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Original Message 1/54 27-May-00 @ 10:18 AM - OB 12 Anyone?

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The synth sounds great from the little I played on it. Having trouble finding feedback on the net about it. Anyone know of the beast? Recommendations?

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Message 2/54 04-Jun-00 @ 10:36 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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I can't even add anything with the intention of bringing the thread back to the top. But I have the whole forum to myself. Woohoo!!!!

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Message 3/54 06-Jun-00 @ 05:42 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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I talked to oberheim and they said they will have sound files available next week on their web site.

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Message 4/54 07-Jun-00 @ 06:09 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Thanks. That's good news.

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Message 5/54 07-Jun-00 @ 06:30 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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An original ob12? The thing is a beast, a real powerhouse for sound design. As I recall, the thing has something like 5 LFO's per voice, and some wacky modulation routing options, similar to the Expander in most respects. I saw a coupe of guys do a really sick ambient set with just a pair of Expanders gettin wierd. If you've got the ridiculous amount that most people ask for that sort of treasure, why not, but that's definately not a gigging piece.

Ape

PS did you try the hyperreal archives for info?

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Message 6/54 07-Jun-00 @ 10:02 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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this is the new oberheim virtual analog, not an old model.

something hard to describe about the oberheim analog sound. i havent heard this va, but i speculate as to whether something "analog" ends up lost in the virtual part. those classic oberheim analog filters... could they be recreated?

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Message 7/54 07-Jun-00 @ 10:14 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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at least two months ago i was able to find more info than this ^^^^^ oh well... better than nothing

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Message 8/54 08-Jun-00 @ 09:38 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Oh, I see. Well, nothing nreally sounds like old Obe's. Very tasty, delicate sounds. Nice. As for the new one? don't know anything about it, but an OBm-x Is a great box.

Ape

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Message 9/54 08-Jun-00 @ 01:22 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Woa! This post lit up. Thanks guys. I do have to get in and listen to it again. I don't know what the old OBs are like, but again at a 1st listen, I was impressed. Thing is it was in a store with lots of other synts being played so you know how that is. Wish I knew about it's OS in terms of bugs, or hopefully non-existant bugs.

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Message 10/54 10-Jun-00 @ 11:30 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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It's made in ITALY.So maybe it has a fine leather interior.

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Message 11/54 10-Jun-00 @ 01:19 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Good for getting those big Fiat sounds.

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Message 12/54 14-Jun-00 @ 10:35 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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If you didn�t know already, oberheim has put up some OB12 mp3s on their webpage.
www.oberheim.com

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Message 13/54 17-Jun-00 @ 09:04 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Yes I saw them. I have to get in front of my puter at home so I can listen. Thanks.

Oh and thanks for bringing this thread back to the top

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Message 14/54 18-Jun-00 @ 07:38 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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dude. i've got real analog oberheim filters & they are SO key. very tasty way the lp filter distorts, um.. they're good filters. sure they can be recreated. not *exactly* but very close. SE has been doing it a while. MOTM is going to do it also, which means i git ta make my own! hooray! sitar sitar come with me to the MOTM user's meeting in manhattan on july 1st.
that is all.

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Message 15/54 21-Jun-00 @ 05:01 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Hey dude. We e-mailed about the MOTM thing since you posted I guess. Wish I could make it. I played around on the Oberheim again today. It does sound nice. I could hear tunes immediately.

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Message 16/54 21-Jun-00 @ 10:11 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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How the hell did you wind up over in the Oberheim section anyway? You crack me up Nobody.

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Message 17/54 22-Jun-00 @ 02:42 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Sitar,
Does the oberheim do good Heavy Bass as well as Moog like sounds. Would it be good for Drum&Bass production?

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Message 18/54 22-Jun-00 @ 02:42 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Sitar,
Does the oberheim do good Heavy Bass as well as Moog like sounds. Would it be good for Drum&Bass production?

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Message 19/54 23-Jun-00 @ 08:19 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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i'll tell yer sitar. it's because i *have* oberheim filters in one of my synths and they kick shit out of any digital oberheim imitation (here i go being a dick again)

sorry guys. that's what i feel. feel free to hurt me

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Message 20/54 24-Jun-00 @ 08:20 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Where's a gun?

Stoutlyric, I can't honestly say. I've played around with the one they have in my local Sam Ash. It's always pretty noisy in there 'cause everyone is playing synths all at once as you probably know. I do really like the quality of the sounds I'm hearing. I couldn't at first find where the sound was coming from the other day until I looked down and saw a pair of Tannoys laying on their backs on the floor pointed up at me. Whatever works I guess. I'll have to ask for some cans next time.

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Message 21/54 25-Jun-00 @ 12:19 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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dude, if u love the way it sounds and can feasibly cough up the dough 2 geddit.........then why not? Check out the opposition too tho.

Now, what the hell am I doing in the Oberheim room? Bored I guess, I`m just surprised 2 see any posts here.

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Message 22/54 26-Jun-00 @ 08:17 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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One by one, you all get sucked into this thread. Buahhhahhhaahhhaaa!

Don't know if I can afford it yet R-Tek. Can't believe there aren't any reviews or anything about it. Don't want a Virus. I kinda liked the Virus but it seems everyone has one.

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Message 23/54 26-Jun-00 @ 08:44 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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agemo.

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Message 24/54 26-Jun-00 @ 10:36 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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what is agemo? I did a search and came up with japanese and italian. The Japanese don't make Oberheims so I'll have to go with the italian which still doesn't mean anything to me.

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Message 25/54 27-Jun-00 @ 08:13 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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ti si

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Message 26/54 27-Jun-00 @ 04:41 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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ti si electronics......don't they make efx boxes?

