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    OB-Xa V $235 arturia.com

    Sep 22, 2020 4 minutes
    By Andy Jones

    Strengths

    + Lovely OB-Xa emulation…… with some fine 21st century additions

    + Some fantastic and varied sounds

    + Great and easy modulation options

    + Very useful effects

    Limitations

    - Van Halen’s Jump

    - Some sounds are a bit processor-hungry

    There’s been a decades-lasting joke among members of our team – and indeed between us and many other music gear magazines – that whenever we attend a music equipment show, we are guaranteed to hear someone, usually of middling age, either demoing or auditioning a new synth by playing the intro to Van Halen’s 'Jump'. At least five times. A day. And considering

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