Tandy Orchestra-90 Stereo Music Synthesizer

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Three videos of the Tandy Orchestra-90 Stereo Music Synthesizer. The Orchestra-90 was featured on the site once before in this listing from 2013. This is the first post to feature demos and a look inside. I found them after seeing the new listing below.

Playlist:
Orchestra-90 Stereo Music Synthesizer
CoCoTracker - Orchestra-90 - 6309
Orch 90 repro plays 99 Luftballons on the TRS-80 Model 4

via this listing

"Introducing the Tandy Computer Products The Orchestra-90 Stereo Music Synthesizer! This high-quality music synthesizer is perfect for both amateur and professional musicians alike. With its advanced technology and user-friendly interface, this synthesizer is sure to take your music to the next level.

Featuring a sleek design and top-of-the-line features, this Tandy synthesizer is a must-have for any music enthusiast. Whether you're looking to create your own unique sound or simply want to enhance your current music projects, the Orchestra-90 is the perfect tool for the job. With its exceptional sound quality and versatile capabilities, this synthesizer is a true game-changer in the world of music."

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Famous Synth Sounds - (08) Faltermeyer Axel F & (09) Nena 99 Luftballons

video uploads by SonicProjects

https://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/...

Check the presented sounds by yourself with the demo version linked above

Famous Synth Sounds - (09) Nena 99 Luftballons

Click on the BANK - LOAD button in the synth's grey top-bar
Load this bank: Downloaded / PROII_FALTERMEYER
Presets 3, 4, 2

Famous Synth Sounds - (09) Nena 99 Luftballons
Click on the BANK - LOAD button in the synth's grey top-bar
Load this bank: PROII_FAMOUS
Preset 12: 99 Luftballons Strings
Preset 13: 99 Luftballons Bass

Famous Synth Sounds - (10) Madonna Holiday
Click on the BANK - LOAD button in the synth's grey top-bar
Load this bank: PROII_FAMOUS
Preset 14 Holiday Epiano
Preset 15 Holiday Strings
Preset 16 Holiday Bass
Preset 17 Holiday Mini

Famous Synth Sounds - (11) Duran Duran Save A Prayer
Click on the BANK - LOAD button in the synth's grey top-bar 

Load this bank: PROII_FAMOUS 

Preset 18 Duran Prayer Pulse 

Preset 20 Duran Prayer Lead

NENA | 99 Luftballons - Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 or Oberheim OB-X?

[1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo] video upload by NENA

▶︎ https://www.nena.de
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Prophet-5 used for the video.

Oberheim OB-X according to previous posts.

Which one was it?

Update: Some answers in the comments including the following live video. Minimoog & PPG Wave on stage as well.

NENA - Live @ PINKPOP Festival (Remastered)

video upload by Maxis Maximal

"05/23/1983 Geleen, Netherlands
SETLIST:
00:00 Leuchtturm
03:36 Ich lieb dich
09:16 99 Luftballons
13:22 Nur geträumt"

Oberheim OB-X - The Sound of 99 Red Balloons (Nena 99 Luftballons)

video upload by RetroSound

"The intro sound of 99 Red Ballons was always one my favorite Oberheim sounds ever. The warm pad sound at the beginning and than the powerful synth riff. Wonderful. At the end of the video can you find the patch sheet.

The Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer from 1978 is one of the legendary synths in music history. Used by Ultravox, Japan, Killing Joke, J.-M. Jarre, Rush, Barcley James Harvest and others. Here can you find the full OB-X playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy."

OBERHEIM OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979) Seven Sounds

Published on Jan 25, 2020 RetroSound

"(c)2007-20 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

Oberheim OB-X Analog #Synthesizer from the year 1979

The demo video shows some self programmed synth sounds.

The #Oberheim #OBX is one of the fattest analog poly-synths ever.
The sound character (based of the discrete circuits and the SEM design VCF) is different to the later curtis chip based OB-Xa and OB-8.

Used by: Rush (Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer), Nena (99 Luftballons, Nur Geträumt), J.-M. Jarre (Magnetic Fields), Killing Joke (Love Like Blood), Roxy Music (Avalon), Queen (Flash Gordon), Styx (Too much time on my hands), Japan, Supertramp, Suzanne Ciani, Tangerine Dream (Exit) and more

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
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Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979) "Oberfett X" part2

Published on Apr 14, 2019 RetroSound

"(c) 2019 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

#Oberheim #OB-X Analog #Synthesizer from the year 1979

The demo video shows some self programmed uncommon synth sounds.

The Oberheim OB-X is one of the fattest analog poly-synths ever.

The sound character (based of the discrete circuits and the SEM design VCF) is different to the later curtis chip based OB-Xa and OB-8.

Used by: Rush (Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer), Nena (99 Luftballons, Nur Geträumt), J.-M. Jarre (Magnetic Fields), Killing Joke (Love Like Blood), Roxy Music (Avalon), Queen (Flash Gordon), Styx (Too much time on my hands), Japan, Supertramp, Suzanne Ciani, Tangerine Dream (Exit) and more

external fx: a bit delay"

Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979) "Oberfett"

Published on Apr 30, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer from the year 1979

The demo video shows some self programmed uncommon synth sounds.

The Oberheim OB-X is one of the fattest analog poly-synths ever.

The sound character (based of the discrete circuits and the SEM design VCF) is different to the later curtis chip based OB-Xa and OB-8.

