Lots of tech issues getting this one done. For the first time ever Logic would not properly export -- I had to do it in pieces and assemble them. Also had lots of weird things happen, so OB-Xf may need some work. Great sounding synth though!
40 instances in Logic Pro X. Logic EQ, Compressors, Reverb, Delays, Nova Free, Khz Compactor. Enjoy
https://soundcloud.com/ontrackp/ob-xf-t ... hine-final
One Synth Challenge #208: OB-Xf by the Surge Synth Team (Voting Started!)
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- KVRian
- 928 posts since 13 Jan, 2013 from United States
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- KVRAF
- 24442 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
Care to share the details about those weird things?ontrackp wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 4:11 am Lots of tech issues getting this one done. For the first time ever Logic would not properly export -- I had to do it in pieces and assemble them. Also had lots of weird things happen, so OB-Xf may need some work.
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- KVRer
- 3 posts since 27 Dec, 2025
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Hi everyone,Here is my entry for this month challenge :
https://on.soundcloud.com/yuFb5Eik5F8ioDxBos (https://on.soundcloud.com/yuFb5Eik5F8ioDxBos)
DAW : Bitwig
15x Ob-Xf instances
Bitwig Stock Plugins : EQ+, Delay+, Compressor+, Dynamics, Reverb, Convolution, Tool, Saturator, Peak Limiter
Third party plugins : kHs Clipper (Kilohearts), Tungsten (Green Oak), Time-12 (Tilr)
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 24 Feb, 2012
Welp, I rallied as best I could. Had to start an entirely new track, so I said "screw it" and made a single-instance entry. I quite like it, especially for being thrown together in a few hours.
DAW: Reaper
1 x OB-XF
1 x NastyVCSmkII by Variety of Sound
1 x Epic Clouds by Variety of Sound
Primarily used velocity tied to the filter and amp envelopes to create dynamics. A bit of volume and decay modulation but nothing fancy. Hope you enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/mechanought/mech ... al_sharing
DAW: Reaper
1 x OB-XF
1 x NastyVCSmkII by Variety of Sound
1 x Epic Clouds by Variety of Sound
Primarily used velocity tied to the filter and amp envelopes to create dynamics. A bit of volume and decay modulation but nothing fancy. Hope you enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/mechanought/mech ... al_sharing
Disco flangus shenanigans
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- KVRist
- 353 posts since 16 Mar, 2013 from Perú
My entry for this month's contest
Tried to keep the sound pretty raw on this one.
168 instances of Ob-Xf
Bitwig 6.0.6 used
https://soundcloud.com/jruegg/beluga
Bitwig devices:
Modulators:
* Macro & 4-Macro (mostly on the bass sounds, to automate many parameters at once)
* Segments (used on ducking and maybe to control the volume of some drum layers)
* Curves (used as a mod remapper by having it at 0hz and modulating the phase, this in combo with the macros can make very crazy sounds)
Containers:
* Drum Machine (making percussion sets)
* Instrument Selector (for polyphonic 32 unison instruments, using an instance per key)
* Instrument Layer (For simple layered sounds)
* FX Layer
* XY Instrument (For the main morphing bass, which was a monster 13 instance layer + 8 macros)
FX devices:
* Tool (Volume & Width settings)
* Eq+ (static usage, no modulation on this)
* Over
* Delay+ (mild usage)
* Peak Limiter (on the master)
Others:
* Oscilloscope (to see the wave)
* Mid-Side Split (for Mid-Side Eqing)
* Note Receiver (for ducking trigger routing)
* Spectrum (to watch the things)
External VST effects:
* OTT (I should try to stop using this thing)
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Listening back to my entry for OSC61 I can see how much I have improved, some things feel different after 12+ years, but others seem to be the same.
This feels like coming full circle, and it's like I've been chasing a certain sound all this time, a sound that has been elusive but I'm getting closer, maybe it's only reachable with samples and outside of the boundaries of a single synth ...
Tried to keep the sound pretty raw on this one.
