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I see where you are coming from, but one of the things that I didn’t understand until recently, when I got an OB-6, is how much these synths are music instrumen

I see where you are coming from, but one of the things that I didn’t understand until recently, when I got an OB-6, is how much these synths are music instruments (vs. something you can use to make a track). They are closer to a guitar or a violin than they are to a any of the VST. I love playing the ob-6 way more than any other digital thing that I have owned, but I don’t feel like sequencing it as much. From the music producer perspective, your point of view sounds very true to me. Sometimes these synths are harder to get in the mix than a digital one, or a VST, as they take too much space! And using them is less convenient than a plug-in. But playing a VST feels much less exciting than one of these analogs. And I am saying this while owning a Virus, a digitone keys and Ableton Live.

ushakov 4y ago
have you compare OB-6 to others? how does it sounds compared to Prophet 6?
- i_am_proteus 4y ago
  OB-6 sounds very good compared to Prophet 6. Prophet 6 sounds very good compared to OB-6. :)
- tbatchelli 4y ago
  I have played others, yes. Architecturally, OB-6 and Prophet 6 are very similar as they share a lot of the same circuitry. They are both great synths, and I am sure I'd love a prophet 6 if I had one. But I always perk up when I hear the Oberheim sound, more so than the prophet sound, and I do like very much the state-variable filter, which is not found in the P6. I enjoy making pad sounds with a notch filter, and be able to modulate it's shape towards a LP and a HP filters. Compared to the Virus, the OB-6 sounds more alive when played with a keyboard. It's nuanced when played like this, sometimes like an old piano, where the Virus sounds equally full but very precise, which is great when sequenced and you want a bassline that sounds pristine, for example. I find the Digitone a bit in-between, as you can get pretty creative with the FM algos, and it also sounds very hi-fi.
bitL 4y ago
Virus is all you need ;-) I have a Virus 2 and Nord Lead 4 as my primary instruments, and their combination is just perfect. Though I think all a regular person needs to explode with joy is just a single Novation Circuit...
- blackmilk 4y ago
  Anyone whith a passion for the Viruses and the Nords Leads may be interested in this project that is reverse engineering and emulating the Motorola DSP563xx https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/ https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/

ushakov 4y ago

have you compare OB-6 to others? how does it sounds compared to Prophet 6?

i_am_proteus 4y ago
OB-6 sounds very good compared to Prophet 6. Prophet 6 sounds very good compared to OB-6. :)
tbatchelli 4y ago
I have played others, yes. Architecturally, OB-6 and Prophet 6 are very similar as they share a lot of the same circuitry. They are both great synths, and I am sure I'd love a prophet 6 if I had one. But I always perk up when I hear the Oberheim sound, more so than the prophet sound, and I do like very much the state-variable filter, which is not found in the P6. I enjoy making pad sounds with a notch filter, and be able to modulate it's shape towards a LP and a HP filters. Compared to the Virus, the OB-6 sounds more alive when played with a keyboard. It's nuanced when played like this, sometimes like an old piano, where the Virus sounds equally full but very precise, which is great when sequenced and you want a bassline that sounds pristine, for example. I find the Digitone a bit in-between, as you can get pretty creative with the FM algos, and it also sounds very hi-fi.

bitL 4y ago

Virus is all you need ;-) I have a Virus 2 and Nord Lead 4 as my primary instruments, and their combination is just perfect. Though I think all a regular person needs to explode with joy is just a single Novation Circuit...

blackmilk 4y ago
Anyone whith a passion for the Viruses and the Nords Leads may be interested in this project that is reverse engineering and emulating the Motorola DSP563xx https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/ https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/