about it that Repro 1 has.

The sequencer is a great addition

[MillerSam]

The dual sequencer is neat, you can export the sequencer lines as MIDI files with drag and drop

[woodsdenis]

Mac users beware, SEM has a min requirement of 10.15, which is odd as OB-E is 10.12 ? I have downloaded the demo and it seems ok on 10.14.6

[Arashi]

SEM has an arpeggiator and a 32-step sequencer which OB-E doesn't have.

OB-E does have a sequencer. It’s only 8 steps, but you can actually edit the steps, and it can also be used as an arpeggiator. Who cares anyway. Every DAW is a far more powerful sequencer and most of them have a much better arpeggiator as well.

[mholloway]

This is so pointless, honestly. Just a chunk of a bigger synth. It should be a freebie, to get people interested in the OB-E and Gforce.

At the very least, OB-E owners should get it for free, obviously, but instead they are charged for it with a tiny discount.

[plexuss]

Pay Our Software Developers

Im not a dev but I work in digital. Its work. They should be paid.

[mholloway]

Pay Our Software Developers

Im not a dev but I work in digital. Its work. They should be paid.

I'd literally be buying 1/8th of a Synth I already paid them nearly 200 dollars for. Does that honestly make sense to you?

You can put the OB-E in single voice mode, at which point, aside from the Sequencer difference, it literally *is* this new SEM plugin. Why would anybody pay 30+ bucks for that, if they own the big brother?

[pough]

I won't pay 20 pounds for something because the developers are cheapskates and I feel entitled to it.

[plexuss]

Pay Our Software Developers

Im not a dev but I work in digital. Its work. They should be paid.

I'd literally be buying 1/8th of a Synth I already paid them nearly 200 dollars for. Does that honestly make sense to you?

I have OB-E. I plan to demo SEM and see if it's going to be worth it to me. If not, I won't buy it. However that's me. I totally understand someone who has no use for it, in which case the action is not to buy it. To expect it for free is confusing because I don't understand why GForce would be expected to give it away for free when it cost them money and the basis of their business is revenue and profit. *shrug* I am all for a socialist economy but we don't have that. The majority of people vote for Capitalism. Pay up!