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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/04/30 23:20:35 (permalink)
I tried the link again to see & it only allows one.
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 00:34:35 (permalink)
No Omni 2 yet? The Spectrasonics web site has April 30th as the release date. Just wondering what's going on with the update. Thanks

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 00:38:26 (permalink)
The Spectrasonics site is now indicating they will be offline (tech shop) to increase bandwidth. Says to check back next week. : /

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 05:15:45 (permalink)
Next week? Ouch - that's not great....at all!
 
I guess I am lucky I got my update just before the website got into meltdown..
 
I am now playing around with sample import and granular synthesis. It got me busy for hours already. And that's only one of the two channels. Next step - an sample in the second (B) channel and see what combinations are possible. And I have not even tried the new interpolation possibilities (not sure if this is possible with imported sounds, simply because I have not gotten so far yet).
 
One thing is for sure - expect an LOT of 3th party expansions for Omnisphere 2, because it is really easy to make impressive (and usable) sounds...
 
That all said - I really feel for those guy's that have to wait. It must be horrible!
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 05:28:09 (permalink)
Thanks for the info. I just received an email from tech support. Ouch is right. Yes. It is quite painful to have to wait another week. 

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 18:16:40 (permalink)
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Next week? Ouch - that's not great....at all!



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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 18:39:42 (permalink)
In as much as it pains me to have to wait until next week I'm glad Spectrasonics is having such a successful go of it. I'm not surprised in the least. Omnisphere is truly an amazing and most powerful tool. I'm lovin' it!

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/01 21:53:18 (permalink)
Eric posted this on his FB page:

"WOW!

What a crazy couple of days it's been with the launch of Omnisphere 2.
Thanks so much for your support and encouragement!
Very happy to report that we can now help anyone who wants to upgrade.
Just contact us directly via email instead of going through the site:
techshop@spectrasonics.net

All the best,

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 00:27:33 (permalink)
Contacted them as mentioned...got the download link...installed - up and running. Now to explore this beast!

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 01:03:47 (permalink)
I'm hearing that they've addressed a common criticism, which is that Omnisphere isn't geared toward EDM. Many teenage preset-punchers will rejoice, but this is not particularly great news to me. Please tell me the new sources aren't all pumping supersaws!


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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 01:19:41 (permalink)
Cool and many thanks. I have an email from Spectrasonics with a special link to upgrade. Going to try it now.

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 01:38:59 (permalink)
Awesome. I am downloading the upgrade now. Wow! 6 hours. Sure beats waiting till next week. 

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 02:02:54 (permalink)
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I'm hearing that they've addressed a common criticism, which is that Omnisphere isn't geared toward EDM. Many teenage preset-punchers will rejoice, but this is not particularly great news to me. Please tell me the new sources aren't all pumping supersaws!




Well - as far as I can see there is an lot of EDM presets, but also an lot of sound sources added. The Diego Stocco sound sources are fun to play around with. As as far as I can see (but I just starting to explore that "region") not much new in the polysynth pads, choirs and so on.
 
But with an lot of new sound sources, the import possibility, improved granular, morphing wavetables and improved unison, it would surprise me if you could not create great pad sounds from scratch in an matter of minutes.
 
But I am still exploring those new possibility's. I can predict it will keep me busy for the coming day's and even weeks..
 
And Geo524.. I am glad it's sorted out for you. I took an short look at the KVR forum, and it seems an lot of people are getting their download mails now. It sure is an bumpy ride still, but at least things seem to be starting to sort out now..
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 03:21:17 (permalink)
Thanks JClosed. I can't wait to start exploring the new features. Especially importing audio to create new sounds. Kudos to tech support for their customer service!

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 03:47:23 (permalink)
Has anyone in the UK bought this? The Spectrasonics website points us to shops that will only sell boxed versions, so the wait is long and the price is high...

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 06:45:59 (permalink)
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Has anyone in the UK bought this? The Spectrasonics website points us to shops that will only sell boxed versions, so the wait is long and the price is high...


 

I don't get that at all, I get this.......

The Spectrasonics Techshop Is Temporarily Closed

Due to extremely high demand, we are significantly expanding our online store bandwidth before reopening this area.
 
However, if you are trying to upgrade to Omnisphere 2, please contact us and we'd be happy to help you directly:

techshop@spectrasonics.net

 
 
 
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 09:16:47 (permalink)
Contact support directly and they will send you a special link to download the upgrade. 

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/02 11:14:12 (permalink)
Oh yeah, I was pleasantly surprised last night to receive an email saying that I could get the upgrade.  Kind of a busy weekend, so I still won't be able to spend much time with it, but it's installed and I added it to a track I'm trying to finish up.  Love it so far.  Nice touches on the interface changes, but it will be awhile before I can really dig in and try out some of the new features.

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/03 04:14:24 (permalink)
Got mine downloaded and spent a little time with it today. Brilliantly done once again.
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/03 10:49:06 (permalink)
I contacted support support late Friday night and got an email response within minutes.
Was surprised, thought I be waiting till Monday to get a response.
Got everything downloaded & installed.
 
Thanks Spectrasonics for the great service!
 
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/03 13:45:26 (permalink)
WooHoo!  Got mine last night.  Impressive customer service for a Saturday.  Now off to play!
 
Thanks again Spectrasonics - excellent support!
 

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/05 15:29:46 (permalink)
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I'm hearing that they've addressed a common criticism, which is that Omnisphere isn't geared toward EDM. Many teenage preset-punchers will rejoice, but this is not particularly great news to me. Please tell me the new sources aren't all pumping supersaws!


