Each browser has a purpose, and each helps you get to what you're looking for quickly.

Take heart, the characters at Spectrasonics could also hear your sigh long before you knew it was coming, and they took the time to really work through the problem of endless lists of sounds and how to make sense of them. Now, from behind this paper page I can already hear you sighing as you envision another voluminous set of sounds that you'll never really explore thoroughly. Furthermore, Spectrasonics recently released a free 2000-patch update, effectively doubling the initial offering of patches. Three different browsers (all beautifully positioned and easily manipulated) mean thousands of included sounds (Multis, Patches, Soundsources-nearly 7000 total).

Let's start with navigating Omnisphere's library. Also, on-board effects and modulation routing are accessible and easy to learn with a 'live' interface geared towards using Omnisphere as a truly-flexible performance instrument. Not only does Omnisphere give you unbelievable depth-of-control over samples, but the DSP-based synth sounds wicked even without touching the sample library. The basic idea of Omnisphere is that it's a synthesizer and a high-resolution sample-player rolled into one piece of software-not unique so far, but hang on. That said, let's get into the long of it. The short of it is that there's nothing out there that's as deep as Omnisphere while being unbelievably easy to navigate and coming loaded with the breadth of great sounds. In this case, the theme behind this story is, GO GET OMNISPHERE! This puppy is calling your name if you do anything musical involving a computer whatsoever. I've never been one to jump to the last page in a book, and I generally don't like to hear what happened at the end of a movie before I've seen it, but in some cases (like an opera or a good Broadway show) knowing the gist of things can help you follow along better from start to finish.

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