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Posted by iLLicit on Nov-22-2003 16:15:

Spectrasonics Atmosphere Demo?

I heard some great stuff about Spectrasonics Atmosphere lately. I was wondering, is there also a demo version of this synth? I really want to try this one out before buying, because $ 399 is a hell of a lot of money...

Posted by Critical7 on Nov-22-2003 20:15:

There isn't a demo version of it as far as I know, but you might want to ask over on http://forums.soniccontrol.com/ as there are undoubtedly people there who use Atmosphere who could give you some direct feedback. There are reviews up of Trilogy of Stylus in the reviews section as well.

Ryan.

Posted by Etherium on Nov-22-2003 22:37:

Best synth I own period. I have a Virus and many others, they can't compare to Atmosphere.

Atmosphere has little secrets that not many people are willing to share, but here goes.

You can make lead sounds out of many of the pads in Atmosphere. The result is analog, not virtual analog lead sounds that are truly mindblowing. The included lead sounds are incredible and my Virus, nor my JP, nor my Ion could ever keep up with them.

Another semi-secret is that each (well, most) patches in Atmosphere are made of two layer patches. The result is that there LITERALLY hundreds of thousands of combos for leads, pads etc.

A future update will probably make the evolving pads sync with host tempo.

Atmosphere will probably be the best $300 you'll ever spend.

Posted by Etherium on Nov-22-2003 22:41:

And did I mention the orchestral strings. Sorry, I just jizzed on myself...can't type anymore!

AWESOME!

Check out this Marteen Spurjit demo for the strings. It was done 100 percent with Atmosphere (at the bottom of the page called Distant Times). The other demos are good, but this one shines.Marteen

Posted by dbl on Nov-22-2003 23:08:

I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT

but i can't afford it

Posted by Passiva on Nov-22-2003 23:11:

Etherium, can you please post a sample for us? I want to hear some trancy things done with the Atmosphere

Posted by hazzard on Nov-22-2003 23:59:

befor u talkin about getting it check that if u got the space for the 3 giga installing and if your computer strong enough fo handeling
this vst i'm guessing if you're using any software that support vst's
it had already taken a 1-2 gigabytes from your computer...

As a trance loving man my computer is loaded in trance music and loaded in producing softwares that takes lots of space i think even 40 giga is not enough...

Posted by osum-possum on Nov-23-2003 23:28:

heres the online demos

http://www.spectrasonics.net/instru...here/demos.html

Posted by osum-possum on Nov-23-2003 23:32:

sorry, my link is the same. Also, I was unable to find it for $300.

GOT LINKS?

Posted by Etherium on Nov-24-2003 01:34:

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Also, I was unable to find it for $300

Yes, I meant, roughly three hundred. I got it for, I think, it was 329.00.

My best advice to get cheap gear is to become buddies with someone at Guitar Center. I had a guy hook me up with The Grand by Steinberg for 169.00. That's about 100 quid cheaper than I have seen anywhere. Buy from the same guy everytime and your loyalty will pay you back.

Posted by josh on Nov-24-2003 05:25:

this is massive! I love to have it. To be truthfully,no doubt the price is kinda steep but I personally feel its a worth of money to get it.

Posted by hey cheggy on Nov-24-2003 07:24:

Just bought it today. The pads are amazing. The orchestral sounds are sweet. Sooo smooth.

And the Moog pulse Bass is nice for trance basslines as well.

Posted by josh on Nov-24-2003 08:30:

cool... it make me wanna get it that ASAP. darn!

Posted by Sean Walsh on Nov-24-2003 17:40:

As other people here have mentioned, this synth is the end all and be all for pads and atmospheric type effects. You can also make some incredible basses and leads with it as well.

Posted by Etherium on Nov-24-2003 18:26:

Well, I've held my tongue too long about this. I have to say that the leads on Atmosphere are the best I have EVER come across. With all of the programming versatility of it, one can make an almost unlimited amount of, not Virtual Analog, but analog (in a way) leads.

With the legendary, that's right, legendary, pads and the monster leads and legendary atmospheres and HUGE basses, I dare say it's the most stunning acheivement in synthesis since the Minimoog.

Eric Persing has dedicated himself to making "sample-based instruments" (rather than his former concentration on sample cds). These "sample-based instruments" are the future of sound.

It's funny, I see a lot of posts around here about trying to get good basslines and bass sounds. One word. Trilogy.

Think about it, this is Persing's FIRST attempt at an instrument. Can you imagine what's in store for the future at Spectrasonics?!.

For those of you who are interested in Mr. Persing work, and if you say you haven't heard it then just go watch three or four commercials, I guarantee you'll AT LEAST one of his sounds, there is a VERY interesting interview with him at Northern Sounds.

Interview

Read it, it talks about his vision of the future of computer-based music.

Posted by Sean Walsh on Nov-24-2003 18:50:

Feel like giving some tips on Atmosphere leads? =)

I've had it for about a month and haven't touched much beyond the pads and basslines.

Posted by Etherium on Nov-25-2003 01:08:

Yes, first of all, try out the existing leads. There some in the leads folders and some in the another folder called synths or something to that effect.

Most of the leads are two layers, try out each layer and see if you like one of them soloed.

Take advantage of the sample start position paramater. This can help on leads, but where it really shines is making a pad or atmosphere into a lead. Take a pad or most any sustained sound in Atmosphere, not just any, you'll have to find the right ones, decrease the attack time, then experiment with sample start position.

Run the existing leads through Amplitube.

There's a few pointers.

Posted by Sean Walsh on Nov-25-2003 04:38:

Been playing around with it for the past 2 hours and have already come up with some incredible sounding stuff, and that was without touching the sample start time.

Thanks for the pointers!

Posted by josh on Nov-25-2003 07:00:

would like to clarify with u guru here. so basically when i use atmosphere, i just need my midi keybaord to trigger will do , right? as same goes to syth when my Local is OFF. am i right to say?

Posted by hey cheggy on Nov-25-2003 07:37:

Atmosphere is a VST and DX instrument, so you can run it in all sorts of programs. Yes, you can trigger it from your midi controller, but you can also trigger it from your sequencer (fruity loops, logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, etc).

Posted by josh on Nov-25-2003 10:06:

thanks mate for the ncie help! Cheers!

wait till i get my hands on Atomsphere been dreaming for a long time!!!

Posted by Etherium on Nov-26-2003 03:09:

Try this for a lead. Go to Strings-->Analog Strings-->Phat Strings

Increase the sample start time and decrease the amp and filter attack to zero for both layers.

Who needs a JP8080 when you have an analog lead as good as this?

Seriously!

Posted by Etherium on Nov-26-2003 03:21:

Also, another Atmosphere leads tip would be to turn off the glide paramater. Almost all of the patches in the lead section have glide activated. Turn it off and it's like a whole different patch.

Posted by J.L. on Nov-26-2003 06:32:

IMO, atmosphere is just a giant sampler

i would prefer on getting something like absynth2

Posted by josh on Nov-26-2003 07:12:

Wats the link for Absyth 2?

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