I got my hands on O2 for only a few hours and doubt I went through 50 of the new presets/soundsources, but I did accidentally hit some of the EDM which... I actually liked. 
 
The parameter lock thing really is so incredibly valuable especially when going through presets.  Someday I might actually get through 70% of what's in O1/Trilian, but having the context of a groove/envelopes/arps/fx just knocked me out.  A germ of ideas were really there when mindlessly scrolling.
 
The other thing that really knocked me out were the new fx.  When I heard there was going to be 25 of them I yawned because I've got so much other stuff, but after hearing them I think they're worth a good chunk of the upgrade price.
 
I must have it!
 
 
 
 
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/05 16:58:01 (permalink)
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/05 19:42:14 (permalink)
I wasn't sure what EDM sounded like (I'm pretty old) and expected some kind of disco type stuff (like I said I'm old).
Kind of surprised me that a lot of the EDM programs seem like they could be Z3TA sounds. I found a really nice  synth sweep patch that's perfect for an ambient song I'm working on. I'm liking what I'm hearing so far.

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/07 15:53:38 (permalink)
So I downloaded the upgrade yesterday - downloaded to my non-DAW machine for convenience sake, with the intent of putting it on a large thumb drive for transfer to my DAW.  Copying to the thumb drive didn't work - several files larger than 2G are included.  Had to reformat the thumb drive to NTFS.  Not a big deal, but could they not have kept all the files to under 2G?
 
The real problem happens when you try to create DVD backups.  Spectrasonics states up front that you only get one download, so be sure and create backups.  But you cannot write 6G files to DVD, even with a multiple-disk-spanning DVD write utility.  I emailed tech support about the issue asking what to do.  This is the response:
 

We don’t provide DVD backups of the library anymore.  However, you can order an alternate download or media installer when that is available in the coming weeks. 
 
Gee, thanks Spectrasonics.  How considerate that you tell me to create backups and then send me files I cannot create backups of.  I'm surprised there's not any ****ing about this from more people than myself.
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/07 16:18:30 (permalink)
I can't remember the last time I backed up anything to a DVD, or Blu-ray for that matter... I've got a burner but I haven't used it for ages.

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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/07 16:38:41 (permalink)
I was not sure how to back it up given that it was so large.  I had not thought about the individual files being too big for conventional DVD backup.  What I did was to back it up to three different hard drives-triple redundancy (I just used the backups I used for backing up my NI Kontakt and Komplete libraries).  I also thought about buying a 32G USB; use that and then drop it in the omnisphere 1 box.  Good complaint.
 
 
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/08 06:20:05 (permalink)
Hmm, whilst I wish Spec's every success with their new product, I think that they need to sweeten the deal a little for long-term users (of all of their instruments, i.e. I own Om 1, Trillian and Stylus).
 
I paid £299 for Om 1 (which was actually relatively cheap; on offer), which is about $460.  As I own all three products, I get the 'VIP' upgrade price of $199.  So I need to pay $660 altogether to get Om 2.  That's close to 33% on top of the cost of buying Om 2 new.  Add in the fact that recent purchasers of Om 1 get Om 2 for free and I'm not exactly feeling encouraged to upgrade.  Top the cake off with the 'no public forum support' policy of Spec's and I think I'm going to bide my time and see what happens.
 
tbph, there's not a whole lot in Om 2 that excites me; some new fx (I've got fx for days already), a bunch new sounds (I'll never explore all the sounds in Om 1 even if I lived for several lifetimes), etc.  If digging around in the guts of deep, complex virtual synths was my thing, then I'm sure I'd go for it but as things are I have more than enough depth and complexity for my squishy brain to handle.
 
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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/08 11:36:01 (permalink)
I'm a huge fan of Omnisphere, and I've been excited about the new version since its announcement.
 
However, much to my own surprise at this point I'm now thinking of skipping Omnisphere 2. 
 
The combination of its emphasis on EDM and the lack of a hard media option are making it less attractive. The ability to totally mangle any sound does not appeal to me, and the ability to import sounds is something Kontakt already offers. The new effects are no doubt excellent, but I've got gobs of effects already.
 
I was listening to Heavyocity's Aeon Melodic, which is currently on sale for a hundred bucks less than the Omnisphere 2 upgrade, and it's loaded with exactly the kinds of rich sounds that made Omnisphere 1 so appealing. 
 
 


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Re: Omnisphere 2! 2015/05/08 13:56:06 (permalink)
the EDM patches in Omni 2 are just an extension of the current music field (new MCDonalds ad had EDM dubstep background music in it) and while the EDM tag gets bannered around a lot many of the EDM patches are just pads or useful in any type of music - it's just a label. 
 
as far as the new FX they can be used in all the older patches as well - all the new features bring Omni as a synth to the next level.
 
I have Aeon collection.  I love Heavyocity products.  you cannot add to Aeon, what you get is pretty much it, like so many kontakt libraries you can tweak a patch or manipulate it a lot in some cases your still stuck with the original sound source material, it's a sample library - not a synth.  to really take full advantage of Aeon you need both rhythmic and melotic.  kinda like the Evolve line of products they all stand alone but together they add so much more.  Aeon is the same.
 
ON the Spectrasonics TechShop page the option to buy a alternative delivery method is coming soon.  many users asked for it and they addressed that.  think it will be available in June from what I read somewhere, they are working diligently on it. USB drive for update purchase.
 
don't dismiss the Omni 2 upgrade, it's really a huge update to the product, if you cannot afford the upgrade I can understand but please don't dismiss it as only catering to EDM and not much of an update, it's rather substantial.
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