Omnisphere

[mazz]

Quote:I don't know...I'll probably pass.How many people have Atmosphere but find very little use for it? I mean it's got some great sounds but fitting them into a song is a bit tough... I load up Atmoshpere on most of my projects. The thing is I do a lot of "Atmospheric" stuff so it's a good fit for my style. I've also used the lead synth and synth bass patches on stuff as well.I also do some editing of filters and envelopes to modify the sounds to taste. You can also re-combine different sounds from the library to give more combinations and new patches.Most of the Atmosphere sounds are very big and take up a lot of sonic space. Sometimes with Atmosphere 1 or 2 notes is enough to fill out a pad. That being said, if one digs below the surface of the factory patches and actually modifies the sounds, it's pretty endless what can be done with it. That's the thing, though, most people don't bother to go beyond the factory patches and pretty much judge an instrument on those sounds and don't look in to the editing capabilities.Omnisphere looks to be pretty revolutionary in a lot of ways but one the most interesting is being able to link the Stylus grooves with the arpeggiator. Again, if one digs into Stylus and uses it to it's full potential, between that and Omnisphere it will be a very very powerful sound shaping tool.But, of course, we'll all hear the factory patches on our favorite reality show 15 days after the sofware comes out. Learn what those knobs do!!Mazz

[ibanez468]

Quote:That's the thing, though, most people don't bother to go beyond the factory patches and pretty much judge an instrument on those sounds and don't look in to the editing capabilities.Mazz, ya' caught me. I'm guilty!! ibanez468

[sgs4u]

Quote:... Omnisphere looks to be pretty revolutionary in a lot of ways but one the most interesting is being able to link the Stylus grooves with the arpeggiator.... MazzThe arpeggiator is a great new addition! But will Omnisphere be able to bring me a beer, or stop global warming?

[mazz]

Quote:Quote:... Omnisphere looks to be pretty revolutionary in a lot of ways but one the most interesting is being able to link the Stylus grooves with the arpeggiator.... MazzThe arpeggiator is a great new addition! But will Omnisphere be able to bring me a beer, or stop global warming? No but the new assistant that you'll be able to afford after you create brilliant music with it will! One can dream, right?

[mazz]

Quote:Quote:That's the thing, though, most people don't bother to go beyond the factory patches and pretty much judge an instrument on those sounds and don't look in to the editing capabilities.Mazz, ya' caught me. I'm guilty!! ibanez468I think we all are but there's no excuse with Atmosphere because it's made to be quick and easy to edit. It won't work for everything but I bet if you cornered some top TV composers they might admit that they layer the Atmosphere strings behind their high dollar libraries, even some bottom feeder TV composers (like me!) do. They just sound great!Mazz

[aubreyz]

you can edit Atmosphere????? Okay, seriously- this Omnisphere thing looks and sounds amazing. Plus there will be an upgrade path for atmo users. These guys have it going on. Great products AND they know how to treat customers...I'd buy their lawnmower too.

[stick]

I use Atmosphere everyday. I have a few "goto" sounds I use a lot, and then often I'll go trolling through it for inspiration. Omnisphere is gonna KILL Atmosphere. There's a chance I might get to play with a Beta in the next couple months... I'm producing a record for a guy that used to work for Eric at Spectrasonics. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[ragani]

Man, you lucky dog, Stick! I'm with Mazz... going to need something for this drool here on my keyboard...

[ciskokidd]

Hey Dave,I almost lost my laptop when my drink went flying out my nose!! HEEeeLARRYous!Cisco

[ragani]

Check out the way they made some of their new sounds... Eric's video shows how they played drying racks and even set a piano on fire while recording it... coooooool! http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews ... wsid=6006I didn't see them set the lawnmower on fire for their recordings though, Dave.... maybe for the super omnisphere 2??