FX - Descriptions

 

 

The Omnisphere FX Units are effects that exist within the Omnisphere plug-in.

There are 33 different professional quality internal FX Units to choose from:

 

COMPRESSOR/LIMITER GAIN FX
Tube Limiter
Both a limiter and compressor, modeled on the warm sound of the famous Fairchild™ 670 tube limiters of the 1960's.

Tape Slammer
Simulates the effects of different types of analog tape compression, saturation and age.

Modern Compressor
Modeled after the legendary SSL™ console compressors, with a bright, “solid-state” sound character.

Vintage Compressor
Modeled on vintage UA LA-2A™ and 1176™ compressors, with a very warm and musical sound.

Gate Expander
A traditional Noise Gate effect that also works well as a Dynamic Expander.

Imager
A handy Utility device that can be used as stereo image widener, phase corrector, and much more.

 

EQUALIZERS
Vintage 2-band EQ
Modeled after the Pultec™ EQP2-A model tube equalizer, with a very warm and musical tone.

Vintage 3-Band EQ
Modeled after the Pultec™ EQP series tube equalizers, renowned for their extremely musical and fat tones.

Graphic 7-Band EQ
Useful for tailoring a full spectrum audio source with broad control of multiple bands.

Graphic 12-Band EQ
Useful for tailoring a full spectrum audio source with fine control of multiple bands for precision control.

Parametric 2-Band EQ
Provides precision frequency control, with two fully sweepable, overlapping bands.

Parametric 3-band EQ
Provides precision frequency control, with three fully sweepable, overlapping bands.

 

FILTERS
Wah-Wah
Modeled after classic wah pedals of the 1970s.

Power Filter
Developed in cooperation with GForce Software, and based on their famous impOSCarÔ filter design.

Formant Filter
A filter based on the characteristics of the human vocal tract.

 

DISTORTION AMP FX
Valve Radio
A unique device that functions both as a dual filter and a distortion device.

Flame Distortion
An extremely versatile distortion and bit crushing unit.

Smoke Amp Simulator
A guitar amplifier modeling effect, with models for a variety of amps and cabinets.

MODULATION FX
Ultra-Chorus
A very rich and thick chorus unit, with some unique LFO modes.

Retro-Phaser
Classic Phaser unit with a vintage, low-fi vibe and a darker tone.

PRO-Phaser
A versatile and rich phaser design capable of going way beyond traditional Phaser effects.

EZ-Phaser
Best suited for classic phaser effects, while being very easy to use and understand.

Retro-Flanger
Classic Flanger unit with a warm, vintage character.

Flanger
Provides many traditional flanging and tuned resonance effects.

 

DELAYS
Chorus Echo
Inspired by the classic RolandÔ Chorus-Echo units from the 1970s. Features a modulated delay line that can be synced to the host tempo and also includes a vintage chorus mode.

BPM Delay
A single “true-stereo” delay unit that is always in-sync with the host tempo.

BPM Delay X2
Dual monaural delays that are always synchronized to the host tempo.

BPM Delay X3
Triple LCR mono delays that are always synchronized to the host tempo.

Retroplex
Modeled after the old Tape Echo units of the 60's and 70's such as the Echoplex™.

Radio Delay
A Dual mono BPM-style delay, but with the delayed signals running through a Valve Radio distortion filter.

 

REVERB
Spring Verb
Faithfully recreates the cheesy vibe of the ancient spring reverbs of 1960's era guitar amplifiers.

PRO-Verb
The premier, studio-quality reverb unit in the Omnisphere FX arsenal. Extremely versatile and rich.

EZ-Verb
A simple to use, basic reverb unit that uses less CPU power.

 

But can you only use four effects units at a time?

Nope! It's actually possible to have a huge number of simultaneous FX Units active at the same time in one instance of Omnisphere. Any of the FX Units can be put into one of the four slots in an Omnisphere FX Rack -and up to 29 FX Racks can be open at once!

Here's the structure:

4 Effects per rack x 3 racks per part = 12 Effects/Part

12 Effects per Part x 8 Parts = 96 FX

4 Effects per rack x 4 Aux racks + Master rack = 20 Effects per MULTI

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= 116 maximum simultaneous FX Units (if your computer can handle it!)

 

NOTES ON USING THE FX

• Each FX Unit consumes differing amounts of additional CPU power when in use, so the number of simultaneous FX Units depends of the CPU power available in your computer.  Some FX, like the PRO-Verb, can use differents amounts of CPU power depending on their settings.

• To maximize CPU performance in multi-timbral, LIVE or STACK applications, it’s recommend to Bypass any Part FX Units which can be shared by other parts (especially reverbs & delays).  A good approach is to copy a Part FX Unit’s settings, Bypass it and then paste the settings into a free Aux rack for shared use by the multi-timbral Parts.

• Some FX Units have two pages. The second page parameters can be reached by clicking the arrow on the right side of the plug-in.  Usually, it's labeled “MORE” or lists the type of parameter found on the second page.

• You can use external third-party FX plug-ins with Omnisphere by utilizing the multiple outputs feature of Omnisphere with your host.