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Rear Panel Connections
Oberheim
Sound Banks
The OB-X8 contains 768 user-programmable presets. You can freely over-
write any of them. The presets are organized into six Banks, each of which
contain 128 preset locations (organized as 16 Groups of 8 Programs).
Although all six Banks can be used for storing any preset, they are named
and organized to represent which OB-series synthesizer’s factory presets
exist in that Bank. The six Banks are named OB-X8, OB-8, OB-Xa,
OB-SX, OB-X, and User.
If you choose a sound from the OB-X Bank/Group, for example, the
sounds feature the filter type and envelope response specific to the OB-X.
This Bank also includes the original presets found on the OB-X. This is
true for each of the individual Banks and the presets within them.
There
is also an OB-X8 bank, filled with original presets that take advantage of
the OB-X8’s capabilities.
The original OB-series synths used buttons labeled A, B, C, and D to
select their Group. It’s not necessary to pay any attention to the letters,
but they can come in handy if you are looking for a specific preset like
OB-8 C7. Appendix E lists all of the original OB-series factory presets
There are also 128 Split program locations and 128 Double program
locations. Split (four voices with one sound on the lower portion of
the keyboard, and four voices with a different sound on the upper) and
Double (two different programs of four voices each layered on top of
each other) programs are each composed of two programs. A Split or
Double program is composed of
pointers
to the two preset locations and
associated Page 2 settings.
You can restore all OB-X8 factory sounds to their original state using the
reset
prgm
to
factd
command in the
global
menu.
Bank
OB-X
Brass Ensemble
3
Group
OB-X8 Programmer
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