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OB-X8 User’s Guide
Chapter 2: OB-X8 Controls
Chapter 2: OB-X8 Controls
This chapter explains all of the front panel controls of the OB-X8. It
will go section by section, looking at the role each panel control plays in
synthesizing sounds. The front panel of the OB-X8 is based on the origi-
nal OB-X, Oberheim’s first fully-programmable poly synth. Although
the OB-X8 adds functionality not found on the historic OB-X, it builds
on the parameters originally found on its front panel.
Global Settings
The Global Settings menu contains parameters that affect all programs.
These include settings such as MIDI Channel and I/O, Aftertouch and
Velocity Curves, Arpeggiator parameters, Calibration, and others.
Global parameters are accessed by pressing the
globals
switch and
scrolling through the various settings using the
bank
/
scroll
encoder.
Settings are made with the
group
/
value
encoder.
1 . Master Tune Note:
-12 - +12.
Master tune control. Steps in semitones
up to one octave up (+12) or down (-12.) 0 is centered and equals A-440
standard pitch.
2 . Master Tune Fine (Module only)
:
-127 - +127. Fine control over
Master Tune, which replaces the Master Tune pot on the OB-X8
keyboard’s top panel.
3 . Local Control:
All Off, Keys/Levers Off, On
. When on (the default,)
the keyboard, front panel, and modulation levers directly control the
OB-X8. When off, the front panel controls are transmitted via MIDI, but
do not directly affect the “local” synth/OB-X8. The is useful for avoid-
ing MIDI feedback loops that may occur with some DAWs and external
sequencers. When set to Keys/Levers OFF, the front panel controls
remain active but the keybed and modulation levers do not directly
control the OB-X8.
4 . MIDI Channel:
All, 1-16.
This allows you to set the MIDI channel that
the OB-X8 will both send and respond to. When set to
all
, the OB-X8
will receive on all MIDI channels, and will transmit on channel 1.
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