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Review: Arturia OB-Xa V

The photorealistic interface of the latest Arturia plug-in promises a meticulous software replication of the legendary Oberheim OB-Xa. But does the emulation also convince in terms of sound?

Who doesn’t know the legendary Oberheim OB-Xa – a synthesizer which wrote music history in songs by Queen, Prince, The Police, Billy Idol and especially in Van Halen‘s „Jump“? While the hardware model was offered in four, six and eight-part

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