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Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:12 pm

so it isnt it just sound packs/preset xps with customs gui? well actually the price seems well if you compare to a XP of avenger. + all seismic patches can be also edited with full omnisphere control doesnt it?

but something very new it is not? i dont see the unique stuff. just a custom gui with custom MOD knobs/functions?

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:13 pm

Biome_Digital wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:09 pm $149 each.

if purchased individually

kelvyn · Post by **kelvyn** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:13 pm

Color me underwhelmed... No problem with the product but selling it like it’s the second coming of Jesus is kinda taking the piss. Are we that stupid!!!! No! I find the whole sales pitch extremely patronizing. Extensions have been around forever, nothing remarkable there and neither is the discount option.
Maybe the guys from Spectrasonics should have come out from beneath their rock every now and again to realize that the world of marketing has moved on since their last product launch.
RMX would have been a really cool add on to this whole thing though, so that’s a shame. Omni is still an amazing product though and obviously anything that contributes to its flexibility is a plus.

teilo · Post by **teilo** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:14 pm

Biome_Digital wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:11 pm
teilo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:08 pm
Biome_Digital wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:06 pm Is this just soundpacks? This is addon content, isn't it?
Not quite. Each comes with custom effect modules that can be used in any patch. They have new custom controls, and there is a new multi-sampling engine.
New multi-sampling engine in omnisphere? They said it wasn't an update.

They did. There are several new features in 2.8, including custom controls, HiDPI, the new multi-sample engine that allows you do to lots of per-key stuff, new macro controls, multiple FX scenes, and scene crossfades.

JiggSaw · Post by **JiggSaw** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:14 pm

I'm not mad at the announcement. I just think $99 would be a better price point than $149.

beely · Post by **beely** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:14 pm

So... anything happening tomorrow..?

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:15 pm

SLiC wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:02 pm
lotus2035 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:56 pm Cash cow time.
If its good enough for NI Kontakt and Falcon/UVI etc....they have lived of 'extensions' like this for a decade...good to have more choice and there is some very interesting stuff here. Hopefully we will get a few 'demos' in Omni to try for free as a taster

I was thinking the same thing about NI, UVI and IK.

I would imagine that this will eventually open up to compete with NI down the road.

Competition is always a great thing for users so I’m excited. I still don’t own Omnisphere but someday I might change that. This announcement isn’t the push to purchase but I like the direction they’re headed.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:16 pm

JiggSaw wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:14 pm I'm not mad at the announcement. I just think $99 would be a better price point than $149.

again it is great content if you compare with other XPs from other companies, you get here a lot of more presets each pack, new effects, new wavetables and lots more.
it is like VERY bloated xps. very very interesting if you need more of whats nearly now available but disappointing i expected more than BIG BIG xps.

tony10000 · Post by **tony10000** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:17 pm

SLiC wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:10 pm Omnisphere 2.8 supports a newly redesigned, high resolution interface with support for HiDPI displays. The modernized GUI is now easier to use and resizable to fit comfortably into your workspace.

Just fired up OS. Running 2.7 and it says my system is up-to-date....

Buckster · Post by **Buckster** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:18 pm

I think you have to run twice to check for latest updates

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:18 pm

There is an RMX update as well, bug fixes etc.

daradei · Post by **daradei** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:19 pm

Mixed feelings so far… if it takes expansions to see nice inspiring presets more often, come what may. Hopefully they will carry on delivering quality over quantity and Spectrasonics will not turn into an expansion factory like certain teams who crap ext-s by genre every 2 months… $149 hmm… I’m watching the first video and so far most of the stuff is lovely and the scroll bar is way towards the top of the list. Another nice thing is the unique interface and set of controls perpatch but I’m wondering if we could see all the parameters as it used to be with layers and everything or it’s justbeing a “rompler” with the extensions?

Buckster · Post by **Buckster** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:21 pm

looks like a great free update to me - the number of updates to Omnisphere since I bought at version 2 has been excellent

Biome_Digital · Post by **Biome_Digital** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:22 pm

They are going for the "output" market, imo. I'm sure they will make money out of it. It's not something I am interested in as I make and sell omnisphere presets (not $149!! btw) but at least a small update to omnisphere is out.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:23 pm

Caine123 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:16 pm
JiggSaw wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:14 pm I'm not mad at the announcement. I just think $99 would be a better price point than $149.
again it is great content if you compare with other XPs from other companies, you get here a lot of more presets each pack, new effects, new wavetables and lots more.
it is like VERY bloated xps. very very interesting if you need more of whats nearly now available but disappointing i expected more than BIG BIG xps.

Yeh, these things are like new 'Mini-Omnispheres', in the first extension for example -

Exclusive new “Under Fire” saturator/comp/EQ effect!
Exclusive new “Under Echo” pitch-shifted ambience effect!
Over 2,000 sounds in eleven different categories
Powerful Custom Controls for creative sound manipulation
Over 300 extraordinary new Soundsources (over 7GB)
Innovative Modular Multisampling – unique timbre/gesture per-key

Spectrasonics build up to Sonic Extensions....