Behringer UB-Xa pt 1: Playing the 16-voice analog synth for the 1st time
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- Опубликовано: 19 сен 2024
- Behringer UB-Xa pt 1: Playing the 16-voice analog synth for the 1st time. Is this the best price/value of any analog synth with 16-voice polyphony? Listen to the sound demo and tell me what you think!
2:01 Skip intro talk, go straights to the sounds
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This very nice looking synth finally arrived last week! I've been on the fence, should I get this or not, since I have a Prophet 08 and a Pro-800 already. However, 16-voice polyphony and a poly aftertouch keybed were the 2 things that pushed my to order it. I've never had a poly aftertouch synthesizer before and sometimes I also felt that my two other 8-voice analog polys could to with some extra voices. And since the original Oberheims are both expensive to buy - and expensive to service - this looks really tempting on paper. Is it as good in real life? We are here to find out.
What do you think? Please comment and of course, like and subscribe :-)
A few of this first session videos coming up.
Disclaimer: I've never played an original Oberheim, so I can't really compare. I'll play this synth for what it is, based on its own merits. I add some reverb from the mixer and use a Zoom pedal to add some hall reverb, analogish delay and sometimes some phaser to the sounds. And for the synth nerds: this is firmware version 1 (0.003.058) and only after the 1st session did I update to version 2 (0.003.117) which features even better OBXa sound apparently...
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Sounds like a synth
That is an excellent observation, my friend 😉
Thanks for watching!
I'm curious over why you picked this over the Oberheim TEO-5? :)
@@infestedalien Good question! A 1700€ 5-voice analog synth with 44-key channel aftertouch keybed versus a 1000€ 16-voice analog synth with 61-key poly aftertouch keybed. Somehow the new Oberheims do not create the urge in me to get one. The only one that even remotely awakens my curiosity is the OB-6 desktop, but that is also pretty expensive.
Do you have one or the other? And what's your experience with any of them? I'd like to hear your thoughts! 🙂
@@patsonmusic I realize that everyone looks at different key-features or what to call it. I am an owner of an OB-6 and that was just a lucky timing that I bought it in early years before the inflation else It would have been very unlikely that I chosen it for what it cost today. I think for me I look for the following features first of all and that is a clean interface and if possible an advanced modulation matrix. The OB6 is more of a pure tone with some modulation but at cost of limitations but that is not a problem since it's impossible to get more complex modulation without affecting the "raw tone" of the analogue signal path since it would require some work-arounds when we cannot lay down too many CV routes in a "pure analogue" way. However when it comes to analogue it's not always as easy as to think of it to be black or white there are some greyzones as well. Ok so here is my conclusion. I want to have a TEO-5 also for the reason to have a oberheim machine that offers a complex mod matrix but this do affect it to be less "raw" but that is what I actually look for to add up more colors to the palette. What I love with the OB6 is that it's very clean and easy to work with and it's not over engineered. Have a nice day!
OB6 is great but not the classic Oberheim sound. Instead, it does its own thing.
@@infestedalien Thanks for sharing the insights! I see the TEO-5 and OB6 serves different purposes for you. I also have a Pro-800 and a Prophet 08, and now the UB-Xa, so I think my desire for the OB6 is not that big anymore. I feel pretty covered on the analog front, since I also have a few old Roland synths, Alpha Juno-1, JX-8P, SE-02 and many Behringer mono synths. The need for a complex mod matrix is something I still don't have, often I feel the Prophet 08's modulation possibilities are a little too much. Thanks, and same to you!
@@kujumz So I may have to take a look at one after all 😄
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@@lollebolle8 Tack från Finland 😃
More videos coming up, also from the version 2 update, stay tuned!
From Germany too :)
@@gregsilver_official Danke schön! 🙂
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