Oberheim OB-X8 SN 01768 w/ Blue Stripe Overlay

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"I am a music hobbyist, a bassist in fact, and this synth belongs in the hands of a professional keyboard player or producer ... or anyone with more talent than me. I'm sure someday soon I'll regret selling it. But frankly though, I bought it because I couldn't wait for the Behringer UB-Xa any longer. But now that I have the UB, which in no way sounds as beautiful as the OB-X8, I'm selling the OB.

Now that I have the two to compare, the most immediate difference is the build quality of the OB so completely outshines the UB. Next is the tone. The lows and especially the lo-mids are tight and clear on the OB. The UB is a bit boomy or mushy in comparison with a tendency to overdrive without adjustment on the board. The OB also has more preset storage, 128 more locations. However, given my lack of skills, musical and financial needs, I've got to sell the OB. My loss is your benefit."

See this previous post for build quality on the UB-Xa.

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Behringer UB-Xa: The Good, Bad and Ugly

video upload by Pure Ambient Drone

"I talk about what I like and don't like. Build quality of the UBXA is mentioned along with the sound and some comparisons to other synths on the market."

Behringer UB-Xa Favorite Presets Sound Demo

Behringer UB-Xa - Custom Sounds - Sonorous Vol.2

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk

Excited to announce the release of Sonorous Volume.2 for the UB-Xa and what a great synth it is too. Full of the usual carefully programmed lush pads, keys, basses, leads, Strings and more.

I have had quite a few requests to make my banks smaller to allow people to buy the patches in stages, so Volume.1 is also just complete and live on the Site,

The entire of Vol.1 and Vol.2 are using UB-Xa Atrophy setting No 1 - Ue/XW so no need to change any settings. I supply my voice panning settings in the pack instructions, but that can be changed to suit the users taste :)"

Behringer UB-Xa - Custom Sounds - Sonorous Vol.1

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"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk

Excited to announce the release of Sonorous Volume.1 for the UB-Xa and what a great synth it is too. Full of the usual carefully programmed lush pads, keys, basses, leads, Strings and more.

I have had quite a few requests to make my banks smaller to allow beople to buy the patches in stages, so Volume.2 is also Complete and Live on the Site, Video for Vol.2 to follow.

Enjoy!
SM

© Scott McAuley. All rights reserved.
#patches #custom #ubxa"

Behringer UB-Xa - David Maemone type OB6 Patch

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk

I give credit to the composer of this piece, it was played by a gentleman called David Maemone on his OB6 through Strymon Big Sky.

I tried to recreate his beautiful sounding patch best I could with the UB-Xa, and ran it through Walrus Sloer Reverb.

original piece can be heard here - [posted here]

Enjoy!"

Behringer UB-Xa - OB-X8 Fifth Swell Pad.

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk

In this Video, it is a little homage to Jim's OB-X8 Demo [previously posted here], the Fifth Swell Patch at the start of Jim's demo is stunning. I thought I would try and see if I could get a similar sound from the UB-Xa, and although it can't get it exactly, it's certainly quite close!

Enjoy."

Behringer UB-Xa - OB-6 Broken EP Recreated

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk"

Behringer Reveals UB-Xa Mini for $99 & SPRING REVERBERATION 636

via Behringer

"What do you think about the UB-Xa analog synthesizer? It has quickly become the top-selling analog synthesizer since its launch, thanks to its 16 voices and polyphonic aftertouch keybed.

We now have a more affordable option, the UB-Xa Mini, available for only 99 USD for those who want the authentic sound of the OB-Xa.

The synth is currently in beta testing and we are looking forward to shipping it soon."


And:

Introducing SPRING REVERBERATION 636

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"A studio classic from the 1960's & 70's is reborn. Introducing SPRING REVERBERATION 636. There's no Reverb like good Analog Reverb and this one has buckets full of it with a tasty preamp to boot. Rich, harmonic and dense, it's a great box for getting those vintage rounded sounds both in space and saturation.

Music & Video created by Patrick with the SPRING REVERBERATION 636.

00:00 Introducing
00:20 Intro Tune
01:11 History & Features
03:50 Reverb Synth
05:24 Reverb Drums
06:06 Preamp Synth
07:45 Preamp Breaks
08:59 Guilty Pleasure"

Behringer Reveals New UB-X Keyboard Synthesizer

via Behringer

"UB-X is alive!

Today we've fired up the first complete prototype - what an amazing moment.

We’re now starting to implement the firmware and do thorough testing. Please bear in mind that we’re still far away from shipping the UB-X, but we’re making huge progress.

Isn't it a beautiful synth?"

The UB-X was first teased by Behringer back in April, 2022. The of course released the UB-XA. Curious if they will follow up with a UB-16 based on the OB-8.

