Gforce Oberheim OB-X

[mi-os]

Here is another idea how the GUI could be optimized imo. Just a quick and dirty draft. It would look much better if done properly.

The idea is to reduce bright background regions but retain the OB-X look as much as possible. It also separates base and additonal modules more clearly.

Original:

gforce_obx_org.png

Modded:

gforce_obx_mod.png

[JamminFool]

also very nice!

[vertibration]

I think it would be nicer to have the option to hide keyboard, and space out some of these controls. Everything in the UI seems so mashed together

[perpetual3]

Here is another idea how the GUI could be optimized imo. Just a quick and dirty draft. It would look much better if done properly.

The idea is to reduce bright background regions but retain the OB-X look as much as possible. It also separates base and additonal modules more clearly.

Original:
gforce_obx_org.png

Modded:
gforce_obx_mod.png

Wow. Looks great.

[perpetual3]

I think it would be nicer to have the option to hide keyboard, and space out some of these controls. Everything in the UI seems so mashed together

Agreed. I hide keyboards whenever I can.

[db3]

I'm ok with the layout. Agree the top layer background could optionally be black as per the rest of synth which would also somewhat resemble the original. The main grey needs to be quite a bit darker to match.

[Odd Fella]

It looks nice. But I am not so sure I like its sound judging from the audios here. It sounds a bit harsh to me. I never had an Oberheim, but I always thought they made warm, smooth sounds...

"6 HOURS OF USE OR 7 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER."

I think 6 hours is always shorter than 7 days

Do they mean limited to "a total of 6 hours of use within 7 days of installation?"

[MrJubbly]

Here is another idea how the GUI could be optimized imo. Just a quick and dirty draft. It would look much better if done properly.

The idea is to reduce bright background regions but retain the OB-X look as much as possible. It also separates base and additonal modules more clearly.

Modded:
gforce_obx_mod.png

I like it!

[fisherKing]

It looks nice. But I am not so sure I like its sound judging from the audios here. It sounds a bit harsh to me. I never had an Oberheim, but I always thought they made warm, smooth sounds...

"6 HOURS OF USE OR 7 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER."

I think 6 hours is always shorter than 7 days

Do they mean limited to "a total of 6 hours of use within 7 days of installation?"

you could do 50 minutes a day for 7 days... (something like that; i suck at math)...

[MrJubbly]

It looks nice. But I am not so sure I like its sound judging from the audios here. It sounds a bit harsh to me. I never had an Oberheim, but I always thought they made warm, smooth sounds...

"6 HOURS OF USE OR 7 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER."

I think 6 hours is always shorter than 7 days

Do they mean limited to "a total of 6 hours of use within 7 days of installation?"

you could do 50 minutes a day for 7 days... (something like that; i suck at math)...

Imagine demoing a new plugin, but then having to immediately keep track of just how long you've actually been using it for, or even just had it open in your DAW, lest the trial expire the very same day you installed it.

Madness, I tells ya!

[mi-os]

Easy peasy, just take a pen, a piece of paper and an egg timer and set it to say 15 minutes. Then draw a line every 15 minutes or so.

[Frantz]

"6 HOURS OF USE OR 7 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER."

I think 6 hours is always shorter than 7 days

Do they mean limited to "a total of 6 hours of use within 7 days of installation?"

It was even more confusing before! They recently corrected the wording on their website.

The Wayback Machine has the original wording.
https://web.archive.org/web/20231012161 ... ucts/ob-x/

OBXDemoPolicy.png

[fisherKing]

It looks nice. But I am not so sure I like its sound judging from the audios here. It sounds a bit harsh to me. I never had an Oberheim, but I always thought they made warm, smooth sounds...

"6 HOURS OF USE OR 7 DAYS, WHICHEVER IS SHORTER."

I think 6 hours is always shorter than 7 days

Do they mean limited to "a total of 6 hours of use within 7 days of installation?"

you could do 50 minutes a day for 7 days... (something like that; i suck at math)...

Imagine demoing a new plugin, but then having to immediately keep track of just how long you've actually been using it for, or even just had it open in your DAW, lest the trial expire the very same day you installed it.

Madness, I tells ya!

imagine a plugin demo that has constraints, and the end-user has to accomodate those constraints. so hard to be a consumer, there's so much thinking involved!

[Frantz]

you could do 50 minutes a day for 7 days... (something like that; i suck at math)...

No need to limit yourself to 50 minutes when you can relax and enjoy using it for a full 51.4285714286 minutes for 7 days.

(The math is 60*6/7).

[fisherKing]

you could do 50 minutes a day for 7 days... (something like that; i suck at math)...

No need to limit yourself to 50 minutes when you can relax and enjoy using it for a full 51.4285714286 minutes for 7 days.

(The math is 60*6/7).

thanks, i never would have figured that out (and missed out on a total of 1.4285714286 minutes each day of that week)