Gforce Oberheim OB-X

[egbert101]

Not avatar it's really me. I'm beautiful.

[audiouser720]

Not avatar it's really me. I'm beautiful.

You lucky bugger

[felis]

...The cross modulation doesn't seem to be musically useful in any programming scenario. No matter how you cut it. Even if both oscillators are triangle waves. It's just dissonant chaos no mater what...

If there's a way to tame it down, I haven't found it yet. As it is, it mostly just sounds like noise.

[Sound Author]

...The cross modulation doesn't seem to be musically useful in any programming scenario. No matter how you cut it. Even if both oscillators are triangle waves. It's just dissonant chaos no mater what...

If there's a way to tame it down, I haven't found it yet. As it is, it mostly just sounds like noise.

I did discover a few factory patches that made use of cross-mod in a musical context, but it was basically just to create very subtle atonal overtones. I'm not sure if that's appealing to me since they won't track up and down the keyboard consistently, but there is a practical use case there.

[Mogular]

Anyone checked out the Classic OBX factory presets that Gforce released late last year? These are supposed to be the same as the original Oberheim factory presets. Sound pretty close to my ear when I compare to this:

[D-Fusion]

Anyone checked out the Classic OBX factory presets that Gforce released late last year? These are supposed to be the same as the original Oberheim factory presets. Sound pretty close to my ear when I compare to this:

Yep. The Gforce OB-X is so close that i don't see a need to get the HW.
People who complain about the vst would never be happy with the Original either which proves that the Nostalgia hype is just hype.

I wanted the Behringer UB-XA from the beginning since i love the Oberheim sound but they where to late to release it since i own many of the Emulations which does a good enough job for those so called "classic" Standard subtractive 80s sounds that are so simple that they can be recreated on many different synth emulations from that era.

I don't care if X-Mod or other stuff doesn't go to the Extremes on some of them either since those are sounds that will never be used in a context of a song and are only used for nostalgic dry humping while you play the keys and is a useless argument point just to have something to complain about.

What is more important is that the X-Mod/Filter FM on the Emulations are usable in musical context which they usually are and that is where it matters.

[sacer]

[drsyncenstein]

It was probably Oberheim's version of Sequential's Poly-Mod on the Prophet 5. I don't know, since I've never touched it, but it creates some familiar vintage sounds, so I'm learning.

x-mod comes from the oberheim ob-1, it's just fm (frequency modulation) from one osc to the other.
But the amount of fm and keyboard tracking is fixed, that's what's makes it only useful for metallic sounds.

Polymod can do the same. From osc b to osc a, but polymod has a pot for the amount of modulation, so you can choose how much fm there is.
You can also stop osc b from tracking the keyboard, which makes it a high speed lfo.
Which is one of the things why the ob-x is a bit of a one trick pony compared to the p5.

Both are featured on the Tin Drum album from Japan, lot's of metallic sound on that if you want to study.

[Mogular]

I'm pretty sure that OP-X 3 can be tweaked to get the same result, but the preset pack that comes with it for the OB-X actually sounds quite different. To be honest I think that the OP-X presets sound `better` than the originals, but when comparing like for like they do not sound the same.

[J Veronica]

I haven't heard any direct comparisons between the Gforce OB-X and the original, or OBX8.

Are they scared? lol

[Dirtgrain]

I haven't heard any direct comparisons between the Gforce OB-X and the original, or OBX8.

Are they scared? lol

Yes, Gforce said, "Bring it," and OBX8 is hiding like a punk in the swamp.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Version 1.5 of OB-X is out. It brings with it a slightly darker UI.

Note: the download links in my account all went to version 1.0.1 (Mac and Windows) but the demo download links on the product page were for version 1.5.

Get it here: https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/ob-x/

Notes:

Version 1.5

New:

Browser 2.0 implementation
including expanded search by patch author and notes.
Improved Audition feature.
Patch rename, and patch delete in menu.
Added native support for the Soundforce SFC-OB MIDI controller.
Altered GUI appearance to improve legibility.

Fixed:

Fixed collection export issue on Windows
Fixed error caused by manually entering lower than possible values into filter cutoff.
Fixed bug that causes sub-sonic noise after playback.
Fixed pitchbend bug that caused the bend note to reset prematurely.
Fixed issue where standalone MIDI channel setting affected plugin versions.
Mac Installer no longer requires rosetta to run.
Windows installer updates MS VB Redistributable package.

[Mogular]

The Soundforce SFC-OB integration is really good. You will need to download and install new firmware from the Soundforce site and there is also a checkbox in the preferences that needs to be switched on. The plugin will recognise that there is an SFC-OB plugged in and show an overlay. I'm not 100% sure but I think the controller also needs to be put into OB-X mode to work as expected. Once you have that you can change presets on the controller and all of the buttons update to match what is in the preset.

[hurricaneaudiolab]

Version 1.5 of OB-X is out. It brings with it a slightly darker UI.

What's like a word to use here that means less than slightly?

But then maybe my screen's brightness and contrast are too jacked up.

[Examigan]

Version 1.5 of OB-X is out. It brings with it a slightly darker UI.

What's like a word to use here that means less than slightly?

A tad bit?