OMNISPHERE THE OMNIFICENT

Any monkey can now do your job! Hire one immediately!

OMNISPHERE – the new synth from Eric Persing with the name that makes my mouth feel like I’ve been eating peanut butter straight out of the jar – without milk.

The one line review – it’s a badass Atmosphere that is modernized, tweaked and all jacked up on coffee, crack and crazy good.

Composers making a great living holding down one key will have a field day with this thing. I wrote 17 cues while I was just testing it out! Sure, all of our cues will sound basically the same but the first to get paid - wins!!!!

I guess the closet comparison to Omnisphere would be the incredible Rob Papen stuff. Predator, Albino and Blue. Those lean a bit more towards pop/club/dance styles (I still use them constantly on scoring gigs but they work extremely well on records too.) Omnisphere seems to lean more towards scoring gigs but I can easily see myself using it on some records. Eric obviously steers his products towards this elaborate multi layered sound – and thank God he does cuz it makes all our lives a lot easier. On the other hand, the majority of records to my ear, use much simpler vintage synth sounds. You could make Omnisphere do that – but it would be like taking a Maserati and putting a Prius engine in it.

Suffice to say that if you ever plan on scoring anything – Omnisphere is the one synth to own.

I soiled myself multiple times just bouncing thru the presets. There are lots of very useful arpeggiator patches – lots of ambient things, lots of weirdness – even some hits and bangs and FX. It’s a one-stop shop for drama and creating moods that sound super super pro – and it’s all at the touch of a key! No talent required. The only decision you will have to make is which key to hold down and hold long you hold it! You never thought a monkey could do your job – but now they can! Better yet, hire some kids - pay them like $1 a cue - put one in each room with an Omnisphere and run your own musical sweat shop! Hey wait a minute – I already have that job! I write for TV!

Damn Eric and his team of evil geniuses! Load up 4, 5 or 6 elaborate patches in the multitimbral Stylus RMX-like interface, and within seconds it sounds like you’re a soundscape genius. Coming from a world where tv and film producers rave about the talent of a composer who has strung together some Apple loops – the heaps of praise for composers who use Ominsphere – will be – gosh, making us all blush. (I’m still waiting for the day when someone wins an Academy Award for holding down one note.)

I suggest all of you Ominsphere users – and trust me – all of you WILL be users – write a letter to Eric and thank him for making you appear more talented than you really are. Thank him for allowing those of limited work ethic to finish their cues quickly, allowing you to get to bed earlier. Thank him for the many accolades you will undoubtedly receive in an otherwise cruel and brutal musical world.

Maybe write something like my letter.

Dear Eric:

Thank you for Omnisphere. I apologize in advance for all of the credit I will be taking for your sonic genius. Even though I will be the one cashing the checks, I want you to know that I think of you every time I hold C3 and some big Hollywood producer tells me how talented I am. Gotta run now, its 9:30 am and I’ve already finished the 30 minutes of music I had to write today. Off to the beach!

Your friend,

Scooter