Omnisphere 2.5 released

From the readme file:
 
• New Hardware Synth Integration feature
• Expanded Synthesis Features:
- Four Layers per part
- Eight LFOs per part
- Twelve Envelopes per part
- Two new State Variable Filters (12dB and 24dB)
- Doubled Mod Matrix (48 slots)
- New modulation source "Constant Bipolar"
- New modulation target "Unison Spread"
- New "Shared Signal Path" mode to recreate the signal path of hardware
synths
• Major GUI update containing the following:
- New high resolution, rescalable interface
- New Granular layout with waveform display
- New Live Mode Mixer View
- New FX Unit Preset steppers
- New Layer Level Meters
- New Stereo Part Level Meter
• Windows Multitouch Support
• GUI Link: Omnisphere follows the moves on the hardware synth by autoswitching
to the relevant page of the last moved hardware control
• New "Pitch Options" in the System page allows saving master tuning and
scale selections in multis or host sessions
• New Per-layer solo (Option+Click on A/B/C/D button)
• Cross-layer linking: new behavior for clicking on link buttons
• New Mod Matrix "All Layers" capability: when enabled, a modulation
applies to the relevant parameter in all layers
• Support for high-resolution CC values
• Show Link and Shared status when adjusting a control
• Support for foreign-languages in patch names, tags, search, etc
• Set default scaling to be 1.2x for new users
• Permit user to enter Patch ratings via numbers on computer keyboard
• New "Clear all browser learns" action on Utility menu
• Display Master Filter Frequency in Hz
• Show "Unlearn" contextual menu choice on file menus and waveform
menus
• Enlarge clickable region for some steppers to be more user-friendly
• "Auto Recall" feature in System is now a User Preference that remembers
the last library/directory from which user loaded a patch
• On menu-based parameters in the Effects racks, don't show the
"modulate .." contextual menu choice
• Fixes issue where "User Audio" was not properly importing all varieties of
loop-point data in AIF files
• Fixes issue where FX rack GUI could sometimes show random FX controls
with blue "is modulated" highlight
• Fixes issue related to Auto-audition patches when browsing: (a) fix bug
where the audition duration was sometimes truncated for patches with 3
or 4 voices; and (b) make Auto-Audition on/off a User Preference
• Fixes issue where "Reset to default" on Aux Send controls should reset to
0.0, not 0.5
• Fixes issue with a rare crash on Windows with "Les and Tob's retro Band"
multi
• Fixes issue with a rare crash in Ableton Live related to Granularity
• Fixes issue where Wacom tablet/pen devices were not working with
Omnisphere on Windows
• Fixes minor issue in background bitmap of Thriftshop Speaker FX
• Enhances Spectrasonics Updater for Windows to eliminate mention of 32-
bit

Thanks bit!

Been waiting for this.
Really curious to see what patch developers will do with the new features.

ADSR already has a "first look" video...

 
As Jim says, need is indeed an illusion. However, there's never been a more pleasant hallucinatory agent than Omnisphere.
 
My only complaint has been Spectrasonics' gradual drift away from acoustical, natural-based sounds toward EDM-centric blips and buzzes. But there's still plenty in there for those of us not scoring 80's video games.

You're probably already aware of this, but Keyscape integrates into Omnisphere and there are a bunch of interesting patches built around the convolution of the two instruments. Aside from being a great piano library, Keyscape turns out to be a surprisingly deep sound source when combined with the sound design capabilities of a full-featured synthesizer.
 
BTW, even though I complained about Omnisphere's glut of EDM-oriented patches above, I spent some time walking through them yesterday and found quite a few that I can use. For example, look for an "EDM" patch named "Beefy Feet Echoes". It's a satisfyingly fat handclap/footstomp patch that would be at home in a 60's pop cover.

Anyone experience laggy stuff under studio one 4 and windows 8.1 ?

Starise
I've been drooling over Omnisphere for awhile now. I know I would never play all of the presets, even if you gave me 6 months, made 3 more of me and gave us a vacation house in the mountains. 14,000 patches? That's before you tweak anything. 
 
When you consider other decent synth packages  don't have half the mojo Omnisphere has, not even considering the ability to replace tons of expensive hardware. Can't buy even one decent hardware synth for that price. The program has more to offer than most will ever use/need. Five Benjamans is still five Benjamans though. I don't know how you can routinely pull out Benjamans and not feel any pain. I guess the upgrade is much less. My Benjaman just doesn't want to budge yet. Maybe soon. Three ibuprophen, a 1tb SSD, a weeks vacation and a clear head might do it.

It mainly depend on what you already have ..omnipshere is a beast and i could easily only use it , but at the same time if you tell me don't use it no more i will not be impacted at all .... Kontakt would be another story ...
 
Ask yourself if you miss specific sounds or specific Tools when you produce , omnisphere is sounds and a way to handle them , consider both side , some synths offer a better workflow , but less sonic terrritory covered as soundsources ....even Alchemy  , or Falcon (witch is more powerfull when it comes to sound manipulation) .
 
Speaking your analogy with hardware , tru story , i went toa shop to get me a moog expender @ 800 euros if i recall well , i then waiting for a guy to serves me sat down and played with their computer , in it omnisphere and trillian (that i knew but never put my hands on) , i went out of the shop with Trilliand + omniusphere (both around 500 euros) and skipped the moog ... i then bought the moog tribute also to have more soundsources ...
 
It's real streinth is quality of sound design , and number of sounds ( not numbers but areas covered)
it's danger : number of sounds lol !!

Yeh, I'm not terribly excited about the ability of Omnisphere to replace some hardware synth that I already own. However, that feature also lets you use a cheap synth or full-featured controller in place of that expensive vintage synthesizer. And even if you do have a mint-condition Minimoog in the corner, emulating it via Omnisphere will result in a cleaner recording - and be polyphonic.
 
Omnisphere really is a beast of a synth. Somebody who's doing electronica exclusively could literally get by with Omni and nothing else. It's that deep. Personally, I'm more of a Kontakt guy because I rely mostly on organic natural sources. But regardless of genre, I always seem to end up with at least one Omnisphere track in every project.