REQ: AlyJames OB-Xtreme VSTi v1.1
8 Voices of legend
What happens when you take 8 separate monophonic synths and use them together? Huge analog sound! This is caused by the slight imperfections between each voice card fine tuning.
This was a classic analog synthesizer available in many voice configurations, featuring a SEM Filter with its own ADSR, a VCA with ADSR, a flexible LFO and others goodies, this synth has been used by Herbie Hancock, Prince, Chick Corea, Cirrus, Depeche Mode, Queen, Supertramp, Kenny Kirkland, Jean-Michel Jarre, Van Halen, Tangerine Dream, Rush, Simple Minds, Chicago, Styx, Ultravox and dozens more!
OB-XTREME started out as a simple VST striving for that classic OB Brass sound, stripped down to the minimum, then I thought about how I could bring more "warm" into a digital VA synth and what features I could add to the original design.
So, based on an original OB-X architecture, I have crafted some controllable diode clipping stage before and after the filter, which really brings body and harmonics for a beefy result, especially in conjunction with the VCF...It can be soft and warm or scream in a good way. From there I extended the concept.
Contrary to all my others VSTis, OB-Xtreme is not an exact recreation of an OB-X, it is rather a "closely inspired by" approach, stripped down to the minimum for an easy sound design of OB Brass, Pads, Leads, FX and Percussions. However, some extended features like an optional FAT mode and Multiple DAW outputs per voice can push you into experimental mood...different FX treatments per voice...
The OB-XTREME VST, based on the OB-X Analog character and design, offers:
The classic detuning between voices , SEM based VCF configured as a 2 poles State variable filter, Snappy VCAs, 8 Voices with unison or polyphonic control, a FAT mode (polyphonic unison), 2 sawtooth oscillators per voice with SYNC function, a special pitch LFO with many shapes including noise, 2 stages of virtual analog saturation before and after the filter with an optional CLEAN mode which disables the last stage for a cleaner sounding filter, panoramic control for each voice and separate outputs before the filter stage for mixing experimentations, Portamento (mono) and auto-glide (polyphonic), velocity modulation and of course full MIDI learn.
You will obtain that legendary powerful analog warm! Funk it up with some Brass Stabs, cutting leads, lush pads and screaming bass.
OB-XTREME provides optional separate outputs per voice for your DAW before the filter stage! So you can experiment things like different treatments for each note of a chord, use different filter per voice, reverb settings etc...It will make great results.