All user reviews for the Spectrasonics Omnisphere

Here I am passing here ... I envy and give my opinion on Omnisphere: it's 4 or 5 years it's great galley mao, because of the passage for the intel macs on the famous processor. By dint of patience and motivation, everything becomes clear at last !!!!!!!!! Omnisphere is 100% easy to install, 100% instinctive, and I am a lover of the guitar (50 years and 40 years of age run) but mostly no experience in electro synth, pop, techno / / / / but Omnisphere here is beautiful, musical, generous, poetic, sour, sweet, blood for blood is alive ... I advise you to brief you really let go with his eyes closed because Spectrasonics has a big slap fuck all the nicknames of the designers .... There's no easier, it not consume a lot of cpu, well ok I have the smallest of the mac pro 2.66 dual core Intel with 4 GB of ram and it not crash, even with 8 loaded sounds in Logic 8 Multi Output So I can play eight different parts MIDI ok ???...

In addition, the updates are really magical, they proposed 2000 additional patches need to see the sounds, something for everyone and all tastes .... I was very happy here and I just wanted to tell you that ... good music and down the controversy jak

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Mac Pro 2.66 intel dual core + 4 GB RAM

CPU at the top without crashing.

OVERALL OPINION

Since one month I use Omnisphere.
the sounds are very true to be very present (I record in 24 bits)

I have all the virtual intruments in spectra Rmx, Trilogy, Atmosphere, and this one is top notch (50 GB of sounds?? whouaaaa)

great price for a great synthesizer, and without regret I will buy more if there is one day. Trilian I catch it when you get out of your nose tip.

No problem. Installation is simple extrment, as always with Spectrasonics. The Systm for obtaining keycode via the website is perfect and the problem quickly due to crashes of drivers and other key ilok synchrosoft. However, we must be patient: I have more than 6 hours to install the DVD 6. Fortunately, the procedure can be made in installments, the installation of each DVD as indpendante other.
Please note that updates are available on the Spectrasonics website. They are essential (a lot of sound and still more) and very easy installation.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Processor: Intel Core Quad Q9400 (3GHz)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro
RAM: 4GB
Sound Card: Edirol UA 25

Everything is perfectly stable for now with Cubase SX3 and patches are responsible trs quickly. But I will take time to try anything ..... RV in 2050!

OVERALL OPINION

GRANDIOSE!
There is frankly nothing more to say. The Bank of patches 4000 is a variation on impressive there for every taste with a quality sound phnomnale. Traditional instruments sound just to rev the majority and the synths are simply beautiful, deep, full of motion. A beginners will find his account: total immersion ds THE FIRST note played with ... one finger! The composers are more experienced rgaleront before the possibility of modulation effects and much more numerous and powerful than "Atmosphre".
I particulirement the care taken to the classification of patches and give information on each of them (what a job!) For his dcrire utilistaion or recording mode. Well done! I know of no other plugins dmarche a t o this leads.
The interface as it heals trs. Buttons and menus fall easily to hand. I just wish that the window is not just to avoid more bars dfile the long tedious. Given the current notches, there was room ...
In conclusion, I would say that this plugin is certainly expensive, but it makes so many other deprecated. It is my plugin synth the most complete, most modern and most successful of the market. Plutt than buying two or three here and even if the competition offers trs INTERESTED, choose the necessary!

Omnisphere is a Virtual Synth available on Mac and Windows systems, in 32 and 64 bit versions.

It features more than 40 GB of samples, full fx racks, hundred of presets, and a lot of different kind of synthesis engines and features that includes:

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!


I’ve used this in Logic Pro 8 and 9, in 32 and 64 bit mode without a problem.
I have a Mac Pro 2.66 Quad Core with 8 GB of ram and a White Macbook with Intel Core 2 Duo Cpu with 4 GB of Ram.
The installation is really easy and the the manual is well written.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The software reacts really well, however to use its full potential you need to have at least 4 gb of ram. With 8 gb and in 64 bit it works like a charm.