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Message 27/54 27-Jun-00 @ 04:43 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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I'm f**ckin unstoppable!

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Message 28/54 27-Jun-00 @ 09:25 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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sorrie dood i's just using backwards.. agemo htnys, etc..

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Message 29/54 29-Jun-00 @ 06:14 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Man, this is rough.

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Message 30/54 29-Jun-00 @ 08:19 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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i win right?? :P

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Message 31/54 30-Jun-00 @ 09:23 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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What a thread. The best kept secret at Dancetech right now. Useless maybe, but the best kept secret nonetheless. Well I'm gonna keep my ears open about the OB12. I just want to find out if there are any OS problems. Salespeople will never tell you even if they know.

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Message 32/54 24-Jul-00 @ 11:42 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Just thought I'd bring this thread to the top again :P

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Message 33/54 26-Jul-00 @ 01:15 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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ha! youre all busted!!!!

sitar...man...if you want a real oberheim...check out the Xpander. now THAT is a BEAST.

Pongoid would know more, but man oh man is that a pretty one. kinda big tho...

wasnt the virus modelled after the xpander?

ha ha! I found the oberheim site. now its off to the slaggit room!

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Message 34/54 26-Jul-00 @ 08:09 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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back ferm ther dead huh?

yes REAL ANALOG oberheim filters are nice.

and once again i'm a jakov

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Message 35/54 29-Jul-00 @ 05:09 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Shit. This was the only place I could come to get a little peace and quiet. I'd just sit here for hours and watch the clock go around and around. But now the place has become touristy. Always happens.

hmmm. I wonder what the alesis chat forum is like.

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Message 36/54 29-Jul-00 @ 07:58 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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oh blow it out yer ass sit-hard.

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Message 37/54 30-Jul-00 @ 08:21 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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!@#!!*{x^#@!!! tourists! Go back and ruin your own thread!

:P

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Message 38/54 30-Jul-00 @ 07:14 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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my thread too

try & stop me city slikkah

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Message 39/54 31-Jul-00 @ 06:41 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Connecticut country boy. I smell another civil war brewing. We got city rats and plenty of pidgeons on our team.

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Message 40/54 31-Jul-00 @ 03:30 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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hey i love new york. stop with the country boy carp ye car hating subway riding wino! ok... so..... we got horses to step on yer rats & hawks to eat your pidgeons. leave my car alone. and my shoes. sneakers rather.. leave my footwear ALONE!

hi sit_hard.

ps i love new yerkk

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Message 41/54 31-Jul-00 @ 07:11 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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My mom live in Ct. so what can I say.

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Message 42/54 01-Aug-00 @ 06:31 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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yeah, i even know which town!

you can say a lot of things.

(ps i'm acquiring things to hit with other things

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Message 43/54 06-Aug-00 @ 05:07 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Hi all

Allow me to kinda revive the subject of this thread a bit. I've been playing around on an OB12 in a local store recently, and i was actually pleasantly surprised. I had some crazy sounds going in no-time, and i think the FM just rules on this beast. Despite it's 2 oscillators, i thnk it's at least as 'fat' as a Nova or JP-8000 (which i own both). The filter seems to go all the way up to self-oscillation, and i hear rumors that Oberheim tried it's very best to make it sound like the vintage analogue ones. In my opinion, they came a long way, but i'd have to have another listen before i can tell for sure.

Anyone considering buying anything VA should give this one a try.. (and then buy a S/NII

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Message 44/54 09-Aug-00 @ 05:34 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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ive just played it. that it didn't have presence....never the less, nice sounds, but i wouldn't run out a buy one.

By comparasion, cross and Fizmo and a Jp 8080 and bake it a 500 degrees, venture capitalist celcius.

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Message 45/54 10-Aug-00 @ 05:04 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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What is the deal on the pricing of this.
I see in SOS Turnkey (Sorry) the UK distributor has them advertised for about �800 but their american distributors list $2000 a price differential of some $800 or �530.
Now that is a lot of shipping costs.
So what is going on here?

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Message 46/54 12-Aug-00 @ 06:03 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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send me your soul & the souls of your family. i will then supply you with the illusion of having many oberheims.

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Message 47/54 12-Aug-00 @ 11:14 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Would you say many Obie's or many Heimie's.

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Message 48/54 16-Aug-00 @ 10:12 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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Haven't checked in to this thread for a while. Thanks for the feedback. I liked the sounds of it too. I'd say it's well worth a look. The price in New York City at Sam Ash is about $1700. One fellow at Sam Ash told me that they have been seeling a lot of OB12s. But that could have been a sales pitch thingy. I hadn't met him before so he doesn't know me. There are a couple of guys there I know and trust.

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Message 49/54 18-Aug-00 @ 11:47 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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they just want your money. fuck them fuckers

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Message 50/54 18-Aug-00 @ 05:50 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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its reviewed in this months sos, I didn`t read it thoroughly, but I think they described it as "...nearly a great synth..." so make of that what you will.

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Message 51/54 18-Aug-00 @ 06:11 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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I thought they described it as"Better than Korgs latest offering".
Whilst secretly whining about the state the OS of the Q.
And tipping their hats to the JP-8000.

With a few more knobs for instant access to parameters (such as Envelopes) it could be more of an instant gratification tool.

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Message 52/54 19-Aug-00 @ 05:23 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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did they? they really bigged up the korg. Least its summing a bit different in the sea of VAs.

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Message 53/54 19-Aug-00 @ 01:38 PM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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The Korg with its biblical ammendments scrawled over the surface where more knobs should have been.
That Modulation Matrix...
What a laugh.

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Message 54/54 20-Aug-00 @ 01:37 AM - RE: OB 12 Anyone?

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drum workshop 9300 snare stand. now THAT is quality & all that yummishish

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