Could Gforce’s Enhanced Oberheim Ob-x Emulation Be Even Better Than The Original Synth?

You don’t need to be a lot of a synth knowledgeable to grasp in regards to the Oberheim OB-X, one in all a number of vintage ‘OB’ tools that helped to outline the sound of the early ‘80s.

Given its high-profile and enduring reputation, it’s no marvel that the OB-X has been emulated quite a lot of instances in device already, however GForce Device obviously thinks it’s were given one thing so as to add to the plugin dialog and has now launched its personal take at the synth.

The basis is that, in addition to supplying you with the vintage OB-X tones of the previous, numerous new options permit this emulation to create contemporary sounds with a contemporary edge.

You’ll use as much as 16 voices, every of which has get admission to to 2 oscillators, a 2-pole resonant low-pass clear out, amplifier and two envelope turbines. The vintage modulation phase is right here, too, however there’s extra – a lot more.

The GForce OB-X provides mono, legato, poly and unison modes (with unison detune) and in addition features a ‘antique’ regulate that lets you regulate the quantity of analogue imperfection. 

What’s extra, there are (deep breath) 4 programmable Macros, new intro, retrigger, segment and smoothing options for the LFO, new stage vacation spot for the LFO, separate PWM1 and a couple of, discrete ranges, discreet monitoring, an arpeggiator, a chord mode with scaler, and person pan of 8 pairs of voices.

Throw in refrain, stereo lengthen and reverb results, X-Modifiers, devoted LFOs and ADSRs for the majority parameters, and also you’ve were given plenty of OB-Xtras to play with.

Greater than 400 presets are integrated to show this ‘new’ OB-X’s tonal vary. Those will also be perused in a new, versatile browser that provides a couple of tagging, sorting and seek choices.

The GForce Oberheim OB-X runs on PC and Mac in VST/AU/AAX and standalone codecs and will recently be bought for the introductory worth of £82. The common worth will probably be £120.

This isn’t GForce’s first Oberheim rodeo, after all; it in the past emulated the corporate’s SEM and OB-E synths, and you’ll be able to recently acquire those in a package with the new OB-X for £204 (common worth £300).

To find out extra and obtain a demo at the GForce Device web page.