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Behringer's UB-Xa Arrives

video upload by Behringer

"The long wait is over. The UB-Xa is ready to be unleashed.

After 6 years of intense development, what started as a labor of love morphed into a development of the most complex and versatile platform to serve not only the UB-Xa but all our polyphonic synthesizers we have planned.

'A special thank you goes to all our engineers and beta testers who spent years with us designing, engineering, testing, and fine tuning this beautiful instrument. We are immensely grateful for all your contribution.' - Uli

Music and Video created by Patrick with the UB-Xa."

Update: "List Price: $1,499 (stay tuned for a little surprise)"

Behringer notes it will be available on Amazon of all places.

"Classic Analog 16-Voice Multi-Timbral Polyphonic Synthesizer with 8 Vintage Modes, Dual VCFs and 61-Key Poly After-Touch Keyboard

Embrace the legacy and make your mark on history with the UB-Xa from Behringer. More than just a recreation of a classic synthesizer, we’ve made sure that the UB-Xa has all the bells, whistles and characteristics that came with the original, but it’s also filled to the brim with modern features such as velocity and after-touch, 512 user program memories and comprehensive MIDI implementation. This makes for a well-rounded synth that’ll make friends with anything in your setup.

Faithful Recreation and More
To recreate its iconic growl and sizzle, we dove deep into the inner workings of the original OB-Xa and brought them into the 21st century including all its original factory patches that made the 80s roar. Thanks to its VCOs and VCFs heavily based on the original 3340 and 3320 chip designs, 16 voices and the ability to split its keyboard so you can layer 2 different sounds, the UB-Xa is capable of conjuring up massive sounding riffs.

An Icon for the Icons
The UB-Xa is a synth like no other that stands on the shoulders of giants! Its legacy is what gave birth to the 80s most iconic hits from the world’s most famous artists! From Rush’s Geddy Lee, The Police, Prince to Van Halen, and even the iconic Terminator theme composed by Brad Fiedel, the UB-Xa’s lineage is filled only with the greats and now you can make your own mark on history as well."

Soon to be available on Amazon.

Behringer UB-Xa - - Milestone - - by "The Synth King"

video upload by The Synth King

"This video showcases a complete song I´ve composed and produced with sounds exclusively from the Behringer UB-Xa (except drums). The opening bass line was made with the built in step sequencer running in sync to the DAW. I've used a single reverb and two delay plugins for this track. There is no EQing or dynamic processing involved. All sounds were recorded directly into the audiointerface."

Update via Behringer:

"As we’re getting ready for the production of the long awaited UB-Xa, we’d like to share a beautifully crafted video of the Synth King.

It demonstrates that this amazing synth is not only capable of capturing the legacy sounds of the ‘80s but also deliver modern sounds and timbres.

The UB-Xa is one of our most complex products we have ever designed in our 35 years of history. 15 engineers worked over 4 years, delivering 8 hardware revisions and countless firmware upgrades, while co-innovating with 20 beta testers who all own the original OB-Xa synth. Our objective was to spend as much time and resources it takes and only release it when it is perfect. The UB-Xa is now completed and we’re ramping up for production. As Uli stated from the beginning, this synth was never meant as a commercially driven product, but rather a labor of love. In fact, it might never make us any money and that’s OK. For that reason, we plan to offer if at the lowest possible price and at a fraction of competitive products.

We’re sorry this has taken so long but we now have a synth jewel we’re very proud of and a fantastic platform that will allow us to deliver new poly synths at a much shorter time. We’d like to thank all the beta testers who spent years and countless hours to help us bring the UB-Xa to life.

And finally, we’d like to thank all of you for your support and patience. You’re the reason why we love what we do."

Behringer UB-Xa - Polyphonic Aftertouch Sound Demo

video upload by The Synth King

"This little piece of music showcases the superb keybed of the UB-Xa. It provides velocity sensivity and polyphonic aftertouch enabling you to play your music with extraordinary expressivity. In this split performance filter frequency, volume, LFO speed and intensity of the upper preset (in unison mode employing only one voice) is controlled by poly aftertouch. Moreover volume, VCF and VCA attack is also controlled by velocity.

The lower pad sound uses OB-8 “second page” functions such as LFO rate delay here controlling panorama position. Furthermore LFO rate is influenced by poly aftertouch as well.

This music genre beggs for delay and reverb. I´ve used two Lexicon PCM 70 connected to my main mixing desk as send effects . Everything is played life and recorded in one take without any edits or further audio processing. Enjoy the music!
Bernd"

Behringer UB-Xa - Synth King Presets

video upload by The Synth King

"I had the honor to be part of the beta tester team for the Behringer UB-Xa. We worked very hard during the last few years to get everything spot on. All members of the team had a vintage OB-Xa and OB-8 for in depth comparison and measurement. This video showcases a few of the custom presets I´ve created for the UB-Xa. The sounds were recorded without any effects, dynamic processing or whatsoever straight into the audio interface. For the performances in split mode I´ve added a slight touch of reverb. The synthesizer in the video is an early preproduction unit with the firmware in development."

