sunspot Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Hi all, I need to play Prince - Little Red Corvette and 1999 live and I'd love to find a good way to do it with just iPad/iPhone instead of having to use a laptop. Unfortunately, I don't have any keyboards that have this patch built in. I wondered if anyone has found any good usable versions of the Oberheim OB-X patch for these songs on iOS? Thanks. Quote The Players: OB-X8, Numa Compact 2X, Kawai K5000S, cheap Korean guitars/basses, Roland TD-1KV e-drums. Eurorack/Banana modular, Synth/FX DIY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/syntronikios/ Huge collection of vintage synth sounds. Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinkings Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I recommend OB-Xd...sounds great! Free on desktop and very cheap on iOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Right, discodsp https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/ IK OXa https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/synoxa/ Arturia emulates it too - https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/ob-xa-v/overview Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Zeeon is a nice IOS synth that probably could get you pretty close. I'm not sure any of these will have the actual patch you are looking for, but then typically I have had to program patch into on most keyboards and apps if I want something close. And occasionally they DO have a patch made to sound like a certain song, and I don't think it's very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 OB-Xd [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I know you asked for iOS apps, though just checking what keyboards you have, as those sounds might be possible in your existing gear? Just curious. Thanks, Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 +1 for OB-Xd. Great little program, so much fun to use. Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunspot Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Thank you guys!! Syntronik looks awesome but it was expensive and my iPad mini 2 is pretty old. I went with OB-Xd, it was 10 bucks. I'll play around with it and see if I have any luck. Eric, thanks for asking. My live rig will be based on a Studiologic Numa Compact 2x on the bottom tier and not sure yet on the top. For now, just a soundless 61-key MIDI controller but I'm really curious about the Casio CT-S1 or S400. The Numa has some nice sounds and it's very light weight-wise but unfortunately its sonic shaping capabilities are severely crippled. Case in point - I'm also playing Summer Madness by Kool & The Gang, but the Numa can't do the following: Mellotron string chord swell - No ADSR Attack to change. (Guess I'll have to do this with FX or a volume pedal, or just a sample on the iPad) Saw lead - No glide/portamento setting in the synth engine. (Was planning on using the iOS Moog Minimoog app for this) Very frustrating. I don't have a fancy expensive board so I reckon you can only get the bells and whistles that you are able/willing to pay for. Quote The Players: OB-X8, Numa Compact 2X, Kawai K5000S, cheap Korean guitars/basses, Roland TD-1KV e-drums. Eurorack/Banana modular, Synth/FX DIY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfields Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 For what it's worth, I don't have a great ear for this kind of thing, but I've had fairly good luck just googling something like "how to make 1999 synth patch", following directions, and experimenting, as long as I'm OK with getting the ballpark, not nailing the sound exactly. But, yes, you do at a minimum need something with filters and envelopes and the other basic stuff, but I don't think that should require anything terribly expensive. Neither of the Casios you mention would do it. Whatever happened to the XW-P1? That would do it I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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