OP-X PRO-II vs. Oberheim OB-X

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by virtualoberheim

This one is pretty uncanny. The OP-X Pro always impresses. I would love it on the iPad.

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

A dry 1:1 comparison of the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual Oberheim VSTi software synth to an Oberheim OB-X Rev.2.

The lower manual in the video is an USB midi master keyboard (an Emu Xboard 61) which drives OP-X PRO-II hosted in Steinberg Cubase 5. No effects or any other treatments were involved, both OB-X and OP-X PRO-II were recorded directly to disk, OB-X over the line inputs of an RME HDSP 9632 which has very neutral sounding converters.

The exact detunings (deviating filter settings, warm up pitch drift, etc.) and the individual pan settings of the voices of OB-X have been copied in every detail before with the voice based tuning features of OP-X PRO-II for a perfect match to the real synth.

To copy the bright sound OP-X PRO-II uses the BRL (brilliant) filter setting (DMP button, second button above voice mutes) which is dedicated to copy the sound character of the early OB-X and allows the filter to open into the ultra sound area and adds some extra shine in the heights.

The used patches can be downloaded here:

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Muse Research Receptor 2: SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II

YouTube Uploaded by virtualoberheim on Mar 14, 2011

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Playing through some of the factory default bank patches of the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog software VSTi synth. The synth is hosted in a Muse Research Receptor 2 hardware VST player.

Learn more about OP-X PRO-II here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

Learn more about Receptor here:
http://www.museresearch.com/

If you want to bring the sound of OP-X PRO-II on the big stages and take it on tour in your racks Receptor is a proven solution which is used by many of the biggest names in the business.

OP-X PRO-II can be user installed into Receptor using the unsupported method. A dedicated guide can be found on this page:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/musereceptor.html

Here's a list of all featured patches since the camera didn't manage to capture the display sharply:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/demo/featured_patches.tx"

Muse Research Receptor 2 Komplete Demo

YouTube Uploaded by virtualoberheim on Mar 7, 2011

"http://www.museresearch.com/

Muse Research Receptor 2 is a hardware VST player in rack format. Instead of fixed functions and algorithms it's powered by freely expandable VST instruments and VST effects and so has virtually no limits in what it can do.

Receptor 2 can be used as piano module, synthesizer, sampler, drum module, effects processor and guitar processor.

Its connections inlude guitar input, headphone connector, analog stereo outs, s/pdif in/out, adat, MIDI in/out, usb, mouse and monitor connectors.

All functions of Receptor can be accessed by its front panel, so mouse and monitor are optional. If they are connected Receptor offers a graphical mixer environment and it too allows to edit the plugins with their graphic interfaces.

The featured plugins in this video include:

- Native Instruments Kontakt
- Native Instruments FM8
- Native Instruments Battery
- Native Instruments Guitar Rig
- SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II
- USB Plugsound 2 Fretted
- USB Plugsound 4 Synth Collection

Native Instruments Komplete 7 and the Plugsound Box Collection are pre-installed in the featured Receptor

Used Kontakt Libraries:

- NI Upright Piano
- NI New York Grand
- Scarbee EP200 Wurlitzer Piano

There's no noticeable latency while playing. Playing Receptor feels the same as playing a hardware instrument.

Highly recommended - it's a dream machine!

http://www.museresearch.com/"

OP-X PRO-II: Famous 80ies Songs!

YouTube via virtualoberheim | January 20, 2011 |

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Playing some famous 80ies songs with the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual analog VSTi synth. All heard sounds are coming from several instances of OP-X PRO-II, except for drums which originally were programmed in Cubase with Steiberg Groove Agent and then imported into ProTools 8.

So the only two instruments involved are SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II and Steinberg Groove Agent. No external effects have been used. The used presets of OP-X PRO-II are all available in the "FAMOUS" bank. OP-X PRO-II has been wrapped to RTAS with the Fxpansion VST-To-RTAS adapter.

