Oberheim obx vs prophet 5 patches

This video, via retrosound, takes a look at a variety of patches, on both a vintage oberheim oxxa and a dave smith instruments ob6 synthesizer the dave smith instruments ob6 does not specifically try to recreate the obxa, but instead has a sound engine inspired by oberheims original sem the core of his acclaimed 4voice and 8voice synthesizers. Its flexible voice engine featuring a separate pannable mono synth for each voice allows to include or exclude any voice of choice which can make it a matrix12 like polyphonic monster synth, a classic four voice synth or even a simple. 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. All used electronic parts are tested and guaranteed working. You either can scroll through the banks freely, or target a dedicated bank by clicking on its file name in the tree structure of the left pane, which will automatically take you to the right place. 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. It featured a 2 pole vcf lowpass filter with its own adsr, a vca with adsr, a flexible lfo section, polyphonic sample and hold, polyphonic portamento and 32 patches of memory. 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 cs70m and cs80. This unit is the 8 voice version and has the 120 program mod vs the original 32 program set up. Uhes about to release an 8 voice replica of the prophet 5, and if it sounds anything like its single voice sister, itll be stunning.

Oberheim ob xa in excellent physical condition with great cosmetics. Turns out it suffered some damage from the corrosive effects of mouse urine. Oberheim retrofitted user patch storage to both polyphonics but this programmer did not memorize all the settings on the sem modules. Tuna in an exploration of sound, building and matching patches on two incredible synthesizers. Its sound, size and power are very similar to the prophet 5 from sequential.

This soundbank was created by sound designer noam gingold. Basses 00 18 effects and percussion 19 58 1st 2nd original oberheim software for the matrix 6 and 6r dos based programs. The first of the ob series oberheim synths, this is a classic analog synthesizer available in 4, 6 or 8 voice configurations. 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. I had to make the same decision between the ob6 and the prophet 6. Obxd free synth emulates the oberheim obx cakewalk. The oberheim obx is an analog polyphonic sound synthesizer.

Individual pages from the obxa programmed patches book 300dpi jpeg files approximately 600kb each. I think steve jansen also did some precussive things on the prophet 5. Sonicprojects opx proii virtual analog software oberheim vsti synth. Afaik these are the factory patches since a1 is clearly the van halenjump patch on. Heres a classic analog polyphonic synthesizer from 1983, the oberheim ob8.

Richard barbieri was photographed in the studio playing the obx. The sem it stands for synthesizer expander module was oberheims way of offering a modular approach to polyphony. Instead of discrete circuits for oscillators and filters, the obxa and the oberheim synths to follow switched to curtis integrated circuits. The obx was introduced in june 1979 to compete with. From what i read and the pictures david sylvian played a lot of the prophet 5 stuff. New oberheim obx sound library for the sequential prophet. I myself dont really give a rats ass if this is a real oberheim or only a viscount.

Dependent on the settings it can sound close to an oberheim, a jupiter8, a prophet5 or even a minimoog. I can record some patches for you if youd like for the prophet 6, i know the battle youre going through lol. There was a term going around the early internet calling the polysix the poor mans prophet 5 and in many regards, this is true. You can just sit for hours tweaking this thing and through a single push of a single slider. Love the concept of the prophet designlayout combined with the oberheim. Obxa programmed patches all pages in one file pdf 83mb. Capable of lush analog synth sounds comparable to the sequential prophet 5 but at a reasonable price. The ob8 is part of the famous obline, and was a refinement and evolution of oberheims obx and obxa. Roland srjv8004 vintage synth,vintage synth for sale. Subjective terms vs objective observations there is a general consensus that older, classic synthesizers from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s have a certain mystical character to their sound. The curtis electromusic cem3310 envelope generator shaped control voltages for the prophet5, memorymoog, and the entire oberheim obseries. As others have mentioned, if you prefer the sound of the sequential prophet 5 filter and want an awesome hipasslopass combo, then the prophet6 is your synth. 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. 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.

