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Test: Synapse Audio Obsession

Like the Minimoog, Oberheim‘s OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 are among those analog synthesizers that have the most software replicas. It’s no wonder since these three polyphonic synthesizers from the early eighties wrote music history with their warm and voluminous sound and still enjoying great popularity today.

Purist with Add-ons

For Obsession, Synapse Audio used the OB-Xa as their model, using Curtis chips for the oscillators

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