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Tom Oberheim on the GForce OB-E
I've been waxing lyrical on the GForce OB-E since it first arrived approximately 12 months ago, so it was a pleasant surprise to see OB-E v2 land with all-important Win 10 compatibility since it's been exclusive to macOS till now. The second video is a brand new Bright Sparks interview with Tom, which the GForce folks have put out as part of the promo activity for OB-E. This is strictly chatter ref the old school Oberheim lore, rather than Gforce's digital emulation.
And BTW if you don't have OB-E yet, GForce has a promo on right now which saves a nice chunk of change.
OB-E was developed without any kind of marketing tie-in with Tom, as he's been vocally unimpressed with software synthesizers so it was great to hear some genuine props being given to GForce's efforts. I'd agree that it's one of very few software synths to really nail their emulation to within the thinnest of margins.
https://gforcesoftware.com/products/ob-e
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Looks nice, but I've already purchased (and love the sound of) the Cherry Audio "Eight Voice". It's also less expensive. But getting the "OK" from Oberheim is a nice marketing touch.
I had a Obie four Voice system for years. Bought cherry audio eight voice at release, it nails the sound but honestly I prefer all other OB emulations for the sound, obsession , even OB-XD which I love. then tried Ob-e yesterday and and I’m very surprised, the sound is there, wonderful, just switch off the FX section and the FVS is there, I’d say one of the best emulations in the lines of U-he Prophet. Comparing with the cherry audio versión is night and day.
I think that it's a fun new synth asking for a radically different approach in sound design.
In addition to choosing "the right notes" in a chord we can now change the sound of each single note in a chord - something to get used to first.
I'm happy to see a new synth emulation from GForce, my current favorite has been Oddity 2.
I wonder which will be next. A Jupiter 8 maybe?
The other thing is this version is 100 MB. The Cherry Audio version is only 20 MB. I have to think the OB-E must be a rompler? There's no reason otherwise for it to be that hefty, that I can think of.
But anyone who has purchased both the Cherry Audio version and this version, I'd love to hear a side-by-side comparison.
I agree, wholeheartedly. O-BE is the first softsynth I’ve heard that’s right up there with U/HE’s analog emulations. It just has that extra bit of mojo that many others are lacking.
It’s a wonderfully expressive synth too ..and many of the presets have poly aftertouch modulations baked in, which I was pleased to discover while playing OB-E with my Hydrasynth today, no setup needed!
It’s not going to be quick and easy to program, but it’ll certainly reward the effort.
I agree that OB-E is one of the few software instruments that I see as equal to U-he's excellent analogue emulations. I'd also include Korg's excellent Odyssey emulation as one that goes toe to toe with the hardware.
The thing that makes OB-E extra special is the architecture, which is effectively 8 separate mono synths working together in tandem to create one raucous polysynth; which is very different to the majority of hardware polysynths that followed. The reality with the hardware OB 8 Voice, was that it was very difficult to get the 8 voices working together in concert. In software, this challenge is negated, and the trick was to add back enough of each voice's individual personality for the end result to create a facsimile of the hardware.
Arturia attempted to capture the essence of the OB 8 Voice with their SEM-V but it doesn't come close to the OB-E (but I like the SEM-V when judged on its own merits). As for Cherry Audio, I'm not really a fan of any of their emulations be it their modular or their individual synths.
Where would I love to see GForce go next? There's only one answer that shouts out and that's the Yamaha CS-80; which funnily enough has similarities with regard to its voicing architecture to the OB 8 Voice. But the way it's executed is very, very different. And I know that GForce's Dave Spiers has a love affair with the CS-80, so if any company is going to do the CS-80 justice, GForce seems the perfect candidate.