Omnisphere 2 Tricks

Mar 29, 2014 Omnisphere is the dreamchild of Spectrasonics and the wonderful Eric Persing. On the surface, Omnisphere seems like another wonderful sounding software instrument with a great library of sounds, great effects, and a sweet synth engine. The interface is uncluttered and easy to navigate compared to other synths, but under the surface. Lies a beast. I had reports from a couple of users using my NKS library for Omnisphere report through the same crash issue but all were using Mac. I was not able to reproduce the issue so was curious myself if it was a change in Omnisphere that affected my NKS files or if it was Omnisphere or the OS. Oct 10, 2018  Omnisphere 2 seems very promising since it offers a huge library of presets. What are your thoughts? HeathW Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:31 am. Re: Should I buy Omnisphere 2 as a beginner user? Omnisphere 2.5 is one of the most power synth+s. Kitekrazy Mon Oct. Omnisphere 2 is Spectrasonics’ flagship synthesizer and is known throughout the world as the most elegant, flexible and comprehensive virtual instrument ever. The magic of Omnisphere lies in its ease of use, despite its incredible depth and capabilities. Jan 29, 2019  We had the chance to spend some time with James from the Spectrasonics team at Namm 2019 as he walked us through the new features coming in Omnisphere 2.6. In this video James talks about the new hardware integration options and then digs into the new step modifiers in Omni 2.6's updated arpeggiator! Omnisphere 1 by Spectrasonics (@KVRAudio Product Listing): Omnisphere combines a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of 'Psychoacoustic' sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer. Omnisphere is designed with a unique user interface containing progressive layers of 'zooming' to accommodate the.

This is library #41 for Omnisphere we have released! 126 Patches and 30 Multis that EXPLODE the range of “Kolours” you can work with! VERY expressive Grand Pianos, Chill pianos, Hip Hop pianos, powerful Rock n Roll pianos = TONS of super useful and inspiring patches! In Multi Mode there are cool BPM Layered pianos inspired by modern artists that modify the piano in unique ways, well I did that for this library as well thru creative programming in Omnisphere! There are also a bunch of ready to be used Splits in Multi mode and finally 5 complete cycling “Song Jams” that you can play along with by simply playing a single note in the bottom octave of the keyboard and then play the piano sound that is on the rest of the keyboard and watch the hours slip away!!

Listen to the audio demos, watch the patch walkthru video (and other support videos) and you will be impressed with what YOU can do with after adding this amazing library to your arsenal!

This was a very fun library to create – I was lucky to be invited to the introduction party in Los Angeles for Keyscape in 2016. It is a great add on library for Omnisphere bringing a much needed Grand Piano, loads of electric pianos, clavinets, upright piano and in total 26 unique keyboard instruments – many of these instruments are on the RARE KEYBOARD list and the fact you can now play them is pretty exciting.

To be clear: You have to own the Keyscape library which has all of the keyboard samples that are used to build these patches. You also have to own Omnisphere 2.6 (or later) because that is where saved patches can be called up, PLUS many of these patches and multis use samples from Omnisphere PLUS Keyscape to make super ultra mega cool oh my goodness patches!

This library brings a bunch of new Kolour to your fingertips to play inside of Omnisphere:

A different approach to the Yamaha C7 Grand Piano: the multitude of grand piano patches in Keyscape are great, but for me I had a difficult time connecting with them. They didn’t speak the way I like a grand piano to speak, so by using the parameters in Omnisphere, I came up with a different approach to making grand piano patches that speak more dynamically and are just, different.

Rock Pianos! I found the rock pianos in Keyscape to not cut thru the mix so I used a few techniques to get more BITE in the attack of the piano. I also created some killer Rock Piano + Synth stacks for those of you that love the power combo of Rock Piano + Synth (there are NONE of these inside the Keyscape or Keyscape Creative libraries).

Chill Pianos! There are so many ways to take normal samples and change them into something new. Combine that with all of the awesome synth samples inside Omnisphere and it’s BEGGING to have a ton of unique chill keyboard patches created – so I did. Of the 85 Piano patches, 25 are “Chilly” patches and have all sorts of unique tricks used to make them special. Inspired by artists like Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm and many others, you will find patches that sound like they could be on their next album!

