What does the ethnicity of somebody, as opposed to genre of music, have much of anything to do with synth choice these days? lol...musiclover91 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:56 pm YES!! To those who feels Omnisphere is over rated, I can say i personally see a lot of Asian music makers(I'm Asian) using only Omnisphere(synth-wise) throughout a song. I asked why and they just said that its the best thing that was ever made:). looking forward to get this
Omnisphere 2.6 announced at NAMM [RELEASED 27-03-19]
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- KVRian
- 875 posts since 26 May, 2009 from Area 51
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- KVRAF
- 35275 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
He's not saying it does, just that he see's a lot of his compatriots using it.GMusic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:29 amWhat does the ethnicity of somebody, as opposed to genre of music, have much of anything to do with synth choice these days? lol...musiclover91 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:56 pm YES!! To those who feels Omnisphere is over rated, I can say i personally see a lot of Asian music makers(I'm Asian) using only Omnisphere(synth-wise) throughout a song. I asked why and they just said that its the best thing that was ever made:). looking forward to get this
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- KVRist
- 61 posts since 7 Feb, 2016
Thanks for helping me clarify it bro!:)aMUSEd wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:38 amHe's not saying it does, just that he see's a lot of his compatriots using it.GMusic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:29 amWhat does the ethnicity of somebody, as opposed to genre of music, have much of anything to do with synth choice these days? lol...musiclover91 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:56 pm YES!! To those who feels Omnisphere is over rated, I can say i personally see a lot of Asian music makers(I'm Asian) using only Omnisphere(synth-wise) throughout a song. I asked why and they just said that its the best thing that was ever made:). looking forward to get this
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- KVRian
- 679 posts since 29 Nov, 2002 from Finland
But it’s just a rompler!!1
Been using it since Atmosphere was released (that’s a freakin’ 17 years!), and it’s still one of my favourites and most used soft synths.
Been using it since Atmosphere was released (that’s a freakin’ 17 years!), and it’s still one of my favourites and most used soft synths.
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- KVRAF
- 35275 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Yeah same here
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- KVRist
- 236 posts since 19 Jul, 2014
March ? Mid March? Late March? Tomorrow? 
BTW I don't think spectrasonics has implemented a feature I keep asking for. If not, and anyone else wants to encourage it I'd be grateful.
Certain arp vsts out there (I've forgotten specifically) have different ways of implementing things. One thing that I rather like is available in a couple. It is a function that makes the arps reset at a prominent beat location.
[Note - I reference "reset positions". The Omnisphere Arp page has a "reset" button that starts the arp behavior cycle over (if its up, down, as played, etc.) , but also sends the arp playhead back to the beginning. I mean the former when I say "reset position". I mean you reset the cycling behavior so that it starts over again, while the arp playhead continues advancing...]
This function would work whether an arp were set to move Up, Down, or AS PLAYED (where the arp presumably buckets the notes and then keeps them in the order you play them rather than placing them in low-hi sequence).
I suggested to some guys at Spectrasonics to please do this on their arp page, by putting in the option to add one or more reset positions (allowing multiple resets would be cool; or at least if there were one reset only, they could add a position slider that you could move using a MIDI controller - but it would be limited in comparison to multiple reset points); and a reset function activation switch so you could turn this on & off.
For example, this way, with the reset function On and the position set to the 1st beat, if you then want to play a 4/4 pattern that is divisible by 2, you can hold a 3 note chord (that is set in the arp to play 8th or 16th notes) and have it reset to the bottom note where you tell it to, such as the beginning of each bar. Furthermore you can switch between 3 and 4 note chords and stay in sync for the period you set. At present, which is true of most arps that play whatever chord notes are being held, if you have them set to play 8th or 16th notes, then 3 note chords (the most common chords in music) go out of sync. Fine if that's what you want...
When I saw that the arp page was being updated I was happy. But even if I can record arps, and tell it to play specific chords, if I still can't sync the arps to beats it seems like allowing a user to capture that random magic, whereas you're sort of forcing the random 'out of sync' behavior by not allowing a reset.
