Omnisphere™ - Power Synth
By Spectrasonics
VST OSX/Win, AU OSX, AAX, RTAS OSX/Win, 32/64-bit support
G-TIP drive pre-installation is available for this product.
$499 Mac/PC
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Spectrasonics' Flagship Power Synth
After many years of development, Spectrasonics is proud to release the brand new flagship virtual instrument Omnisphere . This epic ‘Power Synth’ breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable ‘Psychoacoustic’ sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer. The new instrument is the first to be based on Spectrasonics newly developed STEAM Engine.
“This is truly an Epic project, ” said Eric Persing , Founder and Creative Director of Spectrasonics. “We have been working for many, many years; sampling unique sounds, experimenting, specifying the synthesis features and building the STEAM Engine to run it all. It’s been a very exciting process involving our team of software engineers, sound designers, musicians, and graphic artists from all over the world. We’ve been very deliberate in making it easy to use, and yet extremely powerful. Omnisphere is our new flagship synthesizer, and points the way to all our future virtual instruments. We are thrilled to offer a new product that will have a host of expansion capabilities in the future .”
Although this new synth is extremely powerful, Omnisphere is designed with a unique user interface containing progressive layers of ‘zooming’ to accommodate the complete range of users - from musicians who just want to be inspired by the sounds and customize them in an easy way, to expert synthesists and the most advanced sound designers. Users can go deeper and deeper into the software and progress in their synthesis knowledge by simply exploring additional levels of sound manipulation options. To make sure that all users get the most out of the new capabilities, Omnisphere includes an extensive set of video tutorials and synthesis lessons taught by the renown Spectrasonics sound design team. Stylus RMX - allowing the arpeggiator’s pattern to instantly groove with the feel of the RMX drum loop; Live Mode for transitionless patch switching and layering, Stack Mode for powerful performance mapping; and integrated modulatable FX Racks. Spectrasonics Techshop .
SYSTEM FEATURES:
Powerfully simple interface design makes key features accessible to every user
Advanced users can "zoom" into deeper and deeper synthesis capabilities
Sophisticated Browser with searching, sound attributes, descriptions and images
8 independent Arpeggiators
World's first Arpeggiator with Groove Lock™ - which allows the Arpeggiators to match the feel of Stylus RMX and MIDI Files.
Special performance-oriented Live Mode interface allows for seamless, interactive creative patch switching and layering on the fly
Stack Mode interface allows for complex patch layering, splits, and crossfades (velocity/positional/controller)
8-part multitimbral with built-in Mixer, Aux FX and Mastering FX racks
Advanced MIDI Learn and Automation parameter handling
Comprehensive integrated Reference Guide
Hours of free Tutorial Videos available online to registered users
SYNTHESIS FEATURES:
Expanded Synthesis capabilities:
Oscillators can be sample-based or synth-based
Up to 10 oscillators per patch with new Harmonia™ feature
Flex-Mod™ modulation system allows powerful modular-style routing
Dual Layer architecture
High-definition streaming engine
Variable DSP Oscillator Waveshapes
Sophisticated Unison Detuning
Variable Analog Feel
Modulatable Hard Sync
Granular Synthesis
Innovative Chaos Envelopes
Polyphonic Timbre Shifting
Polyphonic Timbre Crushing
Polyphonic Waveshaper
Polyphonic Ring Modulation
Polyphonic Glide
FM Oscillators
Dual Filter architecture per Layer
Create filter combinations in series or parallel
Arrange and blend more than 17 Filter algorithms
Fully modulatable FX racks
Alternate tuning scales supported
6 full-featured LFOs per patch
8 Advanced Multi-breakpoint looping Envelopes per patch
Unique Dual Envelope interface - Simple ADSR-style or Advanced Graphic-style
Sampled soundsources can be processed with synthesis features!
SOUND LIBRARY:
Vast Core Library - over 40GB with thousands of sounds and growing!
Cutting-edge sounds from the renowned Spectrasonics sound design team
Innovative "Psychoacoustic" soundsources for organic synthesis!
Unique multisampled "Composite Morphing™ soundsources
Integrates the award-winning, original Atmosphere® core library
Integrates best of Spectrasonics highly-acclaimed sample libraries
Massive variety of inspiring sounds for all types of music production
Searchable by sound attributes (Timbre, Genre, Mood, Tonality, Source, etc)
Expandable sound architecture
EFFECTS FEATURES:
Integrated, full-featured FX Racks
Up to 12 simultaneous FX per patch
Layer FX modulatable from any mod source
Hundreds of FX presets included
Over 32 original FX Processors covering the full spectrum of signal processing
System Requirements:
All Users:
2.4 GHz or higher processor
2GB RAM minimum, 4GB or more recommended
Dual Layer compatible DVD-ROM drive
Free hard drive space: 50GB for Omnisphere, 35GB for Trilian, 14GB for RMX
Mac Users:
OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion
Intel dual core processor or higher
AU, VST 2.4 or higher, AAX or RTAS capable host software
Audio Unit plugin requires host with support for "Cocoa" based plugins
Native 64-bit and 32-bit on OSX
6GB of RAM or more if using the Sample File Server
Windows Users:
VST 2.4 or higher, AAX or RTAS capable host software
Microsoft Windows 8/7/Vista
Native 64-bit and 32-bit on Windows
Cliff Martinez Talks with ILIO
Cliff Martinez sat down with us to talk about his transition from rock drummer to film composer, show us his exotic musical toys, and discuss what quality a virtual instrument must possess to appear in his scores. With many blockbuster films to his credit, he knows what he's talking about.
Omnisphere 1.5 Demo
Eric Persing demonstrates the new features of Omnisphere 1.5, the "Orb" and the new Omni TR iPad app at the NAMM show.
Jordan Rudess - Trilian + Omnisphere
Jordan Rudess plays Trilian and Omnisphere at the Spectrasonics booth at NAMM 2010.HERE
Eric Persing demos new Omnisphere/Trilian v1.3 features
Eric Persing gives a killer live demonstration of the new features in Spectrasonics v1.3 updates for their Omnisphere and Trilian virtual instruments.
Episode 10: "Diego Stocco Masterclass"
Diego Stocco gives an Omnisphere synthesis demo - showing his techniques of building a rhythmic sound from scratch and some interesting possibilities using Live Mode.
Tutorial: Create a Side-Chain Compression Effect with Omnisphere and RMX
This tutorial will show you how easy it is to use Omnisphere in conjunction with Stylus RMX to create rhythmic effects such as the popular side-chain compressor.
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Recording Magazine
"The most talked about software synth in recent memory lives up to the hype...There's now a true desert-island virtual synth, and its name is Omnisphere."
Music Tech
"One of the most inspiring virtual synths we've ever used... not only provides you with some of the best sounds in the business, but offers cutting-edge synthesis tools to create your own."
Jordan Rudess
"It's not only the wealth of sounds in Omnisphere; You're struck by the fact that you hear magic sound after magic sound."
Danny Elfman
"I can't say enough good things about Omnisphere! I'd have to say that discovering it has been one of my greatest pleasures."
George Shaw
"If you can imagine it, you can do it. That's what Omnisphere is about. It gives power to imaginative people.