Featured Songs:

1. Howard Jones - New Song
2. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
3. Queen - I Want You Break Free
4. Queen - Radio Ga Ga
5. Madonna - Holiday
6. Barclay James Harvest - Life Is For Living
7. Barclay James Harvest - Victims Of Circumstance

The hardware synths used in the original songs mainly were Roland Jupiter 8 and Oberheim OB-X

Learn more about OP-X PRO-II here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/d..."

SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II: Sound Demo!

YouTube via virtualoberheim | January 20, 2011 |
Preset list in the description on YouTube

Receptor2 Uncovering

YouTube via virtualoberheim | December 18, 2010
Inside a Muse Receptor 2

OP-X PRO-II: Oberheim Matrix 6 Bank

YouTube via virtualoberheim | November 11, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

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This is a video response to the original Oberheim Matrix 6 demo video from Katsunori Ujiie: [see this post]

The heard sounds of this video have been re-programmed for the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II software VSTi synth just by listening to the video.

To be able to do a direct comparison the sounds have been played with similar chords and melodies and in the same chronological order.

The bank can be downloaded for free in the OP-X PRO-II sound reloads area:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/u..."

OP-X PRO-II: Trailer

YouTube via virtualoberheim | August 25, 2010

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SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II software VSTi synth - the new flagship. Introduction trailer.

The soundtrack of the video trailer has been exclusively done with OP-X PRO-II and Steinberg Groove Agent for drums. No external effects or treatment (except for drums) have been used, mixing just included levels and pan. All involved sounds are factory presets of OP-X PRO-II.

Here's the entire list of the used presets and settings, in chronological order:

High Sweeps:
MATRIX BANK 9 SyncNotch Sweep FXPM

Deep Strings:
DEFAULT BANK 1 Matrix Softstrings II

LFO Pad:
MATRIX BANK 6 BP Stereomod Pad

Filter Effect:
EFFECTS BANK 15 Filtereffect Water Down

Deep Timpani Doublehit:
MATRIX BANK 88 Matrix Fmod Bumbs NS
BASS BANK 12 Signs Of Life Bass

Filter Selfreso Sweep:
EFFECTS BANK 14 Filtereffect Blobs (Envelope edited)

Warm Mono Sweeps:
SYNTHEX BANK 5 Synthex MM Sweep

Porta Squeak:
DEFAULT BANK 125 Sawsolo Ultra Wide Bend (Portamento set a bit slower)

Bass:
BASS BANK 1 Fretless Bass

Chord Strings:
DEFAULT BANK 1 Matrix Softstrings II
PADS BANK 2 Supersoft Slowmod Pad

Arpeggio:
ARPEGGIOS BANK 21 Jupiter Techno ARP

Porta Solo:
DEFAULT BANK 125 Sawsolo Ultra Wide Bend (Portamento set a bit slower)

Brass Stab:
BRASS BANK 13 Prophet Brass Stab

Prophet Sync Sweep:
DEFAULT BANK 60 Prophet Unisync II (Pitch Osc2 set higher)

Percussive Solo:
PROPHET BANK 76 Prophet Perc Solo

Portamento Chord:
OBERHEIM BANK 3 Poly Portamento (Portamento set a bit faster)

Sample Hold Pad:
SAMPLEHOLD BANK 3 Moving SH Arpeggio

Distorted Guitar Tone:
DEFAULT BANK 13 OB Rock Unison

Sync Solo:
DEFAULR BANK 15 OB Syncsolo Damped (Filter Sustain set higher)

Highpitch Downsweep:
DEFAULT BANK 125 Sawsolo Ultra Wide Bend

Slow Portamento Solo:
PROPHET BANK 33 Prophet Ultrawide Bend (Portamento set slower)


Drums:
Steinberg Groove Agent:
Hip-Hop Kick (eq boost: 100hz 14.4 dB low-shelf)
Hip-Hop Snare (pitch set deeper, a bit Reverb A)
Electro Hihat (a bit Cubase Double Delay 1/16 sync)

Tempo: 120bpm"

SonicProjecs V-Machine Bundle with BCR2000

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

Playing and tweaking sounds with the following setup:

- SM Pro Audio V-Machine
- SonicProjects VM Bundle
- Behringer BCR2000
- Korg DW8000 (only used as master keyboard)

Have a look at the used controller templates:

OP-X:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/...

