Van Halen Jump Oberheim OB-X8 Synth Cover

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"This is my take on Jump using the OB-X8.

It’s the first song I ever played with a band back in high school, so getting this sound right has always mattered to me. The OB-X8 gets you very close straight away, but the details are what make it sit like the record.

During the guitar solo section I brought in portamento to match that glide you hear in the original, then switched it off for the keys solo so it snaps back to that tight, punchy feel.

That balance between accuracy and playability is exactly how I approach all my sound packs. They’re built to work in a real band setting, not just in isolation.

If you’re playing covers regularly, having these sounds ready to go changes everything.

Narfsounds packs for Montage, MODX, Kronos, Nautilus, Fantom, Nord Stage, and Gig Performer: https://narfsounds.com"

Van Halen Covers w/ Oberheim Sounds for Mainstage: Jump, Dreams, When It's Love + More

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"The NarfSounds VH Pack features sounds to perform the top 6 keyboard-driven songs by Van Halen in MainStage. The sounds have been carefully crafted by programming and sampling the Oberheim OBX8, using settings inspired by the OBXa and OB-8, to accurately recreate the sounds used by Eddie Van Halen.

0:00 1984
0:27 Jump
1:06 Dreams
1:47 Love Walks In
2:24 When It's Love
3:00 Why Can't This Be Love"

True Spandau Ballet Prophet 5 & Nord Stage 3 Intro and 1st Verse Keyboard Cover/Play along

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"The Sequential Prophet-5 is a fantastic synth for creating those iconic sounds of the 80s. In this video, I am showcasing its capabilities with a cover of Spandau Ballet's "True." I also used the Nord Stage 3 to for the verses. I hope you enjoy this performance. If you did, please consider subscribing to my channel for future sound packs and music content."

Just Noodling on the Prophet 5 Rev4 First Day

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"Been recreating 80s cover sounds on various modern synth workstations these past few years, I'm so happy to finally own a Prophet 5 and play the real deal! I'm loving this thing!"

Rush Subdivisions Oberheim OB-X8 Sounds

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Oberheim OB-X8 Dreams by Van Halen | 80s Synth Sounds #oberheim #obx8 #soundlibrary

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1984 Van Halen Oberheim OBX8 Synth Cover 80s Eighties VH

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1984 Van Halen Mainstage Test

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"Trying out Mainstage’s Sampler with sounds for 1984 that I sampled from the OBX8 for the first time."