Is Omnisphere 2 still worth it?
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- KVRAF
- 5472 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
Top designers are there because they deliver the goods, regardless of whether or not people know their names. Point being - over the last few years, the level of patch design has been outstanding. I think they learned from the EDM Spotlight library which is almost the only library they've done to have missed the mark imo. Seth Norman does an amazing job now covering those genres. He did only a few (of the best ones) in Spotlight.
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- KVRAF
- 2966 posts since 3 Jul, 2022
Well you will say that we play on words but there is a pretty big difference of reasoning between "brands' and 'creators".Synthman2000 wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 6:48 pm Jac I can honestly answer no to all 3 of your suppositions. noiseboyuk wrote top designers.. in recall.. I said big names in error, same difference really.
If presets were good and made by the homeless I would buy them.I make my 95pct of my own sounds and only recently have purchased some presets so buying presets is a new thing for me personally.
Significant big name stuff really sucks for a variety of reasons. Price, over rated, slow, bad taste, low quality etc. Food is a great example. I could name many things in life, especially brands.. that follow this trait but I know you know this anyway. You learn it to be so as life progresses.
There are exceptions but in modern times, especially the last decade or so, brand and name means diddly squat in many instances.
I could agree on brands, I don't on creators...
Reason being that in my personal experience I have been quite successful searching for new art to consume browsing by the creators I like...
Anyway, everybody is different and I don't think there is right or wrong. let's agree to disagree my friend.
I was just curious about your statement.
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- KVRian
- 1076 posts since 27 Apr, 2016
Xpand2! is going for peanuts... £10/$12/€12 include an organ, Mono synth Vintage Vacuum and also Baby Audio Come Back Kid delay for free (add it as free gift at check out). Probably one of the best 10/12 you could spend on plug ins.
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- KVRist
- 258 posts since 6 May, 2004 from Netherlands
Xpand2! really is the Omnisphere killerSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:22 pm Xpand2! is going for peanuts... £10/$12/€12 include an organ, Mono synth Vintage Vacuum and also Baby Audio Come Back Kid delay for free (add it as free gift at check out). Probably one of the best 10/12 you could spend on plug ins.
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- KVRist
- 242 posts since 1 Nov, 2008
Biggest problems with Xpand2 for me isBJ wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:30 pmXpand2! really is the Omnisphere killerSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:22 pm Xpand2! is going for peanuts... £10/$12/€12 include an organ, Mono synth Vintage Vacuum and also Baby Audio Come Back Kid delay for free (add it as free gift at check out). Probably one of the best 10/12 you could spend on plug ins.
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1. No VST3 support
2. Small UI that can't be resized.
If both of those problems were addressed, then it would be great option.
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- KVRist
- 212 posts since 8 Feb, 2007 from London
Omnisphere is a huge resource of sound, gets updated with new content once in a while and attracts great 3rd sound designers to make great patch libraries.
The down side is that it takes up huge amounts of CPU which for a ROMpler I don't understand.
The down side is that it takes up huge amounts of CPU which for a ROMpler I don't understand.
Fight Apathy or don't.
- KVRAF
- 2258 posts since 25 Sep, 2014 from Specific Northwest
Xpsnd2! sounds like crap and it wasn't worth the $1 I spent on it.BJ wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:30 pmXpand2! really is the Omnisphere killerSynthman2000 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:22 pm Xpand2! is going for peanuts... £10/$12/€12 include an organ, Mono synth Vintage Vacuum and also Baby Audio Come Back Kid delay for free (add it as free gift at check out). Probably one of the best 10/12 you could spend on plug ins.
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I started on Logic 5 with a PowerBook G4 550Mhz. I now have a MacBook Air M1 and it's ~165x faster! So, why is my music not proportionally better?
- KVRAF
- 3565 posts since 12 Jan, 2019
- KVRAF
- 2258 posts since 25 Sep, 2014 from Specific Northwest
And which effects.
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I started on Logic 5 with a PowerBook G4 550Mhz. I now have a MacBook Air M1 and it's ~165x faster! So, why is my music not proportionally better?
- KVRAF
- 2966 posts since 3 Jul, 2022
- KVRAF
- 2305 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit NE US
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- KVRAF
- 2305 posts since 10 Jul, 2008 from Orbit NE US
Amongst my machines i run Omni on a 2014 dell i7 running windows 7, with a whopping 8G Ram, i have to program up a storm to put a dent in CPU. RAM on the other hand...
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- KVRist
- 35 posts since 7 Apr, 2023
Thanks for mentioning this! Comeback delay is really cool. I took another package.Synthman2000 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 4:22 pm Xpand2! is going for peanuts... £10/$12/€12 include an organ, Mono synth Vintage Vacuum and also Baby Audio Come Back Kid delay for free (add it as free gift at check out). Probably one of the best 10/12 you could spend on plug ins.
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About actual topic I have been occasionally dreaming Omni but price has been stopping me.
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- KVRAF
- 5472 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
And there it is - quite a lot of pages now since the celebrated ROMpler myth has raised its dumb head.
That aside, I went to use one of the NI Light series this week (I forget which one). First patch I pressed hit the buffers on my CPU. A sample based instrument. The moment effects and techniques like granular are used, CPU sky-rockets.
I do think there are a few effects in Omni that are way too CPU-hungry - often swapping them out solves CPU issues, but that is a PITA.
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