[ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds

  • From: "Omar Binno" <omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:29:02 -0400

MessageNo. You need sighted help to copy the preset names into sonar so you can 
access them in the preset menu of the synth view.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kevin Gibbs 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:27 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


  When you say, even for sounds, you need sightede help to copy the sounds into 
Sonar, do you mean to create track templates?  How do you "copy the sounds into 
Sonar?"
  Kevin
    -----Original Message-----
    From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Omar Binno
    Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 11:03 AM
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


    Colossis
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Kevin Gibbs 
      To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 11:47 AM
      Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


      Omar, What synth are you talking about in this msg?
        -----Original Message-----
        From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno
        Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:54 AM
        To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


        The only thing I do with it is use the sounds. You don't have access to 
any parameters, and even for sounds, you need sighted help to copy the presets 
into sonar and save them. Otherwise, you can't access them. I feel that unless 
you use a synth like Vienna, hardware boards are still the best sounding for 
strings, brasses, and woodwinds. I know that's not what we'd like to 
acknowledge, and I know that we'd all like to get into as much softsynths as 
possible, but honestly, I haven't heard anything satisfactory in the realm of 
virtual that can match a hardware synth like the motif or a roland synth for 
the instruments I mentioned above, except for the Vienna stuff.
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: D!J!X! 
          To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
          Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 4:04 AM
          Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


          I'm assuming you've got this synth? How much of it can you access 
with jaws?

          D!J!X!



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          From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno
          Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:44 AM
          To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


          I think he meant the 1gb free one from eastwest. colossis is 
definitely not a loser. it's great.
            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: D!J!X! 
            To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
            Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 2:19 AM
            Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


            Colossis is the loser? If so, why?

            D!J!X!

             

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            From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon Kent
            Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:58 AM
            To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
            Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


            I tried it and it was a loser.
            Gord
              ----- Original Message ----- 
              From: D!J!X! 
              To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
              Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:40 PM
              Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


              Hey does anybody remember that free synth that east west was 
giving out, it was about 1gb or so download, was it that colossis?

              D!J!X!


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              From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Omar Binno
              Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:29 PM
              To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
              Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds


              Bryan,

              I personally wouldn't recommend either atmosphere or omnisphere 
for great, natural-sounding, woodwind, string, brass, or other natural 
instruments. I would label them as average at best. Just my opinion, though. A 
better synth for that kind of stuff is EastWest's colossis. The only drawback 
to that is that you need sighted help to copy and paste the presets into sonar. 
Otherwise, it isn't accessible.
                ----- Original Message ----- 
                From: Bryan Smart 
                To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
                Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 7:15 PM
                Subject: [ddots-l] Omnisphere sounds


                All of you people using Omnisphere, what is your opinion of the 
sound quality in terms of bread and butter sounds? All of the demos that I've 
found are full of amazingly pulsing, throbbing, morphing, arpeggiating, 
swirling textures and synth tambers. That sounds great for creating 
atmospherics, or for scoring television action shows. However, how well does 
Omnisphere serve as a general purpose go-to instrument? For example, I have 
lots of plugs if I want drums, pianos, electric pianos, guitars, and synths. 
However, when the odd situation comes up, and I need a sax, a ukulele, a 
harpsichord, or a sitar, I need a general purpose synth to go to. I've used 
various things for that over the years, but I'm now in a spot where the old 
stuff like Hypersonic isn't available anymore on Win 7, and I'm trying not to 
use hardware synths anymore, so can't just track in something from one of those.

                So, how do you rate it for general purpose sounds?

                Bryan
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