Pianos from Famous Songs! I love finding keyboard sounds that were programmed to sound like some of my favorite songs, so I did that to a bunch of patches. Piano sounds from songs like “In Your Eyes”, “That’s All”, “Waiting for a Girl Like You” and the “Logical Song” are just some of those I created.

Pianos for HipHop! Included in the Keyscape library are a bunch of album noise samples that are AWESOME to layer of patches to make messy unstable HipHop patches. With all of the synth parameters, LFO’s and effects, it’s really easy to create some pretty distressed sounds that will be a serious element on your next track – just add a PHAT beat and off you go.

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30 Multis that have incredible abilities:

There are 3 categories of Multis:

Piano + Piano/other that is arpeggiated and processed – here are sounds even close to the sounds Ólafur, Nils or others would use. Super inspiring to play these!

Piano/Bass Splits – Rock, Pop, Love Songs and Chill are all found in these 15 Bass/Split Multis

Instant Jam Splits – these were SO MUCH FUN to create. I wanted to make grooves that you can simply play a note and then jam with a keyboard sound and you look up and it’s 3am again. There are 5 of these and I put my heart and soul into each one of them. The demo songs above are mostly these Multis being played in real-time. These TOTALLY REQUIRE you to use 4 MIDI CC#s to bring out drums and morph the sounds. Playing these without using a controller (software or hardware) is like trying to eat a taco with your feet.

In conclusion – if you own Keyscape, these will give you a massive upgrade on what you can do WITH Keyscape. I found some holes in all of the Spectrasonics voicing (which is awesome!) and filled them with to make Keyscape stronger with Kolors than without.

If you buy this library, I would sincerely appreciate you taking a moment (only after playing with the library!!) to leave a review. Of all the libraries I’ve released, I would love to hear feedback on how these new patches work for YOU.

Requires: Omnisphere 2.6 AND Spectrasonics Keyscape sample library (a separate purchase)

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It's no surprise that one of the most impressive software synths ever, Omnisphere, is from Spectrasonics. David Earl delves into its modulation areas and shares some timely tips.

Omnisphere is the dreamchild of Spectrasonics and the wonderful Eric Persing. On the surface, Omnisphere seems like another wonderful sounding software instrument with a great library of sounds, great effects, and a sweet synth engine. The interface is uncluttered and easy to navigate compared to other synths, but under the surface.. lies a beast.

Some people are happy with Omnisphere’s top-level user interface. ‘Oh, I have an Amp, Filter, and Mod envelope’ they say. ‘Oh how quaint, I can route the ModWheel to and LFO’s depth’ they say. ‘There are 6 LFOs? Wow!’

Then some people look a little closer and see that next to the Envelopes, Modulation and LFO areas, a curious little magnifying glass beckons. Innocently enough, they click on the little symbol, and the revelation within turns their minds to a gloopy jelly. Omnisphere has some serious modulation going on.

A quick recap on modulation. Modulation is when we assign an envelope, LFO, controller, or other modulation source to control a parameter of a synthesizer. For instance, if we have a sine wave LFO assigned to control a pan knob, we’ll hear the sound move between the left and right channel according to the speed and shape of the LFO assigned.

For this article—which I could easily stretch into a book, but will hold back—we are going to explore some of the more advanced LFO and Envelope types, and then assign them in the Mod Matrix! Mind melting fun.

Step 1 - Get to Know the Modulation Matrix

The Modulation Matrix can be found by heading over to the Modulation section of the Omnishpere Edit window and selecting the magnifying glass. When clicked, the magnifying glass will reveal the following screen:

Do not be afraid. Virtual dj 7. 0 pro full version free download for lifetime. This screen is going to give us the power we need to route any modulation source to any target. The targets will be any parameter of Omnisphere’s Oscillator, Filter, or Amp sections. In addition, we can also assign sources to control parameters of the LFOs, Envelopes, and Morphing inputs as well! More about that later..

