Omnisphere Colossus by The Unfinished - now on sale!

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Omnisphere Colossus is now on sale!

Omnisphere Colossus is a collection of 600 patches (and 130 multis) for Spectrasonics' Omnisphere 2 synth.

The first commercial soundset by The Unfinished, who also created factory patches for the release of Omnisphere 2, Colossus is aimed at cinematic underscore and Hollywood action music - though it will also be very useful for atmospheric electronica, ambient and neo-classical styles.

If you write for films, games or television, you will find enormous inspiration in the multitude of dynamic basslines, lo-fi drumloops, analogue and organic pads, emotional guitars, vivid synths, punchy basses, lyrical pianos, dramatic percussion, widescreen hits and impacts, expressive mallets and bells, ethereal textures and dark soundscapes.

Colossus has been carefully designed to deliver the ultimate collection of synths, instruments, loops and textures for modern composing, heavily inspired by the work of Harry Gregson-Williams and James Newton Howard. Scores such as Deja Vu, Gone Baby Gone, Phone Booth, Total Recall, Bourne Legacy, Michael Clayton, The Equalizer and Salt have been major influences on this soundset.

However, this collection is not about emulation, but about vibe. It takes the baton from powerful and emotional modern film scores, and pushes them in new and useful directions, allowing the user to produce original but much in demand cinematic music.

As well as 600 patches, Colossus also includes 130 multis, combining and stacking various patches for instant inspiration. Each patch comes with careful programming on the modwheel, to allow quick and dynamic sound design.

Colossus will also be released in four volumes of 150 patches, with Vol 1 released at the same time as the full version.

Omnisphere Colossus will be released on Friday 30th October at £79.99 +VAT. Volume 1 will be £24.99 +VAT.

Omnisphere Colossus Walkthrough


Omnisphere Colossus Demo Tracks
https://soundcloud.com/the-unfinished/s ... e-colossus

Teaser Trailer
Last edited by synaesthesia on Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:37 am, edited 3 times in total.

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Detailed description, walkthrough video and demo tracks added to original post.

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hi matt, i'm looking forward to the release of colossus and congratulations on the arrival of your baby. even if the first weeks and months might be quite exhaustive, it is the most beautiful time with the kids (and they grow up so fast!!). wishing you all the best, reimund :)

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Gosh wrote:hi matt, i'm looking forward to the release of colossus and congratulations on the arrival of your baby. even if the first weeks and months might be quite exhaustive, it is the most beautiful time with the kids (and they grow up so fast!!). wishing you all the best, reimund :)
Thanks Reimund! And if you're the Reimund I think you are (based on your KVR name), it might interest you to know that you were my first ever proper customer, back when I released Massive Darkscore II! :)

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synaesthesia wrote:Thanks Reimund! And if you're the Reimund I think you are (based on your KVR name), it might interest you to know that you were my first ever proper customer, back when I released Massive Darkscore II! :)
hi matt, interesting to hear. you can rest assured that i'll also be among the first customers for colossus. although i don't have the time for serious music-making anymore (two small kids, you see), i still love to sit down in the evening for an hour just to noodle around with a few of your patches for omnisphere, zebra or massive. cheers

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Gosh wrote:hi matt, interesting to hear. you can rest assured that i'll also be among the first customers for colossus. although i don't have the time for serious music-making anymore (two small kids, you see), i still love to sit down in the evening for an hour just to noodle around with a few of your patches for omnisphere, zebra or massive. cheers
That's what gives me pleasure Reimund, knowing that people are simply enjoying playing with the patches, no matter what music they're making.

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So, I gave a beta copy of Omnisphere Colossus to a few friends to try out and here's what they thought of it...

“Another outstanding sound set! Matt’s sounds always make the instrument shine – and what an instrument he had to work with this time! Omnisphere 2 is arguably the biggest thing to hit in the last few years and Colossus takes it to a whole new level.” - Jason Graves (Tomb Raider, Dead Space, Until Dawn)

“The Unfinished has done it again. Colossus is a hefty treasure chest full of pulsing and ambient gems. With most synth presets, I would normally mark off a couple as being useful, but with Colossus it is the other way round, with only a few I wouldn’t gravitate towards!” - Dave Buckley (The Town, Batman: Arkham Knight, The Good Wife)

“Colossus is another milestone of brilliance in patch design. I have been using Matt’s talents for a few years now, including on my just released Doomsday artist record. He never fails to amaze me how a single person can create so many presets that are never boring or cheap sounding. They inspire you to write the best music possible.” - Sascha Dikiciyan (Mass Effect, Borderlands 2, Dead Rising 3)

“The Unfinished’s new aptly titled Colossus covers a lot of ground that other sound libs have a hard time doing: really useful stuff that is inspiring, creative AND practically applicable. This is exactly what you get with Colossus, the hard-to-find sweet spot between originality and usefulness. It has lots of distinctive character and just sounds fantastic, yet never gets in the way. Highly recommended no matter what kind of music you create.” - Halfdan E (Borgen, A Somewhat Gentle Man)

“There are a lot of preset and sample libraries out there that claim to be cinematic, filmic and epic, but at their core, they are missing the aesthetic sensibility, detail, and quality that would make them useful for actual game/film projects or albums. The Unfinished’s Omnisphere Colossus is not one of those libraries! Colossus is deep, moody and aesthetically on point.” - Brian Trifon (Trifonic, Massive Chalice, Halo: Master Chief Collection)

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Quite an impressive list of "a few friends" :) ... So, as I'm a junkie for your presets, too, do you have some more precise information about the meaning of "soon" (as in "coming soon") ?

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Yes, I really should update that. It's coming out tomorrow (Friday)! :)

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Omnisphere Colossus is now on sale!

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If you're a newsletter subscriber, today's the last day that the discount code will work. Hurry now!

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Yep you got me Matt, looking forward to trying this out!
Congrats!

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don1thedon wrote:Yep you got me Matt, looking forward to trying this out!
Congrats!
Happy to have ensnared you. :)

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