KVR Audio

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Wed May 06, 2015 4:49 pm

I just wanted to chime in and say that overall I think this update is really nice. I'm a shade disappointed that the wavetable functionality isn't more like Zebra's, but the sheer number of waves is so nice, I'll forgive it. From Eric's language in the preview video, it did seem like you could choose two waveforms and morph between them. While it's pretty much just a standard wavetable engine, the waves sound great and the variety is awesome.

The new presets, including the vilified EDM patches, sound really good to me and even if you don't like the EDM styles of patches, you'd be surprised at how those patches make for great jumping off points to your own creations.

The new interface... it talking a bit of getting used to. One thing I think they could have done is had dual oscs per layer. Sometimes having the dual layer paradigm is a little clumsy especially when you're just trying to put together a fairly simple sound. But, I guess the point of Omnisphere has never been to put together simple sounds.

Overall, great upgrade! Totally worth it!

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed May 06, 2015 5:28 pm

zerocrossing wrote: The new interface... it talking a bit of getting used to.

I gotta say, I only have one annoyance with Omni2 and it's that I don't like having the browser on the left side (same goes for Strobe2). I don't really use the browser a lot, since I'm not a big preset surfer, but when I do use it, my brain expects/wants it to be on the right. I really can't explain why, but being on the left feels like it's in my way, whereas being on the right feels like it's out of the way. Ultimately, it's not a big deal at all, though, and I'll probably get used to it.

zerocrossing wrote:One thing I think they could have done is had dual oscs per layer. Sometimes having the dual layer paradigm is a little clumsy especially when you're just trying to put together a fairly simple sound.

Yeah, I totally agree with that...

zerocrossing wrote: Overall, great upgrade! Totally worth it!

...and that.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Wed May 06, 2015 5:35 pm

The "vilified EDM" patches...
I think the biggest mistake is labeling them as EDM specific.
Some could be just as, or more, usable in other genres as well.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Wed May 06, 2015 6:14 pm

cryophonik wrote:
I gotta say, I only have annoyance with Omni2 and it's that I don't like having the browser on the left side (same goes for Strobe2). I don't really use the browser a lot, since I'm not a big preset surfer, but when I do use it, my brain expects/wants it to be on the right. I really can't explain why, but being on the left feels like it's in my way, whereas being on the right feels like it's out of the way. Ultimately, it's not a big deal at all, though, and I'll probably get used to it.

Are you a lefty who had indentations on his writing hand from using a spiral notebook in school? (I am).

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed May 06, 2015 6:16 pm

rustman wrote:Are you a lefty who had indentations on his writing hand from using a spiral notebook in school? (I am).

Nope, I'm a righty in everything except hockey and politics.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Wed May 06, 2015 6:19 pm

BBFG# wrote:The "vilified EDM" patches...
I think the biggest mistake is labeling them as EDM specific.
Some could be just as, or more, usable in other genres as well.

I'm not far along in my auditioning yet, but I agree somewhat. Some of what I have heard so far hasn't been as abrasive as what I might have been expecting.

rustman · Post by **rustman** » Wed May 06, 2015 6:19 pm

cryophonik wrote:
rustman wrote:Are you a lefty who had indentations on his writing hand from using a spiral notebook in school? (I am).
Nope, I'm a righty in everything except hockey and politics.

Well, it was a good theory anyway.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Wed May 06, 2015 6:50 pm

The whole EDM thing is kinda funny - I remember loads on KVR saying a few years ago that Omni was rubbish cos it couldn't do EDM. Now foilks are saying "oh no, it can do EDM"...

It seems a fair name for it too. EDM - electronic dance music - it's a pretty broad church. There's aggressive in there, but a ton of stuff that isn't as well.

And once again to keep it in perspective - the 800ish EDM patches form about 1/3 of the new stuff, or 1/10th of the entire library.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Wed May 06, 2015 6:55 pm

noiseboyuk wrote:The whole EDM thing is kinda funny - I remember loads on KVR saying a few years ago that Omni was rubbish cos it couldn't do EDM.

Which sounds ludicrous anyway considering Atmosphere was once a staple in EDM (and the numerous classic synth waveforms it shipped with even then).

basslinemaster · Post by **basslinemaster** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:25 pm

noiseboyuk wrote:
Bladerunner1962 wrote:If I go especially through the new v2 patches it takes often a long loading time (using Windows 7 64bit, i7, 16gb).
The "old" v1 patches are loading fast as before in Omni v1.

Is this normal? Is there a fix?
Blimey you do run into a lot of problems, eh?! No difference here, all load equally (of course it depends on the size of the patch, but it always has).

Yes, how dare you find fault in noiseboyuk's new boyfriend... Jesus. I would regard somebody who obsesses about a VST as much as you do as 'not having a life', for god's sake... you don't have to police every Omnisphere thread and leap to its defence every time there is the slightest criticism of it...

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:34 pm

basslinemaster wrote:
noiseboyuk wrote:
Bladerunner1962 wrote:If I go especially through the new v2 patches it takes often a long loading time (using Windows 7 64bit, i7, 16gb).
The "old" v1 patches are loading fast as before in Omni v1.

Is this normal? Is there a fix?
Blimey you do run into a lot of problems, eh?! No difference here, all load equally (of course it depends on the size of the patch, but it always has).
Yes, how dare you find fault in noiseboyuk's new boyfriend... Jesus. I would regard somebody who obsesses about a VST as much as you do as 'not having a life', for god's sake... you don't have to police every Omnisphere thread and leap to its defence every time there is the slightest criticism of it...

I'm curious, are you 4 years old or 5? Can't quite decide.

FWIW I've made plenty of criticisms here of Omni 2 (a whole thread-full on another forum, actually). Bladerunner mentioned an issue and it wasn't something I encountered, all normal thread stuff.

Time for your nap, perhaps.

quantum7 · Post by **quantum7** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:47 pm

Since someone did mention it, I too have noticed that loading speeds on Omni 2 seem to be a little slower than Omni 1. I'm sure that this will be rectified soon in an update.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:51 pm

I can't say I've noticed any slow load times either. I thought the update made loading faster because of the new Kontakt like background loading?

mholloway · Post by **mholloway** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:05 pm

Load times are good for me, seems the same as V.1. On Mac / Yosemite, 16gig RAM.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Wed May 06, 2015 8:07 pm

Yes they are the same for me too, for patches I have loaded before in Omni 1, I think the difference may be just because some of the Omni 2 patches are themselves larger.

Omnisphere 2 is here! (yes, it's really here!)