OVERALL OPINION

I've buyed and demoed a lot of virtual and hardware synths over the years.
I've also had an Access Virus TI polar, but I wanted a simpler and more cost effective setup.
I've used, absynth, Massive, Predator and a lot of other until I found Omnisphere.
I can simply say that it covers everything you will ever dream about a Synth, and also beyond that point.
From Reversed Piano, to full on aggressive Industrial Leads, it covers all the ground.
The synth engines, the fx, the preset manager, etc. all in this Virtual Instrument screams "Top Notch Quality".
Don't be discouraged by the price, the first five minutes you will use it, you will want to sell everything else in your keyboard arsenal.
Outstanding product, from a perfect Company!!

Installing long, over 4 hours to put the 6 DVDs and 50 GB of audio on your HDD.

The setup is simple if you take the time to view the excellent tutorials on spectrasonics.com

No problems of incompatibility.

The manual is secondary when you understand the various tutorials.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Resource-intensive but is the price to pay for a real sound quality.

On a dual core 3.2 Ghz with 4 GB of RAM is the minimum.

super stable configuration

OVERALL OPINION

Omnnisphere is one of my first VSTi for PC and the least we can say is that the quality / sound is exceptional when compared to the hardware / machine.
For example, the Sons "Human Voice" are to die for! a real choir on hand and the rest is just as beautiful!

If one adds to this, free updates, new "Sound Bank" as The Bob Moog Tribute, you get a really concentrated full and very impressive it will even be "very" typical and characteristic of highly personalized Spectrasonics its almost that difficult to mix with other VSTi.

The "less":
- The samples that slow or increase in ryhtme after you press a note or severe acute (not all samples)
- Arpeggiator "limited" to point to note, you can modify / customize individual notes of the arpeggio.

The "plus"
- A real synth for a very low
- An unbelievable sound quality
- Opportunities for publishing comprehensive
- Very good effects
- The compatibilities of other soft drinks as Trilian or Stylus RMX
- The clear and simple interface

Omnisphere is a VSTi that does not leave you indifferent, a real inspiration to be a very good basis for your compositions!

bouarfff .....
longuissime facility ......
Simple config
small problem before update.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

CPU e6300 dual ram coeur/8go
disk 500gb sata x2
Layla3G internal sound card, and firewire motu 828 mk3
it works but it is still heavy

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it because of all the superlatives heard here and
I have tried everything in the matter of soft drinks including Spectrasonics
I repeat bouarffff!
Report deplorable I can not imagine that the soft worth as much ..
absolutely not, in my case I reconstitus studio definitely hard I stop the app, everyone has the same sound, his oar, his plant and that's really not as good as people say my E-mu samplers are much better, on the other hand is interesting as a basis sampler.c is another era they are far from our synth before but will never be matched in baths musicalite.ecoutez therefore floyd albums, genesis, asia, etc. .. they were not the playthings but they had no sound and the same, our day is the one with the app as soon as that is a song with a style and after all the behind gogo Buy and do the same ...

Installation without any problem and fast for me (very delayed 45 minutes away by the dvd, it took me only 15 minutes per DVD). Total installation is complete in 2 hours flat!!

An update is soon to avoid a crash (especially since I shoot 64 bit vista, it was so new drivers). Given the size of my internal hard drive (500 GB), I did not risky to copy the samples on an external hard drive, to avoid problems of missing or shortened another galley reported in the forums.

No conflict with cubase studio 5.

Manuel: I have not yet needed.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

config intel dual core 2.66 GHz P8700, 4GB RAM, sound card edirol ua 101.

for now, no crash, everything turns on niquel cubase studio 5.

The CPU goes up a lot, but also with a stylus rmx multitimbral (8 channels), and East West Symphony, AC turns niquel pr yet. I have not tested through several Omnisphere and Stylus by shielding the tracks but good because I never think they need more than 2-3 Omnisphere and idem stylus, AC should.

OVERALL OPINION

last week.

sounds breathtaking depth, width, do you draw the poils.De all software synths that I've tested by far the best. It is well worth its price for me.

Coupled with a stylus, enormous.

I remake that choice without hesitation.

The installation is done it without problems?

Yes, but it is very long.

The general configuration is easy?

Everything is very clear if one looks a bit on videos from Spectrasonics.

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?

Not really, however, passing on Snow Leopard, it must updater before registration of the product, if the key does not work.
On Live 8, after the update in 64bit, the software no longer appears. But it's probably a false manipulation on my part.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

iMac Core i7 Digi003, Logic Express 9.

The app works great and does not crash as often.

Omnisphere twenty passes quietly since 64bit

OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it?

