Omnisphere 2 Review Sound On Sound
Apr 02, 2019 Now that Omnisphere 2.6 is shipping, we caught up with James from Spectrasonics to show us some more of the brand new Arpeggiator which has a whole load of unique features. They really went to. Omnisphere 2. 6 arpeggiator tutorial. Mar 30, 2019 In this video, I give a brief overview of the updated Arp & Sequencer within Omnisphere 2.6. There is no sound designing in this one, just a little walkthrough of the basic features. Jan 26, 2019 Eric Persing gives us an exclusive walk through with the new Keyboard profiles and arpeggiator. 2.6 will be a free download. What's New In Omnisphere 2.6 - NAMM Show 2019 New Features with.
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Digital wavetable synths are also assimilated and whether you prefer the raw, grainy sound of a PPG or Prophet VS, or the smoother transitions of an Access Virus, Omnisphere 2 can cough up a decent approximation. It would be no slouch judged purely as a DSP synth. Exploring the sonic potential of light bulbs. May 04, 2015 In this episode we finally start to take a look at the sound libraries that comes with Omnisphere 2. As always grab a drink and have a seat cause were gonna be here for a while. Tom Wolfe has released Atomos, a collection of 100 presets for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2. Atomos focuses on the darker side of cinematic composition. Inspired by the score for hit TV show Chernobyl, this set places emphasis on Omnisphere's vast range of organic sound sources to create dramatic and powerful patches from the unexpected.
You can now use your Moog, DSI, Korg, Roland, Novation or other hardware synth as a fully integrated hands-on controller for Omnisphere, potentially turning one of the most versatile and feature-rich software synths into your dream software-hardware hybrid production solution.Following the initial announcement at Berlin’s Superbooth in May and public beta phase, Omnisphere 2.5 recently officially dropped, so we thought it was the perfect time to take it through it’s paces and check out the latest improvements and additions.Check out Spectrasonics Founder Eric Persing’s Keynote Presentation above, where he unveils Omnisphere 2.5 and takes it through its paces and new features.A Little Background On Omnisphere
Omnisphere was already an excellent and cutting edge synth, especially popular with media composers and sound designers owing to the instruments original emphasis on evolving pads and textures perfect for ambient score elements for film and game soundtracks, but also due to the sheer breadth of the library content and the speed and ease with which you can browse and adapt patches to suit whatever the current project calls for. Omnisphere has also more gradually been gathering an increasing following in the electronic music community, with more preset sounds geared specifically towards EDM production being included since the version 2.0 update.Whichever styles of music you create, Omnisphere features a large enough factory library for several lifetimes worth of sonic exploration, not to mention an integrated rack effects section, flexible arpeggiator, oscillator sections that provide for FM, ring modulation and granular synthesis amongst the plethora of sound-shaping options, and our personal favourite feature, The Orb: a circular controller that modifies multiple synth parameters simultaneously, in a similar way to an X/Y pad with it’s converging axes, but with added momentum/inertia settings so you can “throw” the controller positioning icon and have it spin at varying speeds and angles of motion (either programmed or randomised), imbuing your patches with either a subtle sense of movement or more extreme modulation that you can record and pick out the best bits from.What’s New?
With version 2.5, Spectrasonics have further beefed up the sonic capabilities, doubling the number of available layers for each patch from 2 to 4, adding 1,000 new sounds to the patch library, and making quite a few more subtle but very welcome tweaks and improvements to the GUI and page layouts that overall contribute to a significant streamlining and refining of the workflow.- 4 Layers Per Patch: In previous versions, you could mix and match 2 sources / layers for each patch. In Omnisphere 2.5, each patch now contains up to 4 layers. The number of envelopes, LFOs and Modulation Matrix routings have all also been expanded, providing you with practically more modulation possibilities than you’re frankly ever likely to use in a real project!
- New State Variable Filter Type: The filter menu has additions in the form of the State Variable Filter, which has been specially designed to make use of the OB-6 hardware synth’s unusual filter configuration, which basically provides you with a single knob that you can use to sweep seamlessly between Low-Pass, Notch and High-Pass filter types.
- New Hardware Sound Library: Eric Persing and the Spectrasonics team used the Hardware Synth Integration feature to create over 1,000 new patches that form the Hardware Library section of the Omnisphere patch library. A cool aspect of this is that even if you don’t own any of the hardware synths supported for integration, all Omnisphere users have access to the Hardware Library – possibly a good way to audition some of the best hardware synths ever made to determine which you want to buy and access the original synth engine, if you’re in the market for a hardware synth…
- New High Res Interface: Scalable, support for Retina displays and 4k monitors. Slightly cleaner and tidier, more modern GUI; larger controls. Live Mode page redesigned to show much more relevant info if you want to use Omnisphere in a live/ performance context.
- New Granular Layout: The Granular page now shows displays a full waveform of the sound you’re messing with, making it much clearer, easier to understand what is going on when you’re manipulating grains and tearing sounds apart.
- Support for Windows X Multitouch computers and tablets: “This means that the new Live Mode page can function as a fully functional stage interface when used fullscreen on a Windows computer.” While the support doesn’t extend to Mac/iPad devices, there are plenty of apps e.g. TouchOSC, MIDI Designer and Lemur, that you can use to control Omnisphere parameters on an iPad.