OB-X8 Effects

OB-X8 Effects

In my opinion, unless you like your toast dry, your spagetti plain or your sandwich dry.... the OB-X8 needs effects to sound it's best.

I separately tried the Big Sky and the Specular Tempus on it - both good. Then I tried an old Lexicon PCM 81 on it. The Lexicon PCM81, I had long 'written off' as a realistic reverb due to the 'swirls' and pitch shifting it often introduce. But for synth sounds it brings a bigness to the sound.

The PCM 81 is head and shoulders the best sounding effect box for the OB-X8 - it makes it sound like an Oberheim you hear on records. I did not expect that with the PCM 81.

What effects do you like on the OB-X8?