Stringer:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/...

The master keyboard (Korg DW8000) is connected by MIDI cable to the V-Machine. The Behringer BCR2000 controller is connected by USB cable to the V-Machine (which offers two USB connectors). The SonicProjects VM Bundle is installed on the V-Machine and produces the sound including effects. The line outputs of the V-Machine are directly connected to an amplifier (using the green jack cables) which drives a pair of Yamaha NS-10 speakers. The audio of the video was recorded with the integrated room microphone of the video cam.

The installed SonicProjects VM Bundle is a bundle of adapted versions of OP-X (a virtual analog synth), Stringer (a sample based vintage string machine emulator), two custom made effect plugins (reverb and delay) as well as two banks with many ready to play presets in VFX format.

The VM Bundle also contains a BCR2000 toolkit that offers a custom sysex preset for the BCR2000 that matches the pre-mapped versions of the banks. After loading the sysex preset from a MIDI sequencer into the BCR2000 the setup can be immediatly used and offers a knob or button for every single parameter of OP-X and Stringer without the need of manual configuration. The BCR2000 toolkit also includes two printable templates that show which parameter is mapped to which BCR control.

This setup can serve as a complete hardware synth replacement and allows for tweaking and programming sounds as it used to be in former days, with a hardware control for each single function.

Furthermore - and this is even better than in a normal analog synth with knobs - the knobs and buttons on BCR2000 update automatically to the values of the new presets on preset change using MIDI feedback (has to be activated in the V-Machine before). This allows for tweaking parameters without annoying value jumps.

So this setup is a real dream offering immediate playing and tweaking fun which a usual pc/mouse setup is far away from. It's also a great leightweight and cheap solution for the stage.

This video is also available in a long version where in the intro is shown how to load the sysex preset into the BCR2000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_8cO... [below]

Further important links:

The makers of the V-Machine:
http://www.smproaudio.com/

The makers of the VM Bundle:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/

The makers of the BCR2000:
http://www.behringer.com/"

V-Machine: SonicProjects VMB and BCR2000

VFX Mac Part 1: OP-X

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

SonicProjects OP-X included in the VM Bundle played within the SM Pro Audio VFX application while at the same time recording the audio output of VFX to a track of Apple GarageBand.

SonicProjects OP-X originally is a windows only plugin. With VFX and the adapted version of the VM Bundle it's nevertheless possible to play and record it on intel macs.

This is a general example how to play and use a windows only VSTi with an apple intel mac. The advantage of VM Bundle is that it's optimized for it and also can be used in the optional V-Machine hardware box.

This is the first one of 3 videos. It's recommended to also check the other two ones. The trilogy:

- VFX Mac Part 1: OP-X
- VFX Mac Part 2: Stringer
- VFX Mac Part 3: Installation

For a complete visual installation guide have a look at video Part 3.

VM Bundle demo:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/

The free VFX application:
http://www.smproaudio.com/

The free SoundFlower:
http://www.cycling74.com/

Please also read the detailed installation guides which are included in the download packages. The installation video has just a supporting function."

VFX Mac Part1 all2b

YouTube via virtualoberheim. OP-X Oberheim OB-X VA demo.

Oberheim OB-X vs. SonicProjects OP-X PRO and V-Machine

YouTube via virtualoberheim. via UniQueWerkx.

"Do not miss the individual voice filter tuning at 1:33 on.

I wish they'd come out with a Creamware ASB type box for this. I think I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
click on this search for OP-X for more posts including video. Don't miss the V-Machine videos below."

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SonicProjects OP-X PRO software synth featuring the Separate Voice Design (SVD) modeling technology compared to an Oberheim OB-X

To verify the showed comparison demos you can download the used patches in fxb bank format here:

Bank for the demo version:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro/ba...

Bank for the full version:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro/ba...

Demo version of OP-X PRO:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro/de...

You will notice that the sound of course is much better without the youtube compression. If you want to exactly recreate the examples you also need to play the same voices, which can be recognized by their panorama setting

To keep everything uncolored and clean for a real 1:1 comparison the stereo outputs of OB-X were recorded directly to daw using an apogee converter. OP-X PRO was rendered directly to harddisk as well.

