DiscoDSP Discovery Synth (Nord Lead 2) // Now on iPad for $20 // Review & Walkthrough

video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

"This is a walkthrough of Discovey by DiscoDSP (iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux), based on the ClaviaNord Lead 2 synth. This has been on desktop for a while but just became available for iPad. There is muc to like, but also seriously a lot to be improved."

See the announcement post here.

Discovery synth for iOS

video upload by discoDSP

"Get ready! 🎉 Discovery for iPad is launching soon!"

DiscoDSP OB-XD 3 (Oberheim) | What’s New, Worth Buying? IPad, Windows, Mac, Linux

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via DiscoDSP

August 23, 2024

OB-Xd iOS 3.5 released

Our OB-Xd 3 synthesizer for iOS update delivers a comprehensive suite of enhancements, significantly improving both functionality and user experience.

Key features and improvements include:

New High-Quality Engine: The iOS version now incorporates the same high-quality digital signal processing (DSP) engine as the OB-Xd 3 Desktop version, ensuring identical sound quality across platforms. This upgrade enhances the richness and authenticity of the audio output, bringing professional-grade sound to your iPad.

Cross-Platform Compatibility: Full compatibility with desktop presets and banks across macOS, Windows, and Linux. Users can now effortlessly transfer their sounds between desktop and iOS devices without any loss of data or quality, ensuring a smooth workflow across different environments.

MIDI Keyboard Enhancements: The update introduces a fully functional standalone MIDI keyboard, now supporting a custom 2-octave layout. The keyboard is optimized for touch and standard input, allowing users to play and experiment directly on their iPad.

User Interface Overhaul: The user interface has been completely redesigned with a new skin created by Ilkka Rosma, offering a modern, visually appealing design that aligns with the desktop version. This update not only enhances aesthetics but also improves navigation and usability. Icons and UI elements have been resized to adhere to iOS guidelines, ensuring a clean and consistent look on all screen sizes, including larger iPad models. Dialogs and menus have been specifically optimized for touch interaction on iOS devices.

Enhanced Functionality: Significant improvements have been made to the bank and preset management system, including enhanced import/export functionality, tooltips, and a refined user experience for creating and organizing sound banks.

Additional Tweaks and Fixes: The update includes numerous tweaks tailored for iOS, such as optimized dialog messages, handling for larger screen devices, and improved file operation dialogs in AUv3. Addressed various issues ensuring a more stable and reliable user experience.

This update marks a significant milestone for OB-Xd 3 on iOS, bringing it in line with the desktop version in terms of both functionality and sound quality. With the addition of a new high-quality engine, a redesigned user interface, and enhanced cross-platform compatibility, this release ensures that iPad users can enjoy a professional, seamless music production experience on the go.

OB-Xd 3 is now available on the Apple App Store with a special limited-time introductory price. This release offers an unbeatable opportunity to experience the enhanced features and professional-grade sound quality of the OB-Xd 3 on your iPad. Don't miss out on this exclusive offer to upgrade your music production toolkit at a discounted rate.

Free Synth - Disco Dsp OBX-D - No Talking

video upload by Elektronick Musick

"Oberheim OBX Emulation Vsti

Get it: https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/

Other software used in this vide0:

Audio Damage Dubstation 2 Delay : https://www.audiodamage.com/products/...
Soundtoys Little Plate Reverb : https://www.soundtoys.com/product/lit...
Daw: Cockos Reaper. - https://www.reaper.fm/
Reaper Theme: Default Commala - https://stash.reaper.fm/theme/1702/De..."

via discoDSP

OB-Xd is a classic synthesizer with a timeless sound that continues to captivate musicians and producers alike. With its rich, full-bodied tones and expansive sound design capabilities, the OB-Xd is the perfect choice for those looking to add a vintage touch to their music. Whether you're producing electronic tracks, recording live instruments, or composing for film and television, the OB-X is an invaluable tool that will bring a unique and expressive quality to your sound. So why wait? Add an OB-Xd to your studio today and take your music to the next level!

The OB-Xd is a synthesizer that has been designed to recreate the sound and behavior of the Oberheim OB-X. However, the original design of the OB-X was limited in some ways, so the OB-Xd includes a number of additional or altered features. One key feature of the OB-Xd is its implementation of micro random detuning, which helps to create a fuller, richer sound. Overall, the OB-Xd has been designed to produce a sound that is as good and as rich as the original OB-X.

Why OB-Xd is a fantastic free synth... and how to use it!

video upload by MusicRadar Tech

"In our new series we delve into the best free synths on the internet. In this instalment we delve into the world of analogue modelling with the aid of another fantastic (and free) software synthesiser: DiscoDSP’s OB-Xd."

Download OB-Xd: https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/

J3PO: Why I Love My Oberheim OB-Xa

video upload by J3PO

"The Oberheim OB-Xa is my perosnal favorite vintage poly synth of all time. In this video, I tell you and show you why.

