Spectrasonics announces Omnisphere 3

Spectrasonics has announced a major upgrade to their flagship and visionary virtual instrument. Omnisphere 3 brings many different types of synthesis together into one amazing-sounding instrument that will spark a lifetime of exploration. New in Omnisphere V3 Thousands of Fresh New Sounds, Faster Access, Same Size - A massive new factory collection of 18 stunning libraries of thousands and thousands of super creative and inspiring new sounds from the award-winning Spectrasonics Sound Design team. Curated - Rapidly find exactly the sounds you need within the highly curated new libraries, meticulously organized by type of use. Remastered - All of the original classic Omnisphere patches have been carefully remastered and refreshed with the latest v3 features and Effects. Optimized with new lossless optimization technology, the Omnisphere 3 sound library actually takes NO MORE hard drive space than Omnisphere 2. New Adaptive Global Controls - Quickly customize the overall sound of a patch with the new adaptive global controls that allow easy tweaks to the most important sound characteristics like Tone, Ambience, Filter, Envelope, Vibrato & Unison. The smart controls automatically analyze the patch, so they always work with musical results...no matter what patch you select. New Global Controls and Patch Mutations - At the click of a button, Omnisphere 3 can now instantly create fascinating and useful variations of any patch - from Subtle to Extreme. Every mutation you generate is automatically saved and you can easily come back to them later. New Synthesis/Sound Design Features New Quadzone Modulation - Powerful Quadzone synthesis opens new realms of dramatic timbral movement. 36 New Filter Types - Fully upgraded Filter Section with 36 New Filter Types in seven distinct sonic colors. Circuit Modeled Saturation - Authentic component-modeled filter saturation offers warm analog coloration. Dual Frequency Shifter - The world's first polyphonic dual frequency shifter which can fully track the keyboard. New Oscillator Drift - New Oscillator Drift function provides that highly-coveted vintage analog instability. Over 100 new EDM Wavetables - A wide array of new sweepable wavetables give raw fuel for futuristic sound design. Unison Phase Scatter - New Unison Phase Scatter, Mix and Analog features open lush sonic landscapes. New Glide Modes - New OBXA /Moog /Odyssey portamento curves with Auto-Bend and CS80 Glissando. Polyphonic Expression - Full MPE support opens a vast creative playground for the adventurous synthesist. Omnisphere Soundsources - Blown Ostrich Egg, Tonal Sand, Nyckelharpa, Lyre Harp, Celestaphone, Magic Wand Metallophones, Sul Tasto Cello, Percussive Snow, Piano Harmonics, Tongue Slap Flute, and much more. Vastly Expanded Hardware Integration For the first time, Omnisphere's one-of-a-kind Hardware Integration feature is now extended to work with every major brand of Synthesizers and MIDI Controllers. Over 300 new hardware profiles are now included - with wide support for synths and controllers from every manufacturer. Easy to setup and use immediately. Major FX Upgrade with over 35 stunning brand new FX Units: Reverbs: Super Verb. Velvet Verb. Solar Shimmer. Inversions. Delays: Refraction Delay. Swiss Army Delay. Backward Echo. Magnetic Echo. Creative: Flip Backward. Pump-O-Matic. Half Speeder. Warp Shifter. Pulsar Split. Ring of Fire. Modulation: Unstable Drifter. Chameleon Chorus. Barberpole Phaser. Dynamics: Optical Leveling Amp. Multiband Compressor. Classic 1176 Limiter. Solid State Mix Bus. 1950s Tube Compressor. Color: Analog Studio Tape+Console. Vintage Enhancer. Tube Saturator. Noisemaker. Equalizers: Super Channel. Vintage British Desk. 1970s Class-A Console. Classic Tube 2-Band. Classic Tube Midband. Classic Tube Filters. Distortion: Multiband Distortion. Tube Overdrive. Mean Machine. New Included Omnisphere FX Rack Plug-in. You can now use the Omnisphere FX in your DAW. More v3 Highlights: Redesigned Full Browser. Extensive Implementation of Sub-Categories. New Directory Tree interface in Full Browser. New 'Hide' feature - don't show sounds you don't need. New Library images for gorgeous presentation. Simplified Tagging System with Keywords and Moods. Full backwards compatibility with all previous versions. Price and Availability Available for purchase on October 21st. Pricing: Omnisphere 3 Full Product Boxed: $499 / €399. Omnisphere 3 Full Product Download: $499. Upgrade from Omnisphere: $199. Upgrade from Atmosphere: $249. https://www.spectrasonics.net/products/omnisphere/overview.php Read More