Sequential ob 6 synthesizer manual#
Sequential ob 6 synthesizer full#
Sequential ob 6 synthesizer plus#

But with the constant re-tuning (thank the Lord for that button), failing voices, using pencil erasers to clean contacts, and leaving off the screws that hold on the top panel so I could dig around inside when it freaked out on a gig, I eventually got WAY over it. This analog powerhouse is packed into a four-octave, semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch, making it perfect for stage or studio.I had an OB-Xa for years. In this state, what you see is what you hear.

Sequential ob 6 synthesizer manual#

Turning on the Manual button enables live panel mode, in which the sound of the OB-6 switches to its current front panel settings. Included are 500 permanent factory programs and 500 rewritable user programs. The knob-per-function front panel puts virtually all OB-6 functions at your fingertips. Unison mode features configurable voice count (1-6 voices), chord memory, and key modes. The full-featured arpeggiator can be synced to external MIDI clock as well. You can create sequences polyphonically, with rests, and sync to an external MIDI clock. The polyphonic step sequencer allows up to 64 steps and up to 6 notes per step. Destinations include oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 1 shape, oscillator 1 pulse width, filter cutoff, and filter mode.

Modulation sources are filter envelope and oscillator 2, both with bi-polar control. X-Mod and Poly Step SequencingĪlso present is X-Mod, which expands the tonal palette and makes it easy to create dramatic and unconventional sounds.

Sequential ob 6 synthesizer full#

While the effects themselves are digital, with 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution, a true bypass maintains a full analog signal path. The dual effects section provides studio-quality reverbs, delays (standard and BBD), chorus, flangers, and faithful recreations of Tom’s original phase shifter and ring modulator. Voltage-controlled amplifiers complete the all-analog signal path. The classic Oberheim-inspired 2-pole, state-variable, resonant filter provides low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and notch functionality.

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It features two discrete voltage-controlled oscillators (plus sub-oscillator) per voice with continuously variable waveshapes (sawtooth and variable-width pulse, plus a triangle wave on oscillator 2). The OB-6 sound engine is inspired by Tom’s original SEM, the core of his acclaimed 4-voice and 8- voice synthesizers. No other modern analog poly synth can boast such a pedigree or such a massive, in-your-face sonic signature. The OB-6 is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between the two most influential designers in poly synth history, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim. The OB-6 takes the classic bold Tom Oberheim sound - with its true voltage-controlled oscillators, 2-pole filter, and amplifiers - and adds modern enhancements such as studio-quality effects, a polyphonic step sequencer, an arpeggiator, and more. It’s the right mix of power and portability and it fits right in on-stage or in the studio.” Added Oberheim, “And of course, it’s got that unmistakable SEM sound that’s going to turn a lot of heads. Said Dave Smith, “As with the Prophet-6, we made size a primary concern on the OB-6. The full-size, four-octave, semi-weighted keyboard is velocity and aftertouch sensitive. It allows polyphonic keyboard input and can sync to external MIDI clock. Additionally, the OB-6 features a multimode arpeggiator and a polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps (and up to 6 notes per step) plus rests. The effects are digital, with 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution, but a true bypass maintains a full analog signal path. A dual effects section provides studio-quality reverbs, delays (including standard and BBD), chorus, and faithful recreations of Tom Oberheim’s acclaimed phase shifter and ring modulator. Toggling on the Manual switch enables live panel mode, in which the OB-6 switches to the current settings of its knobs and switches. The knob-per-function front panel puts virtually all parameters at a user’s fingertips.

Present also is X-Mod, with filter envelope and oscillator 2 as modulation sources (with bi-polar control). “The classic, bold SEM sound is all there,” said Oberheim. There is a classic SEM-inspired state-variable filter (low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and notch) per voice. The OB-6 features two discrete voltage-controlled oscillators (plus sub-oscillator) per voice, with continuously variable waveshapes (sawtooth and variable-width pulse, with triangle on oscillator 2). Description Sequential OB 6 Analogue Synthesiser