Omnisphere - worth $500?

[neverenoughfunk]

for the individuals that do not think Omnisphere is worth $500... what awards have the other synths that have been mentioned in this thread won?

This is pretty ridiculous.

I found it pretty funny.

educate me...

name the synths and awards...

the ones that out perform Omnisphere...

i do not consider myself a synth head... therefore... i may be talking out of my azz... but educate me... name the synth(s) and awards...

then i could see how "ridiculous" and "funny" my statement was...

[valerian_777]

(wild prediction - everyone's got everything they're ever gonna get out of this thread by the bottom of page two, but it'll go to double digit pages regardless)

c'mon man....it aint over until some idiot comes along to suggest that users who still find omnisphere excellent value, only do so 'cause they can't stand to see their investment devalued

oh.....wait.......

Already happen a few posts above.

[neverenoughfunk]

(wild prediction - everyone's got everything they're ever gonna get out of this thread by the bottom of page two, but it'll go to double digit pages regardless)

c'mon man....it aint over until some idiot comes along to suggest that users who still find omnisphere excellent value, only do so 'cause they can't stand to see their investment devalued

oh.....wait.......

Already happen a few posts above.

was it your post?

just asking...

[pdxindy]

For me not. I have played some hours with Omnisphere and there is nothing where I would say "I need this". The synth is average and very limited compared to other synth, the samples are very good quality and the presets are good. But for a sample player it's too expensive.
IMO it's worth $300 because of the big sample library.

I would not pay $300 for the sample library either... I would rather have an open system and pay $300 for samples for it... cause I can pick and choose what samples I want and I can add what I want to it, including my own.

Omnisphere is a closed system and I have no interest in such a dead end.

I find the company annoying also in the way they hem and haw about sample import. Right when Omnisphere was released they said some blah blah about not having time for sample import, not everything could be added for a V1, that they would look into it, that it might be added etc. I said at the time that years would pass and I was sure it would not be added and that they had no intention of doing so. That is what has happened. It was obvious and I don't like such marketing crapola.

[valerian_777]

(wild prediction - everyone's got everything they're ever gonna get out of this thread by the bottom of page two, but it'll go to double digit pages regardless)

c'mon man....it aint over until some idiot comes along to suggest that users who still find omnisphere excellent value, only do so 'cause they can't stand to see their investment devalued

oh.....wait.......

Already happen a few posts above.

was it your post?

just asking...

No.

[neverenoughfunk]

(wild prediction - everyone's got everything they're ever gonna get out of this thread by the bottom of page two, but it'll go to double digit pages regardless)

c'mon man....it aint over until some idiot comes along to suggest that users who still find omnisphere excellent value, only do so 'cause they can't stand to see their investment devalued

oh.....wait.......

Already happen a few posts above.

was it your post?

just asking...

No.

COOL!!!

[pdxindy]

That said, calling Omnisphere a "Rompler" is... truly ridiculous.

Omni lovers point to the big sample library as the justification for the high cost and no demo... then get annoyed when some people refer to it as a rompler...

Rompler is a decent term for it. It is not a sampler... and if you took the library away, the synth engine by itself would be middle of the road at best. Hardly noticed I think. Nothing wrong with a rompler, and the term is not ridiculous.

[elassi]

if you took the library away, the synth engine by itself would be middle of the road at best.

Do you own(ed) Omnisphere?

[BBFG#]

"ROM" = Read Only Memory.
Since Omni can only do that and not import other samples, this is what makes it a "rompler".
Maybe we should call the other ones "ramplers" to distinguish them from samplers that can actually sample and not just play imported samples?

[chk071]

I'm looking to buy new toys and try to get some different instruments in my arsenal. One synth I have heard peers mention is Omnisphere. Everyone seems to own it. However, at a $500 price tag on the Spectronics site, it seems ludricrously expensive compared to synth purchases in the past. What warrants such a price?

The people who pay it. Nothing more to say to that really. I find the discussion pretty pointless.

[elassi]

"ROM" = Read Only Memory.
Since Omni can only do that and not import other samples, this is what makes it a "rompler".

Then Massive must be a Rompler, too, because you can't import your own wavetables...

My defintion of a Rompler is a device without a dedicated synth engine. And this is definately no true with Omnisphere.

But I don't need to win a war here. Just sayin'...

[BBFG#]

I own Atmosphere (but no longer have it installed).
It was all about the rom-samples above the synth engine.
And the ability to easily layer those samples (romples).

And even with Omni, you find that the packing multiple engines in it doesn't mean you have the best of each of those engines. Some are good, some are below average and more about the the idea of using a buzz term no one seems to use in it anyway. In comparison of each of those engines to other synths using the same method, omni has lagged behind the current trends and market expectations.

[BBFG#]

"ROM" = Read Only Memory.
Since Omni can only do that and not import other samples, this is what makes it a "rompler".

Then Massive must be a Rompler, too, because you can't import your own wavetables...
My defintion of a Rompler is a device without a dedicated synth engine. And this is definately no true with Omnisphere. But I don't need to win a war here. Just sayin'...

Yes and no. Because of the size of those samples, it is known more as a wavetable rather than rompler. And many of the wavetable synths are ROM based.

[neverenoughfunk]

"ROM" = Read Only Memory.
Since Omni can only do that and not import other samples, this is what makes it a "rompler".
Maybe we should call the other ones "ramplers" to distinguish them from samplers that can actually sample and not just play imported samples?

come on man... sampletank 3 and halion sonic are "romplers"...

if you want to go by definition... you are correct... but sampletank 3 and halion sonic are "romplers"...

i would not put Omni in the same class as sampletank 3 and halion sonic...

[Cimbasso]

"ROM" = Read Only Memory.
Since Omni can only do that and not import other samples, this is what makes it a "rompler".
Maybe we should call the other ones "ramplers" to distinguish them from samplers that can actually sample and not just play imported samples?

Who gives a f*ck if it's a rompler, synth or synthpler? It's a timeless piece of music software.