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Follow-up to Best of Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer

Best of Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer

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Best of Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8"

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:20 Memories
1:27 Dreamcatcher
1:55 Silkyway https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/track...
2:22 8 Voices
3:02 1979
3:24 Zero Gravity
3:51 Novemberblues
4:12 Erstmal Wind
4:42 Somber Place
5:25 I Robot
5:56 Mr.M
6:20 Enigmatic
6:41 Step by Step
6:54 Power Generator
7:11 Filter Modulator
7:23 Sweeper
7:38 Deeper and Deeper
8:02 Hard Sync
8:14 Mark1
8:26 Mark2
8:40 Geddy1
8:54 Geddy2
9:06 Chis
9:15 Dennis
9:28 Giorgio
9:39 Unisono
10:02 Vangelis
10:13 Alarm
10:22 The End

The Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer from 1979 is one of the legendary synths in music history. Here can you find the full OB-X playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The OB-X playlist:

Famous Oberheim Synthesizer Sounds part1

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Famous Oberheim Synthesizer Sounds part1

0:06 Talk Talk - It`s My Life
0:35 Simple Minds - Don`t You Forget About Me
1:12 Van Halen - I`ll Wait
1:45 Talk Talk - Such A Shame
2:24 Ch. Bruhns - Captain Future Theme
2:35 Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss

The Oberheim Synthesizers OB-X and OB-Xa are two of the big legendary synths in music history. Used by many pop and rock groups in the 80s. Most famous is Jump by Van Halen. Here can you find the full playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy."

RetroSound Famous Oberheim Synthesizer posts.

The OB-Xa playlist:


The OB-X playlist:

RetroSound's Favorite Jupiter Synthesizer - Roland Jupiter-4 (1978)

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The Jupiter-4 came out in 1978 and was one of the first polyphonic synthesizers along with the Prophet 5 and the OB-X. Being affordable, he was often found on the coming New Wave music. The Human League, Heaven 17, Duran Duran, Simple Minds and many other groups used the JP4. The sound is very unique and stands out from the big brothers. Wilder, louder, darker. I prefer this sound character over the others.

The demo video shows some special sound characteristics of the first Jupiter synth.

The Jupiter-4 playlist:"

The Sound of Imagination - Music And Lights with Moog & Oberheim Synthesizer

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One of my favorite 80s songs by Imagination
'Music And Lights' released in 1982 by R&B Records

I used the Moog Source analog synthesizer for the bass and for the lead sounds.
Additional sounds: Oberheim OB-X analog synthesizer for the e-piano pad and some fx sounds
analog strings: Logan String Melody II stringmachine
external fx

The Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer is one of the big legendary synths in music history. Different in sound to all later OB synths like OB-Xa, OB-8 or the new OB-X8. Here can you find the full OB-X playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The OB-X playlist:"

The Sound of Christopher Cross - Sailing with Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer

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One of my favorite 80s songs
Christopher Cross - Sailing (1980)
'Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be. Just a dream and the wind to carry me'

I used here the Oberheim OB-X for the main theme sound (like in the original song) and the string pad sound And I used the Yamaha DX7 II for the guitar sound.
Piano: Yamaha Reface CP played with the Oberheim Xk
Bass Synth: Moog The Source

The Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer is one of the big legendary synths in music history. Different in sound to all later OB synths like OB-Xa, OB-8 or the new OB-X8. Here can you find the full OB-X playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.

The OB-X playlist:"

The Sound of YMO with Arp Odyssey and Oberheim Synthesizers

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One of my favorite tracks made by the Yellow Magic Orchestra
Solid State Survivor from the year 1979
Rest In Peace Yukihiro Takahashi ✨

YMO used a lot stuff in the original track. I have reduced the arrangement to some sounds.

bass synthesizer sounds: Arp Odyssey mk.3 from the year 1978
chords and lead synth: Oberheim OB-X and OB-Xa synthesizer (1979/1980), Arp Odyssey
fx sounds: Arp Odyssey

The ARP ODYSSEY Synthesizer is one of the legendary synths in music history. Used by many pop and rock groups in the 70s, 80s and today. Here can you find the full ODYSSEY playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The ODYSSEY playlist:"

The Sound of S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good To Me with Minimoog, TR-808, OB-X

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One of my favorite songs from the early 80s with a wonderful groovy Moog bassline. "Just Be Good to Me" performed by the S.O.S. Band, written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for the studio album On the Rise (1983)

bass sounds: Minimoog Analog Synthesizer (1975)
analog drums: TR-808 Rhythm Composer(1982)
all other sounds: Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979)
recording: multi-track, played by hand

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The Sound of Talk Talk - It`s My Life with the Oberheim OB-X, PPG wave

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Talk Talk - It`s My Life from the year 1984
Written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene
And for me one of the best songs from the mid 80s.