00:00 Introduction
00:51 My personal introduction to the OB-Xa
02:45 Brief history of the OB-Xa and Tom Oberheim
06:04 The beauty & quirks of the OB-Xa
17:33 Patch creation
31:33 Final Thoughts
32:14 Outro

For more information please visit www.oberheim.com

Also, visit www.j3po.net

I have preset banks available for the Prophet Rev 2, Prophet 6, OB-6, Prophet 5/10, XLN Audio's Addictive Keys Mark One, Softube’s Model 84, and the DiscoDSP OB-Xd available on my website www.j3po.net. If you're a Nord Stage 3 user, download my bank from the Nord Keyboards website."

gettin moody with the 1981 Oberheim OB-Xa

video upload by J3PO

"The Oberheim OB-Xa is one of they vibiest synths of all time, in my opinion. This video is an exploration of tone and sound, hopefully capturing the essence of the beautiful pads, strings, plucks, and soundscapes that the instrument is capable of creating. Some patches are factory and some are presets I've made. The OB-Xa is also capable of making incredible basses, aggressive brasses, leads, and so on, but in this video, I've decided to present to you what I think the instrument excels at: the softer side of things--creating moody atmospheres and melancholic tones.

This particular OB-Xa was serviced recently by Rob Rosen at Rosen Sound in Burbank, CA.

I have preset banks available for the Prophet Rev 2, Prophet 6, OB-6, Prophet 5/10, XLN Audio's Addictive Keys Mark One, Softube’s Model 84, and the DiscoDSP OB-Xd available on my website www.j3po.net. If you're a Nord Stage 3 user, download my bank from the Nord Keyboards website."

J3PO MAINS Presets for the OB-Xd - Sounds Demo

video by J3PO

"This video is a demo of the 20 presets included in the 'J3PO OB-Xd MAINS Presets,' for use with the DiscoDSP OB-Xd free virtual synthesizer. These patches are modeled on sounds from specific songs from my album, MAINS, out now on Ropeadope.

These 20 patches come exclusively as a bonus with the album (as a download) from BandCamp: https://j3po.bandcamp.com/album/mains — when you purchase the album, in the download you will also receive the patch bank as well as explicit instructions (in a PDF) on how to load the sounds into the OB-Xd. Get the synth here (it is free/donation based): https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/"

You can find additional OB-Xd demos here.

OB XD discoDSP Synthesizer REVIEW and LIVE PERFORMANCE by AGD Andrew G Dugros | Use Headphones

video by Andrew G Dugros

"This is not an in-deep review but a first contact review with this great synthesizer, the OB-XD from discoDSP. At the end of the video I've played a LIVE PERFORMANCE with Cubase and Novation SL 61 mkIII.

OB-XD overviwe (from offiial website):
OB-Xd is based on the Oberheim OB-X. It attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number of things were added or altered to the original design. OB-Xd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. It implements micro random detuning which is a big part of that sound."

DiscoDSP OBXD Demos & 2.0 Update

Use the controls at the bottom of the player above to skip around.

https://www.discodsp.com/obxd/

What's new

7x faster GUI controls.
Linux build.
Standalone app.
Signed and notarized installers.
Updated JUCE framework to 5.4.7 for better stability and compatibility.
Updated Banks with 2.0 compatibility.
Ilkka Rosma Dark Theme.
macOS Catalina support.
MIDI CC Learn.
MIDI CC support.
Parameter refactor.
XML based skinning.
HiDPI (Retina) ready GUI themes.
OB-Xd 2.0 is a free update for 1.x customers and can be downloaded at Members Area. More information is available at OB-Xd page.

"While not copying originals, some of the features were taken to a better point. Continuous blendable multimode filter (HP-Notch(BP)-HP in 12 dB mode and 4-1 pole in 24 dB mode). 32 and 64 bit versions included.

OB-Xd is based on the Oberheim OB-X. It attempts to recreate its sound and behavior, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number of things were added or altered to the original design.

The OB-Xd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. It implements micro random detuning which is a big part of that sound. However, it was not designed as a self-contained completely independent soft-synth. It needs to be contained within a VST framework where things like transposition, automation, layering, arpeggiation, etc., are available.

Also, like many synths of the OB-X's generation, the OB-Xd has no internal effects so its sounds and textures can be greatly enhanced by the use of additional processing like chorus, reverb, delay, etc."

Playlist for the above at the time of this post:

Free Plugin Friday | DiscoDSP OB-Xd - JimijaymesGuitarist
DiscoDSP OBXD その1〜基礎操作編〜｜初心者でもわかる 操作方法 解説 - くりっぱーチャンネル
Obxd VST by 2DaT - VST4FREE
Obxd - Free VST synth - vstplanet.com
Cover of Steve Winwood’s ‘Valerie’ - Hedge 777
OBXD Oberheim Synthesizer Emulation - Sormena Project
OBXD VSTi by discoDSP - Chris St
osc061 - ballacr75 - remember (obdx vsti) - Emanuele Ballasina
Photonic - Oldschool - Manfred Wasshuber
Photonic - Memories of Tomorrow - Manfred Wasshuber
aluode osc 93 obxd by Anttis Instrumentals
OBXDを試してみた。 - 稲村良光「Garage Band」チャンネル
Vocoder & Synth Improv (w/ OBXD & Tal Vocoder VST plugins) - Shawn Barnes
Vocoder & Synth Improv II (w/ OBXD & TAL Vocoder VST plugins) - Shawn Barnes
DiscoDSP Datsounds OB-Xd [FS4E1] - Soundsaar Music Studio
FREE PLUG-IN Review: OB-Xd - In The Box Productions Tutorials

discoDSP Takes Over Ownership of OB-Xd

You might remember the OB-Xd from this previous video. It looks like discoDSP has taken over development.

