Craig Anderton's Sound, Studio, and Stage

[Geoff Grace]

Omnisphere 1.5 is available now as a free update for all registered users:

Omnisphere 1.5 Update

We are proud to announce a major new version of our award-winning Power Synth Omnisphere® - which includes a host of new features, in particular a new interactive interface called “The Orb” offering stunning real-time synthesis manipulation capabilities, along with many deeply expanded additions to the synthesis engine and user interface. The update also includes many important user-requested features such as the new 5-Column Browser view and support for polyphonic aftertouch. The new version also includes a significant update to the factory patch library - 780 brand new patches which take advantage of all the new sound design capabilities and brings the total number of included sounds to over 8,000.

Best,

Geoff

[Anderton]

Polyphonic aftertouch!!!!!! In!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankfully I still have my Ensoniq TS-10, and it still works

[Huh?]

Free!!! I'm lovin' that. I need to boogie on over to see if there is anything new for Trilian and Stylus RMX as well. Great company Spectrasonics.

[lord_ths]

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[Ernest Buckley]

I`ve heard so many good things about this software but have not purchased.

Is it that good? Any negatives?

[bookumdano3]

I'm at the point where less is more.  Omnisphere is in the category of more is not enough.

I have always seen Omnisphere as the king of pads...... 8 billion pads.  More pad sounds than a bazillion human beings could ever want.  And from those 8 billion pads... you can get 1360 billion variations.

If it were a hardware keyboard in the early 80s, it woulda had 68,000 preset buttons on the front panel.

I envision Omnisphere as being this massive pad thing where I could spend an hour coming up with one dynamite pad sound after another, only to find..... none of it works in the real-life songs I'm working on. But they sure sound cool on their own.

Maybe movie guys can use it but for me........ I have to say...............I'm at the point where I need LESS selection of sounds in order to effectively concentrate on the black aural canvas that appears when my eyes close and I'm imagineering the next tune that falls out of the sky.

Face it.  Musicians are now dangerously fat with sounds.  Sound obesity should be a planetary concern.  On the other hand, If Eric wants to give a copy of Omnisphere to me, I'd sure accept it.

[UstadKhanAli]

I have nothing to say about Omnisphere.  I just wanted to say that Geoff rules.

[Ernest Buckley]

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bookumdano3 wrote:

I'm at the point where less is more.  Omnisphere is in the category of more is not enough.

I have always seen Omnisphere as the king of pads...... 8 billion pads.  More pad sounds than a bazillion human beings could ever want.  And from those 8 billion pads... you can get 1360 billion variations.

If it were a hardware keyboard in the early 80s, it woulda had 68,000 preset buttons on the front panel.

I envision Omnisphere as being this massive pad thing where I could spend an hour coming up with one dynamite pad sound after another, only to find..... none of it works in the real-life songs I'm working on. But they sure sound cool on their own.

Maybe movie guys can use it but for me........ I have to say...............I'm at the point where I need LESS selection of sounds in order to effectively concentrate on the black aural canvas that appears when my eyes close and I'm imagineering the next tune that falls out of the sky.

Face it.  Musicians are now dangerously fat with sounds.  Sound obesity should be a planetary concern.  On the other hand, If Eric wants to give a copy of Omnisphere to me, I'd sure accept it.

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I tend to agree with this. I`ve been using REASON since `05 and even though its a program I have dug into a bit, I`m still very far from using anywhere near 25% of it because its that deep and I suppose from what I`ve read that the same is true of the Omnisphere stuff. However, I really enjoy digging into these programs and creating my own sounds so I may treat myself to an early birthday gift...

One last thing, my next record is about a guy riding a motorcylce through the desert who spends most of his time thinking... I`ll need some nice sounding pads!  

[Geoff Grace]

I should point out that this thread was bumped, and the 1.5 uodate came out two years ago.

Despite its age, Omnisphere is still one of my main go to synths. Its pads are great, yes, but it does a lot more. And it does it well.

(And thanks, Ken. )

Best,

Geoff

[Ernest Buckley]

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Geoff Grace wrote:

I should point out that this thread was bumped, and the 1.5 uodate came out two years ago.

Despite its age, Omnisphere is still one of my main go to synths. Its pads are great, yes, but it does a lot more. And it does it well.

(And thanks, Ken. )

Best,

Geoff

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LOL, thats how much I`m out of the loop!

[nat whilk II]

One last thing, my next record is about a guy riding a motorcylce through the desert who spends most of his time thinking... I`ll need some nice sounding pads!  

So, you've been re-reading your ancient copy of Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I assume....

nat whilk ii

[Ernest Buckley]

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nat whilk II wrote:

One last thing, my next record is about a guy riding a motorcylce through the desert who spends most of his time thinking... I`ll need some nice sounding pads!  

So, you've been re-reading your ancient copy of Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance I assume....

nat whilk ii

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Yes, exactly. Also combining Steppenwolf into the mix!