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Mike20 · Post by **Mike20** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:37 pm

Hey, i own nexus 2 with like 7 different expansion packs, but i don't think i use it to what its value is in my studio

I was considering selling it and buying omnisphere with the money, i've watched quite a few in the studio videos lately and seen quite a lot of producers use it,

I produce electro/ trance/ progressive, the only thing i think i would miss in nexus is a couple of pianos and some pluck sounds, however i am unable to find any good audio demos in omnisphere to find out if this contains many of these types of sounds

Does anybody have any comparison? Is omnisphere varied in terms of plucks to pads/ strings etc.

Bases and leads i tend to make in sylenth1, massive and a lot of external processing, so i'm not too fussed on them

Thank you!

Mike

mlegs · Post by **mlegs** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:44 pm

I remember omnisphere had a wide variety of ambient-like synths, but was limited in kicks, drums, snares as far as i remember

billcarroll · Post by **billcarroll** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:44 pm

Omnisphere and Nexus are very very different. For dance music, I'd definitely hang onto Nexus. One reason Nexus holds an edge is simplicity. It's easy to dial up a good sound that fits in a mix. With Omnisphere you can do practically anything but it might take most people longer.

Omnisphere is terrific for Dance music and almost any other style, and you will find a library of patches that will take you years to get through. Omnisphere is crazy deep and has tons of options. Omnisphere is not a simple rompler like Nexus.

Check out http://pluginguru.com for John "Skippy" Lehmkuhl's walkthrough of his latest soundset for Omnisphere. He walks you through lots of features of the synth to give you an idea of what Omnisphere is capable of.

The videos are also on his YouTube page.

Quik-E #23: This is Omniverse!

Prevalence · Post by **Prevalence** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:57 pm

It's also worth mentioning that Nexus is much more CPU/RAM-friendly than Omnishpere. Depending on your computer spec, this may or may not be a consideradtion.

Both fantastic synths....!

wachimol · Post by **wachimol** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:08 pm

mlegs wrote:I remember omnisphere had a wide variety of ambient-like synths, but was limited in kicks, drums, snares as far as i remember

Omnisphere is not primarily a drum machine, if not at all. If you want kicks and snares, look for sample packs or drum vsts

OzWozEre · Post by **OzWozEre** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:45 pm

+1 John "Skippy" Lehmkuhl's

That dude is alwrite in my book, also note that his Patch Libraries (usually) comes with videos that show how he programmed these sounds == great learning experience!

He covers and brings new life to a bunch of top-tier synths (fyi).

pbass · Post by **pbass** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:35 pm

To my ears, Nexus sounds like _the_ perfect instrument for modern dance music. Everything you need is just sitting there, club-ready, waiting to be plopped into a track.

The results are lush, dynamic, and use the stereo field beautifully. And there aren't a lot of clunkers cluttering up the patches.

But if Mike20 likes rolling his own with Sylenth, Massive, and external fx, well that's his choice.
That's one way to avoid repeating the same common dance sounds that are already in everybody else's tracks.

I love what Omnisphere can do. And the library is, like, _galactic_ in scope.
But I know that if I owned it, I'd spend all my time playing with it, rather than making tracks!

Nexus 2 vs Omnisphere