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I've been waiting for this one. Thought the Windows version was abandoned but here it is and an intro price of $139. 700 patches is a fair amount. A much needed distraction from the brutal invasion of Ukraine. I'm gonna build a patch that evokes the Havana Syndrome and send it to Putin!
 
b_elliott said:
Am I mistaken to believe the OB-E is simulating the same machine as Arturia SEM V and Brainworx bx_oberhausen?
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I wondered that; I have bx_oberhausen which sounds terrific, but it has far fewer parameter controls and so I would think far fewer parameters. It does also have a very big analogesque sound.
 
b_elliott said:
Am I mistaken to believe the OB-E is simulating the same machine as Arturia SEM V and Brainworx bx_oberhausen?
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I dont have arturia but I do the bx. They are emulating one of the 8 modules.. that is this one has 8 such modules of the one they are emulating, afaik.

The original sem module was monophonic, arturia and brainworks emulated that and made it polyphonic in software.

In the hardware world after Tom had done the sem, he made a 4 and 8 voice synth comprised of 4 and 8 sem modules respectively. This emulates the 8 sem modules version.

Hope that makes sense.
Rsp
 
zvenx said:
In the hardware world after Tom had done the sem, he made a 4 and 8 voice synth comprised of 4 and 8 sem modules respectively. This emulates the 8 sem modules version.

Hope that makes sense.
Rsp
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Thanks Bee and zvenx.
I managed to unearth the original "shootout" 'tween SEM V and bx_oberhausen.
Personally I adore the Arturia model which surfaced yesterday for me via presets within the Analog Labs V demo I downloaded.
Now there are 3 emulations to choose from plus the OB-6 emulation.

 
This is the best sounding (to me) SEM emulation to date. Oberhausen WAS the best (to me), and still sounds good and is a steal if you get it for $20 or less. Side-by-side you can hear the difference, though. And, OB-E uses half the CPU on my system with 1 module on OB-E vs Oberhausen in mono mode.

The UX is certainly more complex, and the price is premium. However, even Mr Tom Oberheim says it sounds close to the hardware (which I've never used) to the point where he and a former Oberheim engineer gave some pointers and got Tom's name on there.

It's at the top of my "if/when I eventually buy another synth plugin" list (I've been stripping out plugins right and left to a more reasonable number). The price makes it less of a casual purchase, however.

I also should say it's very different sounding than my OB-6 (which I still prefer). The software output is darker as well as less lively. I'm sure many will prefer the first and not care about the second thing. I just didn't want something that strongly overlapped with my OB-6, so the OB-E stays on my To Get list.

The worst thing about the demo, and the reason I stopped using it, is because there's no way to create an init patch without manually resetting every single control every single time. Just plain old bad UX that seems more driven by Marketing than Design. Which I'm sensitive to.
 
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grabauf said:
Any comparisons to the Cherry Audio Eight Voice?
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I own both.....after buying this and playing it for a day, I took the Cherry Audio out of my first call template......ymmv.

It isn't that the CA one is bad at all, for me this is just a gorgeous sound. (The oberheim sound...SEM even up to the OB-8, were my favourite analog sounds), this is the best of all of the software versions I have heard.

I do prefer the UI/UX of the Cherry Audio one though.
rsp
 
Saxer said:
Noodling... just one patch... could do this for hours...
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That is gorgeous! Like Bee, I'm really trying to not buy more VST synths as I have so many and don't use them as much as sample based libraries, but I'm really struggling to not buy this - I love the sound.
 
Just downloaded the demo. Am i correct in saying you can't initialize the synth in demo mode? I'd like to try building and feeling the workflow rather than demoing a small selection of presets.. Any info is appreciated :).
 
MLaudio said:
Just downloaded the demo. Am i correct in saying you can't initialize the synth in demo mode? I'd like to try building and feeling the workflow rather than demoing a small selection of presets.. Any info is appreciated :).
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I believe that is true unfortunately
 
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