We are happy to announce the release of a major update of our flagship software synthesizer, Omnisphere®. With the new version 2.5, Omnisphere becomes the first software synth in the world to offer a Hardware Synth Integration feature, which transforms over 30 well-known hardware synthesizers into extensive hands-on controllers that unlock Omnisphere’s newly expanded synthesis capabilities. Simply put, this ground-breaking new feature makes using Omnisphere feel just like using a hardware synth! The extensive new FREE update also features a newly announced hi-resolution interface, support for Windows Multitouch, new Granular Synthesis capabilities and a stunning new sound library of over 1000 brand new sounds, bringing the total number of included sounds to over 14,000.
Hardware Synth Integration
This remarkable innovation bridges the physical experience gap between software and hardware, giving users intuitive control of Omnisphere by using the familiar layout of their supported hardware synth. The initial release officially supports over 30 popular hardware synthesizers from Moog®, Dave Smith Instruments®, Roland®, Korg®, Novation®, Nord, Access, Studiologic, Sequential® and more to come. The supported hardware synths cover a wide range of types and price ranges for different types of users.
On the technical side, the new Hardware Synth Integration feature in version 2.5 goes far beyond the typical “MIDI Learn” approaches that most software synthesizers employ. Under the hood, our development team has carefully designed unique “Hardware Profiles” for each supported hardware synthesizer, making the special features of that synthesizer work seamlessly with Omnisphere by translating MIDI messages from the hardware into satisfying sonic results in Omnisphere. This new system allows us to enable sophisticated interactions from a single touch of a knob, including the ability for Omnisphere to automatically switch interface pages, recall entire FX racks, assign multiple scaled parameters and even instantly create complex modulation matrix routings on-the-fly! This new development system also allows us to add new profiles for new hardware synths in the future. Most importantly, it’s easy for musicians to use - simply select the hardware synth from the drop-down HW menu and Omnisphere is now linked to that hardware synth!
Expanded Synthesis Capabilities
The new version 2.5 vastly expands the synthesis capabilities of Omnisphere by doubling its voice architecture to Four Layers per patch! Each patch can now utilize up to 12 envelopes, 8 LFOs and the Modulation Matrix has been doubled to 48 modulation routings. Newly designed State Variable Filters are included, which were specially created for the OB-6 hardware profile and can seamlessly blend between lowpass, notch and hipass filter modes. Over 100 New DSP Oscillator Wavetables based on the supported hardware are included and featured in the new hardware profiles.
New Hardware Sound Library
Omnisphere 2.5 includes a stunning new “Hardware Library” with over 1,000 new patches created by Eric Persing and the renowned Spectrasonics Sound Development team. Each hardware profile has a corresponding set of sounds in the Hardware Library which were specially designed using that hardware synth as an Omnisphere controller. These inspiring new sounds feature a wide range of categories and many have a distinctly ‘classic analog’ flavor! Best of all, the new sounds are available for ALL users, regardless of using the hardware or not!
New High Resolution Interface
Omnisphere 2.5 features a newly designed graphic user interface, which includes Retina/hi res graphics for 4K monitors. The new interface has been given an aesthetic refresh for a cleaner, more modern look and features larger controls. The new GUI is now easier to use and scalable to fit comfortably into your workspace. The Live Mode page has also been redesigned to show much more relevant information onstage at a single glance.
New Granular Layout
The Granular page of Omnisphere 2.5 now sports a full waveform display and a clearer view of what each of the grains are doing at any moment. This new layout makes it far more intuitive to grasp how Omnisphere’s powerful Granular Synthesis engine is working on the audio source.
Windows Multitouch Support
Spectrasonics is proud to announce that version 2.5 of Omnisphere is now fully supporting Windows X Multitouch computers and tablets. This means that the new Live Mode page can function as a fully functional stage interface when used fullscreen on a Windows computer.
“Since the beginning of computer-based music, the biggest limitation of software synthesizers has been the lack of physical interaction. It’s hard to beat the immediacy of a physical synthesizer that you can touch! We are very excited to be able to finally eliminate that problem by utilizing the world’s finest hardware synthesizers to fully control Omnisphere.” said Eric Persing, President of Spectrasonics. “We’ve never felt that the worlds of software and hardware synths should be divided into different ‘camps’. Our virtual instrument users can now experience the joy of the hardware synth workflow and hardware synth users can now fully expand their capabilities into the vast sonic world of Omnisphere!”
Omnisphere v2.5 features:
• Hardware Synth Integration!
• New Hardware Library adds over 1,000 new patches for all users:
- Over 14,000 Sounds total now included
• Vastly Expanded Synthesis:
- Four Layers per patch
- Doubled Mod Matrix
- Over 100 New Wavetables
- New State Variable Filters
- 8 LFOs, 12 Envelopes
• New Hi-res, Resizable Interface
• New Granular Layout
• Improved Live Mode Page
• New Shared Signal Path routing
• New System Tuning/Scale functions
• Windows Multitouch support
• FREE for all Omnisphere 2 users!
