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Spectrasonics Atmosphere Demo? (pg. 3)
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| josh |
| Wats the link for Absyth 2?:D |
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| Etherium |
"IMO Atmosphere is just a giant sampler"
And therein lies the common misconception about Atmosphere. If you consider the number of combinations available with the sample start offset paramater, the envelopes, filters, modulations, thousands of patch layers, the possiblilites are almost endless.
One might say, well, then you just have what is offered on most of the VAs out there?
Well, there is one main difference, most of these patches are analog. There is more warmth to an Atmoshere pad than on my Virus, JP and Ion combined. There is more thickness to the leads that my Virus in heavy unison mode by a long way.
I highly recommend it. |
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| dj-sean |
I've played around with Absynth 2, and in the period of time I spent with it, which was roughly equivalent to the time I've spent with Atmosphere thus far, I didn't even come close to the sort of sounds I'm getting out of Atmosphere.
Simply put, Atmosphere is a must have. |
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| Etherium |
At the same time, of course there are things that Absynth can do that Atmoshpere can't, but for me at least, Atmo. has everything I need. If I have a warm pad sound in my mind, many times, like most of us, I have a hard time getting that sound out of my synth, same for when I want a glassy, transparent pad. With Atmo. there is a category called warm pads and one called glassy pads, within each category are about 30 patches, within each of these 30 patches there are 2 patches. I mean, really, one can imagine how many warm and how many glassy pads can be made with all of these options? Combine with that the envelope control, the modulation routings and other paramaters, and is basically like a synth.
But, like I said, if you want to create crazy evolving madness with complex breakpoint envelopes etc, then Absynth might be the way to go, but even still, Atmo. has the Evolving Textures section and the same patch scheme as described above. Again, thousands of possibilites with the advantage that the tones are analog in nature.
I think there was a reviewer for one of the major magazine that called Atmosphere "quite possibly the best synth ever." There is a very qualified individual over at futureprodcers.com that was once a die-hard proponent of analog synths and hardware in general, then he heard Atmosphere and Trilogy and changed his mind. Search for "It's only a matter of time" to find the thread, great read. |
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| CynepMeH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Etherium
At the same time, of course there are things that Absynth can do that Atmoshpere can't, but for me at least, Atmo. has everything I need. If I have a warm pad sound in my mind, many times, like most of us, I have a hard time getting that sound out of my synth, same for when I want a glassy, transparent pad. With Atmo. there is a category called warm pads and one called glassy pads, within each category are about 30 patches, within each of these 30 patches there are 2 patches. I mean, really, one can imagine how many warm and how many glassy pads can be made with all of these options? Combine with that the envelope control, the modulation routings and other paramaters, and is basically like a synth.
But, like I said, if you want to create crazy evolving madness with complex breakpoint envelopes etc, then Absynth might be the way to go, but even still, Atmo. has the Evolving Textures section and the same patch scheme as described above. Again, thousands of possibilites with the advantage that the tones are analog in nature.
I think there was a reviewer for one of the major magazine that called Atmosphere "quite possibly the best synth ever." There is a very qualified individual over at futureprodcers.com that was once a die-hard proponent of analog synths and hardware in general, then he heard Atmosphere and Trilogy and changed his mind. Search for "It's only a matter of time" to find the thread, great read. |
Here's the link to the thread:
http://www.futureproducers.com/foru...?threadid=38286 |
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| kewlness |
actually, i've just heard several of the patches for atmosphere and i must say i am amazed... the sound quality is superb...
don't get me wrong, i'm not saying atmosphere sucks, but for me, i just like playing around with all the knobs and tweaks of a synth to get a sound i want...
however, if i had the money, i'd definately get atmosphere |
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| josh |
I read abt the Atmosphere. And saw the price was stated as $399. But, can I ask whether that is in which currency? US$399 or..???
Someone do give me the guides, thanks you very much .
Cheers |
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| iLLicit |
| Guess this must be in dollars, since Spectrasonics is an American firm... |
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| Critical7 |
$399us is too much (not that it's not worth it). But Zzounds has it for $369: here
Ryan. |
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| Etherium |
| I picked it up for $340. Just go to GC and tell them that you won't pay full price and say you'll buy off Ebay if they don't give you a good price. This method will get you anywhere from $50 to $100 off the going price for a piece of software. |
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| Critical7 |
If you buy off Ebay, would that not void your sample license with Atmosphere (I think the sample licensing agreement is the same as with Spectrasonics' libraries)? Unless it is still sealed of course.
But still, makes me wish we had a GC here and not local shops that charge an arm and a leg just because they have very little competition.
Ryan. |
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| Etherium |
| I don't know about that, but most of the time the pro audio guy sells me software (that he knows very little about), so I just say random stuff like that, usually works. |
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