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OB-6 £2,250

The OB-6 is a collaboration between synth gods Dave Smith

and Tom Oberheim. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman gets Oberheim’d!

CONTACT WHO: Dave Smith Instruments TEL: (415) 830 6393 WEB: www.davesmithinstruments.com KEY FEATURES Analogue 6-note

polyphonic signal path with 2 SEM-based VCOs, multimode 12dB/octave VCF with continuously variable state from LPF through Notch to HPF with BPF mode.

4-octave keyboard with aftertouch, two envelopes, audio-rate-capable LFO and X-Mod section, dual digital FX engines

INCLUDES

AUDIO

REVIEWS

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FM | REVIEWS INCLUDES AUDIO Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 £2,250 The OB-6 is a collaboration between synth gods Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman gets Oberheim’d! CONTACT WHO: Dave Smith Instruments TEL: (415) 830 6393 WEB: www.davesmithinstruments.com KEY FEATURES Analogue 6-note polyphonic signal path with 2 SEM-based VCOs, multimode 12dB/octave VCF with continuously variable state from LPF through Notch to HPF with BPF mode.
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Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Sounds like a modern Oberheim/ DSI cross-breed with plenty of texture from the 2-pole state-variable filter Good mod facilities onboard, plus arp and poly-sequencer, and dual digital effect engines Well-built, knob-perfunction ethos with no menu diving - No splitting/layering and no external input to the filter/effects Some panel labelling obscured by dials at some viewing angles Sequencer transpose only if you hold record while pressing a key.
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Reviews | Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 THE ALTERNATIVES Alesis A6 Andromeda £2,000+ second-hand This 16-voice VCO analogue beast can do just about anything imaginable and it does a mean Obie impression with its 12dB Oberheimstyled filter. Huge sounding! eBay, Gumtree etc Sequential Prophet-6 £1,989 The comparisons are inevitable as they are closely related on many levels but they sound very different from each other. You’ll prefer one or the other, or want both! www.davesmith instruments.
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Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 | Reviews natural than the P6 as DSI have loosened things up a little. If tuning does go out then there’s an autotune routine which is best performed at several different room temperatures initially, so that the OB-6 can best learn/compensate its tuning tables for all sorts of playing situations.