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Spectrasonics Omnisphere. $500 softsynth
So... Spectrasonics Unveiled their latest. But you can't get it until September.
They seem to be pretty happy about their new "Steam" engine. I don't know why though, since steam engines have been around in some form since the 1600's. As stated in the FAQ, they're pretty confident that it will fit with any genre "except polka." Well there goes my dream, just when I thought I'd found my do-it-all/go-to synth.
Website:
�The STEAM Engine core technology gives us the ability to respond to other technology changes like the Intel-Mac shift from Apple, 64-bit computing, or a major new operating system,� said Eric Persing, Founder and Creative Director of Spectrasonics.
http://www.spectrasonics.net/omnisphere_teaser/ has a video where you can see someone play some PHAT chords with it. According to the teaser site, you won't be able to hear audio demos or songs until September. (Losers)
They call it a 'powerhouse synthesizer'. Reminds me of how Quasimidi never categorized their Sirius. The FAQ section defines it as the 'upgrade' to Atmosphere, yet stressing that it is different in every way.
I'll let you explore the rest.
looks good
Re: Spectrasonics Omnisphere. $500 softsynth
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| Originally posted by 3F05Q As stated in the FAQ, they're pretty confident that it will fit with any genre "except polka." Well there goes my dream, just when I thought I'd found my do-it-all/go-to synth. |
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| Originally posted by cryophonik Not sure if you're joking, 3FO5Q, but this sounds like a synth that will do it all (even polka) |
40-50 gig core library 
Not sure if you're being sarcastic about the 'Steam' thing, but:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(content_delivery)
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| Originally posted by alanzo Not sure if you're being sarcastic about the 'Steam' thing, but: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(content_delivery) |
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| Originally posted by System101 he was reffering to something similar to this.. just.. older.. lol |
ugly demo, hope the new one on 22th jan will be better
Yea, the demo or teaser, did not sound that great to me, it wasn't bad, but didn't have my eyes popping out of my head or anything
I'm not sayin its not gonna be good, cause I do like their romplers, just sayin wasn't too impressed yet. yet
Sounded awesome.. truly impressive.
I need to hear more sounds....
maybe at a better quality, than in the video too
i want the prozac the promoter got 
it must be mixed with ether
Got to play with it at NAMM. It's truly incredible. There's WAY too much to say about it right now.
Met the guy in the online video. He's... a wierd one.
I promise a writeup tomorrow night. One thing's for sure, I'll be buying this for 500 when it comes out. They are very solid on the release date, unfortunately. Give me time to save up though.
So is this thing actually a synth or rompler, or both?
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| Originally posted by Lucidity So is this thing actually a synth or rompler, or both? |
can u use a rom or sample as an osc? I must admit I am now interested 
Alright folks.. here's the scoop. Spectrasonics had a booth at NAMM devoted almost entirely to Omnisphere. My friend has pictures of the screen as the demo was performed and I'll get those up as soon as he gets them to me. Those can actually tell the story much better than I can, and when I get them I'll update this post.
The following assumes you know Spectrasonics' way of doing things, primarily in relation to Atmosphere and I'll try to order my points intelligently.
For people familiar with Atmosphere, recall that you could have two layers going on. It's the same thing with Omni. An instrument can have two layers, but instead of just a rompler, you now have a waveform oscillator (so Romp-Romp, Romp-Osc, Osc-Osc).
A single layer has an intense amount of options inside itself. Distortion is polyphonic. You can do graintable synthesis of the sample library, but it doesn't sound glitchy at all, and they stress that. It's QUITE smooth, and there are 8 parameters for manipulating it such as rate, grain size, blah blah blah. It even has a basic FM synthesis built in. The 'carrier' doesn't have to be an oscillator, it can be a built in sample. The modulator, however, is an oscillator of your usual variety, which makes sense since having a sample as your modulator would result in noise most of the time. Those are just the main two synthesis options that struck me.
Modulation? Holy crap.. The mod matrix possibilities are huge, and easy to implement. Say you want to modulate the FM modulator frequency (which i believe is specified as a fraction/multiple of the carrier), you just right click and select what source you want... LFO, AMP MOD, FILTER MOD, Some crazy advanced MOD. The advanced mod envelope is great. It's a tempo based X-Y chart in which you can add and subtract vertices and adjust the curves, quite easily I might add. (I have a picture of this coming soon, and it'll clarify what I'm talking about) you can randomize it and snap it to the temp grid and add some flavor to any sound. That can be routed to most anything, as well.
The arpeggiator is pretty sweet, especially, when used in conjunction with their groove/percussion plugin. If you pick a latin rhythm for the percussion, do a tempo lock, and then drag the built-in midi to the Omnisphere, it will apply the groove to the arpeggiation. Instant gratification. (have a picture for this too, stay tuned)
Effects. Imagine Guitar Rig.. or Reason. Very graphically oriented, rack-mount looking interface. Can't give you a list. But you've got your usuals, including a formant filter. I think the formant filter is based off of Delay-Lama, as the little monk dude was on it. I found that interesting.
Alright... so Multiply that times two, and you have an instrument. But you can have 8 instruments at once in what they refer to as "live mode." Now I assume it's just streamlined for live performance, but I'm sure it'd sit just fine for studio production work as well. Anyone familiar with Reason's NN-XT or Live 6's instrument rack will follow this a bit better than others I suppose. (I have a picture of this too, for clarification). An instrment can be assigned to a key range, note velocity, or even modwheel/midi position. Freakin' awesome. Instruments can overlap, and have the ends of the range fade, so transitions throughout the key/mod/velocity range are seamless.
If I think of anything more that I can't recall right now, I'll post it. Oh, and they did their presentation on the biggest Genelec's I've ever seen in person. http://www.genelecusa.com/products/...monitors/1038b/ 15" woofer, cripes.
So... yeah, there ya go. I'll be saving up for it.
UNISON! It has unison, just rememberd. It sounds HUGE.
Thanks for that review, 3F05Q!
Drooling....can't....stop.....drooling...
Great review .
I really appreciate it.
Well... just to say that we must wait to see what this cool softsyth could do.
At first sight... its really impressive.
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| Originally posted by cryophonik Thanks for that review, 3F05Q! Drooling....can't....stop.....drooling... |
finally some videos of this beast are surfacing on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuSikerBuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7dQW_hlcA
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| Originally posted by System101 finally some videos of this beast are surfacing on youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuSikerBuo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7dQW_hlcA |
That commercial at the start of the first youtube video is fucking sick =P
The teaser they posted on their website was a big yawn, but this review makes it sound interesting.
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