Used by: Rush (Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer), Nena (99 Luftballons, Nur Geträumt), J.-M. Jarre (Magnetic Fields), Killing Joke (Love Like Blood), Roxy Music (Avalon), Queen (Flash Gordon), Styx (Too much time on my hands), Japan, Supertramp, Suzanne Ciani, Tangerine Dream (Exit) and more

external fx: a bit delay"

Oberheim OB-X

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"This OB-X is the 4-voice model in top condition and with very minor wear given its age. This synth sounds fantastic, everything works as it should and is very stable. I had it serviced about 2 years ago by a former Oberheim employee. Service included recapping of the power supply, replacing OS chips, renew some of the old cables, and adding new key bushings. I also had him retrofit it with the ElectronGate MIDI kit.

The Oberheim OB-X is the rarest of the entire OB-series and touted by many (including Tom Oberheim himself) as the best sounding model of the OB series, which is due to its all discrete components (except for the envelopes, for which it uses CEM3310 chips) and the SEM-based design used in the earlier Oberheim Two- and Four Voice synths. Only 800 Oberheim OB-Xs were manufactured and it is estimated that an even smaller number of them are alive today in fully working condition.

Furthermore, the OB-X is THE synth behind legendary sounds, such as the haunting pad sound in Killing Joke's "Love Like Blood", the intro reso-sweep sound in Rush's "Tom Sawyer", the entire Queen "Flash Gordon" soundtrack, Nena's "99 Luftballons", and of course Van Halen's "Jump" (the list goes on)."

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Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer Sounds

Published on Dec 4, 2014 RetroSound

"(c) 2014 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer from the year 1979

The demo video shows some self programmed classic synth sounds.

The Oberheim OB-X is one of the best analog poly-synths ever. The sound character (based of the discrete circuits and the SEM design VCF) is different to the later curtis chip based OB-Xa and OB-8.

Used by: Rush (Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer), Nena (99 Luftballons, Nur Geträumt), J.-M. Jarre (Magnetic Fields), Killing Joke (Love Like Blood), Roxy Music (Avalon), Queen (Flash Gordon), Styx (Too much time on my hands), Japan, Supertramp, Suzanne Ciani, Tangerine Dream (Exit) and more"

MS Kinect Balloon Project

Balloon Project from Dan Wilcox on Vimeo.

"Experiments in balloon motion and sound using an MS Kinect depth sensing camera.

Created for the Carnegie Mellon 1st & 2nd year MFA Graduate show entitled "Fresh Baked Goods" at Bakery Square, April 2011.

A machine stands in a room surrounded by balloons. Circulating fans blow the balloons over the machine which creates sound based on their movements.

Mode 1: Tones

Balloon height and x/y position control the pitch and panning of a treble and bass voice. The tones can be quantized into a certain key or a glisssando can be employed for a theremin-style effect.

Mode 2: 99 Luftballons

The playback speed of Nena's 99 Luftballons is controlled by balloon height. The balloons must be kept in the air for the song to play. Feed the machine.

Built using Open Frameworks, ofxKinect, and Open CV for balloon tracking and Pure Data for sound generation/playback.

See danomatika.com/​blog/​balloon-project for more info.

Music: 99 Luftballons by Nena"

Jams by rithmus

ESI-32, Evolver and XBase 888 (Jam)

YouTube via rithmus | April 30, 2009 | 7:34

"Recorded directly from Yamaha 01v96 with their own reverbs and compressors, no final remastering. The XBase was sequenced in pattern mode (parameter locks), and has my own samples edited for 8bits. Samples are hihats, congas, ride, snare and clap. Bassdrum is the main Jomox analog BD. Pad is a sampled string played on ESI-32. FX-Bass comes from Evolver."

TOMs Vs. PADs (XBase Vs. ESI-32)


"One midi track on XBase is sequencing ESI-32. At the same time I'm playing chords on it. Clicks & pops are caused that "mutes" doesn't mute the sequencer notes. It mutes the instrument sound channel only. Sampled wave on ESI-32 playing with LFO and VCF. Toms on XBase are analog. Snare, Congas, Shaker, Rimshot & Hihats are 8bit samples. Phased Hihat comes from Machinedrum. Recorded directly from Yamaha 01v96 with their own reverbs and compressors, no final mastering."

Jamming with Yamaha PSR-210 Rhythm Samples

rithmus | May 19, 2010 | 4:36

ESI-32 (16bits): Kick, Snare1, Ride1, Shaker, HQ
XBase 888 (8bits): Snare2, Tom, Clap, Ride2, HiHat (Analog noise)
Evolver: Sequenced Synth
ESI-32: Sampled Pad from "99 Luftballons"
Dancer: Me, please gift me a moog :)
01v96: EQ, Comp, Reverb & Delay

Oberheim OB-X 8 Voice Analog Synth pt.1

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Oberheim OB-X 8 Voice Analog Synthesizer from the year 1979. The OB-X was available with 4, 6 or 8 discrete voice cards.

part1: some self-made classic OB-X sounds (pads, brass, bass, sync- and crossmodulation sounds and more)

part2: the features of the OB-X (coming soon)

The Oberheim OB-X is one of the best analog poly-synths ever. A classic! The sound is stunning, organic and very powerful. The sound character (based of the discrete circuits and the SEM design VCF) is different to the later curtis chip based OB-Xa and OB-8.

Used by: Rush (Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer), Nena (99 Luftballons, Nur Geträumt), J.-M. Jarre (Magnetic Fields), Lilling Joke (Love Like Blood), Roxy Music (Avalon), Queen (Flash Gordon), Styx (Too much time on my hands), Japan, Supertramp, Suzanne Ciani, Tangerine Dream (Exit) ..."