Encore make midi retrofits for the oberheim obx and ob8 as well as the roland jupiter 8 obx ob8 factory presets. Asking because my wallet is burning in my pocket and i want to talk some sense into myself. Obxd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. Afaik these are the factory patches since a1 is clearly the van halenjump patch on. And as promised here are some famous presets of the oberheim ob8. Recently fully tested by a professional shop and everything working perfectly. Fatsem is a collection of 100 topquality presets for your arturia sem v. Swan audio presents a pack of 80 presets and 3 great looking gui skin variations to give an oberheim style experience in the box using uhe diva.
I think both dave and tom nailed it back then with their pro5 and obxaob8. Oberheim ob xa in excellent physical condition with great cosmetics. This unit is the 8 voice version and has the 120 program mod vs the original 32 program set up. About 6,000 units were produced across three revisions. Prophet 08 vs oberheim ob 8 recently i did a video comparison between the prophet 08 and the ob 8, and it was frighteningly close how the p08 got close to the ob8 sound. Prophet 08 vs oberheim ob 8 at the suggestion of a member, i started a thread on this topic. You can just sit for hours tweaking this thing and through a single push of a single slider.
This means that, in addition to the quarterinch leftright stereo outputs and the quarterinch trs headphone output alongside them, youll find two quarterinch trs expressionpedal inputs for loudness and the filter cutoff frequency, and two quarterinch ts inputs for sustain and. Instead of discrete circuits for oscillators and filters, the obxa and the oberheim synths to follow switched to curtis integrated circuits. Daves prophet 5 is probably the best looking synth ever. Nov 25, 20 oberheim ob8 analog synthesizer1983 specs 61key8voice 2vco per voice wave. Hey guys, im facing a dilemma at the moment and require some guidance. Kontakt vintage synthesizers kid nepro sound patches and. This mode is unique to the arturia prophet v, something that doesnt has a equivalent with the classic hardware synths. The presets were carefully selected and tirelessly modeled from my oberheim ob8 creating what i believe is the most analoguelike plugin polysynth experience to date. I think theres a preset for jump on board the rev2 and yes some whove owned obies say it can sound more obie like than the ob6 at times but of course its not gonna be like a vintage vco monster nor neither is the prophet 6 or ob6 vcos or not they sound quite modern and hard vs real old vcos in fact the p6 sounds hard and the ob6 sounds. All used electronic parts are tested and guaranteed working. He told me, its basically a prophet 6 with sem filters. The ob8 is a very warm and rich sounding eight voice polyphonic synthesizer with. Oberheim ob 8 vs dsi prophet 08 test by inhalt youtube. The obxa was available in four, six or eight voice polyphonic models.
It attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number of things were added or altered to the original design. Recently i did a video comparison between the prophet 08 and the ob 8, and it was frighteningly close how the p08 got close to the ob8 sound. Its sound, size and power are very similar to the prophet 5 from sequential. Oberheim obxa 1981 analog synthesizer i have programmed a few of my favorite obxa sounds on the ob6 for a comparision video. Oberheim ob 12 manuals manuals and user guides for oberheim ob 12. Heres what kid nepro has to say about the arturia prophet v collection. Wanted to see if anyone had similar experiences or what their findings are. New samples from the best vintage synths ever made. Because we own a raft of sequential circuits gear including the pro one, prophet 5 rev 2, prophet 5 rev 3, six track, multitrack, drum tracks and prophet 10, one day well get around to a fullon feature. The ob8 is part of the famous obline, and was a refinement and evolution of oberheim s obx and obxa. Encore make midi retrofits for the oberheim obx and ob8 as well as the roland jupiter 8 obxob8 factory presets.
Oberheim obxa 1981 analog synthesizer battle duration. Get the best of our vintage synths on one great cdrom. This soundbank was created by sound designer noam gingold. Instead of discrete circuits for oscillators and filters, the obxa and the oberheim synths to follow swi. It should come as no surprise that the rear panels of the ob6 and prophet 6 are the same.
The prophet5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by sequential circuits between 1978 and 1984. Page 1 of 3 oberheim obx vsti posted in making modern music. We have 1 oberheim ob 12 manual available for free pdf download. Altogether there are 480 waves in these wavetables. The 08 and rev2 do indeed achieve some great oberheim patches. The prophet5 was the first fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer and the first musical instrument with an embedded microprocessor. You must get hands on to reap the benefits and not rely on the factory patches great though some are. Sequential prophet 5 operation manual created date. Heres a classic analog polyphonic synthesizer from 1983, the oberheim ob8.
I myself dont really give a rats ass if this is a real oberheim or only a viscount. Behringer to reissue oberheim obxa classic analog synth. Korg dw8000 cakewalk ins files custom patches philipp koltsovs custom dx7\tx7 bank. The oberheim ob8 synthesizer stores presets in memory with the use of a battery backup. Does the dave smith instruments ob6 have the classic. A demo bank with 10 free presets is available for instant download. Samples from the classics, mini moog, prophet5, oberheim ob8, matrix12. The obxa is a massive analog synthesizer with a very familiar and classic oberheim sound. Its also not a cheap battery thats easy to find at the local drugstore. The prophet 5 story is very detailed and probably best told elsewhere. About this synththe oberheim ob8 is a subtractive analog synthesizer launched by oberheim in early 1983. Initially, they developed the prophet 10, a synthesizer with ten voices of polyphony.
