a-ha - Take On Me VST ! - OP-X PRO-II

video upload by virtualoberheim

"A more analog sounding cover of this iconic track. The used sounds can be downladed as bank on this site: https://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/...

In the original track the bass came from a DX-7 and the lead was a PPG Wave layered with a Juno-60.

In this cover video all sounds except for the choir (Steinberg Halion One) are coming from OP-X PRO-II and so sound a bit warmer and fuller.

Drums: Mapex Tornado

Keyboard: Novation 61SL MkII
Keyboard stand: K&M 18953
Laptop stand: K&M 21255

Cam1: Canon EOS 700D (side and close)
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1,8 STM
Cam2: Canon HF M406 (top)
Video Light: Yongnuo YN-216"

SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II - Factory Presets Demo

video upload by virtualoberheim

"Playing some factory presets of the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog synth. No external treatment involved. All sounds are coming directly from the stereo output of the synth.

...

The video features 91 presets from 29 banks. The gigantic complete patches library the synth ships with is 2'500 patches in 66 banks, so the featured picked presets are just 3.64 % of all available presets.

Explore the built-in banks and sounds on this dedicated site:
https://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/...

As you can hear in the video the synth perfectly can emulate the typical sounds of various classic analog synths including the Roland Jupiter-8, Prophet-5, Oberheim OB-X, Oberheim Matrix-12 and even Minimoog."

Additional SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II posts.

Jump, Toto, Prince, Rush, Parsons, BJH!

video upload by virtualoberheim

"Some playing fun with SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II. The featured sounds are factory presets with no additional processing involved.

Computer: iMac 21" 2011
Keyboard: E-mu Xboard 61

Installed interface version: Synth Interface Big
https://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/...

Drums: Mapex Tornado

The patch used for Jump is Preset 2 'Halen Jump LEFT II' of the new 'Powertone' bank which can be downloaded here:
https://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/...

Featured Songs:

Van Halen - Jump
Toto - Africa
Prince - 1999
Rush - Subdivisions
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius
BJH - Back To The Wall
BJH - Life Is For Living (Live in Berlin version)
BJH - Waiting On The Borderline
BJH - I'm Like A Train

Video Cam: Canon EOS 700D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1,8 STM
Video Light: Yongnuo YN-216"

Stringer 3.0 - Solina, Logan, Pink Floyd Shine On!

video by virtualoberheim

"Demo of the SonicProjects Stringer 3.0 virtual String machine. All heard sounds are coming directly from the stereo output of Stringer with no external effects involved.

The sampled machines:

- Logan String Melody II
- ARP Omni 2
- Welson Symphony

For the sampling hi-end Apogee Rosetta AD converters (clock jitter less than 22ps) were used which results in unparalleled depth and 3-dimensional feel.

The loop lenghts are up to 4 seconds matching the original beats so that no looping at all can be heard.

The first version of Stringer was released in September 2006 introducing the dual sample engine design.

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OP-X PRO-II: Powertone Bank - Prince, Madonna, Simple Minds

video by virtualoberheim

"Demo of the new "Powertone" bank for OP-X PRO-II. The bank can be downloaded for free on this site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/u...

The video features the "Rack Edition Huge" interface version of the synth within Logic Pro X in an iMac 21 mid 2011.

Learn More about the synth's available interfaces on this site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/i...

The heard audio comes directly from the stereo outputs of OP-X PRO-II. No external effects or any other treatments of any kind involved.

The bank offers a wide variety of new patches of all kinds plus some new or not yet released famous 80s patches.

Featured 80s patches:

Madonna - Borderline
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Prince - When Doves Cry
Prince - I Would Die 4 U
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Jon & Vangelis - I Hear You Now
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)

Not played:

Jerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Phil Collins - Paradise
Prince - Baby I'm A Star
Van Halen - I'll Wait"

OP-X PRO-II: Retrotone Bank - Alphaville, Madonna, Marillion, Steve Winwood...

Published on Sep 12, 2019 virtualoberheim

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d...

Demo of the new "Retrotone" bank for OP-X PRO-II. The bank can be downloaded for free on this site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/u...

The video features the "Rack Edition Huge" interface version of the synth within Logic Pro X in an iMac 21 mid 2011.

Learn More about the synth's available interfaces on this site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/i...

The midi keyboard's two knobs at the right are learned to the increment/decrement buttons which allows to switch patches remotely. Learn more about in on page 85 of the synth's manual.