1yr

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice?

As time passes, the more the number of my compositions embellished with several Omnisphere increases. The richness and depth of sound than what has been done. The synthesis is very simple with clear interface and optimized software. Choice again without hesitation.

What thing do you like most/least about it?

Plus: Stock sounds great, easy synthesis
Minimum: the sounds are sometimes hard to insert in a mix given their wealth, you never know where to dig the EQ.

What is your opinion about the value for the price?

Sound designers, composers of all styles, everyone has something in this app. The price is a detail when we see instead that the software takes in the studio.

Since I used the Spectrasonics Omnisphere at a studio that is not my own, I didn't have anything to do with the process of installing it. I will say that I don't believe there were any compatibility problems or any other issues that I know about. I did find the interface of the software to be pretty user friendly, although there is certainly a ton that you can do with the synth and a lot that I haven't began to dive into. The basic sections of the synth include those for modulation, oscillator, filters, LFO, and envelopes, which are pretty standard as far as synths go. However, Omnispehere goes beyond just these features, offering up advanced control settings and parameters within these different sections. The presets are awesome, with a lot of control over them as well. If you're familiar with the make up of virtual and hardware synthesizer, you'll be able to catch on quickly here, but if not I'd recommend having the manual around to give you some clarity.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I can't say that I've ever had an issue related to performance with the Spectrasonics Omnisphere. However, I should note that I have run this on a Pro Tools HD system, but haven't used it in Pro Tools iteself. Rather I used it in both Apple Logic and as a stand alone. I controlled the virtual synth with an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 MIDI controller. It is hard for me to say how well this would run in another system, so I'd recommend that those interested try out the demo to see how well it would run on your system.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall, the Spectrasonics Omnisphere is an extremely powerful piece of software. It has an almost endless amount of possible sounds, with a ton of control over all the presets as well. This wouldn't be my number one choice for a virtual synthesizer, but it is definitely up there with the best of them that I have used because of its vast array of high quality sounds. The synth will cost you about $500 USD, which isn't cheap but also isn't too expensive when compared to some of the other synths out there. I'd encourage that those interested check out Spectrasonics Omnisphere as well as a number of other virtual synthesizers in this price range to help you gauge what will work best for you and what you're trying to do...

I have had no compatibility issues as of this day.  I don't believe I have ever referenced the manual for this synth.   There is really no need in my opinion.  It behaves like a traditional synth and its has a surprisingly easy to use interface for a synth of its size. 
Yes, the setup is simple.  The synth is broken up into 4 main categories: Main (where you find a lot of the regular controls), Edit, FX, and ARP (arpeggiator).  Each menu is clear and easy to work with.  Yes, the typical functions are easily accessible.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I run a Macbook with Ableton 8 and Logic 9 with Presonus hardware.  Yes, the software works great in this configuration.  It has never crashed on me and works well with my midi controllers (m audio).  As for performance, I give this thing a 10 out of 10.  The sounds are huge, rich and extremely full.  Building giant layered sounds is extremely easy and even more so satisfying. 
I have been using this plugin for around a year.


OVERALL OPINION

What do I like best?  Everything!  The interface is brilliant and makes any level of user feel like a monster and the sounds are out of this world.  Even with the very first preset that opens when you start this program, simply playing a C major chord will drop your jaw for you.  Also, this thing has somewhere around 50GBs of sounds/samples to mess around with.  That's huge!!  Sometimes its a hindrance having to many choices and options, but in the case of the Omnisphere, the huge amount of options is a blessing. 
If I had to say one thing I don't like, as any artist striving to be as original as possible, using presets is generally forbidden.  What I usually do is tweak a preset until I find a really good sound and its fairly unique.  With this synth, the presets are so awesome that you have to spend time (feels like wasted time) to try and find something else that is just as good but also unique.  That's not really Spectrasonics fault, more like my own pride's fault.  This plugin belongs to my studio partner, I believe he paid around $500.  Thats a lot of coin, but if you can afford it, then this thing will surely be worth it. 
The precision and quality of sound is amazing.  10 out of 10 all the way. 
I have used a bunch of different software synths (sonicsynth, sampletank, all of Native Instruments, etc...) and this one is up at the top of the list.  If you could only afford to buy one synth this year, this would have to be it. 
Yes, I would buy it myself if my partner hadn't already.