Furthermore all voices of OP-X PRO before were calibrated to the exact same settings (pan, filter cutoff) as the corresponding voices (6 as well) in the hardware device. With a few exeptions always the same voices were compared by always starting at the same voice position in the circular allocation, which might sometimes give the impression that the same audio file was used. But if you listen very carefully there still can be noticed tiny differences. OB-X generally is a tad bit slimmer and brighter sounding with more weight in the heights and less in the mids while OP-X PRO is a bit darker and has more weight in the mids.

Separate Voice Design (SVD):
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/obx/separ...

This modeling technology used by OP-X PRO is based on completely independent voices with separate signal path and slightly differend sound, as it is the case too in voltage controlled polyphonic analog synths which in fact are based on separate monosynths that are globally controlled. Other than real synths OP-X PRO allows to globally activate and deactivate the detunings of individual parameter groups on demand as well as fine tuning them for each voice separatly with virtual trimpots. This allows for a wide palette of colors between completely "pissed off" and tight and precise. This allows to recreate the character of different synths or to copy the voice settings and character of one specific device in its current state, as it has been done in this video.

The detunings of the following parameter groups can be independently activated and deactivated as well as tuned in detail per voice:

- oscillator pitch
- filter cutoffs
- filter envelope times
- portamento times

All settings of course can be saved with the preset. Have a look at the video to learn what impact those fine tunings can have on the general character of the sound."

Oberheim OB-X vs. V-Machine (OP-X)


Oberheim Digital: OP-X and V-Machine


"SonicProjects VM Bundle hosted by the SM Pro Audio V-Machine. Playing some presets of OP-X while tweaking parameters with an external controller device.

The masterkeyboard is an EMU X-Board 61 and the controller device a Behringer BCR2000. Both are connected by USB cable to the V-Machine.

Combined with the pre-mapped banks and the custom sysex preset of the included BCR2000 toolkit BCR2000 allows to remotely control every single parameter of OP-X (83 in total).

With MIDI feedback activated in the V-Machine the controls on the BCR automatically update to the settings of the new preset on preset change which allows for value jump free parameter control.

This setup can serve as a complete replacement of a real analog hardware synth offering digital reliability and great transportability without missing the beloved fat and organic sound.

The used presets are:
01 - Jump!
02 - OB-Xa SyncSolo
03 - Shine On Solo
59 - SEM Upsweep
55 - OB Sustained Strings

To know which parameter is mapped to which control the included BCR2000 Toolkit contains handy printable mapping templates."

V-Machine: SonicProjects VM Bundle


"The VM Bundle was exclusively made for the SM Pro Audio V-Machine, the V-Rack and VFX Mac and PC, with a lot of adaptations and optimizations... The Korg DW-8000 is only used as a midi master keyboard. All sounds you can hear is what comes out of the stereo line outputs of the V-Machine, with no further processing. Presets are either switched manually directly on the V-Machine or by midi remote program change from the master keyboard's preset changer."

OP-X PLAYER within Mac VFX

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OP-X PLAYER, the cheap ($39) preset version of OP-X, played in realtime with no lateny on an intel mac within the new SM-Pro Audio VFX Application for mac (first public beta version). Note that the OP-X PLAYER is a windows vsti plugin!

The audio is routed via Cycling74 Soundflower to Apple Garage Band, where the audio stream is recorded and sent to the audio out, all without any noticeable latency!

The plugin could be installed without any problem using the integrated "Run VFX Plugin Insraller" provided in the VFX menu. The OP-X PLAYER is already adapted for VFX and V-Machine and needs no additional wizard file.

Note that you need an Intel Mac, PPC G4/G5 is not supported. Here's a short guide to try it out by yourself"

Kind of like the Oberheim OB-SX version of the OB-Xa.

SonicProjects Stringer - ARP Omni, Logan, Solina

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

Already quite an old video, now finally provided on youtube too. All sounds in the video are coming from the SonicProjects Stringer.

Stringer was released in September 2006.

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

- ARP Omni 2 ( the successor of Solina )
- Logan String Melody II
- Welson Symphony

You can get more informations about these machines here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/...

