Omnisphere - will it be worth the hype ?

[Touch_the_Universe]

woow... seems.s. spectra has a bigger fan than me hehe

[bmanic]

One thing that bothers me is that somebody mentioned to me today,when I was raving about Omnisphere, that the license is personal and not per computer. Is this true? This renders Omnisphere virtually useless in a professional studio and immediately makes it a no-go for us.

How on earth would one use a workstation synthesizer in a studio if it's only a personal copy? This is yet another advantage of hardware.

Please tell me this is not true.

Cheers!
bManic

[pavvel]

So do you guys reackon it's going to be cheaper to find a good second hand or new copy of atmosphere and pay the upgrade price or not?

[Vocalpoint Studios]

So do you guys reackon it's going to be cheaper to find a good second hand or new copy of atmosphere and pay the upgrade price or not?

I do not believe a second hand copy gets you any upgrade privileges - but if you can find a new copy by this weekend - I say go for it! Remember - you will not be able to buy Atmosphere at all come Monday.

I just bought my new copy this week...so I am hoping for a "grace period" upgrade of some kind. And I did receive an email from Spectrasonics last night saying the upgrade details are coming on Sept 15...so just a couple of days now!

[topaz]

I bet there is not much in it after you add shipping, possible import tax. (for EU)

plus the time you will have to wait, I personally will get it from a dealer in the uk.

anyway, lets see.

So do you guys reackon it's going to be cheaper to find a good second hand or new copy of atmosphere and pay the upgrade price or not?

[Sascha Franck]

One thing that bothers me is that somebody mentioned to me today,when I was raving about Omnisphere, that the license is personal and not per computer. Is this true? This renders Omnisphere virtually useless in a professional studio and immediately makes it a no-go for us.

Obviously I'm not the proper person to answer anything related to that, but then, even if I was once one (misinformed, my bad...) rather harsh critic of Spectrasonics, after all I only heard nice things about how Spectrasonics are treating their customers regarding such issues.

[bmanic]

Yeh. I hope it's possible to get a per computer license as there are lots of bands coming in to the studio to produce or refine their albums. Naturally they want to use our hardware/software which makes personal licenses a nightmare (a reason why we don't have sample CDs). We do have several workstation type synthesizers (Kurzweil, Roland etc) but I'd like to keep as many elements as possible in the box because it is so much easier to manage!

Cheers!
bManic

[Yossarian]

From the Spectrasonics FAQ:

I work at a production music studio with several other composers/producers. Can we all use Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments from our main server?

No. It's very important to know that each composer must have his or her own copy and license for Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments. We make regular checks to verify that large production studios have obtained the proper licenses for our instruments and sample libraries.

As a studio owner, am I allowed to include Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments on a rental or studio computer for studio clients to use on their projects?

No. The standard license to use Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments is only granted to the buyer. We have a "single user/multiple computer" lifetime license policy. If it is your own recording project that you are producing, of course that isn't a problem...but your studio clients aren't licensed to use it for their own projects, and Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments use can't be "rented". Multiple license packages are available by contacting your Spectrasonics distributor. If you have questions regarding multi-license packages contact info@spectrasonics.net

Does this mean that I can't use Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments when working on someone else's project?

This type of use is very standard and not a problem at all. The "single user" is defined as the person who is licensed to use the software instrument. This means that the licensed user can use it on an unlimited number of musical projects they are involved in. This can be a person's own project, a project where they are acting as a producer, arranger or engineer for another artist, as a session musician performing on someone else's project live or in the studio, etc, etc.

The main point of our license agreement is the concept of a single licensed user. If a licensed Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments user is not musically involved in a project, that is where there is a restriction - hence the inability to simply rent the instrument or rent "time" to use the instrument as part of a studio's services. Most of our customers use their Spectrasonics instruments on many different kinds of musical projects for different artists and collaborations.

Looks like as long as you're somehow involved in these projects as producer, arranger or engineer you shouldn't have a problem.

/Yoss

[any1particular]

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[bmanic]

From the Spectrasonics FAQ:

Does this mean that I can't use Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments when working on someone else's project?

This type of use is very standard and not a problem at all. The "single user" is defined as the person who is licensed to use the software instrument. This means that the licensed user can use it on an unlimited number of musical projects they are involved in. This can be a person's own project, a project where they are acting as a producer, arranger or engineer for another artist, as a session musician performing on someone else's project live or in the studio, etc, etc.

The main point of our license agreement is the concept of a single licensed user. If a licensed Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments user is not musically involved in a project, that is where there is a restriction - hence the inability to simply rent the instrument or rent "time" to use the instrument as part of a studio's services. Most of our customers use their Spectrasonics instruments on many different kinds of musical projects for different artists and collaborations.

Looks like as long as you're somehow involved in these projects as producer, arranger or engineer you shouldn't have a problem.

/Yoss

Indeed! Awesome! That is exactly what I'm doing anyway all the time, being engineer or producer so this means it's green light to get omnisphere!

Thanks for the info man!

Cheers!
bManic

[christianmusicmaker]

Remember - you will not be able to buy Atmosphere at all come Monday.

I just bought my new copy this week...so I am hoping for a "grace period" upgrade of some kind. And I did receive an email from Spectrasonics last night saying the upgrade details are coming on Sept 15...so just a couple of days now!

Same here...got the email from Spectrasonics. Atmosphere is most definitely going to be a rare package indeed to find by the end of next week. Many dealers like Time and Space, Dolphin Music, e.t.c simply do not advertise it anymore.

[KLS]

Gosh, I just thought of something. I hope they don't run that Hadron Collider thing over in Switzerland over the weekend and end the world before Omnisphere is released. That would be terrible .......

[bobbybland]

I hope shipping is fast.

[neverfall]

This is going to be the longest weekend ever....

[christianmusicmaker]

This is going to be the longest weekend ever....

It might be a three or four day wait if Spectrasonics servers buckle under the massive strain that is guaranteed on Monday...time for a good book I think.