World's First Look at the Behringer UB-Xa?

video upload by Andertons Synths, Keys and Tech

Outside of Behringer maybe. There were actually a few demos before this one.

"We’ve been so lucky to get a world exclusive look at one of Behringer's most anticipated synths: The UB-Xa. As soon as it arrived with us, we thought we'd dive straight in and give you a quick listen to how massive it sounds along with discussing some of its incredible specs, features, and... pricing!

Check out Jack’s video where he brings the classic sounds of the 80s back into the 21st century with this powerhouse of a synth!

⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 0:00 World's First Look at the Behringer UB-Xa
» 0:20 What are the Key Features?
» 1:38 Let's Get Some Synth Pad Sounds
» 3:30 Let's Do Some Bass Sounds
» 4:56 Checking Out Some Lead Sounds
» 6:10 Let's Go Through the Features of the Front Panel
» 12:55 Let's Check Out the Different Vintage Modes!
» 14:50 Taking a Look at the Performance LFO
» 15:50 Some Thoughts on the Keybed
» 16:20 Taking a Look at the Multitimbrality
» 17:22 Jack's Initial Impressions & Some Info on the Price!
» 18:57 The Andertons Staff Reacts to the UB-Xa!
» 21:40 Is the UB-Xa Jack's Favourite Synth? "

Behringer Teases New UB-X for $1199 w/ Involvement from Engineer with Experience with the OB-X

Note Sequential owns the trademark for the OB-X. No mention of who the engineer is:

"We have some exciting news for you. In our constant search to hire passionate and experienced engineers, we found a fantastic analog engineer, who has not only decade-long synth design experience, but also specific knowledge related to the OB-X circuitry.

The OB-X is quite different from other synths, as it uses predominantly discrete circuitry, which makes the design and manufacturing more challenging.

This development will now give us a massive head start and we immediately formed a focused engineering team to start the development of the UB-X.

As we recently shared with you, now that we have fully developed the firmware platform for the UB-Xa, we can reuse up to 80% for the next Poly synths such as the UB-X, which will tremendously speed up the development.

We’re super excited about this project and will hopefully announce the lead engineer in the near future. If you like to join this amazing team and have deep experience with mixed architecture hardware or embedded software design, please send your resume to joinus@musictribe.com.

We target to offer an 8-voice UB-X for US$ 1.199 retail.

What do you think about the features, overall design and price?"

Behringer VST Soft Synths in the Works - (PPG) Wave, Pro16, & UB-XA

Behringer shared the following news this morning:

"So we thought the best way for people to get access to great musical instruments would be through VSTs. With our upcoming free DAW, we will also be including some free VST’s as well as other plug ins where we’ll charge a small amount.

For this purpose, we assembled some of the world’s best VST developers and together with our highly experienced Danish TC Electronic team, they’re now developing truly outstanding VST’s. Best of all, they’ll seamlessly integrate with our hardware synthesizers.

Once our DAW is ready, we’ll roll out the whole package. Offering these tools for free, is our contribution to empowering musicians around the world and especially getting kids into the world of music synthesis. We’d like to invite all VST developers around the world to join us build the most amazing free DAW and get your plug-ins integrated."

Behringer Introduces the Model D Soul - a Mini Minimoog for $99

A new mini mini. Also see the new Model 15, Hirotribe, 2-XM, UB-1, Toro, Proton, Saturn Soul, JP-4000 Spirit, ProVS and upcoming UB-Xa D.

Details on the Model D Soul:

"Product Announcement 10. The 'Model D Soul' synthesizer is based on the authentic 'MiniMoog' circuitry. Now you can enjoy the famous sound, but in a portable and affordable package.
The 'Model D Soul' is fully completed and ready for production. Once we’ll receive the chips, this synth will be on the way to you.

Price is US$ 99

What’s under the hood?

