From Jason Proctor Sent Thu, Jan 24th 2019, 02:52
From Jason Proctor Sent Thu, Jan 24th 2019, 02:52
if you want a modern reliable (6 voice) OB-X clone then get an OB-6. if you want a modern reliable OB-Xa/8 clone then the Behringer is the only option. they ain't the same synth by a long mile. On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 6:49 PM Royce Lee <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > Good advice. Kinda fugly. > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 8:12 PM Jonathan Lippard <xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx wro= te: >> >> I got to be at the official release thingy for the Two Voice reissue, I = remember Tom Oberheim (slight paraphrase, slightly flip) at one point sayin= g "People ask about whether the new SEMs sound different than the old ones,= yes they do--none of the originals sounded like each other either." >> >> >> My perspective on the Behringer clones is if they get you into the ballp= ark of a specific sound (and, yes, the Mini clone gets you 80% percent of "= that" sound), they're worth considering unless you have a real fetish for o= wning The Actual Thing. Spoken from the perspective of someone who has owne= d an OB-8 that's now an OB-7 because I cannot afford to take it to a tech. = (And, of course, I don't trust my soldering skills when vintage gear. Let's= not accidentally double the eventual repair bill...) >> >> >> That said, regarding the Xa clone in particular...I'd honestly encourage= people to find an OB-6 instead and get an Oberheim-style polysynth Tom him= self had a hand in. It's not like you're spending Moog One money on that on= e. >> >> >> -Jonathan >> >> On January 23, 2019 at 4:30 PM Jeffrey Needham <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.= com> wrote: >> >> >> And probably more to his point (my bad for reading too fast) is that the= organic nature of old gear is that nothing was really ever in spec and hav= ing been built with 10% parts originally, nothing would be voice to voice i= dentical. An OBX-a voice card has a lot of parts. An Xpander or Polaris has= 2 CEMs, the Matrix 1000 is one CEM/voice. >> >> Modern, reliable manufacturing of poly-synths is a mixed bag, but so is = spending more than 20% of your time maintaining old, gorgeous-sounding crap >> >> >> Jeffrey Needham >> Fabrix Analytix >> (408) 394 5116 >> >> >> On Jan 23, 2019, at 12:13 PM, Andrew Scheidler < xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wro= te: >> >> As long as it has the "Jump" patch. >> >> Drew >> >> On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, Jeffrey Needham < xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx= x.com> wrote: >> >> 1++ >> >> Often one that won=E2=80=99t tune might be the tune bus and/orflakey tri= mpots. Once I replaced some TTL bus drivers and the trimpots, it was solid = and tuned very fast. Trimpot replacement is tedious and potentially damagin= g, so only do it where you have to. >> >> Refurbished rails are also an excellent investment. >> >> I hope they voice the voice summing op-amps. It matters. >> I suspect this is a wave-soldered SMT gig, so no post-rolling. >> >> >> >> >> Jeffrey Needham >> Fabrix Analytix >> (408) 394 5116 >> >> >> On Jan 23, 2019, at 5:46 AM, Florian Anwander < xxxxxxxxx@xxxx-xxxxxx.xx= > wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> >> Am 23.01.2019 um 04:49 schrieb Tristan: >> >> I think that part of the wild excitement of the OB-Xa is that the voices= tend to be a bit out of tune with >> >> each other >> >> As a owner of a well adjusted OB-Xa, I cannot really agree. >> >> Florian >> >> -- >> http://www.florian-anwander.de >> >> >>