One Synth Challenge #208: OB-Xf by the Surge Synth Team (Now Compatible with OB-Xd patches!)

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Ok, so, I'm not happy with the end result, but I need to stop fiddling with it. I like some of the individual parts, but as a whole feels a bit soulless. The mix isn't very good either, that doesn't help :clown:

I think the main failing was that I was originally trying to force a vision for the sound design onto OB-Xf, rather than letting it actually dictate the direction and play to its strengths, so the end result is a mix of things thrown together that I don't feel nearly as cohesive as they should be.

It was a good playground for some different stuff though - side-chained compression, reverb, bus compression (but probably not used very well), and some native DAW LFO automation of the synth options.

Keen for next month, I have some composition ideas I want to play with, and this time let the synth actually drive the sounds rather than ham-fisting shit together.

Reaper
OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team) x 35
MCompressor (MeldaProduction - Bus Compression) x 3
ReaFir (Cockos - EQ) x 12
ReaComp (Cockos - Side-Chain Compression) x 2
Space Knob (Abletunes - Reverb) x 6
TDR Prism (TDR)
Oscilloscope Meter (Cockos)
Last edited by NastyNasty on Wed Jun 24, 2026 1:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Thank you for the wonderful challenge. I really enjoyed the synth.

DAW : Ableton 12
14 instances of OB-XF

stock plugins used :
utility, EQ8, Limiter, Compressor, Drum Buss, Convolution Reverb, Convolution Reverb Pro, Hybrid Reverb, Delay, Echo, Filter Delay, Auto Pan-Tremolo, Auto Filter,

3rd party free plugins used :
Xfer OTT,
Analog Obsession - Brit Channel, Britpressor, LAEA, VariMoon, Poortec, LALA, Kolin

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