timwat Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 New cottage industry: The Synth Shell. Like the piano shell, but cooler. 1 3 Quote .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aynsley Green Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 As an interesting aside, the timing of the release of the Oberheim and the Behringheim can't be coincidence, and the backlash in the comments speak for themselves. Despite the years of hype, it doesn't actually sound very good, does it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUKX5QB_x1g Quote Aynsley Green Trio - Caravan Upper: Sequential OB6 or Roland Fantom 06 Lower: Nord Stage 4 Compact or Yamaha YC88 Sometimes: Hammond SK2, Roland System 8, Roland SH2, Roland SE-02, Roland JX-08, Korg Prologue 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aynsley Green Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, timwat said: New cottage industry: The Synth Shell. Like the piano shell, but cooler. Even Sir Paul isn't above it Quote Aynsley Green Trio - Caravan Upper: Sequential OB6 or Roland Fantom 06 Lower: Nord Stage 4 Compact or Yamaha YC88 Sometimes: Hammond SK2, Roland System 8, Roland SH2, Roland SE-02, Roland JX-08, Korg Prologue 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Hands-on tour of the Oberheim OB-X8 with Francis Preve "I intentionally created and recorded more exotic sounds, since there will be a deluge of “Jump brass“ and more common rock and synthwave patches from influencers and reviewers. " So, skip this article if you just want to hear that Jump riff for the gazillionth time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammondDave Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, GovernorSilver said: So, skip this article if you just want to hear that Jump riff for the gazillionth time. No need. The Korg Module has an excellent sample of it. 1 Quote '55 and '59 B3's; Leslies 147, 122, 21H; MODX 7+; NUMA Piano X 88; Motif XS7; Mellotrons M300 and M400’s; Wurlitzer 206; Gibson G101; Vox Continental; Mojo 61; Launchkey 88 Mk III; Korg Module; B3X; Model D6; Moog Model D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 16 hours ago, HammondDave said: No need. The Korg Module has an excellent sample of it. Glad I don't have to buy Korg Module. So far I am enjoying Francis Preve's blessedly Jump-free demo tracks. YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 If they are willing to do so, I think young cats like Nick Semrad, J3PO and Anomalie have the best shot at making a synth like the OB-X8 appeal to a younger generation of synthesist/musicians. Those guys have the ability to program and play synths in tune with modern music. 😎 1 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Def. looking forward to hearing it under the hands of cats like those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyS Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 i don't need it ....... but I want it............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Nice write up at synthanatomy. OB-X8, Tom, Focusrite, Marcus Ryle and the team. Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT156 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 8:19 PM, mcgoo said: My perspective is that, wow this is cool and will likely sound lovely, but.... Why? What unexplored territory is there with this? I use VSTi's for 90% of what I do, but I just bought a Polybrute last year because there was an instrument that could do things I couldn't do with software. Save for splitting hairs, I'm not sure that would be the case would any of these reissues, much as I might like to own them all. Maybe. But could you play JUMP? 😉 2 Quote Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 fyi, I got a Guitar Center 15% off coupon today, and clicked to see the items *included* (unless I screwed up). Normally there is a giant list of exclusions, but clicking the email link brought me to the items in the sale. Among the items included appears to be the OBX8. That's quite a discount assuming you were going to pay $5K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 didn't appear that way for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Weird, it's definitely in the promotion for me. I did click the link from an email, I wonder if that makes a difference. Looking at the coupon, it also states in small print max discount is $500. So not quite as good as it might have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, Doerfler said: didn't appear that way for me That's just confirmation to leave that OB-X8 in the store. 😎 1 1 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I'm torn between placing a pre-order for the OB-X8, or buying the OB-6 module this weekend at 20% holiday markdown. I saw some stuff on Gearspace about the filters involved, but don't see them mentioned on product pages, so it's a bit of an effort to compile a full comparison list of the two models, in time for the holiday sale end period tomorrow, given that I have a multitude of emergencies with the newly-purchased home and those also require rapid research and decision-making. My gut feeling at this point says to hold off on the OB-X8 order. Even if I grab an OB-6 module now, it has good sell-back value if I decide the OB-X8 is an upgrade later on vs. a different synth altogether. Some of what I read on GS is that the new OB-X8 will be mostly Curtis-based, which isn't the case with the OB-6 (at least not in full), and that the OB-6 supports MPE but the OB-X8 doesn't. Also, no way to cross-modulate filters on the OB-X8. That might all be malarkey, but the amount of time it would take me to determine that, would