

Notably, the update takes Eric’s original sound design work from the classic 1987 Roland D-50 into new sonic territory with Omnisphere’s vast synthesis capabilities. Omnisphere 2.8 features an “Hardware Library” boasting 600 new patches created by Eric Persing and the acclaimed Spectrasonics Sound Development team.

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Virtual instrument users experience the joy of the hardware synth workflow and hardware synth users can now fully expand their capabilities into the vast sonic world of Omnisphere! The supported hardware synths cover a wide array of form factors and price ranges for different types of users. With the new 2.8 release, many requested hardware synth profiles have been added, including support for over 65 popular hardware synthesizers from Moog®, Sequential®, Roland®, Korg®, Novation®, Nord®, Behringer®, Access®, Studiologic® and Yamaha®. Omnisphere’s unique and innovative Hardware Synth Integration bridges the physical experience gap for the user between software and hardware, offering intuitive control of Omnisphere by using the familiar layout of their hardware synth. In addition, Omnisphere 2.8 now captures the MIDI data of the arpeggiator as a standard MIDI file, which can be dragged to any DAW for further editing.

The many innovations include new Pattern Modes, Step Dividers, Pitch Slides and the ability to alter Chord Voicings and Chord Inversions per step.Īlso included is a new Arpeggiator Preset Library showcasing all the creative possibilities. Omnisphere’s Arpeggiator gets a major update in v2.8 with brand new creative tools, making it one of the most flexible arpeggiators ever. Also added are 600 brand new patches and this update is completely FREE for all registered Omnisphere 2 users. The new update more than doubles the number of profiles, adding support for iconic synths including the Roland Juno-106, Super Jupiter, Alesis Andromeda and the Roland D-50. Version 2.8 of Spectrasonics Omnisphere® is available now, adding major new enhancements to the Omnisphere Arpeggiator and hugely expanding the Hardware Synth Integration feature with full support for over 65 Hardware Synths.