The heard audio comes directly from the stereo outputs of OP-X PRO-II. No external effects or any other treatments of any kind involved.

The featured patches:

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OP-X PRO-II: Interfaces

Published on Aug 12, 2019 virtualoberheim

"The newest version of OP-X PRO-II (1.2.6) offers two interface types (Synth Interface / Rack Edition) each in 3 sizes (standard/large/huge) via separate installers.

This video shows how they look in the screen of an iMac 27" Mid 2017 Retina 5K at standard resolution (resolution equating to 2560 x 1440 pixels real).

The alternative "Rack Edition" interface does without a virtual keyboard and empty chassis areas for maximum controls size on the smallest area possible. It furthermore also offers labels and dedicated controls for hidden features and calibration tools and a new way of presenting the presets of a loaded bank.

Learn more about the new interfaces on this dedicated site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/i...

Learn more about OP-X PRO-II on its product site:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d...

Demo version:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/f...

The session used in the video (featuring 8 instances of OP-X PRO-II for all sounds including drums) can be downloaded ready to play for various mac and windows sequencers here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d...

The used sounds also are available in this bank in the library's "Extrabanks" folder:
PROII_Live8InstancesSong.opxbank"

OP-X PRO-II available for Mac and x64

Published on Sep 30, 2015 virtualoberheim

"Featuring 8 instances of OP-X PRO-II performing in Apple Logic Pro X. All sounds including drums are coming from OP-X PRO-II.

The featured sounds are available in the 'PROII_Live8InstancesSong' bank in 'Extrabanks' in the new Mac and x64 versions. The bank also will be provided for the 32bit version on the sound reloads page.

The featured session can be downloaded ready to play for various Mac and Windows x64 sequencers on the demo version page: http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/f...

The available formats now include:
Mac: AU and VST3 32/64bit
Win: VST2 32bit, VST2 and VST3 64bit

The new Mac and x64 bit versions include all so far available sounds which is a whooping 2'500 patches in total.

The sound collection includes emulations of synths like Oberheim OB-X, Matrix-12, Jupiter-8, Prophet-5, Minimoog, Elka Synthex, Crumar BIT99 and other ones.

All sounds can be checked out with the free demo version: http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/f..."

OP-X PRO-II: Matrix-12 Revelation

Published on Jun 20, 2014 virtualoberheim·55 videos

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d...

Playing through the Oberheim Matrix-12 Revelation Bank for the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog synth. All sounds are coming from OP-X PRO-II.

The bank is free and can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/u...

Here's a timetable of the featured presets:

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OP-X PRO-II: Borseti Collection

Published on May 28, 2014 virtualoberheim·54 videos

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

A demo of the Borseti Selection bank for OP-X PRO-II which is included in the Borseti Collection. All sounds except for drums are coming from OP-X PRO-II. No external effects involved.

The bank can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/userarea.html#Newest

Here's a timetable of the featured presets:

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Axel F Beverly Hills Cop VST - OP-X PRO-II

Published on May 21, 2014 virtualoberheim·52 videos

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

Original music by Harold Faltermeyer. All sounds except for drums are coming from the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog VST synthesizer plugin.

The used sounds can be downloaded as bank here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/userarea.html#Newest

The song uses 13 instances of OP-X PRO-II for all sounds except drums. The used sequencer is Cakewalk Sonar X3.

The song runs in an entry level Acer Aspire E1-510 notebook featuring an Intel N3520 2.42 GHz CPU and Windows 8.1.

The maximum CPU load read from the Sonar X3 CPU meter is about 30% running all 13 instances of OP-X PRO-II in realtime (no track freezing used).

The used master keyboard is an E-Mu Xboard 61.

The copyright of the original composition belongs to the respective owners. This track is just a cover version using virtual instruments to recreate the sounds and doesn't contain any bits of the the original music.

Related:

Axel F VST
Oberheim VST
Oberheim OB-X VST
Roland Jupiter-8 VST"

Roland Jupiter-8 vs. OP-X PRO-II

Published on Aug 29, 2013 virtualoberheim·51 videos

"Comparing some factory presets of the Roland Jupiter-8 to the cloned ones in the Jupiter-8 Collection bank for the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog VSTi synth.

