For nice Oberheimish sounds the OBXD is the best free synth so far. 5/5 I hope Mister 2Datsounds will return with a new OBXD, that would be great!! Reply Proteus May 09 2018. One of the best free vst on the planet. Use it ALL the time since I dl it. On almost every track. Just amazing, better than a lot of commercial vst. Obxd is an emulation of the famous Oberheim ob-x, ob-xa and ob8 synths. While not copying originals, some of the features were taken to a better point. OBXD - Download Free Vst Plugin. VST host and re-established on project reload. LEARN: click on Learn, turn or activate the control you want to automate (touching is not enough), and then send the CC message you want to use for it; the LEARN LED will turn off and the controller will be assigned. CLEAR: to make an OB-Xd control forget its automation, enable CLEAR, turn. Free for non-commercial use / $49 Desktop / $9.99 iOS OB-Xd - Virtual Analog Synthesizer by discoDSP / Datsounds is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin and a Mobile Audio App and a Standalone Application for macOS, Windows, Linux and iOS. It functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin, an AAX Plugin and a Standalone Application. The Free Oberheim OBX VST Synth for Funk Disco House When you click the link it will offer you the platforms of mac and pc, there will be a box next to it that states $49 dollars, so just ignore that and choose your required link. The link for the synth VST is available by clicking HERE.
DiscoDSP released OB-Xd – a free emulation synth of the Oberheim OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 synthesizers.
Oberheim OB-X Emulation Synth
From DiscoDSP:
The OB-Xd is based on the Oberheim OB-X. It attempts to recreate its sound and behaviours, but as the original was very limited in some important ways a number of things were added or altered to the original design. The OB-Xd was designed to sound as good and as rich as the original. It implements micro random detuning which is a big part of that sound. ... Like many synths of the OB-X’s generation, the OB-Xd has no internal effects so its sounds and textures can be greatly enhanced by the use of additional processing like chorus, reverb, delay, etc.
OB-Xd Oscillators
From the manual:
A mixer was introduced to blend the two oscillators and noise source which is much more flexible than the fixed levels of the original design. In the OB-X cross modulation (Frequency Modulation), OSC2 modulated OSC1. On the OB-Xd this is reversed: OSC1 modulates OSC2. Sounds created by sync and x-mod this way were judged more useful than the inharmonic results of the original modulation path. The Step switch allows for precise tuning by semi-tone steps. Note that disengaging this doesn't keep the pitch at the precise semi-tone step but resumes gradual pitch adjustment. The Bright control adjusts the clarity of higher harmonics. Detune of OSC2 only adjusts up from the basic pitch (the original was bilateral).
OB-Xd Filters
From the manual:
The original OB-X had a single 12dB/octave low-pass filter. The OB-Xd significantly improves on this design: it implements a Multimode 12dB/ octave filter like the Oberheim SEM module. Using the MULTI rotary control, you can crossfade between low-pass behavior on the complete left, to either notch (by default) or bandpass (using the BP switch) behavior at 12 o'clock, and high- pass behavior on the far right. There is also a 24dB mode which is activated by the 24dB switch. This mode is only low-pass, but the MULTI control now allows you to smoothly change the depth of the filter slope from 24dB/octave on the complete left, down to 6 dB/octave on the complete right.
How to Install
You can run the .pkg installer or:
Drag Obxd.component into Library / Audio / Plug-Ins / Components.
Drag Obxd.vst into Library / Audio / Plug-Ins / VST.
To install the presets, drag the 'Datsounds' folder into ~/Library/Audio/Presets/.
Download
Download OB-Xd here.
(via synthopia)
Dexed is a multi platform, multi format plugin synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7. Dexed is also a midi cartridge librarian/manager for the DX7.
Minimal documentation is available on Dexed Wiki.
Examples from One Synth Challenge:
Dexed is free software and is licensed on the GPL v3.
Features
- Multi platform (OS X, Windows or Linux) and multi format (VST, AU, LV2)
- The sound engine music-synthesizer-for-android is closely modeled on the original DX7 characteristics
- 144 DAW automatable DX7 parameters available from one single panel
- Fully supports DX7 input and output Sysex messages; including controller change. This means that you can use this with a native DX7/TX7 as a patch editor and sysex manager
- Each operator have a realtime VU meter to know which one is active
- Can load/save any DX7/TX7 sysex programs. It is also possible to save a single program into a different sysex file.
Credits & thanks
- DX Synth engine : Raph Levien and the msfa team
- Graphical design : AZur Studio
- Surge Synthesizer Team for substantial contributions like microtuning and MPE support.
- LP Filter : Filatov Vadim (2DaT); taken from the excellent Obxd project
- PPPlay : Great OPL3 implementation, with documented code :D
- DX7 program compilation : Jean-Marc Desprez (author of SynprezFM)
- DX7 programs : Dave Benson, Frank Carvalho, Tim Conrardy, Jack Deckard, Chris Dodunski, Tim Garrett, Hitaye, Stephan Ibsen, Christian Jezreel, Narfman, Godric Wilkie
Cartridge Manager
Any .syx file in the Cartridges directory will be available from the 'CART' window. Find this directory by using the 'CART' button and then the 'SHOW DIR' button.
You can drag and drop any DX7 program from what is loaded in dexed and/or what you have loaded in the cartridge browser.
Double-clicking on a program will load the currently selected program in the plugin.
Use the context (right-click) menu to send the program/cartridge the DX7 or open your OS file browser from the directory context.
Obxd Vst Free
Hint: BlackWinny from kvraudio did a great DX7 compilation named Dexed_cart_1.0.zip. Simply unzip the content of this zipfile to your Cartridges directory.
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Engine Type
Dexed can be configured to use some of the original math limitation of a DX synthesizer. This does notonly apply to the DAC, it also involves the bit resolution of the sine waves and the way that the amplitude is applied to each operator. Since all of this is experimental, multiple engines will be available to be able to compare them easily.
Dexed comes with 3 engine types :
Vst Free Host
- Modern : this is the original 24-bit music-synthesizer-for-android implementation.
- Mark I : Based on the OPL Series but at a higher resolution (LUT are 10-bits). The target of this engine is to be closest to the real DX7.
- OPL Series : this is an experimental implementation of the reversed engineered OPL family chips. 8-bit. Keep in mind that the envelopes stills needs tuning.