Hardware Synths supported include:
• Sequential Prophet X
• Sequential Prophet 6
• Dave Smith Prophet 12
• Dave Smith OB-6
• Dave Smith REV2
• Moog Sub 37
• Moog Subsequent 37
• Moog Voyager
• Moog Sub Phatty
• Moog Little Phatty
• Moog Slim Phatty
• Korg Minilogue
• Korg Monologue
• Korg Prologue
• Roland System-1
• Roland System-1m
• Roland System-8
• Roland SE-02
• Roland SH-01A
• Roland JP-08
• Roland JU-06
• Roland JX-03
• Roland VP-03
• Novation Peak
• Novation Bass Station II
• Novation Circuit Mono Station
• Access Virus A
• Access Virus B
• Clavia Nord Lead 1
• Clavia Nord Lead 2
• Studiologic Sledge
Watch Eric Persing’s Keynote Presentation Video:
Wondering which one to get? Watch our Hardware Recommendations Video:
Pricing and Availability
Omnisphere 2.5 is available now as a FREE update for all registered Omnisphere 2 users!
How to get Omnisphere 2.5:
Current Omnisphere 2.4 users: Simply use the “Get Updates” feature on Omnisphere’s splash page!
Earlier Omnisphere 2 users: Download and install the 2.5 updates from your User Account.
Omnisphere 1 users: You can upgrade to v2.5 directly for the same standard upgrade price!
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These magnet/torrent download links are easy to use if you have a good BitTorrent client. We recommend using uTorrent because it has full support for these links. Just click on the download link (blue icon), and your browser should automatically open up your torrent client and start downloading. Where to place the Patches: Now locate your 'Spectrasonics' folder and go to 'STEAM', 'Omnisphere', 'Settings Library'. Here you will find a 'Patches' and a 'Multis' folder. Double-click the 'Patches' folder. From your desktop, double-click your downloaded folder to open it into a second window.
118 Patches / 24 new SoundSources (including Brass!) and 14 Multiple MIDI Channel Multis give you a powerful set of songwriting Mega Patches created by listening to popular songs from the 70’s until today and creating not just a single sound but virtually all of the instruments required to write music in one of a number different genres (POP, EDM, 80s Pop, 90s Pop, Trance and Trap). It’s also lots of fun to take sounds from the 70’s and mix them with sounds from today’s latest hit songs.
Omnisphere 2 User Patches List
Listen to the audio demos, watch the patch walkthru video (and other support videos) and then imagine what YOU can do using the sounds in Radio Ready Vol 1!
“I am just 2 multis (!!) into Radio Ready and I have to say that you knocked it out of the park so far with this one that I do not know where the ball is. Amazing!!!”
– Constantin
This is the 24th library we have released for Omnisphere but is the first library designed to give songwriters Multiple MIDI Channel MULTIS that are designed for composers to call one up and immediately start writing music in multiple genres spanning over 30 years of popular music.
By calling up one of these 13 Multis, 6 – 8 patches are loaded up – each sound on its own MIDI Channel so that you can start writing. You don’t have to build your own starting template. It’s very easy to reselect different patches for use – but having a set of sounds loaded can help speed up the process of getting deeper into songwriting.
The Library also includes over 64MB of new samples including Keyboard (FM electric piano and a couple different grand piano samples) Bass, Pluck Synth (6 different ones) and Brass samples (4 different ones including Octave Brass, Trombones, Trumpets and Trap Brass). Omnisphere 2’s factory sample does not have any brass patches or samples – so these will be useful to many different genres of music.
This library includes 110 patches:
- 11 – BPM Patches (Bass / Guitar / Lead/ SFX and Synth).
- 4 – Bell Patches (includes new samples).
- 6 – Guitar Patches.
- 6 – Vox Patches.
- 10 – Keyboard Patches (includes new samples).
- 12 – Synth Pad Patches.
- 14 – Bass Patches (includes new samples).
- 8 – Synth Lead Patches.
- 9 – Synth Pluck Patches.
- 8 – Brass Patches (includes new samples).
- 13 – Synth Patches.
- 2 – Synth ZAP Patches.
- 7 – SFX and HITS Patches.
Also included are 13 Multis covering:
Free Omnisphere Expansion Pack
Retro Genres:
- 70s Disco (like Donna Summer).
- 80s Synth Pop (like Aha & Thomas Dolby).
- 90s Synth Pop (like Depeche Mode and Genesis).
Modern Music Genres:
Trap/POP/Trance /EDM
with influences including: The Chainsmokers, Zayn & Taylor Swift, Big Sean, D.R.A.M., System 41 and many others.
Omnisphere version 2.1 or later required
Download size: 52MB
File Delivery: Digital Download
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