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fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:42 pm

SamDi wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:03 pm Seems with Serum 2, Zebra 3 and now Omnisphere 3 is the fattest year of new synths since long.

But they don‘t open multi-sample capabilities for user? Was my biggest hope for Omnisphere 3. Would be a big disapointment for me.

zebra 3? not yet, but soon, maybe. maybe soon...

bnz · Post by **bnz** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:44 pm

I also hope there will be a download version.

muzicxs · Post by **muzicxs** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:45 pm

They created an Omnisphere FX Rack! Holy smokes...

SamDi · Post by **SamDi** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:47 pm

fisherKing wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:42 pm
SamDi wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:03 pm Seems with Serum 2, Zebra 3 and now Omnisphere 3 is the fattest year of new synths since long.

But they don‘t open multi-sample capabilities for user? Was my biggest hope for Omnisphere 3. Would be a big disapointment for me.
zebra 3? not yet, but soon, maybe. maybe soon...

You're right. There is some risk, that they don't gonna get it done this year

woodsdenis · Post by **woodsdenis** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:48 pm

Uncle E wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:23 pm Omnisphere 3 Upgrade $169:

https://www.jrrshop.com/spectrasonics?d ... _from_date

I assume it will be downloadable, just showing physical shipping now.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:49 pm

big news wow, i just checked the official video, need to check more, i really hoped for a mod panel like ALCHEMY has it :/ still no morphable pad it seems morphing between layers (not the faders thing).

one big thing im worried is about backwards compatibility, i hope and i would prefer Omnisphere3 being a seperate vst now as with all new versions broke many patches and especially with the so called remastered presets and stuff the patches will sound different.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:50 pm

Oh god everything good is coming out at the same time!

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:50 pm

bnz wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:44 pm I also hope there will be a download version.

I see it showing “Full Product Download” as an option on their site for Oct 21.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:54 pm

checking the official page now, i will get Omnisphere v3 for sure but i kind of feel a bit not as hyped as i thought, i expected more GUI enhancements and stuff, also more wow moments, seems a solid new version and they will update this beast a lot again with more stuff, just isnt the WOW hyped v3 version i hoped for, especially the GUI seems mostly being the same. sure never break a already awesome product but i wished for GUI optimizations i dont see many/any on their official interface tour :/ the FX rack is big news but i peep on the main synth now.

especially the Mutation is lackluster, Absynth 5 already has/had more options, i would have expected stuff like that and e.g. mutate all effects only etc.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:56 pm

Echoes in the Attic wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:12 pm
_BLADERUNNER_ wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:07 pm Anyone know if Omnisphere 2 patches work on 3 without any modifications?
Site says "Full backwards compatibility with all previous versions!"

be warned! i already showcased that A LOT, that backwards compatibility is NEVER 100%! i got Omnisphere 1 and v1.5 seperately installed on my notebooks as a lot of patches sound in Omnisphere differently cause the WAVEshaping was changed and some more stuff.

i will check if you can install the VST3 version so i will have v2 as vst2 and Omnisphere 3 as vst3

and a lot of patches were sounding VERY different.

Elysium.NZ · Post by **Elysium.NZ** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:00 pm

Caine123 wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:54 pm checking the official page now, i will get Omnisphere v3 for sure but i kind of feel a bit not as hyped as i thought, i expected more GUI enhancements and stuff, also more wow moments, seems a solid new version and they will update this beast a lot again with more stuff, just isnt the WOW hyped v3 version i hoped for, especially the GUI seems mostly being the same. sure never break a already awesome product but i wished for GUI optimizations i dont see many/any on their official interface tour :/ the FX rack is big news but i peep on the main synth now.

I also see Omnisphere as one of the few VSTi that has been an investment. Even if you're not grabbed by what is on offer now, history has shown this company has provided massive new features for free during the lifecycle of their products. As you've alluded to, I'm sure they aren't stopping here!

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:03 pm

Elysium.NZ wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:00 pm
Caine123 wrote: Wed Oct 15, 2025 7:54 pm checking the official page now, i will get Omnisphere v3 for sure but i kind of feel a bit not as hyped as i thought, i expected more GUI enhancements and stuff, also more wow moments, seems a solid new version and they will update this beast a lot again with more stuff, just isnt the WOW hyped v3 version i hoped for, especially the GUI seems mostly being the same. sure never break a already awesome product but i wished for GUI optimizations i dont see many/any on their official interface tour :/ the FX rack is big news but i peep on the main synth now.
I see Spectrasonics/Omnisphere as one of the few VSTi that has been an investment. Even if you're not grabbed by what is on offer now, history has shown this company has provided massive new features for free during the lifecycle of their products. I'm sure they aren't stopping here.

definitely, i dont regret at no point having all their products

!
just was nervously watching the video and was like, oh, thats it?

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:04 pm

could anyone tell if the "Fader" quadzone modulation was actually polyphonic expression? Obviously with a midi cc, it would be a single control for all notes. But then use aftertouch and MPE and lfo's as other examples of modulations here. So you'd think it would need to be polyphonic (and he said so at one point, but migh thave been talking about the patch), but sometimes they do make weird claims. Hopefully it would merge the mpe expresion into a single slider value. But having that graphical slider there make me skeptical.

Speaking of the LFO's, I wonder if they finally made them all optionally polyphonic, or still just the one last one.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:24 pm

Damn, Spectrasonics knocks it out of the park again.

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:29 pm

Grrr.... so frustrating. I bought Atmosphere obviously a very long time ago, and just didn't prioritize getting Omnisphere. So I waited, and waited... I finally bought O2 last December, figuring an update was never coming. 10 months later, I have to pay to upgrade again for $199. If I had just waited, I would have paid the exact same price for the upgrade from Atmosphere to Omni of $249. I understand there is a lot of new content, and that's great, but seems the upgrade is a bit steep considering I just paid it a few months ago. Rob Papen Explorer upgrade prices seem more fair with less cost if you have the latest vs. an older version. Probably will wait another 10 years in hopes version 4 will come out. Sadly, most of the content I like is the old content from Atmosphere in there.

Devon