Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
Glad I waited on the P6. This thing sounds great.
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And the 2 extra voices, 5-octave keyboard, individual voice panning pots, dual patch splitting and layering capability...madtheory wrote:It has the original OB ring mod and phaser built in
The only thing missing, and this is being really picky, is all of the cool arp functions from the OB-8.
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
Ya, splits and layers (with programmable level and tuning) would be good. Layering is a very simple and powerful sound design facility. I don't think that would raise the price by much, seeing as it can do unison now.
The problem with 2 extra voices and the keyboard is $$$$.
The problem with 2 extra voices and the keyboard is $$$$.
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DSI is all about leveraging past designs to create new products. This is basically a Prophet 6 rejiggered into an Oberheim. As Dave mentioned in one video I saw this allowed the rapid tunraround time, remember P6 was just a year ago.
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
...And also the 24dB mode.synthparts wrote:And the 2 extra voices, 5-octave keyboard, individual voice panning pots, dual patch splitting and layering capability...madtheory wrote:It has the original OB ring mod and phaser built in
The only thing missing, and this is being really picky, is all of the cool arp functions from the OB-8.
I take back what I said earlier in this thread, I'm getting this whether or not my OB-Xa is fixable, since they have enough to set them apart.
I think I saw people on Gearslutz suspicious about that very point. Carson from DSI said that the oscillators are not the same as P6: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/11636283-post451.htmlmeatballfulton wrote:DSI is all about leveraging past designs to create new products. This is basically a Prophet 6 rejiggered into an Oberheim. As Dave mentioned in one video I saw this allowed the rapid tunraround time, remember P6 was just a year ago.
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
What I'm wondering is, aside from the front panel controls, is this internally just a switchout of voice cards in a socketed modular fashion? That could open up some great possibilities.meatballfulton wrote:This is basically a Prophet 6 rejiggered into an Oberheim.
As excited as I was at the news of the Prophet 6, I have to say I'm liking the sonic character of the OB6 more.
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
Yeah, basically it's the same frame, control structure, electronics and power supply.Solderman wrote:What I'm wondering is, aside from the front panel controls, is this internally just a switchout of voice cards in a socketed modular fashion? That could open up some great possibilities.meatballfulton wrote:This is basically a Prophet 6 rejiggered into an Oberheim.
The voice cards/filters were presumably taken from Tom's designs and packaged into a form that resembles the P6 voice cards so they would work - then the front panel was redesigned for the appropriate control structure. Seems like good business to me!
Agreed. I find it hard to get excited by synths these days, but on hearing the OB I was surprised at just how great it sounds!Solderman wrote:As excited as I was at the news of the Prophet 6, I have to say I'm liking the sonic character of the OB6 more.
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Ditto. The P6 looks great features-wise and does sound good, but man that OB-6 demo!Solderman wrote:As excited as I was at the news of the Prophet 6, I have to say I'm liking the sonic character of the OB6 more.
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This is good to hear. Tom's sound with Dave's layout and assembly. What a thing of beauty.desmond wrote: Yeah, basically it's the same frame, control structure, electronics and power supply.
The voice cards/filters were presumably taken from Tom's designs and packaged into a form that resembles the P6 voice cards so they would work - then the front panel was redesigned for the appropriate control structure. Seems like good business to me!
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
Great collaboration to say the least. Looking fwd to playing one and hearing what DSI collaborations has coming out next.
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Re: Oberheim OB-6 Dave Smith
Brilliant!!!
I was close to getting a SEM of some sort... Glad I waited! I hope they will be doing a desktop version like the P6. What a great time to be a synth geek!


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