Omnisphere 2.5 Using a 2000$ synth as a midi controller?

[paveloso]

Well... They're not mutually exclusive. You can of course continue to use the sounds of whatever synth you happen to have.

Omnisphere simply expands your sound palette.

[switchonsid]

Please help me to understand.

I was watching a video on the new Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 update. So basically, they want me to use my Moog Sub 37 or DSI prophet REV 2 as a VST instrument? They make a bunch of VST replicated the hardware and want me to use my analogue hardware synth as a VST midi controller???

Did I get this right?

Not quite. You can use Omni 2.5 with whatever controller you already have. You will also be able to access ALL of the patches assigned to the 20 or so unique hardware controllers they emulate, no matter what controller you have. What they have done is set up 20 or so profiles so that users who already own one (or more) of those can use those profiles to control Omni without having to do any controller set-up. These profiles allow the user to take advantage of all the unique sound design knobs/sliders, etc, on those controllers to edit, create, design your own sounds with Omni.

Also, the patches they've created for each of the controllers they profiled, are not so much actual emulations as they are "in the style of" type patches. They capture the unique flavor of the synth, but aren't actual emulations as you'd normally think of it.

But all those additional patches are fully available to all users no matter what you're using to control Omni. I use a Yamaha Motif XS8 as my main controller. They will NEVER create a profile for it because the Motif uses too many multi-function knobs and sliders. The ones Omni does profile are one parameter per knob/slider/controller types. However, that doesn't mean I can't use the Omni MIDI CC learn to assign the knobs/sliders on my Motif to assist with editing features in Omni.

So, no, you don't have to go out and buy a $2000 controller to use all the features of Omni 2.5

Ok. It make sense now. I tough they recreated a complete VST plugin (Ex Moog Sub 37) inside omnisphere and I have the option to play with my Sub 37 but having the audio output from the VST instead of my Sub 37 Hardware. The fact that they recreated demo patch that sound like the Sub 37 confused me.

I mean when I play with my hardware synth, I want to heard the audio output from my synth, not from a software who try to sound like my hardware.

But It will be really useful to use my Sub 37 to control Omnisphere, not doubt on that and I will do it.

Cheers

[werp]

I wonder if there’s a list of synths to be given the treatment. Muses the possibilities of a polyphonic Matrixbrute...

[JKuk991]

What would be cool, would be to control Roland JV etc hardware with Omnisphere parameters.

[spinout]

Thank you for the chuckle. Funniest post I have seen in ages!

Incidentally, I have a Moog sub37 as my main keyboard and control most other stuff in my studio with it and am stoked at the prospect of Omnisphere integration. The Moog is versatile but as far as I am aware I can't do stalactites from an Ice cave without some serious messing around....