Time machine: Oberheim OB-X “8 Voices”
Vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
all sounds:
Oberheim OB-X (8 voice) Analog Synthesizer from the year 1979
recording: multi-track
fx: a little bit delay
more info: http://www.retrosound.de and
http://www.facebook.com/pages/RetroSound-Marko-Ettlich/265713782347
The first of the OB series Oberheim synths, this is a classic analog synthesizer available in 4, 6 or 8 voice configurations. 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. Although it has been over-shadowed by the bigger and more popular OB-Xa and OB-8 synths which offer more flexible programming, the OB-X still holds its own. Capable of lush analog synth sounds comparable to the Sequential Prophet 5 but at a reasonable price. The OB-X also gives you Polymod functionality, something that the OB-Xa and OB-8 do not have. This synth is definitely worth checking out.
If you have a Reaktor licens you can download the free the OB-Y emulation.
Sonicprojects offers both a Reaktor version and a VST option for sale.
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Back in 1979, I was about to go on tour with a funk/disco showband. I convinced my mom to co-sign for a bank loan for $6000.00 and went synth shopping. Spent hours playing the Prophet 5 and the OB-X and also demo’d an Oberheim 4-voice. The 4-voice sounded amazing but I figured it would be better to have patch storage and auto-tuning. I found the sound of the OB-X to be “warmer” than the Prophet, and bought a 6-voice version. It was all I could afford. My mom bought me a $600.00 flight case for it for my birthday.
I spent hours in the clubs during the middle of the night, getting horn and strings sounds, organs and general synth stuff. I sold it when I got off the road, although I still have one of those large Oberheim stickers laying around somewhere. Thanks for the sounds, it brought back lots of memories.