The original Jupiter-8 clips were recorded by Paolo Di Nicolantonio from synthmania.com and were licensed for this comparison:
http://www.synthmania.com/jupiter-8.htm

The cloned presets in OP-X PRO-II were modeled by ear after these clips and are available in the "Jupiter-8 Collection" bank which can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/userarea.html#Newest

The flexible engine of OP-X PRO-II allows to mimic the character and sounds of several different synths. These direct comparison examples show that it works quite well for the Jupiter-8.

Related:

Roland Jupiter-8 VSTi
Roland Jupiter-8 Comparison
Oberheim VSTi"

OP-X PRO-II: Mastertone Bank Demo

Published on Mar 22, 2013 virtualoberheim·50 videos

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d...

"Demo of the new Mastertone bank for the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog Oberheim VSTi synth plugin. No external effects or any other treatments have been involved. All sounds are coming directly from OP-X PRO-II.

The bank offers 64 excellent presets which all have a warm and full character. The patches are a pleasure to play and too perfectly fit in any mix. The sounds have been modelled after the following synths:

- Oberheim OB-Xa
- Oberheim OB-8
- Oberheim Xpander
- Oberheim Matrix-12
- Roland Jupiter-6
- Roland Jupiter-8
- Moog Minimoog
- Crumar BIT99

The bank can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/u...

Here's a reference of the featured patches:

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OP-X PRO-II: Famous Sounds in a Netbook!

video upload by virtualoberheim

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

"Playing some famous bank patches on the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog Oberheim VSTi synth hosted in a cheap Acer netbook.

The used netbook is an Acer Aspire One 270 - 26Dkk featuring an Intel Atom N2600 1,6 GHz CPU, 1Gb Ram and Windows 7 Starter as operating system.

The used vst host is the free Hermann Seib SaviHost. Because of the small size screen of the netbook (1024 x 600) the virtual keyboard of OP-X PRO-II doesn't fit the screen, but luckily the main panel with all controls does which is perfectly usable.

For audio only the built in audio card was used together with the free Asio4all drivers for low latency performance. The used buffer setting was 512 samples.

The audio was picked directly from the headphone output and was recorded with a different computer over the line inputs of an RME HDSP 9632 audio card directly to disk. No effects or any other treatments have been added. As you can hear the audio quality of this netbook's headphone output is astonishingly good and is completely noise free. The slight noise in the video comes from the camera microphone which was mixed to the line signal for the ambient noises.

The used MIDI master keyboard (an E-MU Xboard 61) is connected directly to the netbook over USB and is powered by the usb port.

There haven't been done any optimizations in the netbook for this video, the virus scanner and all the background services are running.

Note that in this unoptimized state and without an external good low latency audio interface OP-X PRO-II only barely can be run and there is occasional crackling and overload artefacts with some cpu intensive patches. 12-voice patches have to be reduced to 10 voices by deactivating voices for a glitch free performance.

For serious and artefact free performance for all patches the next higher Intel Atom CPU (Intel Atom N2800 1,86 GHz) is recommended and if possible an external USB audio interface like the E-MU 0204.

The played patches all are patches included in the "famous" bank coming with OP-X PRO-II. These are the featured songs:

00:04 Rush - The Camera Eye
00:21 Rush - Subdivisions
00:46 Journey - Separate Ways
00:59 ELP - Lucky Man
01:13 Gary Numan - Cars
01:41 Toto - Africa (-1 semitone)
01:55 ABBA - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie
02:09 ABBA - Summer Night City (Wembley '79 Intro)
02:32 ABBA - Eagle
02:47 Pink Floyd - One Of My Turns
03:42 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
04:12 Pink Floyd - On The Run (+1 semitone)
05:40 Pink Floyd - Signs Of Life (intro pulse flute)
05:49 Pink Floyd - Signs Of Life (pad)
06:47 Queen - Radio Ga Ga (strings)
07:08 Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living
07:21 Barclay James Harvest - Victims Of Circumstance (brass)
07:39 Barclay James Harvest - Victims Of Circumstance (bell)
07:59 Barclay James Harvest - Waiting On The Borderline
08:18 Barclay James Harvest - Back To The Wall (synth solo)
08:40 Barclay James Harvest - Echoes And Shadows
09:03 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius (clav)
09:15 Alan Parsons Project - Sirius (harp)
09:37 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

The patches also can be auditioned with the demo version of OP-X PRO-II:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/freedemo.html

The free Asio4all drivers are available here:
http://www.asio4all.com/

The free Hermann Seib SaviHost is available here:
http://www.hermannseib.com/

Related:

Polymoog VSTi
Jupiter-8 VSTi
Pink Floyd VSTi
Famous Sounds VSTi
Rush Camera Eye Subdivisions VSTi"

Pink Floyd - On The Run【OP-X PRO-II】

Published on Oct 10, 2012 by virtualoberheim

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

"Using the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog Oberheim VSTi plugin to play the famous Pink Floyd "On The Run" sequence from their legendary "Dark Side Of the Moon" album.

