Omnisphere + Nexus3 = no demo?

[-Yaz-]

YOu are right, no demo for these two.
And if you go deeper: Omnisphere is "worse" because there are no different bundles, only one package: the full omnisphere is there to buy, while Nexus has 3 different editions.
I also rather like those softwares I can demo.
However, Omnisphere is the "top" of the music softwares, so if you take a trip to a local distributor music shop, there's a chance you can demo there Omni.

Well not really - Omnisphere has a massive factory library and much better third party expansion/soundbank support at much cheaper prices than Nexus3. Plus you can actually create your own sounds which you can never do with Nexus 3 as its a rompler.

[dune_rave]

well, not really. if you consider the amount of money, nexus is cheaper. if you only have around 250 usd and no more, you can't buy omni.

[-Yaz-]

well, not really. if you consider the amount of money, nexus is cheaper. if you only have around 250 usd and no more, you can't buy omni.

I didnt say it was cheaper for the base product but you get a LOT more with the base product with Omni than you do Nexus 3 and as I already said, *third party* soundbanks are generally a lot cheaper and also often far more varied for non-EDM stuff plus you're not tied to one vendor like you are for Nexus.

I own both btw. They both have their plus sides but if I could only buy one I'd buy Omni every time.

[Bippo]

I quoted the part that was relevant to my response.
A lot of them are experimental, I am not sure if most of them is still true.
But my main point was Eric's part in both, which was not part of your post.
rsp

Your main point is that Eric took part in the xv5080 and omnisphere, but that doesn't contradict in any way, shape or form my opinion which is that the triton and xv5080 have higher percentage of useable presets compared to omni.

[zvenx]

I don't know why you assumed I was trying to contradict you... I never was....

And usable to who is always subjective.
rsp

[Tannaliini]

Saw this comment about Omni: "so IMO Omni could take the roll of ALL of these other V synths I listed. It sounds so good, and has seemingly infinite possibilities. I really feel like there is nothing it can't do.

But... I find my self hardly using it. For me it's all about how quick and easy I can get the sound in my head into the session. And I find my self using most other synths I listed more than OMNI. I'm the kind of guy who needs something that sounds great with little effort, I don't have the time or luxury of scrolling through tens of thousands of sounds/pre-sets to get a single element for a track or a song. I'm extremely competent in synth programing, but OMNI is so vast I get lost in tweaking other than making music."

I think I am on the same boat - I am not really a sound designer. I do like to edit the sounds a bit, but I rather reach for those "ready to use" sounds.... If you know what I mean?

[zvenx]

As I am sure you know they aren't any one size fit all anything, much less synths.
Always choose what works best for your workflow and creatively inspires you i say.
Omnisphere is my desert Island synth (with Zebra a close second), but that is only my taste.
rsp

[MMaarrkk]

I think Omnisphere has passed the stage of needing a demo. It is so heavily utilised in some genres to the point that some people believe they 100% need it to succeed in the first place. I would love to see a demo for Omnisphere and I think it would be a great way to see if you really need it yourself or if it even runs well on your system. But they have done well without, so there's probably no reason to change now.

[Ambiphile]

I think Omni has no demo because the factory library is 65GB in size. But anyway, you really can't go wrong with that instrument imho. As a software synth it can do pretty much anything you'd want: Virtual Analog, Wavetable, FM etc. It can also use samples and has a granular engine, too. Plus almost 60 pretty good FX modules. Around 14000 factory presets...
And there is an almost endless pool of really good 3rd party libraries you can extend it with, check out Triple Spiral Audio for instance. Imo Omnisphere patches often sound pretty "organic" and more elaborate than some other synths, since many of them combine samples and synth, granular and FX etc.
Two minor cons though:
- because of the complexity of the patches, some can use quite a bit of CPU (don't own Nexus so not sure how well it performs in that regard)
- it's a little more tedious to program than simpler synths (like Sylenth1), because you have alot of sub-pages to fine-tune parameters, however i personally still like that workflow: have a main page with the basic parameters, and sub-pages where you have alot more options (e.g. the Filter Page)

[zvenx]

CPU usage imho is not an issue for Nexus. It really uses/requires little Cpu power.

I too like the workflow in Omnisphere, you can get as shallow or deep as you want without an intimidating GUI.
rsp