Not a negative, except in your perception to see it as such.
Just my experience and observations.
Since you missed the majority of that comment, I suggest it's better to just ignore my posts as I try my best to ignore yours.
Not a negative, except in your perception to see it as such.
Omnisphere doesn't really have a style of soundsSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:27 pm Bedroom musician on Soundcloud is less likely to unless their hobby is very much going to benefit from it and its style of sounds.
I didn't miss anything, you say it's not a negative so why bring it up at all? I asked you why that would even matter you didn't answerBBFG# wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:10 pmNot a negative, except in your perception to see it as such.
Just my experience and observations.
Since you missed the majority of that comment, I suggest it's better to just ignore my posts as I try my best to ignore yours.
Probably a negative for a composer though ? And better for a preset designer ?LFO8 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:04 pmHehe... that's the same feeling I get from Omnisphere. There are two synths that for me I can never use without walking away with more presets than I started with opening a session: Vital and Omnisphere.noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:48 pm I've just had an idle half an hour, and been marveling at it afresh.
Found a patch based round a South American guitar. Added an Arp, delay and some Innerspace to make a pad layer. Then I sound-locked the Arp and FX, Sound Matched my current selection and started browsing through other similar patches.
What a way to get inspired. AFAIK, nothing else can do this.
I heard some of the orchestral is not great in 2024, surpassed, same with guitars. It probably does a bit of everything. It probably does not excel at everything, I would be really surprised if it did. Otherwise everyone would own it and nothing else.IvyBirds wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:18 pmOmnisphere doesn't really have a style of soundsSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:27 pm Bedroom musician on Soundcloud is less likely to unless their hobby is very much going to benefit from it and its style of sounds.
It actually represents a tremendous value for hobbyists because it can create a very large and diverse pallet of sounds
Want a piano? Got it. Want any orchestral instrument? Got it. Want vintage synth sounds? Got it want world instruments? Got it. Want modern aggressive VA? Got it. Want Wavetable?
If I go on soundcloud and listen to what the average bedroom producer is making, I find it nearly impossible to find anything there that Omnisphere couldn't do
Omnisphere does dreamy atmospheric pads and ambient sounds very well. Many of these sounds are difficult to make or find elsewhere so there are a lot of YouTube videos showcasing them
But watch the videos on the hardware integration and how Omnisphere can emulate dozens of hardware synths
Thanks, I get the feeling from watching and reading various interviews over the years, that Eric had always wanted to create a synth like Omnisphere, that when he created the D50 and the JV/JD/XV that Omnisphere was what he had in mind but the technology that existed in the late 1980s and 1990s made that prohibitively expensivezvenx wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:23 pmI don't often agree with you, but I concur with Guy, this is an excellent post.IvyBirds wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 3:20 pm .....
The very DNA of Omnisphere goes right back to the D50. You create layered patches which can either be 100% samples, 100% virtual waves or a blend of the two. It has a GIANT sample library which has samples of pretty much anything you can think of. Along with the giant sample library comes a powerful browser to help you make sense of it and find what you are looking for
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I think because that is the foundation and the DNA on how Omnisphere works if you don't want to work that way Omnisphere becomes frustrating
I myself though I have been a Spectrasonics and Omnisphere user from Day 1 never thought of it this way, but yeah I think you are correct.
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Absolutely you can go buy Kontact and then some expensive libraries and have far better Orchestral and Guitars timbresSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:42 pm I heard some of the orchestral is not great in 2024, surpassed, same with guitars.
I think you've missed the point. Which was - you can fix and arp and fx with the patch you are playing (or any other attributes you fancy), then lock just those parameters and switch to other presets which closely match the one you're on. That keeps the elements you want to keep. Instant variety and inspiration. So as you do that, you're not hearing those other presets as designed, they're bespoke to you.Synthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:34 pmProbably a negative for a composer though ? And better for a preset designer ?LFO8 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:04 pmHehe... that's the same feeling I get from Omnisphere. There are two synths that for me I can never use without walking away with more presets than I started with opening a session: Vital and Omnisphere.noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:48 pm I've just had an idle half an hour, and been marveling at it afresh.
Found a patch based round a South American guitar. Added an Arp, delay and some Innerspace to make a pad layer. Then I sound-locked the Arp and FX, Sound Matched my current selection and started browsing through other similar patches.
What a way to get inspired. AFAIK, nothing else can do this.
Other synths don't have arps and delay and reverb / granular effects ?
Why not? I own many Synths. I own all the U-He Synths, all the Arturia Synths, all the TAL Synths, all the Steinberg Synths, UVI Falcon, all the NI instruments in Komplete and many many more and that's just softwareSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:34 pm If you have many synths you probably do not need Omnisphere.
Completely subjective to each user of course. Pianos were always a sticking point though, but with tweaking you could get a decent pop piano. Many thought the basses were lacking also, even though Omni has plenty of bottom end. Hence the addition of Trilian and Keyscape to bring it closer to its moniker. But that makes it closer to a $1300 plugin.Synthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:42 pm
I heard some of the orchestral is not great in 2024, surpassed, same with guitars. It probably does a bit of everything. It probably does not excel at everything, I would be really surprised if it did. Otherwise everyone would own it and nothing else.
And sound even more the same. I always get an impression it is an ambient composers dream synth. Though there are many synths that can do ambient well and there are a vast number of sound design types and feels for ambient. It's a wide ranging genre.
Yes, I agree there. There's a sorta piano in the factory library - dream piano - and it works great in some contexts but in no way is that a replacement for a proper acoustic piano library. Of course Keyscape is fantastic there. (And there's no electric or acoustic basses in Omni).BBFG# wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 6:04 pmCompletely subjective to each user of course. Pianos were always a sticking point though, but with tweaking you could get a decent pop piano. Many thought the basses were lacking also, even though Omni has plenty of bottom end. Hence the addition of Trilian and Keyscape to bring it closer to its moniker. But that makes it closer to a $1300 plugin.Synthman2000 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 5:42 pm
I heard some of the orchestral is not great in 2024, surpassed, same with guitars. It probably does a bit of everything. It probably does not excel at everything, I would be really surprised if it did. Otherwise everyone would own it and nothing else.
And sound even more the same. I always get an impression it is an ambient composers dream synth. Though there are many synths that can do ambient well and there are a vast number of sound design types and feels for ambient. It's a wide ranging genre.
Is anyone really worried about HD Space in 2024?
Me when mobile. I got 2TB for the Macbook Air cos I like having everything right there, can't be doing with external drives. And that space fills up. I got everything Spectrasonics have done on there for 225gb which is actually not that horrendous. Pretty much the first thing that went on.
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