The used preset is "Floyd On The Run" which can be found in the famous bank which comes with the synth. To be able to fill in the notes step by step the arpeggiator preset has to be switched to "Record" which is a small 8-step sequencer.

After playing in the single note steps the sequencer playback can be started hands-free with the damper pedal by quickly depressing and releasing it again within less than half a second (time filter). The same action again stops the playback.

The original synth used for this sequence was an EMS VCS3 which also exists as a more handy case version with included foil keyboard called EMS Synthi A.

OP-X PRO-II is hosted in an Acer Aspire One 270-26Dkk netbook using Hermann Seib SaviHost as vst host and Asio4all drivers over the built in audio card which manages to process up to 10 voices including effects glich free. Because of the small screen the virtual keyboard of OP-X PRO-II doesn't fit the screen and so ony the operation panel of can bee seen which itself luckily fits.

The used MIDI keyboard was an E-MU Xboard 61 which is connected direcly over usb to the netbook which also powers the keyboard.

The patch also can be auditioned with the demo version of the synth:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/freedemo.html

Related:
Pink Floyd On The Run VSTi
EMS VCS3 Synthi A VSTi"

Jupiter-8 Factory Patches for OP-X PRO-II

YouTube Published on Sep 5, 2012 by virtualoberheim

I want the OP-X PRO-II on the iPad.

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

"Demo of the Jupiter-8 Collection for the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II software VSTi synth. All heard sounds are coming from OP-X PRO-II.

The collection can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/userarea.html#Newest

The banks also can be loaded with the demo version:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/freedemo.html

To allow a direct comparison to the real Jupiter-8 the same or similar licks and chords were played as featured in the original Jupiter-8 factory preset clips available on synthmania:
http://www.synthmania.com/jupiter-8.htm

The Jupiter-8 Collection includes three banks:

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OP-X PRO-II: Reaper x64 Test

YouTube Published on Jun 9, 2012 by virtualoberheim

I'm curious if the iPad would have enough processing power to handle one instance of the OP-X PRO-II. They did an amazing job capturing the sound of the Oberheim OB-X series. Music Device Project makes a couple of OB-Xa synth for iOS, but I'm not sure how they compare.

"Cockos Reaper 4.22 64Bit, Core i7 2,66 GHz, RME HDSP 9632, 21 instances of OP-X PRO-II (version 1.1)

Download the session here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html#performance"

OP-X PRO-II: Performance Demo

YouTube Published on Jun 1, 2012 by virtualoberheim

http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

"Multiple instances performance demo of the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog Oberheim VSTi plugin synth in 4 hosts and 2 systems.

A session using 21 instances of OP-X PRO-II using only OP-X PRO-II and nothing else for all sounds including drums, bass and used effects.

The session can be downloaded here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html#performance

System 1:

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Logan String Melody II vs. SonicProjects Stringer

YouTube Published on May 21, 2012 by virtualoberheim

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/

SonicProjects Stringer string machine VSTi compared to a Logan String Melody II and playing some of the other included presets.

SonicProjects Stringer is a VSTi plugin for windows that provides top quality samplesets of the following 3 string machines:

- Logan String Melody II
- ARP Omni 2
- Welson Symphony

Learn more about these machines here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/realdevices.html

Outside of Italy the Logan String Melody II was distributed by Hohner under the name Hohner String Melody II.

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OP-X PRO-II: Platinum Bank Demo

YouTube Published on May 5, 2012 by virtualoberheim

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

Demo of the new Platinum bank for the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual Oberheim VSTi synth plugin. No external effects or any other treatment are involved. All sounds are coming directly from OP-X PRO-II which was played live and recorded directly to disk.

The bank features 82 stunning patches capturing the magic and the special character of some of the most sought after early voltage controlled polyphonic analog synths including:

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