Features never been seen before in any hardware or soft synth.

After many years of development, Spectrasonics presents their flagship virtual instrument Omnisphere. This revolutionary Power Synth breaks sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid real time synthesis techniques, a vast library of remarkable Psychoacoustic sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer. It is the first to be based on Spectrasonics STEAM Engine. Although extremely powerful, Omnisphere is designed with a unique user interface containing progressive layers of zooming to accommodate the complete range of users - from musicians who just want to be inspired by the sounds and customize them in an easy way, to expert synthesists and the most advanced sound designers. Users can go deeper and deeper into the music software and progress in their synthesis knowledge by simply exploring additional levels of sound manipulation options.

Omnisphere offers a host of hybrid synthesis and control capabilities including Variable Waveshaping DSP synthesis, Granular synthesis, Timbre Shifting, FM, polyphonic Ring Modulation, high-resolution streaming Sample Playback, Harmonia Dual Multimode Filter structure, Chaos Envelopes an advanced Unison mode, and the innovative Flex-Mod modulation routing system - to name a few.

Spectrasonics has pioneered several types of sampling for the core library of this virtual instrument, including unique Psychoacoustic sounds and sound sources created with a Composite Morphing Technique (CMT) - which morphs the harmonic characteristics of one instrument to another. As a bonus, a section of the core library is also devoted to representing the best of Spectrasonics award-winning sample libraries. When all of these organic core library soundsources are combined with the synthesis power of the STEAM engine, the sounds become alive in a truly dynamic and expressive way.

Among the many unique features this multi-timbral synth offers are its flexible arpeggiators with the innovative Groove Lock integration with Stylus RMX - allowing the arpeggiator pattern to instantly groove with the feel of the RMX drum loop; Live Mode for transitionless patch switching and layering, Stack Mode for powerful performance mapping; and integrated modulatable FX Racks.

Omnisphere is also the successor to Spectrasonics popular Atmosphere instrument, and contains enhanced versions of all the classic Atmosphere sounds. However, the core library in Omnisphere is 10-times the size of Atmosphere and features thousands of completely different sounds.

Spectrasonics Omnisphere is cross-platform compatible with Apple Macintosh OS X 10.4 and higher as a native Universal Binary and also with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista.

Audio Units, VST, and RTAS plug-in formats are supported for compatibility with all major host software.

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OVERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Rockgod66 from Michigan on Feb 21, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active

Reviewer's Play Style: Industrial, Techno, Metal, Rock

SPECTRASONIC'S OMNISPHERE IS MORE OVERRATED AND OVERHYPED THEN KIMBO SLICE!!!! The reason this synth sounds "better" then the rest is because the patches are in 24 bit maybe even in 32 bit floating. Once you dither everything down the only difference between another virtual synth is the gigs and gigs of useless patches you have stored on your computer. The interface is very user friendly but you have to search a long time just to find a patch that can be used for music. This synth might be good for movies, but for music this synth is a waste of money, time, and hard drive space. I know the creator of this synth wanted to create new sounds that nobody had out there, but I really need basic sounds that could be used for a song. Sure it's fun to write alien music once in a while but there isn't enough meat and potatoes patches. I can get the same quality of sounds as this synth by using reason with some patch off the web. If music is your passion save yourself some cash and computer upgrades and get a practical usable virtual synth like Reason or one from Native Instruments. If you make music for movies this synth will do the job, but for the average musician look elsewhere.

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Omnipotent

Posted by Chad Cohoon on Dec 2, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Jack of All Trades

Reviewer's Play Style: Acoustatechambiention

This is an astonishing accomplishment of Spectrasonics. The sonic clarity and improved fidelity of even the old Atmosphere patches is well worth the asking price (especially worth the upgrade price...thanks Eric P!).

The deeper you dig the better it gets, there is an enormous ammount of included material from other Spectrasonics libraries such as Distorted Reality, Symphony of Voices, Hans Zimmer Guitars, etc. Not to mention the amazing synthesis base sounds you can tweak to your hearts content and then throw a blanket of effects over it to top it off with that sheen you were craving for.

I won't bore you with the same review of how great the psychoacoustic ideas sound through the STEAM processing, or with how impressive the arpeggiator and live options are.

Neither will I take up any more of your time expressing how many hours of work I save with dropping my RMX midi files into Omnipshere's arpeggiator for it's groove lock function.

The possibilities are endless with this one, and I'm sure Spectrasonics has some interesting future enhancements in mind (Omnisampler anyone?). It can be a CPU hog at times, but remember you can have 16 parts playing with each having multiple effects, so just up your ram!

I really do love it.

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Spectrasonics Omnisphere - WOW

Posted by PositivelyDark from Green Bay, Wisconsin on Oct 23, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Recording artist

Reviewer's Play Style: Electronica and Ambient

This is by far the best sounding and most powerful virtual synthesizer I have ever heard. Honestly, you have to hear it to believe how amazing it sounds. It has quickly become my favorite synthesizer and I have barely tapped the surface of what it can do. Get it. You will love it.

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