[ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds
- From: "Omar Binno" <omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:43:37 -0400
Bryan, after having a vl plg board, I'd definitely agree with what you're
saying. Although the vl board sounds awesome, i really find the fact that it
takes up an entire midi channel for it extremely problematic. Roland's srx
expansion cards, for example, don't interact with the synth that way at all.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Smart
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 8:40 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds
You don't really want them. They don't add other sounds to the Motif. They're
basically like self-contained synths. It is like you just put another
synthesizer in the Motif and hard wired their outputs together. The FM and
analog boards only can be used for 1 sound each at a time, and they don't show
up on the first 16 channels that the internal sequencer can access. The XG
board can do 16 channels at once, but it, also, is like a separate synth. It
can't use any of the Motif's effects (except the master effect). It is also
hard to access from the internal sequencer.
That stuff isn't worth your time unless you just really enjoy a technical
struggle. That's mostly why they were dropped in the XS. Difficult to use, and
they don't integrate well with the Motif.
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Omar Binno
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:12 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds
The best thing is to keep an eye out on ebay for that obsolete stuff. Also,
Guitar Center has a used section on their website where they get things
randomly.
----- Original Message -----
From: D!J!X! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:08 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds
O man, i've been trying to get an xg board, the fm board and that kind of
stuff, no where to be found!
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 3:01 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds
not that i'm aware of. I suppose motifator.com would have them if there are
any. Also, wasn't there a plg board for the es that contained orchestral sounds?
----- Original Message -----
From: D!J!X! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 2:55 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Omnisphere sounds
Are there any string libraries for the motif es? Cuz the factory stuff
doesn't cut it for me...
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 7:54 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! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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! <mailto:megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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 <mailto:bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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