Gmedia S.O.B.

[DocAtlas]

Well it's about time to get this going again isn't it !
SonicState's weekly podcast got the scoop on episode 28 I think (1/18/07)
That it was on the shelf because 32 filtered panned voices "gliding" crashed every machine they had ...so it was waiting for a fix or cpu speed ups .
That said , One of the guys from Gforce has a myspace page and in his "interests he mentions playing S.O.B. Also there diary page has been hinting at something "cool"
So maybe ?

However I think we should start a poll and let the fine blokes over a Gmedia know how many potential buyers they have that would probably get the ball rolling again .
So lets get the word out

It's interesting to note that on Gmedia's OB-8 page (http://www.gforcesoftware.com/archive_ob8.php) they mention that getting 2 OB-8's got them thinking about what their ultimate OB would consist of. They mention the architecture of the OB-8 with the filters & mod routing of the Xpander, rounding it off with making the filters as seamless as the SEM and adding some new waveforms. They end with commenting that the result could be one serious sonofabitch.

I find it interesting that the term used is what is often abbreviated S.O.B.; could they be dropping a hint that the S.O.B. is still being worked on? One can only hope. If so, it looks like they may be giving us a better idea of what its capabilities may be. And maybe it won't be long before it's officially uveiled. Winter NAMM 2009, perhaps?

[loungedumore]

Well it's about time to get this going again isn't it !
SonicState's weekly podcast got the scoop on episode 28 I think (1/18/07)
That it was on the shelf because 32 filtered panned voices "gliding" crashed every machine they had ...so it was waiting for a fix or cpu speed ups .
That said , One of the guys from Gforce has a myspace page and in his "interests he mentions playing S.O.B. Also there diary page has been hinting at something "cool"
So maybe ?

However I think we should start a poll and let the fine blokes over a Gmedia know how many potential buyers they have that would probably get the ball rolling again .
So lets get the word out

It's interesting to note that on Gmedia's OB-8 page (http://www.gforcesoftware.com/archive_ob8.php) they mention that getting 2 OB-8's got them thinking about what their ultimate OB would consist of. They mention the architecture of the OB-8 with the filters & mod routing of the Xpander, rounding it off with making the filters as seamless as the SEM and adding some new waveforms. They end with commenting that the result could be one serious sonofabitch.

I find it interesting that the term used is what is often abbreviated S.O.B.; could they be dropping a hint that the S.O.B. is still being worked on? One can only hope. If so, it looks like they may be giving us a better idea of what its capabilities may be. And maybe it won't be long before it's officially uveiled. Winter NAMM 2009, perhaps?

I have no reason to think they scraped it . They spoke of the impOSCar filter taking two years so....
Anyway yes there are many hints ...

[Kriminal]

i think they are waiting for a dual core prob in SE to be fixed before they can finish S.O.B.

[loungedumore]

i think they are waiting for a dual core prob in SE to be fixed before they can finish S.O.B. :wink:

SE ? Problem ?

[ionized]

i think they are waiting for a dual core prob in SE to be fixed before they can finish S.O.B.

[electro]

i think they are waiting for a dual core prob in SE to be fixed before they can finish S.O.B.

Gmedia synths don't work on multicore machines?

[Mr Arkadin]

OK look, there's a big fat WINK at the end of that sentence. That's so people who don't 'get it' realise it's a joke. Do you really think GMedia use Synth Edit in their emulations? Come on (taps knuckles on heads emoticon).

[loungedumore]

Not that it matters ...but doesn't Viscount and not Gibson own the OB name ?

[beej]

No, Gibson own it.

From the wiki:

"The [Oberheim] trade mark was later licensed to Viscount International SpA, an Italian digital-organ producer, by Gibson. Viscount developed in a few years various instruments that were very innovative for the time and are still requested: the digital synth Oberheim OB12, the guitar DSP GM-1000 with lot of effects, the MC series of master keyboards, and the OB3², a portable and inexpensive imitation of the popular Hammond series of organs."

[loungedumore]

Got a good feeling this topics about to get an update .

[PAK]

It seems the original SOB thread I posted on KVR was so long ago that it's now vanished into the midsts of time It's certainly looking like it'll be announced - finally! They must've been working on it for a good 4 years now?
I would guess Sonic State will have the news first, if there's anything to announce..

Btw, For all the "SE jokes", they're going to have to work helluva hard to be better than OP-X Pro, as far as an authentic Oberheim sound goes. I really hope it's not another Minimonsta (a good synth, but an otherwise poor Moog emulation attempt). I really hope the time was spent working on getting the tone right more than adding Xpander type features. I guess time will tell.

[kritikon]

Everyone's convinced it's going to be an OB8? I was kinda hoping it might turn out to be an SEM 32-voice with Xpander architecture or summat. I suppose if they have to, an OB8 would do...


Anyway Kriminal's on the wrong track. I have it on good authority that all new GMedia products are going to be RTAS only. Better buy that ProTools rig now...

[hakey]

Everyone's convinced it's going to be an OB8? I was kinda hoping it might turn out to be an SEM 32-voice with Xpander architecture or summat. I suppose if they have to, an OB8 would do...

I thought it was going to be a mix and match of a load of OB stuff including SEM type filters, Expander routings and OB8 like features - that's going by the hints they've given on the website.


(and is the word 'summat' in common usage in N.Z.?)

[Shabdahbriah]

And no one cares about OP-X because it's not even made by a dev. It's slapped together in synthedit, only available in one format/platform. Then he tries to sell a crippled reaktor version so he can say it runs on mac too.

I actually quite like the sound of the OP-X emu, and am very interested in this particular "version". Does anyone "else" (who actually owns it) believe it to be "crippled"???

~S~

[Dave Blakely]

Everyone's convinced it's going to be an OB8? I was kinda hoping it might turn out to be an SEM 32-voice with Xpander architecture or summat. I suppose if they have to, an OB8 would do...


Anyway Kriminal's on the wrong track. I have it on good authority that all new GMedia products are going to be RTAS only. Better buy that ProTools rig now...

Theres gonna be much trouser seepage when you find out what it REALLY is and thats as far as i dare say lest Dave detonates the 4lb bag of C4 he insists all us minions wear at all times..... its a hard life guvnor, but the rewards are good