BTW I don't think spectrasonics has implemented a feature I keep asking for. If not, and anyone else wants to encourage it I'd be grateful.
Certain arp vsts out there (I've forgotten specifically) have different ways of implementing things. One thing that I rather like is available in a couple. It is a function that makes the arps reset at a prominent beat location.
[Note - I reference "reset positions". The Omnisphere Arp page has a "reset" button that starts the arp behavior cycle over (if its up, down, as played, etc.) , but also sends the arp playhead back to the beginning. I mean the former when I say "reset position". I mean you reset the cycling behavior so that it starts over again, while the arp playhead continues advancing...]
This function would work whether an arp were set to move Up, Down, or AS PLAYED (where the arp presumably buckets the notes and then keeps them in the order you play them rather than placing them in low-hi sequence).
I suggested to some guys at Spectrasonics to please do this on their arp page, by putting in the option to add one or more reset positions (allowing multiple resets would be cool; or at least if there were one reset only, they could add a position slider that you could move using a MIDI controller - but it would be limited in comparison to multiple reset points); and a reset function activation switch so you could turn this on & off.
For example, this way, with the reset function On and the position set to the 1st beat, if you then want to play a 4/4 pattern that is divisible by 2, you can hold a 3 note chord (that is set in the arp to play 8th or 16th notes) and have it reset to the bottom note where you tell it to, such as the beginning of each bar. Furthermore you can switch between 3 and 4 note chords and stay in sync for the period you set. At present, which is true of most arps that play whatever chord notes are being held, if you have them set to play 8th or 16th notes, then 3 note chords (the most common chords in music) go out of sync. Fine if that's what you want...
When I saw that the arp page was being updated I was happy. But even if I can record arps, and tell it to play specific chords, if I still can't sync the arps to beats it seems like allowing a user to capture that random magic, whereas you're sort of forcing the random 'out of sync' behavior by not allowing a reset.
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- KVRAF
- 11053 posts since 12 May, 2008
I just went and watched some videos again showing the new arp features and I have to say the design looks kinda shit. There is a sub menu for each kind of step, with the note offsets under those menus. This is not a good way to go. For example if you have a step that is +5 semi-tones and you want to have it glide, you should just have a glide button, not have to go into the menu under the slide menu and select +5 there. The transpose should be it's own entry, where you can drag up or down to change the note offset. Doesn't seem like that's possible, unless I'm missing something.
This seems like a crappy design, and rather surprising.
This seems like a crappy design, and rather surprising.
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- KVRian
- 1031 posts since 11 Nov, 2010 from ny
I dont think their GUI choices are ideal. I still find myself using Serum for almost everything.
They need to add the arp as a modulation source to control all other parameters aside from just pitch. Otherwise it lags behind Serum, Pigments, and even Zone. All of which allow a much more robust modulation capability.
Frankly, I find it extremely annoying that their hardware profiles lack the ability to get access directly to specific parameters without the hardware hooked up. I use a few Max4live editors that do the trick, but I would rather stay in the box.
They need to update Omnisphere so you get direct access to each hardware profiles parameters, the arp needs to be a modulation source, and they definitely reduce the menu diving on that arp
They need to add the arp as a modulation source to control all other parameters aside from just pitch. Otherwise it lags behind Serum, Pigments, and even Zone. All of which allow a much more robust modulation capability.
Frankly, I find it extremely annoying that their hardware profiles lack the ability to get access directly to specific parameters without the hardware hooked up. I use a few Max4live editors that do the trick, but I would rather stay in the box.
They need to update Omnisphere so you get direct access to each hardware profiles parameters, the arp needs to be a modulation source, and they definitely reduce the menu diving on that arp
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- KVRAF
- 5691 posts since 24 May, 2004 from []1
I hate drop-down menus for selecting values that otherwise could be double-clicked and typed in or clicked/dragged/up/down for quick changes.
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- KVRian
- 877 posts since 24 Jan, 2006 from Universe #5346198720
Oh yeah... and so the bitching and moaning begins - even before it's released and anyone has worked with it. It's soooo predictable, tiring and boooooring...
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