via Synth Anatomy:

"It was kind of surprise to see that discoDSP announced this week that it has taken over the OB-Xd Synthesizer project. Before some years, Soshi Studio developed this Synthesizer Plugin (PC, MAC, Linux) and released for free in all the communities. Now this great plugin has a new home. The developer behind the Corona Synthesizer, Discovery Pro Synthesizer and many more got the rights of this plugin and continue this product.

For all users who doesn't use this plugin yet or not heart before, OB-Xd is a free Oberheim OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 Synthesizer emulation. For a free project, the sound quality is really good.

While not copying originals, some of the features were taken to a better point. Continuous blendable multimode filter (HP-Notch(BP)-HP in 12 dB mode and 4-1 pole in 24 dB mode). 32 and 64 bit versions included.Thanks to 2Dat for the original Ob-Xd and Soshi Studio for giving the rights to continue this wonderful product.

You can download it for free here: OBXd"

DiscoDSP Discovery v2

YouTube via canetor
"A Great softsynh with all the sounds of the Clavia NordLead 2X"

Arguru, Fruity Loops Creator Dies in Accident

Sad day. Condolences to everyone close to him.

Translated via hispasonic.com:
"Arguru, virtual programmer of Image Line (FL Studio) and creator of sintes of DiscoDSP, passed away yesterday near Benalmádena (Malaga), in a car accident.

Yesterday Sunday 3 of June, to 18:45 hours, the car of Juan Antonio [left the road] in the AP-7, near Benalmádena (Malaga), despeñando themselves and ending its life. Its burial was celebrated Monday to 17:30 today, in the park cemetery of Malaga, company of its relatives and friends more close friends.

Arguru was [hispasónico nº 2,751], one of most veteran. He was [sworn of IV the Musical Battles], celebrated in the spring of 2004, and many moments, active participant of our forums.

But mainly,] the 19 of July of 2002, George was known to found the company [DiscoDSP along with Real. DiscoDSP is the person in charge of sintes as famous as [Discovery] and Vertigo. In [December of year 2002] we already gave account of one of his first products, NightShine.

Arguru was a great professional, who called the attention by the quality of his creations. Sintes of DiscoDSP is surely the perfected and powerful virtual instruments more of the market, without concessions in quality of sound.

The community to tracker will have without a doubt a great memory of Arguru thanks to [Aodix], secuenciador-tracker very powerful, that incorporated professional MIDI, support VST and other characteristics. ] Was also an important component of [Smartelectronix and the scene [Buzz].

In 2004,], the creative company of the famous FL Studio left DiscoDSP to give to the jump to [Image Line. Arguru had a great implication in the development of FL Studio 7; it created in addition sampler Directwave, and very recent [Deckadance], a software for DJs.

He was referring an absolute one of the small group of Spaniards who dedicate themselves professionally to the musical technology. Some we already remembered to him from the excited ones to char them of IRC-Hispanic. Arguru always emphasized by its seriousness and the deep knowledge of the synthesis and the programming.

A great loss, to an age in which nobody would have to leave this world. From we give to many spirits to family and friends him, and left to a sense memory for the brilliant Arguru here, to which we will never forget in Hispasonic."

via sequencer.de.

discoDSP

Vertigo

"Vertigo is an additive synth, able to import WAV and BMP files into two independent morphable additive engines with 256 partials each. It also has a dual filter and extensive array of effects. Full version contains 128 presets."

Phantom

"Phantom is a eight voices, four operators PM/FM synthesizer. It is able to import Yamaha DX100, DX27 and DX21 SysEx data."

Discovery

"8 oscillators Virtual Analog VSTi Synthesizer featuring 4 layers, 2X oversampling, unison edit, built-in arpeggiator, sync, FM, 8 filter types, panning modulation, stereo delay and gate effects. Imports Nord Lead 2 SysEx data."

via sequencer.de

discoDSP Discovery Soft Synth vs. nord L

YouTube via gearwire. Sent my way via frederic along with the following:

Arturia Minimoog V: Gearwire Synth Lab
Korg TRITON Extreme 76
Polaris - RG2005
Cakewalk Sonar 6: Synth Rack

Vengeance Sound Samples

Just discovered this site. They sell soundsets for various synths and have great (long and varied) demos online.

Synths currently listed:

- Access Virus - all models
- reFX Vanguard VST
- DiscoDSPs Discovery (Nord Lead 2 emulation)
- Native Instruments Pro 53
- Analog Essentials Powercore01
- Novation V-Station
- Waldorf Q
- JP 8000/8080
- Yamaha CS6x