SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II - I'm surprised this doesn't get talked about more
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
I haven't touched OP-X PRO-II in quite a while, mainly because it's the only softsyth I have left that is still a lowly 32-bit, but in my quest to find some inspiring classic analog sounding material, I reinstalled it and used JBridge with Cubase 7-64bit. After a full day yesterday of going through all 990 presets I have to say that I was truly blown away just how good the thing sounds. I own dozen of great softsynths, including Diva, but for pure classic synth fun I would take the OP-X PRO-II over Diva any day of the week. I don't know who did all the presets for it, but MAN he/she/they did a great job! It's kind of sad that you rarely hear anything from the guys at SonicProjects these days because they REALLY need to be creating more softsynths IMO.
Anyway....nuff said.
Anyway....nuff said.
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- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
Maybe they are all too busy hanging round forums, to work on new synths insteadquantum7 wrote: It's kind of sad that you rarely hear anything from the guys at SonicProjects these days because they REALLY need to be creating more softsynths IMO.
- KVRAF
- 5564 posts since 13 Jan, 2005 from the bottom of my heart
you should also check this superb Oberheim OB-X clone which is free and x64 already: https://obxd.wordpress.com/
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- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
OP-X Pro is a fantastic synth with only one shortcoming, which isn't really noticable in busy mixes: It's top end varies from note to note, such that a spectrogram produces a "skyline" type of effect. The worst notes have no frequencies above just over half of nyquist, and are noticably dull compared to, say, the next note up, which will have a full compliment of harmonics.
Does it take away from the richness of the sound? Not really. You can look at it as organic character. It can sound a bit odd when you have a lot of resonance and the cutoff frequency high - you can really hear parts of the top end disappear and come back, because sometimes the filter will have nothing to work with.
That and the GUI, which I find tiresome to be honest, are the only really bad things about it. It's got a very vivid sound and it's a joy to play through the presets. If they can fix the GUI and overzealous AA filter, it would be up there among the best.
Does it take away from the richness of the sound? Not really. You can look at it as organic character. It can sound a bit odd when you have a lot of resonance and the cutoff frequency high - you can really hear parts of the top end disappear and come back, because sometimes the filter will have nothing to work with.
That and the GUI, which I find tiresome to be honest, are the only really bad things about it. It's got a very vivid sound and it's a joy to play through the presets. If they can fix the GUI and overzealous AA filter, it would be up there among the best.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
I would agree about the GUI, but didn't really notice the "frequency" issue, though.....probably because I was having so much fun reliving those old classic sounds. Ya, if they fix some of those shortcomings, and finally get the thing to 64-bit, SonicProjects would have a masterpiece.
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- Banned
- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
Is that high-frequency behavior deliberate or the consequence of some programming issues? If I remember correctly that synth has a bright button or whatever it was called.
The GUI is really bad for people who don't have 20/20 vision. For me it was all but useless, frankly, especially the buttons at the top. Several people have told the developer, but he seems to be one of those stubborn ones who think their opinion is more important than that of potential customers
The GUI is really bad for people who don't have 20/20 vision. For me it was all but useless, frankly, especially the buttons at the top. Several people have told the developer, but he seems to be one of those stubborn ones who think their opinion is more important than that of potential customers
- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
No, the frequency issue isn't anything to do with the synthesis filter or any of the settings in the synth. Each note has a specific brickwall filter before it even reaches the resonant filter, it's an overzealous antialiasing filter most likely, but the fact that it sets a cutoff based on what note you play, rather than what voice gets the note, plus the brickwall-style nonresoant filter profile gives it away.
It's one of those problems that only really notices if you know it's there and are looking for it, but it does mean I'd never use that synth for crisp sounds. And in my experience, just because you can't reliably notice something, that doesn't mean it's not important.
It's one of those problems that only really notices if you know it's there and are looking for it, but it does mean I'd never use that synth for crisp sounds. And in my experience, just because you can't reliably notice something, that doesn't mean it's not important.
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- KVRist
- 173 posts since 1 Apr, 2013
OP-X PRO-II is imho a fantastic sounding VST. It can sound extremly broad and warm. When comes to sync/unisono sounds it cuts through metal. The preset library contains tons of excellent bread and butter sounds from the 70s and 80s. (...except the Laser Harp sound .
OBXD is also amazing. Just applying an envelope to the filter, use unison with slightly increased spread. This dense mighty sound gives me goosebumps.
OBXD is also amazing. Just applying an envelope to the filter, use unison with slightly increased spread. This dense mighty sound gives me goosebumps.
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- KVRist
- 40 posts since 15 Nov, 2011
In my opinion OPX Pro II is THE Soft synth to beat, nothing else touches it for authentic Analog sounds even Diva I'm afraid to say as an owner.
- KVRAF
- 3462 posts since 17 Sep, 2006 from Fredericksburg, VA USA
Positively deadly sounding synth IMHO. I have it and enjoy using it.
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- KVRian
- 1142 posts since 2 Feb, 2005
quantum7 wrote:I haven't touched OP-X PRO-II in quite a while, mainly because it's the only softsyth I have left that is still a lowly 32-bit, but in my quest to find some inspiring classic analog sounding material, I reinstalled it and used JBridge with Cubase 7-64bit. After a full day yesterday of going through all 990 presets I have to say that I was truly blown away just how good the thing sounds. I own dozen of great softsynths, including Diva, but for pure classic synth fun I would take the OP-X PRO-II over Diva any day of the week. I don't know who did all the presets for it, but MAN he/she/they did a great job! It's kind of sad that you rarely hear anything from the guys at SonicProjects these days because they REALLY need to be creating more softsynths IMO.
Anyway....nuff said.
Bought it for 6 months while it was on sale last year and is using it with a 32bit DAW. Same as you that I have quite a lot of soft synths but the sound of this synth is just amazing. I can tell you that by just playing those "classic" patches (like JUMP/99 red ballons etc etc etc ...) is worth the price ... haha
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- KVRian
- 1104 posts since 3 Jan, 2012 from Alberta, Canada
AGREED +1
quantum7 wrote:I haven't touched OP-X PRO-II in quite a while, mainly because it's the only softsyth I have left that is still a lowly 32-bit, but in my quest to find some inspiring classic analog sounding material, I reinstalled it and used JBridge with Cubase 7-64bit. After a full day yesterday of going through all 990 presets I have to say that I was truly blown away just how good the thing sounds. I own dozen of great softsynths, including Diva, but for pure classic synth fun I would take the OP-X PRO-II over Diva any day of the week. I don't know who did all the presets for it, but MAN he/she/they did a great job! It's kind of sad that you rarely hear anything from the guys at SonicProjects these days because they REALLY need to be creating more softsynths IMO.
Anyway....nuff said.
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- KVRist
- 378 posts since 28 Feb, 2013
How does it compare to OBXD?