Product Reviews by KVR Members

Since I never owned all these instruments I can't say anything about the accuracy of emulation, but it's so much fun to check the exact features and sounds of all these also optically carefully recreated classics and so get an idea of what they did. I got the bundle for a great price and so I'm very happy.

This synth simply sounds freaking awesome and the included libary is second to none. Coming from PRO-II the new features are a godsend, especially the new patch browser and the mod matrix which opens up incredible possibilities. There's some stuff I simply couldn't do in PRO-II which I now can. I however hated the original ocre color, that's why I was very glad when they released the alternative blue and dark skins. I'm using the blue one now which I really like. The interface initially is looking very complicated and cluttered and almost put me off from upgrading initially, but after using it a while now I find it much more logical than PRO-II and therefore a lot easier to program stuff without grabbing the manual everytime. For newbies there's probably still a learning curve since there's so much stuff, but as a "trained" OP-X PRO-II user you know most controls already. And after using the new patch browser a while you almost can't go back to PRO-II. Plus the sound is even better. I don't think anything compares regarding richness of texture, fullness and warmth. Each patch in the library is outstanding. So if you're serious about sound take the effort to dig into it even though it's quite a bit harder than in other synths. You'll be rewarded.

This is simply an awesome sounding synth. It's obivously an Oberheim OB-X emulation from the looks, but this thing really can emulate the typical classic sounds of all kinds of iconic synths of this era including Jupiter-8 and Prophet-5. Especially the Jupiter-8 factory presets the synth ships with sound closer to the real thing than anything else I've heard so far. The synth furthermore comes with absolutely tons of included soundbanks which really all are absolutely outstanding.

The synth offers a nearly endless number of features including voice based detuning, dozens of arpeggiator presets, FM, ring modulator, effects, automated voice panning, step-sequencer and so on. This on one hand is great of course, but if you want to program your own sounds from scratch the plentora of features also becomes a disadvantage somehow since a lot of stuff isn't really obvious and often isn't laid out logically which makes reading the manual a must and therefore can be cubersome. There's really a steep learning curve and I hope they one day provide something like a video tutorial.

Luckily the provided soundbanks are as good and there are as many sounds that you don't necessarily need to program your own sounds. If I do then I almost never start from scratch but just edit an existing preset which already sounds alike which saves me a lot of work.

I initially also wasn't happy with the interface which was too small and hard to read. But then they luckily released bigger interfaces and also an alternative interface without keyboard and unnecessary stuff which is my favourite. Especially the largest version of this interface, the Rack Edition Huge, really is like day and night compared to the original interface with huge sharp controls and big sharp text. Still a bit complicated but a lot better than the original one.

Another positive point to mention is that this synth is very light on CPU for a virtual analog having such a great sound. I'm able to use more than 10 instances in a one session on my medicore computer which is really great.

So all in all I really can highly recommend this synth.