Classic Synths: Oberheim OB-X & SonicProjects OP-X

In my previous post, I talked about making the opening growl sound from Rush's "Tom Sawyer." In looking up information about how the sound was made, I learned that it specifically came from the Oberheim OB-X synthesizer.

Wikipedia article on the OB-X synthesizer.

Looking a bit more into this synthesizer, I learned that it and other Oberheim synths were used by quite a few classic rock bands, including Rush ("Tom Sawyer"), Queen (Who were vehemently against synthesizers until they started using this from the "Flash Gordon" soundtrack on), Van Halen ("Jump" and the prelude, "1984") and Styx ("Come Sail Away"), among others.

This classic synthesizer has been recreated in software form as the SonicProjects OP-X.

You can go to their site an hear many samples of the software synthesizer including many recreations of famous synth sounds.

Here's a quick Youtube video of someone playing around with the virtual synth: