- #OMNISPHERE 2.5 REVIEW MOD#
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Its two controls - Angle and Radius - relate to the scenes of parameters and the intensity of the effect. Parking the iPad for a moment, the Orb's role is to deliver instant, controllable timbral variations from the heart of Omnisphere's STEAM engine.
#OMNISPHERE 2.5 REVIEW FREE#
Although the Orb's motion can be controlled by a mouse, a track pad or other hardware controllers, it really comes alive for iPad owners, thanks to the free App, Omni TR. You are never notified what is being selected for control, but clearly some intelligence is present to weed out unusable results. If you don't like its transformations, or if you just want to check out some alternatives, the 'Dice' button shuffles the target parameters under the covers.
#OMNISPHERE 2.5 REVIEW PATCH#
On the face of it, the Orb is a circular control that induces tonal changes to any patch without making demands on the user in terms of understanding. Next up is the most innovative enhancement. Granular Zoom: This page gathers all the parameters of Granular Synthesis around a central graphic that does a pretty decent job of representing the depth and density of the sample grains. The best database of synth patches I've ever played just got even better. you name it, there are new and stylish examples here.
#OMNISPHERE 2.5 REVIEW MOD#
Ode To Gary: described as a tribute to Gary Numan, again using only the DSP oscillators, this rich polysynth patch is constructed out of detuned Harmonia oscillators, with further oscillators faded in by the mod wheel.Ĭomplex evolving pads and psychoacoustic atmospherics, addictive arpeggios, every synth type known to man, acoustic and ethnic instruments, spooky choirs. Triplet Wobbler: uses no samples, just a layer of DSP oscillators with the Waveshaper's Crusher and Reducer both drafted in to create a full, hard‑edged wobble bass. Whispers Of Doom: A drone of epic proportions, this is an ominous soundscape of unsettling groans and whooshes adrift in a dark sea of reverb. At a touch of the mod wheel, the atmosphere turns positively scary, thanks to the introduction of polyphonic bit‑crushing. There Will Be Pain: A tense string patch in which members of the orchestra deviate from the path of conventional tuning as the Harmonia oscillators' levels and detunes are modulated. Put simply, Harmonia is a process that multiplies an oscillator up to four times here it boosts both of the patch's layers, giving, in effect, 10 oscillators - or a throbbing backing‑track from one finger! Machine Of Malice: This is a chugging patch layering a 'Brutal Moog' sample with a Harmonia‑rich noise sequence. Conscious that entire afternoons are lost in this way, for brevity's sake I'll confine my observations to just a few instant favourites: Identifying the members of the latest collection is as simple as typing '1.5' into the patch browser's search box. It's surprisingly tough to rank the update's content in order of preference, so I'll start with the most generous: the addition of 780 extra patches, pushing Omnisphere's database beyond the 5000 mark! As the synth's 'STEAM' engine has been boosted (in the oscillator department) by this upgrade, many new patches elect to demonstrate this rather than drawing from the core sample library. When it appeared, 1.5 was followed in rapid succession by two further bug‑fixing updates, so the version discussed here is actually 1.5.2.
#OMNISPHERE 2.5 REVIEW PLUS#
Thanks to enticing Youtube demos of a mysterious "Orb” and details of an iPad application, plus rumours of a host of new patches, we users watched our calendars avidly until the Promised Day in February.
#OMNISPHERE 2.5 REVIEW UPDATE#
In a world where you rarely get owt for nowt, this free update was keenly anticipated. That's over‑simplifying things a tad, though, and to get a better appreciation, I recommend a leisurely read of the December 2008 SOS review ( /sos/dec08/articles/spectrasonicsomnisphere.htm). Individual patches consist of two layers, each with extensive timbral and modulation capabilities, effects and filters. Spectrasonics' Omnisphere is a multitimbral virtual instrument whose patches are based on a 40GB collection of varied, often remarkable audio recordings, paired with a powerful DSP synthesizer. Click the ball (or touch the surface with your finger if using Omni TR) and then spin it around the circle to generate timbral changes. The Orb as it appears from within Omnisphere. Spectrasonics bring yet more goodies to the Omnisphere party, aiming to make their highly acclaimed synth even better.
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