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Spectrasonics Announces Omnisphere 2.5
Just saw this news from Spectrsonics regarding the upcoming release of Ominsphere 2.5. It will include hardware synth integration and add many news sounds, patches and multis. Best of all, the update is FREE for all 2.0 users! There's a good video on it on the page with Eric Persig. They essentially have created profiles of several different hardware synths which will allow those to be used as full on controllers for Omnisphere, capturing the unique flavor of each different one. He said they have about 20 profiles created so far, and will be adding all the time.
There's a partial list of what will be supported on the web page. Sadly, I don't see my Yamaha Motif XS listed there! I really hope they will add that one. In fact I don't see ANY Yamaha's included on the list, which I find puzzling. Wonder if there's a licensing thing with Yamaha? Anyway...it still looks cool and if you already have Omni 2.0, the upgrade is Free.
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Thanks for sharing. I love Spectrasonics - it's great stuff!
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That should be a major issue, though. Presumably the MIDI implementation chart is readily available and its just a matter of assigning the correct numbers to the desired parameter controls. Might take a bit more effort with a Yamaha, but it shouldn't be prohibitive. I have no problems getting the knobs to work on other things using MIDI CC learn, for example. So creating a Motif XS profile shouldn't be all that difficult.
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All the knobs do, yes. In Performance mode, the 8 faders will as well. I can actually use them to control faders on tracks in PT if I want. I don't do that often, as there are only 8. However, it can come in handy if you want to record some automation, for example, and have a bit better control than just moving the mouse.
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So I heard back from Spectrasonics on my inquiry about whether or not the Yamaha Motif series synths would be profiled for Omnisphere. Here's the reply I got back:
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So apparently the hang up is the fact that on the Motif's the knobs have multiple functions depending on what you select for them. Other synths have similar features, so highly unlikely profiles will be created for any of them either. It would have been nice, but not a deal breaker either. One can still use MIDI CC learn, and you get all the other new features as well.
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I disagree. I've been using my Motif XS as my main controller for years, and have had no issues. Like anything else, you just have to take a bit of time to learn what does what. At church, I use their MOXF to control Reason on my laptop where I have several multi-layered setups for different songs, some with 1 or 2 keyboard splits. No issues whatsoever, as long as I set it up correctly on both ends.
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