Members keybdwizrd Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Keep all yer silly hardware instruments. I've been playing Omnisphere all evening and there is no doubt it is my desert island synth. With most synths, there are a few sounds that make me say "I gotta own this." With Omnisphere there are... well, hundreds of those sounds. Omnisphere inspires me. No, it doesn't have 120 electric piano patches or 120 organ patches. Omnisphere has gobs of sounds I didn't know I wanted until I heard them. Some of you know what I mean. DAMN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Why? why must you inflict gas? Omnisphere's not even on my radar, and here you are making me Omnisphere-curious. Why must you do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted January 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Time to revisit a couple of these: [video=youtube;cgFxVpBjaXA] [video=youtube;vF3FYuUqhIU] [video=youtube;fAa1kNJsTdI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mildbill Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 ....Keep all yer silly hardware instruments.... Looks like plenty of hardware there. See new product. Consider new product. Remember that you've bought plenty of old new product. Re-assess old new product. Re-discover why you got old new product. Temporary GAS reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zzzxtreme Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Confucious says, he who calls himself a wizard, well u know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted January 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Confucious says, he who calls himself a wizard, well u know... Actually, I don't know. But if you want to talk about my moniker, please start a new thread. BTW, the origin of said moniker dates back to 1995 - you can read about it (in context) here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've been highly impressed by Omnisphere as well, but how's the load on the computer? Just to install all the samples I'd have to add an external hard drive That's the sort of thing that makes me retreat back to hardware...$500 for a softsynth and then another $1000 in computer upgrades to run it...ouch!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted January 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've been highly impressed by Omnisphere as well, but how's the load on the computer? Just to install all the samples I'd have to add an external hard drive Load times are very respectable. I mentioned this on another thread - since getting a new HD installed in my iMac, load times are significantly faster. Some samples are very large, and these take a few seconds to load. But many load before I can get my hand from the mouse back to my keyboard. I don't know what it would be like working with Omnisphere via an external USB or Firewire drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mcmurray Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Nice playing mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've been highly impressed by Omnisphere as well, but how's the load on the computer? Just to install all the samples I'd have to add an external hard drive That's the sort of thing that makes me retreat back to hardware...$500 for a softsynth and then another $1000 in computer upgrades to run it...ouch!!! How new is your computer? I think CPU is pretty good on mine (about 2 years old, quad-core Q6600) unless I really abuse the STEAM engine. However I don't tend to run huge amounts of Omnisphere sets, where I've heard it can be a big CPU hog. I think I've run 3 at max. Load times are pretty good on an internal drive. It's not the instant stuff you get with ROMplers (eg it'll take 5-10 seconds) but it beats older Kontakt libraries (which can be more like 20 or more). I probably wouldn't be happy with load times on an external drive, unless it was an eSATA. (So, again, how new is your computer? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aztechno Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Obligatory Rudess demo: [video=youtube;zF8SYLjl07g] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 not baaaaa'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Totally with you Michael!Omni is a very inspiring instrument that covers a lot of ground from bread and butter pads and leads to things that sound like they are coming from another planet and everything in between.And on top of it all it is super easy to use.I made more than 300 patches for it and i never seem to run oit of ideaswhen i go thru the soundsources.As a amatter of fact i created a whole album at vimeo that features music that was produced using mainlyt Omnisphere.(with a little help of RMX and EZdrummer for the beats)http://www.vimeo.com/album/48862 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's still the synth I use the most. Hardly a day goes by without that thing being used. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I keep repeating myself, but Trilian is awesome too, don't forget that. DEfINITELY worth the money - especially when you already have Omnisphere. I bought it for the acoustic basses, but actually use the synth stuff the most. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Why? why must you inflict gas? He's forgiven, because he's actually got demos and videos and sounds. I mean, it's far worse when you hear someone gushing over their ARP2600 they just bought from an old grandma who only used it for hymns on Sundays and where the buyer - after at least 60 replies and various threats with physical violence - finally posts something that turns out to be an incredible crappy cellphone Youtube demo of something that sounds like a burlap sack of rats, set on fire. But hey, PHAT ANALOG WOOOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mister natural Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 WANT - but can't afford $500 for another soft synth . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thorhead Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 The voices sound perfect in those demos.... Too bad that it is rompler, and romplers are evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 The voices sound perfect in those demos....Too bad that it is rompler, and romplers are evil. You can't honestly refer to Omnisphere as a mere rompler. It's a certainly a SYNTH (including a VA section). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thorhead Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 You can't honestly refer to Omnisphere as a mere rompler. It's a certainly a SYNTH (including a VA section). I thought it was a romplol. =(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I thought it was a romplol. =(. thats a common mistake.It does come with a giant library of sampled sounds but those are just the starting point. The Steam engine offers tons of tools to turn those samples into something completely different using things like granular synthesis or timbreshift plus there is an extensive VA section with pulsewidth modulation, FM, Ring Mod, Hardsync etc.And the selection of filters plus the envelopes and the modmatrix are insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keybdwizrd Posted January 19, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Looks like plenty of hardware there. Yes, but I really don't need any of it. I should devote myself to creating music during the next year using only Omnisphere and MOTU Ethno Instrument. And Plugsound Pro for drum kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TropicThink Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'll PM you my address for the Prophet08 and the Virus TI, Keybdwizrd. Thanks! I'll handle the shipping charges, don't worry about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 i did the same for 2 years now and i have produced more music in those 2 years than in the 20 years before.its quite incredible how much one can get done using the right instruments in an easy to use system with Total Recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 I had tons of hardware before that. The only thing that survived the big sale is my Virus TI. I still keep that for some fav patches that i made with it and because it integrates quite nicely with my computersetup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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