The original chip was discontinued in 1985, but weve examined authentic datasheets. You have to know that the synth is capable so as long as you have the dedication to learn it. If you love the oberheim obx and sem filter and its. Obxd virtual analog synthesizer by discodsp synth vst. A demo bank with 10 free presets is available for instant download. Oberheim obx vs sequential p5 v3 i have a obx 8 voice with encore and prophet 5 rev. The obx series could have 8 voices and could do splits and layers so its difficult to get excited for a 6 voice synth with no splits or layers. Sourced from original and perfectly maintained dx7s, a jupiter 8, prophet vs, oberheim obxa, juno 60 and 106, moog, roland d50 and ensoniq sq1 recorded through the f9 audio studios gold standard analogue chain of neve 1081 and api preamps via ssl eq, chandler and gml eq, this incredibly inspiring set of patches for live 9. It should come as no surprise that the rear panels of the ob6 and prophet 6 are the same. The dave smith prophet6 and the dave smithtom oberheim ob6. The obxa was released in december 1980, a year after the obx was released. Fatsem is a collection of 100 topquality presets for your arturia sem v.

Another synth pioneer, tom oberheim, provided musicians with a number of classic designs. And, if you can believe it, i think this is oberheims first twopage advertisement in ck ever. Repro5 patches by bob swans i rarely have the time to create patches since the birth of my daughter but after playing with the public beta of uhe repro5 i was amazed and excited to create some patches similar to my prophet 12 offerings. Oberheim obx evolution of a classic 2page black and white advertisement from page 42 and 43 in the march 1980 issue of contemporary keyboard magazine. What makes dexed one of the best synth vst plugins at the moment is that it lets you harness the power of over 144 dx7 parameters that are daw automatable and a whole range of sick patches that will blow you away. 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. Baring of course the strange poly mod prophet 5 sounds, the polysix can do some of the basic patches you could expect from a p5. Im talking about synths like the minimoog, memorymoog, yamaha cs80, prophet 5, oberheim obx, roland jupiter 8, and others from the golden and silver ages of. Each bank entry offers infos, audio clips and videos for the dedicated bank.

Oberheim ob8 obxa obx vsti opx proawesome the virtual oberheim synth vsti that blows the hardware out of the. Soak in a gamut of nostalgic organ sounds from the 70s thanks to this snazzy organ synth. Korg dw8000 cakewalk ins files custom patches philipp koltsovs custom dx7\tx7 bank. The oberheim obx was oberheim s first fully programmable polyphonic synth and is the direct follower to the sem based 468voice models. Sequential prophet 5 operation manual created date. Great album and a hell of a lot better advert for oberheim than jump. The oberheim obxa was a synthesizer created by the oberheim company as an overhaul of. The very earliest analog synths were monophonic, but of course eventually polyphonic models were developed. First commercially available in june 1979, it was introduced to compete with the sequential circuits prophet5, which had been successfully introduced the year before. The maximum amount of patch memory storage found on many obxas is 120 patch memories. Posted on december 12, 2016 by synthchaser in oberheim exploded tantalum capacitor in the oberheim obx i started rolling the video camera when i repaired a very sick oberheim obx. Obxd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. Waveforms from famous vintage synthesizer like the roland jupiter 8, roland system 700, roland sh2, roland sh101, roland tb303, roland sh5, roland jupiter 6, roland vp330, oberheim obx, arpsolina string ensemble, arp 2600, sequential circuits prophet 5, sequential circuits prophet vs, korg ms20, korg 800dv, korg ps, yamaha cs, some. The prophet 5 and prophet 10 feature voice allocation based on the actual keys struck each key on the keyboard is assigned to a specific primary voice, and if you re strike the same key over and over, youll get the same voices triggered each time.

I have had obx, obsx, obxa, ob8, martrix 6 and 12 etc they all have that sound and i do remember it well. Vco vs dco oscillators objective differences presetpatch. They sound completely different, the obie sounds way more lush an organic, i love it. It featured a 2 pole vcf lowpass filter with its own adsr, a vca with adsr, a flexible lfo section, polyphonic sample and. In fact, ill put a lot of them as being better sounding than some of the cheaper offerings from oberheim, like the matrix 6. This collection includes many famous 80ies songs patches of bands and. Dsi tom oberheim ob6 patch demonstration some patches i made on the new ob6. Take that classic oberheim sound to new territories, with amazing basses, sequences, leads, keys, textures and much more. Its an allnew episode of patch match from scratch, once again featuring the incredible ob6 and prophet6 analog synthesizers. In 1978 the prophet 5 polyphonic synthesizer was released, and its main feature of memorization of all synthesizer parameters attracted legions of customers. Roland sh2, roland sh101, roland tb303, roland sh5, roland jupiter 6, roland vp330, oberheim obx, arpsolina string ensemble, arp 2600, sequential circuits prophet 5, sequential circuits prophet vs, korg ms20, korg 800dv, korg ps, yamaha cs, some famous emu emulator samples, and. I chose the prophet 6 and i do not feel any regret.