Oberheim ob8 analog synthesizer1983 specs 61key8voice 2vco per voice wave. With other multitimbral synths like my jp8 and ob8, i can do the same but 4 voices gets pretty limiting. Jun 26, 20 but i feel as though the individual patches are close enough to each other to drive the point home. For example its really nice to have one patch just for the attack and another just for the sustain. Oberheim ob8 the ob8 was the last in the ob trilogy of synths starting with the obx in 1979, moving on to the obxa in 1981 before arriving at the ob8 in 1983. Off the top of my head sci prophet 600, dsi prophet 8, oberheim matrix 6 and ob8, akai ax80, and thats about it off the top of my head at the moment.
Home manuals oberheim ob8 owners manual this page contains information about the owners manual for the ob8 from oberheim. The oberheim ob8 is a 61 key, 8 voice polyphonic duotimbral analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators with sync, noise generator, resonant 12db or 24db low pass filter cem3320, dual adsr envelopes, three lfos, 120 presets. The obx was the first oberheim synthesizer based on a single printed circuit board called a voice card still using mostly discrete components rather than the earlier sem synthesizer expander module used in oberheim semimodular systems, which had required multiple modules to achieve polyphony. The entire range used paddle levers for pitch and modulation, oberheim s answer to the wheel controls of the prophet 5. The prophet 5 was created in 1977 by dave smith and john bowen at sequential circuits, who aimed to create the first polyphonic synthesizer with the ability to store and recall patches.
Oberheim ob 12 operating manual 127 pages zdomain synthesizer. Tom oberheims classic twovoice synth gets the arturia treatment in the form of the sem v. Samples from the classics, mini moog, prophet 5, oberheim ob8, matrix12. The oberheim ob8 is a 61 key, 8 voice polyphonic duotimbral analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators with sync, noise generator, resonant 12db or 24db low pass filter cem3320, dual adsr envelopes, three. Because it was released just before midi debuted, the ob8 had no midi implementation originally, but some models were retrofitted with 9channel midi implementation. Sometimes i tweak this synth for ages and get some weird but unusable patches.
I know as ive owned an ob8, 4 voice, xpander, matrix 12, 6 and 6r and currently a tom oberheim tvspro unfortunately, according to tom, its not an ob8 in a six voice version. A quick glance at the three instruments reveals a striking similarity to the point where you begin to question whether there was indeed any differences at all. Get past the oberheim baggage and judge the ob12 on its merits. I have the prophet 6 and it is completely different to anything else i have inc a pro2 i suspect this would overlap it in some areas and not in others.
A locally cached version of owners manual is available at. However this one has up to 8 voices which can be split, layered and stored. Oberheim obx vsti making modern music the rush forum. The ob8 is a very warm and rich sounding eight voice polyphonic synthesizer with that classic oberheim sound. There was a version made for reaktor, but it doesnt have all of the features needed for these patches to be compatible. Jan 31, 2011 included are 40 prophet5 patches, 40 prophetvs patches and 20 new hybrid mode sounds. Originally released in 1980, the obxa is a large analog synthesizer with a distinctive oberheim sound. Introduced in 1974, the oberheim sem synthesizer expansion module was developed as an addition to a keyboard synth or a sequencer, not as an instrument in its own right. Is it worth buying the updated version over the 2ndhand p8s and if so, are 16 voices significantly more useful in bitimbral.
Oberheim matrix 6 matrix6 vintage analog synthesizer. Unfortunately the battery is soldered to the board and not easy to change yourself. Kenton midi retrofits kenton make midi retrofits for the korg trident, poly6, poly61, cx3 and bx3 organs as well as the oberheim obx, ob8, obxa, sequential circuits prophet 5, roland jupiter, juno6, juno60 and rhodes chroma, plus yamaha. You might also consider as a supplemental synth an obseries oberheim which will come closer to the prophet sound and is capable of fatter sounds than either the prophet or jupiter. Kontakt vintage synthesizers cdrom kid nepro sound patches. And the flurry of synth news from the behringer camp continues.
Tom oberheim s classic twovoice synth gets the arturia treatment in the form of the sem v. Make offer oberheim matrix6 analog keyboard refurbished. Later i bought the arturia prophet v mostly for the vs engine and especially for the hybrid mode, where you can combine different modules of the prophet 5 and the prophet vs engines osc, filter, routing. Though these controls were never as popular as the standard pitch and modulation wheels, the philosophy was to mimic the motion of a guitar player bending the strings on their guitar. This is an extremely powerful, classy sounding analog polysynth, and thanks to the numerous knobs and buttons, its easy to program and configure once you got an idea of all the various parameters. This copy of owners manual was originally available from.
This page contains information about the owners manual for the ob8 from oberheim. This listing reflects our current inventory and is updated daily, so if a part is shown with a buy button, we should have it in stock. Synthchaser battery eliminator for oberheim ob8 synthesizer. The ob8 was the last of the classic ob series that included the ob1, obxa and obx. Feb 16, 2016 there are differences between this and the prophet 6, prophet 5, ob8, obxa anyway.
For the karma classic synths soundbank, we have recreated the popular sound of vintage analog and digital synthesizers adding many new real time control features found on the karma. It belongs to the obx product line of polyphonic compacts synthesizers. Take that classic oberheim sound to new territories, with amazing basses, sequences, leads, keys, textures and much more. The patch king has owed several different prophets over the last 30. The oberheim obxa was a synthesizer created by the oberheim company as an overhaul of their first compact synthesizer, the obx the obxa was released in december 1980, a year after the obx was released. But i feel as though the individual patches are close enough to each other to drive the point home. It sounds amazing and has the oberheim signature sound, especially the filters. Nothing is going to sound identical with exception of the ob8 being the closest. Included are 40 prophet5 patches, 40 prophetvs patches and 20 new hybrid mode sounds. The ob8 is part of the famous obline, and was a refinement and evolution of oberheims obx and obxa. The patch king has owed several different prophets over the last 30 years and still has a prophet vs rack in the studio.