168 instances of Ob-Xf
Bitwig 6.0.6 used
https://soundcloud.com/jruegg/beluga
Bitwig devices:
Modulators:
* Macro & 4-Macro (mostly on the bass sounds, to automate many parameters at once)
* Segments (used on ducking and maybe to control the volume of some drum layers)
* Curves (used as a mod remapper by having it at 0hz and modulating the phase, this in combo with the macros can make very crazy sounds)
Containers:
* Drum Machine (making percussion sets)
* Instrument Selector (for polyphonic 32 unison instruments, using an instance per key)
* Instrument Layer (For simple layered sounds)
* FX Layer
* XY Instrument (For the main morphing bass, which was a monster 13 instance layer + 8 macros)
FX devices:
* Tool (Volume & Width settings)
* Eq+ (static usage, no modulation on this)
* Over
* Delay+ (mild usage)
* Peak Limiter (on the master)
Others:
* Oscilloscope (to see the wave)
* Mid-Side Split (for Mid-Side Eqing)
* Note Receiver (for ducking trigger routing)
* Spectrum (to watch the things)
External VST effects:
* OTT (I should try to stop using this thing)
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Listening back to my entry for OSC61 I can see how much I have improved, some things feel different after 12+ years, but others seem to be the same.
This feels like coming full circle, and it's like I've been chasing a certain sound all this time, a sound that has been elusive but I'm getting closer, maybe it's only reachable with samples and outside of the boundaries of a single synth ...
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- KVRAF
- 24442 posts since 7 Jan, 2009 from Croatia
168 instances?!?!?!
That's insane
That's insane
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- KVRist
- 39 posts since 3 Jun, 2025 from USA
Here's my last-minute entry for OSC 208 with OB-Xf. 30 day months keep catching me off guard! (Cover art is not AI this time, but a composite of flame fractals)
https://soundcloud.com/tobiasmiller/osc208
DAW: Reaper 7.64
43x OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team)
11x dearVR PRO 2 (Dear Reality)
11x ReaEQ (Cockos)
9x OTT (Xfer Records)
5x Raum (Native Instruments)
5x MIDI Note Filter (JSFX)
3x kHs Transient Shaper (Kilohearts)
3x GATE-12 (Tilr)
3x ValhallaSupermassive (Valhalla DSP, LLC)
1x TDR Kotelnikov (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
1x ReaComp (Cockos)
Master:
bx_masterdesk Classic (Plugin Alliance)
SPAN (Voxengo)
https://soundcloud.com/tobiasmiller/osc208
DAW: Reaper 7.64
43x OB-Xf (Surge Synth Team)
11x dearVR PRO 2 (Dear Reality)
11x ReaEQ (Cockos)
9x OTT (Xfer Records)
5x Raum (Native Instruments)
5x MIDI Note Filter (JSFX)
3x kHs Transient Shaper (Kilohearts)
3x GATE-12 (Tilr)
3x ValhallaSupermassive (Valhalla DSP, LLC)
1x TDR Kotelnikov (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
1x ReaComp (Cockos)
Master:
bx_masterdesk Classic (Plugin Alliance)
SPAN (Voxengo)
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- KVRAF
- 2233 posts since 29 Sep, 2011
Child's play for Ruegg...
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- KVRist
- 44 posts since 14 Jul, 2017
https://www.airwindows.com/consolidated/MadMcMan wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 12:35 am which airwindows plugin? i like to see if i've missed something cool. was playing with their compressors recently but the track it was on didn't make it to the final edit.
Nice Multi-FX plugin. Worth a try...
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- KVRist
- 44 posts since 14 Jul, 2017
Running on a mulit-core server?
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- KVRist
- 202 posts since 11 Jun, 2021
yeah i know but which fx in it did you use? he's got so many cool reverbs and things i've not tested them all.SIL3NC3_SWX wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 9:11 pmhttps://www.airwindows.com/consolidated/MadMcMan wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 12:35 am which airwindows plugin? i like to see if i've missed something cool. was playing with their compressors recently but the track it was on didn't make it to the final edit.
Nice Multi-FX plugin. Worth a try...