#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere full version#
#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere software#

#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere software#

As such, pretty much any company that doesn't make their own software uses NI. They also have favourable licensing terms. NI has been at it a long time and seems to have their software down real well. The others you suggest, I will have to investigate. I have looked at KompleteВ 9 from NI, since I have a limited edition version of it called 'Komplete Elements' which I use frequently.В NI Kontakt seems to be an industry standard that many on the forum here use, and recommend. excellent, thanks for your in depth reviews of some alternate options. Play is also unexpandable and offers little in the way of customization. I would caution you only to buy their stuff if you have other things you like, and if you are willing to potentially put up with a lot of crap. I find it to be a fiddly, problematic, program, that I've been fighting with for years. Goliath is a general purpose 40GB set covering the GM tones and then some, Pianos is just three grand pianos spanning 260GB recorded at 3 mic positions each. Prices are fairly high, generally $300-600 for most sets, prices also can vary a lot as they do various sales all the time. Orchestral/movie focused, but plenty of new age EDM stuff, and world instruments. EastWest makes quite possibly the best sounding samples I've ever heard. Also requires an iLok (another DRM dongle).

Halion Sonic has no expansion, no editing at all, just a ROMpler, Halion is like Kontakt and is fully expandable, though there's not a lot of content for it (I have only Sonic).

#Absynth 5 vs omnisphere full version#

You can also upgrade to the full version of Halion for the cost difference ($100) if you want. Sound is reminiscent of a Yamaha Motif since Yamaha had the Motif team work on the samples (Yamaha owns Steinberg). Also lots of built-in FX and so on (internal to the program only). Not the best samples in the world, but good, and not too large (I measure about 10GB on disk). Nice if you want 'one interface to rule them all.' You load everything in the same setup, regardless of what synthesis it is using underneath and the browser is pretty good. Also has some nice simple knob controls for parameters of instruments, and is multi-timbaral. Really wide coverage, including the entire general MIDI capital tone set, and variations on every instrument. This is a real nice 'ROMpler' style synth, so if you are looking for something like hardware synths, maybe the way to go. Halion Sonic 2: $250 + $30ish for eLicenser (DRM dongle). Has some nice plugins too, which work outside of the synths. You can buy or find new samples for Kontakt, synths for Reaktor, presets for FM8, etc, etc. Also things are all housed under one roof, you have a number of different programs to launch.

Only real negatives I could give is the coverage isn't as wide as some other packs in the same price. Real good quality, and quite good coverage. Kontakt (sampler), Reaktor (synth designer), Massive (wavetable), FM8 (FM additive), Guitar Rig (amp simulator) and a host of samples. Over all, if I could only keep one thing, this'd probably be it. Well I'll just give you the feelings I have on the three I own: Komplete 9: $500, same basic price as Omnisphere.