Portable Legendary Analog Synthesizer with 3 VCOs, Classic VCF, 1 LFO, 2 Envelopes and Motion Sequencer

- Based on the classic MiniMoog from the 1970s

- VCO with 5 selectable wave forms, including saw, triangle, shark, square and pulse

- Vintage-sounding low-pass filter with resonance for those classic sounds

- LFO with 4 different waveforms for amazing vibrato and filter effects

- VCA with a dedicated envelope control

- Variable envelope amount for filter cut-off control

- White and pink noise with i dependent volume control for dramatically expanded waveform generation

- 16-step motion sequencer with 8 memory slots and recording of knob movements
- 27 touch keys for instant playing on the go
- 18 controls for direct access to all major functions

- USB Micro connector allows powering via smartphone, power bank or computer

- Comprehensive MIDI implementation (including NRPN/CC control of all parameters and bulk load/save)"

Behringer Introduce Model 15 Semi-modular Synthesizer Based on Moog Model 15/35/55

Details:

"Announcement number 8🙂. [I actually count 9 with the Model 15, Hirotribe, 2-XM, UB-1, Toro, Proton, Saturn Soul, JP-4000 Spirit, ProVS. 10 if you count the UB-Xa D]. The Model 15 semi-modular synthesizer is based on the legacy “Model 15/35/55” circuitry but with some added features.

The product is fully completed and ready for production. Once we’ll receive the chips, this synth will be on the way to you.

Price is US$ 299.

What’s under the hood?
Analog Semi-Modular Synthesizer with Dual VCOs, VCF, Sequencer and Arpeggiator in Eurorack Format
- Analog synthesizer with dual VCO design allows for insanely fat music creation
- Authentic recreation of circuits from the legendary “Model 15/35/55” modular synthesizer
- Semi-modular design requires no patching for immediate performance
- Pure analog signal path based on authentic VCO, VCF and VCA designs
- Dual oscillators with 4 waveforms, oscillator sync, pulse width modulation and sub-oscillator
- Classic 24 dB ladder filter with resonance for legendary sound performance
- Advanced step sequencer with 3 separate 256-step memory slots, key transpose and multiple playback modes
- Arpeggiator featuring hold function and multiple playback modes for recording and playing back your melodies and riffs
- Fully analog LFO with 4 waveforms and dedicated controls for pitch, filter and pulse width modulation
- Spring reverb emulation for inspiring sound effects
- 48 patch points for advanced modular connection and integration with external equipment
- 37 controls give you direct and real-time access to all important parameters
- Complete Eurorack solution – main module can be transferred to a standard Eurorack case
- 16-voice Poly Chain allows combining multiple synthesizers for up to 16 voice polyphony
- Comprehensive MIDI implementation with MIDI channel and Voice Priority selection"

Behringer Introduces the UB-1 Spirit for $49

Another mini synth from Behringer. Curious what makes one a Spirit vs. Soul. So far they have introduced the ProVS Soul, the JP-4000 Spirit, the Saturn Soul, and now the UB-1 Spirit. I thought this one was based on the OB-Xa/upcoming UB-Xa, but per below it uses the Matrix-6/1000 CEM 3396/3397. via Wikipiea: "CEM3396 Microprocessor Controllable: Wave-Shaper x2, VCF, VCA. CEM3397 same core design as CEM3396 but with separate external signal (noise/sub/wavetable) input and VCA to mix stage and additional Pan VCA and L/R output stage. Originally labelled MS1215 and designed for Marion Systems MSR-2. Relabeled as PA397 for DSI."

I'm guessing no matrix modulation on the UB-1. It's not a mini Matrix-6/M1000. It just uses the chip.

Details:

"Introducing the UB-1, a Portable Analog Synthesizer with 2 Analog Oscillators, Classic VCF and Arpeggiator.

Uli passionately believes in empowering everyone by providing access to great sounding musical instruments, especially for kids, so they can start a lifelong love affair with electronic music and sound synthesis.

The UB-1 synthesizer is fully developed and once we receive the chips, we’ll be shipping this marvel your way. Don’t be fooled by the size - this is a monster synth in a small package. Best of all the estimated price is only US$ 49.

What’s under the tiny hood?

- Programmable synthesizer with 2 DCOs and classic 4-pole filter

- Legendary 3396/3397 analog chip design, found in the Oberheim Matrix 6/1000*

- 16 touch
-sensitive keys for great playability

- 32 memory presets, expandable via SynthTribe app

- Arpeggiator with 3 patterns and hold function

- Individual envelopes for VCF and VCA for creative sound shaping

- 2 powerful LFOs to control filter and oscillator tuning

- 6 functions buttons and OLED display for easy and immediate parameter editing

- USB Micro connector allows powering via smartphone, power bank or computer

- Comprehensive USB/MIDI implementation (including NRPN/CC control of all parameters and bulk load/save)"

Behringer UB-Xa D (Desktop) Prototype Complete

Behringer's UB-Xa (Oberheim OB-Xa) in prototype desktop form. Renders previously posted here.

"While we’re all waiting for chips to finally produce and ship the UB-Xa, our engineers haven’t been sitting still and in the meantime finished the prototype of the desktop version. Like with all our other desktop modules, this one will be rack mountable, too."

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