cut too deep into dealing with immediate ongoing emergencies with the money pit that is just about any house bought in NoVa these days. https://www.synthanatomy.com/2022/05/superbooth-22-oberheim-ob-x8-8-voice-poly-analog-synthesizer-is-official.html?fbclid=IwAR1PSmxBg1NGtgdOle7_65yQYcQpZidZWaDwt9ofkLnaOnsxgs3rHGotFQ0 Update: Going back to the Superbooth announcement above, the OB-X8 specs seem to go beyond the early leaks that form most of the discussion on Gearspace. Also, the demos sound more full and organic to me overall, and as I have other Sequential synths, I almost feel like the OB-6 isn't quite differentiated enough in comparison, even though it is its own thing (after all, I have OB filters on my Sequential synths). I'll skip the OB-6 module at $2K holiday sale, but will also hold off on pre-ordering the OB-X8, as $5K is a lot, and the only advantage to pre-ordering is that one doesn't pay interest right away if one is keeping it on credit for a while. The card limit gets exhausted as a placeholder either way. But I hear in Canada the pre-order is treated as a full pre-charge, atop the disadvantageous exchange rate, so I feel for my neighbors to the north. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 The Gearspace synthesizer group hasn't been a reliable source for years. I left GS for good and never re-subbed after I attempted to correct some errors and my post got removed while the offending post was left intact. I don't like being called a liar. The OBX8 has discrete VCOs like the SEM (which are very good VCOs), and the SEM multimode filters (used in SEM and OBX) are discrete like the SEM. The only CEMs used were the CEM3320 VCF for the OBXa/OBSX/OB8 heritage. The envelopes are software and they modeled the response per legacy synth. I preordered my OBX8 two weeks ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Thanks for clarifying. That better matches my memory of what I thought I had read earlier, and also explains why I seem to like the sound of the OB-X8 better, taking into account that a head-on comparison hasn't happened yet as the only OB-X8 demos are ones done in isolation with promotion of the new product as the goal. Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The OBX8 is the product of a stellar team consisting of Tom Oberheim, Marcus Ryle, Dave Smith, and Tony Karavidas. Available June 2022. June 1st 2022 - Dave Smith passes away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 5/12/2022 at 3:21 PM, Bill H. said: … when I really needed an Oberheim poly I couldn't afford it, and now that I don't need one I can. Hence my recent observation that at a recent Corvette show in my area, there was not a single owner that didn’t have grey hair except for the people with no hair. I mean, more power to them for expressing their lifelong passions, but I don’t think a lot of 30 year olds are buying a $100,000+ car. But all the marketing pushes a younger demographic. Quote "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 With cars, there’s a difference between who’s in the ads, and who’s targeted. Mid-/late-lifers buying a car to feel like those people in the ads is part of the concept. 1 Quote "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaptainkeys Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 11 hours ago, The Real MC said: Dave Smith Not sure about that one anymore unfortunately Quote Instruments: Walters Grand Console Upright Piano circa 1950 something, Kurzweil PC4-88, Ibanez TMB-100 Studio Gear: Audient EVO16, JBL 305P MKII monitors, assorted microphones, Reaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 2 Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie_Chicago Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Put my pre order in last week at Alto music. I don’t need it , but I want it badly. I had a decent chunk of Alto bucks combined with free shipping and no tax , not a bad deal. I swear this is my last big purchase…………🤣 Might consider selling my prophet 6 to help pay for it. 1 Quote "Ive been playing Hammond since long before anybody paid me to play one, I didn't do it to be cool, I didnt do it to make a statement......I just liked it " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Tom will soon be 86 years young!!! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 I was there, I played one, it was amazing. It's not in my budget right now, I don't have a need for it any time soon, but damn, I want one. I mostly just played the presets and twisted a knob or two, but I was blown away. I could have stood there all day and played with it, but at some point, I go "yeah…" and walk away. They were giving away Oberheim logo metal buttons as well as wooden coasters made from the same material as the end caps, so I did snag me those. Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan_evett Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 16 hours ago, Joe Muscara said: It's not in my budget right now, I don't have a need for it any time soon, but damn, I want one. My sentiments exactly. That sound, and layout; brings back many memories. Quote 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Another interview with Tom. He was asked about new products, and his reply was "We're working on stuff, but you'll be the last to know" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Jimmy Smith shed on the Hammond B3 and emerged a monster and the rest is history. It would be great to see one of these talented young musicians cop and use an OB-X8 exclusively and open up a new style of music. 😎 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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