I used here the Oberheim OB-X for synth pads, lead sounds and the main theme like in the original song. And I used the PPG wave 2.2 for the additional metallic sounds. Bass: Moog Source

The Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer is one of the big legendary synths in music history. Here can you find the full OB-X playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The OB-X playlist:"

RetroSound VANGELIS Tribute - Thank you for the music!

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I wanted to do a Vangelis tribute track. For me personally, his soundscapes and above all his sound aesthetics were probably the initial spark that brought me to electronic music and thus to synthesizers. I have almost all albums. The COSMOS series with Carl Sagan ran on GDR television in the early 1980s. That was my first contact with his music. The sounds touched me and painted pictures in my head. They stimulated my imagination. That ultimately aroused my interest in these supposedly unattainable "miracle machines", the synthesizers. But that was all so far away back then. Rest in peace maestro.

The track Chung Kuo is on the China album, released in 1979.

I used the Roland VP330 for string sounds, the Oberheim OB-X for the CS brass sound, the Arp Quadra for the main theme and the bass & string sounds, the Emulator II for percussion sounds, the Yamaha DX7 II für the melody and pad sounds and the Roland M-VS1 module for additional horn/pad sounds."

7 Minutes Growling with the Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer (no OB-X8)

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7 minutes growling with the big and old Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer from the year 1979

No FX! No EQ! No Comp! The pure OB-X sound in HQ audio.

Here can you fínd the full OB-X playlist:"

The Sound of RUSH - Oberheim OB-Xa & OB-X - Countdown

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One of my favorite songs from RUSH from the Album Signals (1982)

I used here the Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer for the main synth riff , lead parts and bass. The second bass is made with the Moog Taurus bass pedals and I used the Oberheim OB-Xa for the lead and pad sound parts.

Here can you fínd the full OB-X playlist:"

The Sound of RUSH - Subdivisions - Oberheim OB-X Moog Taurus Minimoog

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My favorite song from RUSH from the Album Signals (1982)

I used here the Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer for the pads and the main synth riff. The bass is made with the Moog Taurus and I used the Minimoog for the lead sound parts."

The New Wave Synthesizer - Roland Jupiter-4

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The Jupiter-4 came out in 1978 and was one of the first polyphonic synthesizers along with the Prophet 5 and the OB-X. Being affordable, he was often found on the coming New Wave music. Human League, Depeche Mode, Heaven 17, Duran Duran, Simple Minds and many other groups used the synthesizer. The sound is very unique and stands out from the big brothers. Wilder, louder, darker. I prefer this sound character over the others.

The demo track shows a typical drummachine triggered bass with some sounds of the JP-4
all synthesizer sounds: Roland Jupiter-4 (1978)
drums: LinnDrum (1982)
recording: multi-track without MIDI, played by hand"

Vintage Synthesizer Sampling with the E-MU Emulator II

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I sample my synthesizers very often with the Emulator II and with the Emax. The result is often completely different sounding sounds that I can further edit and use. An infinite source of sounds.
In the video I show the sampling process with the Oberheim OB-X. Summarized, of course.

0:00 Sampling the Oberheim OB-X
0:47 The processed sampled sound
1:42 Track with different synth samples"

The sound of Tangerine Dream - Moog Minimoog

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One of my favorite tracks from Tangerine Dream. Dolphin Dance from the album Underwater Sunlight featured the Moog Minimoog from the year 1978
analog strings: Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer (1979)
drums: Minimoog and samples"

The Sound of STYX - To Much Time On My Hands - Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer

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"One of my favorite songs from STYX.
I used the Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer from the year 1978 for all synth sounds.
For the Rhodes Mk1 sound I used my Yamaha Reface CP incl. the internal effect section. Played with the Oberheim Xk keyboard controller. The SD is a E-MU sample and triggered with the Simmons drum pad."

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

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"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."

I feel love with the Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer

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"all synthesizer sounds: Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979)
drums: Simmons SDS-8, LinnDrum
recording: multi-track
fx: EHX Memory Man Deluxe, EHX Electric Mistress, EHX Small Stone"

Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979) Sounds from the old Synth Beast

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The Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer (1979)
For me one of the best synthesizers ever made. I use the OB-X many years and I had never technical problems. The sound is very different to the later curtis chip based OB--Xa. But I like both.
My OB-X is a eight voice. Enjoy some sounds."

RetroSound OB-X posts