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

[NastyNasty]

https://soundcloud.com/doctor-frequenst ... day-at-the

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

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)

[MSGsaltsweet]

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

https://soundcloud.com/msgsaltsweet-399 ... al_sharing

[Harmes]

Does Ob-xf have Program Change to quickly switch between banks and presets if this is possible already ?

[EvilDragon]

Yes, steps to make it happen:

1. Inside your user patches folder (Documents/Surge Synth Team/OB-Xf/Patches) create a new folder called MIDI Programs
2. Place your wanted patches inside of it. Prefix them with 000, 001, 002 etc to specify the order in which you want them (it's going to be natural/alphabetically sorted)
3. Program Change should work next time you instantiate OB-Xf (or, if you've already had an instance running, refresh the patch browser)

This won't work with VST3 as it stands, only CLAP and AU, if I remember correctly. Same deal as in Surge XT.

[Lopyt Music]

Third time entering OSC! I had some plugins disabled but I don't know if the script detects that. The harmonic plugins are just OB-Xf I renamed
https://soundcloud.com/lopyt/flow
99x OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team)
57x ReaEQ (Cockos)
29x Event Horizon Clipper (JSFX)
28x ReaVerbate (Cockos)
27x ReaLimit (Cockos)
25x ReaDelay (Cockos)
24x OTT (Xfer Records)
17x Transpire (JSFX)
17x TAL-Filter-2 (TAL-Togu Audio Line)
16x Saturation (JSFX)
11x MIDI Chorderizer (JSFX)
8x ReaComp (Cockos)
7x MIDI Pitch Wheel LFO (JSFX)
6x 1st harmonic (OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team))
6x 2nd harmonic (OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team))
6x 3rd harmonic (OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team))
3x MIDI Arpeggiator (JSFX)
3x ReaGate (Cockos)
3x MIDI Velocity Variation Generator (JSFX)
2x GATE-12 (Tilr)
2x MIDI Note Filter (JSFX)
1x ReEQ (JSFX)

Master:
OTT (Xfer Records)
ReEQ (JSFX)
Spectral Compressor (Robbert van der Helm)
ReaEQ (Cockos)
Event Horizon Clipper (JSFX)
ReaLimit (Cockos)

[terrasomniac]

This is a song about my first migraine, which happened 2 weeks ago. It started with an extreme visual distortion called a "Scintillating Scotoma".

This song is 1-instance-per-sound. I did not use the piano roll; the song just kind of plays itself. The main "trumpet" melody is triggered by impulses generated from OB-XF's noise + LFOs. The LFO rates are adjusted over time, along with some other things, to create the melody. All other sounds are triggered/started when the melody hits a certain note. I applied light automation, and used a crapton of external modulation with MSEG-1.

https://soundcloud.com/terrasomnia/scin ... ng-scotoma

DAW: Reaper

14 Instances of OB-XF (7 instances are the sounds you actually hear)

MASTER: ReaLimit

TRACK FX: BlueARP, dearVR Pro, kHs Gain, MIDI Chorderizer, MIDI Note Filter, MIDI Note Hold, MIDI Pattern/Scale Variation Generator, MIDI Transpose Notes, midiNoteRepeater, MONSTR, MSEG-1, RandARP, ReaEQ, ReaGate, ReaLimit, Room Reverb, SPAN, TDR Kotelnikov, TDR Nova, Valhalla Supermassive.

[Nd6829]

https://soundcloud.com/nd-6829/osc-208

I have to say, the KVR OSC has provided a truly wonderful community, and I am grateful for it.
The music created by the community members is so good, and I take my hat off to them.
The fact that this community remains free of any disruptive behavior is a reflection of the management by the administration.
Once again, thank you so much to the organizers and all the members for providing such a wonderful opportunity.

- OB-Xf × 22
- GarageBand
- Channel EQ
- dearVR PRO 2
- Raum
- Vinyl
- Fracture
- GarageBand Limiter
- GarageBand Echo
- Garageband Tremolo
- Softube Saturation Knob

[z.prime]

OB-Xf is pretty great! The prolific baconpaul, EvilDragon, and crew have made another great sounding, stable, and efficient synth. Being OB-X sort of thing always ends up being a bit limiting, but I made something anyway:

https://soundcloud.com/z_prime/we-used-to-be-friends

28x OB-Xf

Bitwig 6.0.6
Bitwig FX: Tool, Compressor+, Delay+, EQ+, Freq Shifter+, Filter+ (for saturation),
Other FX: Xfer OTT, Magic 7, Valhalla Supermassive, TDR Nova, vladg Limiter no6, ANINA, kHs Clipper / Distortion / Trance Gate, Blep Destruqtor, Cramit, TAL Reverb 4, STFU

[doctorbob]

To echo @z.prime, very nice implementation of the OB. Kudos to the Surge Synth Team.

Here's my entry, a little move away from my usual genre - you got to try now and then?

DAW Reaper

Track Details: 21 * OB-xf, 21 * ReaEQ, 1 * STFU, 1* ReaLimit, 1 * kHs Compactor, 1 * kHs Compressor, 2 * Oril River, 1 * TDR Nova, 3 * LFX-1310, 10 * OTT
Master: TDR VOS SlickEQ,Voxengo MSED, Limiter No. 6
Meter: SPAN, YouLean Loudness Meter
Stats: LUFSI -10.8

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/liquidity