Step 2 - Assign an LFO to Panning

Let’s start simple. To assign an LFO to modulate the panning of the amplifier, Simply choose ‘LFO 1’ from the source area, and then assign Amp > Pan in the target area.

Now we have LFO 1 controlling panning, but all the time. This could be annoying, and make us a little seasick after a while of listening. What would be good is to use something like the ModWheel on our controller to control how much the LFO is going to affect panning.

This is called ‘Second Order Modulation’. Congrats. You are now officially a sound junkie. Second Order Modulation is simply a modulation source controlling the parameters of another modulation source.

To create second order modulation where the ModWheel is controlling the depth of the LFO, assign ‘Wheel’ as a source, and ‘LFO1 depth’ as the target.

We can still hear the LFO altering our panning, but less.. and when we turn the wheel up, the panning is accentuated. To have the LFO depth completely zeroed out when the ModWheel is down, simply turn the target parameter slider to the left until it reads ‘0’.

We can hear now that the panning isn’t as extreme as it was before.. try altering the ‘Depth’ parameter of the Wheel in the Mod Matrix. Now we have the LFO back to its full range of motion.

Step 2 - Getting to know your LFOs

To get out of the Mod Matrix, simply click the magnifying glass next to ‘Mod Matrix Zoom’ again. Head over to the LFO section, and make sure LFO 1 is selected.

To change the LFO waveshape, simply click on the up and down arrows next to the LFO wave. Change it to a sine wave shape:

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Now check out the little blue ‘+’ symbol above the arrows we were just clicking. When lit, this means the LFO is moving in only a positive direction, in the case of panning, we would be getting center to right. When we turn this parameter off, the sound will now pan in both a positive and negative direction, panning through the full stereo field. Have a look in the Modulation area, and we can see how the LFO’s range changes.

Below the waveform, we can see that the LFO is set to ‘Legato’. This means the LFO will only retrigger if we lift our finger off of a note and strike a new note. If we hold a note down, and move to another note while it is held, the LFO will simply continue. There are 3 other modes:

  • Free—The LFO runs without retriggering
  • Note—The LFO restarts on every new note pressed
  • Song Position—When the DAW song starts, so does the LFO

When the LFO is set to ‘SYNC’, it will follow the tempo of our song.

Delay will delay the oncoming LFO, Rate is for the speed, and Depth is basically the ‘how much?’ knob.

Okay. Now for some envelope action.

Step 3 - Get to Know Your Envelopes

The envelope that will always be assigned to a synth is the Amplitude Envelope. Let’s head over there now.

How simple! ASDR.. Attack, Sustain, Decay and Release. These are the most popular stages of an envelope.

  • Attack - How long the envelope takes to come on
  • Decay - How long it takes to reach the Sustain stage
  • Sustain - What value the Envelope will hold at while a MIDI key is pressed
  • Release - How long it takes for the envelope to return to a zero state

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Now, let’s look under the hood. Click that little magnifying glass next to the ‘Envelopes’ sign and..

Now we’re talking. Let’s add some points on the line by or right-clicking in the envelope line area, and mess around a bit. Notice that when right-clicking we get a list of some interesting preset line shapes:

Try adding some of these types and listen to what they do. Alter the curve between points by simply grabbing the line between the dots, and pull up or down. Now we can create whatever shape of envelope we like

Step 4 - Use Preset Envelope Shapes

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Now for the crazy stuff. Click and hold on the disclosure triangle next to ‘Envelopes Zoom’ and choose Rhythmic Envelopes > Fancy Groove. Check out that crazy envelope!

Hold down a note and listen to it. Interesting, huh? Now let’s sync the envelope to our song by selecting the ‘Sync’ button on the lower right. When recording in a DAW, the envelope will now sync to the song. As you can imagine, this makes for some very interesting possibilities if we were to head back over to the Mod Matrix!

Step 5 - Go Nuts!

With these tools, go back over to that Mod Matrix and GO CRAZY! We have 6 LFOs and 6 Envelopes, for goodness sakes. Imagine the possibilities!

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