Oberheim OB-X8 - FM Sound Bank

Pushing the classic Oberheim sound to new frontiers, the FM Sound Bank for the OB-X8 takes advantage of the expanded functionality of this synth to create complex and musical FM tones not previously possible in the OB series.

The key difference lies in the fact that you now have control over the FM index (amount). In the OB-X there was only an on/off button for X-Mod, which would engage FM at full blast. With exponential FM on an analog synth, this meant that the tuning of the voices wouldn't match, and there was no way to finely dial in the tuning of the oscillators. On the OB-X8 this fine tuning is possible, as well as precise control over the levels of the oscillators, for detailed timbrel blending.

A bank of 32 patches which all utilize the audio rate "X-Mod" functionality of the OB-X8. These patches place an emphasis on "digital" types of sounds, a new sonic frontier for an OB synth.

Store link: polydata.bigcartel.com

Patches load into the OB-SX Bank, groups 8-11. Requires firmware 2.0 or higher.

Recorded completely dry, with no effects or processing.

00:00 PRESS START
00:11 Vector Array
00:25 Physical Modelling
00:36 Fairlight
00:48 SID Chip
00:59 PPG Wave
01:15 Digital on Analog
01:25 Aliasing
01:38 Bamboo Mallet
01:49 ROMpler
02:00 IBM 7094
02:16 Data Terminal
02:29 Phase Distortion
02:42 Floppy Drive
02:52 DX Cartridge
03:03 Wave Scanner
03:15 RoboCop CPU Boot
03:27 Pure Moods
03:42 Launch Code
03:53 Buchla-X8
04:04 Woodwind Casio
04:15 Digital Reeds
04:26 Complex Oscillator
04:37 Distortion to Delay
04:48 Field Recording
05:01 Paper Lanterns
05:12 Synclavier II
05:23 Zero Crossing
05:37 Ocean Research
05:48 Emax '86
05:58 Scan Rate
06:13 Still an OB

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