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Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
The demos and videos sound amazing. I've been doing some scoring work for a few independent films and it looks like I could have the opportunity to do more of this work... Omnisphere2 has been my go to synth for ambience and variety. I've also use EWQL CC. I bought the Evolve mutations bundle awhile back to give Heavyocity's products a go. I loved them, but I grew tired of them pretty quickly. They aren't very flexible at all...
It's priced at $225 - What do you think? Worth it? Will I get much out of this if I already have Omnisphere?
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 14:26:38
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Don't have Gravity but bit on 50% off for Ensemble Drums. Seems like a good amount of content and flexibility for the price. It is certainly not on par with Gravity.
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
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mikebeam
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 14:59:46
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Yeah - I read through that thread. I was ready to go for it until I saw that thread...
I guess what I was really looking for was how does it compare to Omnisphere... Vastman says that it's not for everyone, I'm guessing I will use it a handful of times. He suggested eDNA. I'm not convinced I need anything new at all.... But Gravity has interested me since it came out and with the big deal, I though I might go for it. But if it's nothing above Omnisphere - I'll probably pass...
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 15:32:38
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mikebeam
Yeah - I read through that thread. I was ready to go for it until I saw that thread...
I guess what I was really looking for was how does it compare to Omnisphere... Vastman says that it's not for everyone, I'm guessing I will use it a handful of times. He suggested eDNA. I'm not convinced I need anything new at all.... But Gravity has interested me since it came out and with the big deal, I though I might go for it. But if it's nothing above Omnisphere - I'll probably pass...
Bottom line is, if you have Omnisphere2 you will probably not need Gravity. Personally I've fallen in love with Gravity and keep using it more and more.
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 16:05:08
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I like Orbit better...not better than Omnisphere mind you. Dan
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 17:58:34
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Kuusniemi
Bottom line is, if you have Omnisphere2 you will probably not need Gravity. Personally I've fallen in love with Gravity and keep using it more and more.
Cool - what do you like about it? What are you using it for? Do you have Omnisphere? dcumpian
I like Orbit better...not better than Omnisphere mind you.
Ugh - Orbit sounds great.... There's just too much good stuff out there...
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 18:50:18
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Kuusniemi
Bottom line is, if you have Omnisphere2 you will probably not need Gravity. Personally I've fallen in love with Gravity and keep using it more and more.
Cool - what do you like about it? What are you using it for? Do you have Omnisphere?
I like the tweakability of the engine and the sounds themselves. They suit my style on making cinematic music. Mostly been using it on trailer type of music, but I've used Natural Forces and Vocalise for alot different kinds of stuff. I don't have Omnisphere2 as the price is quite high and my experience with Omnisphere1 have led me to the conclusion that the workflow is not really for me.
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/22 19:59:51
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dcumpian
I like Orbit better...not better than Omnisphere mind you.
Dan
I love Orbit, I just wish they would release more for it. They said last year they would be and are working on stuff but they've been quiet.
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/23 08:34:19
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☄ Helpfulby Kuusniemi 2016/02/23 09:05:41
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dcumpian
I like Orbit better...not better than Omnisphere mind you.
Dan
I love Orbit, I just wish they would release more for it. They said last year they would be and are working on stuff but they've been quiet.
You have to be willing to edit the "orbits" to get new sounds out of the engine. The presets are nice, but they are pretty conservative. Once you start editing, you can pretty much get anything you want out of the engine. More samples would be nice though... Regards, Dan
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/23 08:51:45
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dcumpian
You have to be willing to edit the "orbits" to get new sounds out of the engine. The presets are nice, but they are pretty conservative. Once you start editing, you can pretty much get anything you want out of the engine. More samples would be nice though...
This is true to pretty much any library of the sort. Stray away from the presets and you have a lot of possibilities...
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mikebeam
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/23 09:24:28
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Thanks. I just bought it... I think it was probably worth the money not to wonder about it any more! Plus, it seems like it will fit perfectly for a project that I've just started... I know I'll use it for that if nothing else and that makes it worth it.
Plus, I watched a video on it's ability to shape hits. That feature seems really useful to me!
Thanks for your help - I'll add Orbit to the list of stuff I want.
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2016/02/23 09:26:53
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2016/02/23 09:46:20
EVERY MAN CAN DREAM THAT HE CAN FLY!!!!
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/23 09:37:55
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That whole ALBUM is really good. I'm not much of a JB fan, but I can listen to this album anytime.......especially when I want to get down and funkaaay!!! 
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/23 19:01:06
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Simply delicious. But I wonder which came first...Gravity...or Walk The Dinosaur, by Was Not Was?
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2016/02/24 08:58:17
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Simply delicious. But I wonder which came first...Gravity...or Walk The Dinosaur, by Was Not Was?
Funny, I have both CD's and I bought Was Not Was CD just for that song....can't remember any other good songs on that CD though. Gravity was released in 1986 and Walk the Dinosaur was 1987. Sorry Mike, didn't mean to derail your thread.
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2016/02/24 09:36:05
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yorolpal
Simply delicious. But I wonder which came first...Gravity...or Walk The Dinosaur, by Was Not Was?
Funny, I have both CD's and I bought Was Not Was CD just for that song....can't remember any other good songs on that CD though.
Gravity was released in 1986 and Walk the Dinosaur was 1987.
Sorry Mike, didn't mean to derail your thread.
No problem. I'm actually listening to Gravity right now. And it's awesome!
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Re: Gravity? It's on sale for 50% off... But, is it worth it? Any experience with it?
2016/02/24 09:48:33
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☄ Helpfulby Fleer 2016/02/24 22:05:33
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Simply delicious. But I wonder which came first...Gravity...or Walk The Dinosaur, by Was Not Was?
Funny, I have both CD's and I bought Was Not Was CD just for that song....can't remember any other good songs on that CD though.
Gravity was released in 1986 and Walk the Dinosaur was 1987.
Sorry Mike, didn't mean to derail your thread.
No problem. I'm actually listening to Gravity right now. And it's awesome!
Listening to the album meself.......the bass triplets he plays at the 3:25 mark on Gravity is just......fantastic & tasty!!
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