This award-winning software synth brings together a multitude of synthesis together to create one amazing virtual instrument of exceptional power and versatility. It combines a wide variety of hybrid real-time synthesis techniques with a vast library of over 40 GB of samples and inspiring patches.
Omnisphere is Spectrasonics’ flagship virtual instrument and an extremely powerful software synthesizer based on sample-based hybrid synths that use sampled waveforms instead of, or in addition to, fundamental waveforms to create sounds. We look at the two iterations of the world’s best software synth – Omnisphere 1 and Omnisphere 2 – and try to understand the differences between the two.
Omnisphere is an award-winning, flagship synthesizer of Spectrasonics – a leading developer of world class software virtual instruments based out of Los Angeles, California. One such synthesizer which is a powerhouse of a synth and an extremely versatile bundle of sounds based on sample-based synths. Synthesizers have evolved dramatically since the 1960s, coming all the way from the early modular analog systems to the present-day software synthesizers. Traditionalists used to argue that there was nothing musical about the electronic instruments back then and believed that imitating acoustic instruments would put the real musicians out of the business.īut look at now today, synthesizers are used in all parts of the music world, be it solo performances, recordings, rock bands, or experimental music. This is the time to get a better understanding of the wide variety of synths currently available and where they came from. It really is fascinating to see the musicians who once used to despise all things electronic, today they are getting all creative with the conveniences of electronics. However, it’s fascinating to even think of how far we have come and the significant developments and innovations have occurred since then. The history of electronic musical instruments goes all the way back to the 1919. ^ "ILIO News: Spectrasonics' Omnisphere has won the prestigious "TEC Award" ".^ Battino, David Richards, Kelli (2005).^ "Roland meeting stresses educational market".^ "Spectrasonics Artisan Eric Persing".In 2011, Persing and his team accepted the TEC Award for "Best Musical Instrument Software" for Omnisphere version 1.5.
Important influences for Persing are Vangelis, Kraftwerk, Jan Hammer, Yes, Genesis and Thomas Dolby. Even today, his sounds can be heard in many productions.Īt the 2011 NAMM Show, as part of a joint promotion with the Bob Moog Foundation, Persing exhibited the OMG-1 synthesizer, a unique synthesizer of his own design that integrated a Moog Little Phatty with an Apple Mac Mini and two iPads running virtual instruments, all housed in a custom curly maple cabinet. Persing started working for the Roland Corporation as Chief Sound Designer from 1984 to 2004, where he worked on many influential synthesizers and music-related products such as the Roland D-50, the JD-800, the Roland JX, JV, JP, XP series synthesizers and many others. He has been a major contributor to all of Spectrasonics' products, including Omnisphere, Keyscape, Stylus RMX, Trilian, Atmosphere and Trilogy. He is best known as the Founder and Creative Director of the music software and virtual instrument company Spectrasonics. Eric Persing is a German-born sound designer, professional synthesist and producer based in Los Angeles, California.