Each of these machines has its own distinct sound. The three different characters complement each other very well:

ARP Omni 2:
Clear, shining, shimmering

Logan String Melody II:
Fat, warm, organic, middy

Weson Symphony:
Balanced, restrained, smooth

The goal was to achieve the highest audio quality possible in order to leave the original sound untouched. That's why only highend equipment and a reference wordclock were used to sample every single key of the machines at 24 bit resolution. The 241 samples were then restaurated and cleaned from hum and noise. To preserve the original movements within the sound the loop points were searched manually according to the natural "loops" caused by beats which resulted in loop lenghts up to 4 seconds. With this method the looped sampled tone can't be distinguished from the original and there are no noteiceable loop points. A lot of work, but worthy to capture those really glorious sounding machines with the original character leaving untouched.

You can listen to clips in better audio quality than youtube and in stereo here:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/stringer/...

There are two engines that allow to layer and split two sounds, tune and pan them, and change the attack and release times. The two engines even can be sent to individual stereo outs on demand for separate external processing.

The samples are completely loaded into the RAM (140mb), no disk streaming needed. This means: Compact and easy on CPU. Available for Receptor too with free crossgrade from the PC version.

Note that there are also a few other string machine emulating plugins containing "Stringer" in their names:
- Falkelab Stringer
- Numerikart Stringy Stringazoide Stringer
- Easytoolz easy-mr.stringer"

SonicProjects OP-X with Behringer BCR2000

YouTube via virtualoberheim. I've spent considerable time with an OB-Xa, not the OB-X. That said, its amazing how close this sounds. They nailed that Oberheim sound.
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SonicProjects OP-X software VSTi synth played like a real hardware synth with a Korg DW-8000 as masterkeyboard (for midi notes and program changes) and a Behringer BCR2000 to remotely control its parameters (using midi CC).

Due to the ability of OP-X for parameter feedback OP-X and the BCR are completely linked (two ways). OP-X sends a complete cc dump on program change which updates all parameters on the BCR to the values of the new preset. This allows for completely jump free operation. When you tweak a control in the software OP-X the dedicated control on the BCR does change accordingly, and of course also vice versa.

OP-X runs within Cubase SX with some TC Native Reverb and Cubase Double Delay added as send effects. The played patches are all factory presets.

To make the feedback work you must route the midi out of OP-X back to the controller device. In Cubase this can be done using a separate midi track for the back-routing (1st track: in = midi keyboard & bcr2000, the best choose "all", out = OP-X; 2nd track: in = OP-X, out = bcr2000). In more simple hosts like e.g. MiniHost just activate the needed devices in the MIDI input output mangement.

Needed versions for the parameter feedback feature:
OP-X: Version 2.1
OP-X PRO: Version 1.2

The feedback feature won't work with any previous versions.

You can also watch the video in high quality with stereo audio which also works well for full screen watching. Just click the blue link at the bottom right of the video.

Unfortunately there are a lot of really bad compression artefacts in the audio stream, especially in the high quality stereo mode (strings, brass, deep basses, minimoog). They sound like bad distortions, which in fact are not there in the real audio coming out of the synth. Try to think them away. The real sound is one hundred times smoother, cleaner and bigger.

OP-X can be bought here (free demo available):
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/"

Oberheim OB-X vs. SonicProjects OP-X

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OB-X rev.2 and SonicProjects OP-X compared - not exactly tweaked the same but tried to copy the character"

Oberheim VSTi - OP-X - Prince, Rush, Jarre


Oberheim VSTi - SonicProjects OP-X


SonicProjects OP-X remote control (2.1)


Update: Some notes via http://www.sonicprojects.ch:
"Various methods have been used in the plugins world to copy analog behaviour. SonicProjects has made a new and different approach. By extensive exploring of the real device it became obvious that a big part of the organic feeling comes from the minor differences in sound between the voices. This has nothing to to with random behaviour but with device tolerances and slightly different trimpot settings. SonicProjects has implemented this behaviour into the virtual device. Each voice is a separate mono synth with independent signal path and comprehensive global tuning options."