GETTING STARTED - Windows Installation

 

INSTALLING DISC 1

 

1. Insert Omnisphere Disc 1 into the computer ’s optical disc drive. Double-click “My Computer”. Double-click the disc drive to view its contents and open the folder called “Windows”.

 

2. Double-click setup.exe to begin the installation of Omnisphere.

 

3. After reading the Introduction, click "Next".

 

4. Read through the licensing FAQs and license agreement. If you agree to the terms of the license agreement, click "I accept the agreement". Then click “Next”.

 

5. You will now need to select an installation destination for the VST plug-in version of Omnisphere on the computer. The default location is:

C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins

If you would like to change where the plug-in is installed, click “Browse” and select an alternated installation destination. The RTAS version of Omnisphere is automatically installed during the installation for all users to:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Digidesign\DAE\Plug-ins

NOTE: If you only use Pro Tools, use the default installation destination for the VST plug-in (C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins). Click “Next” to continue.

 

6. Verify that the VST plug-in installation destination choice is correct and then click “Install”.

 

7. The Omnisphere plug-ins will now be installed.

 

8. Once the plug-in installation has completed, it will now be time to install the Omnisphere Core Library files. Click “Next to continue

 

9. Now select where to install the Omnisphere large sound library files. You will need 50GB of free hard drive space to install the data on all 6 discs. You must install every disc to the same location on your computer. The default installation destination is to the startup hard drive. If you would like to choose a custom install location to an external hard drive, select “Browse” and select a new installation location. That same location will need to be selected when installing the following discs. When ready to proceed, click “Next”.

 

NOTE: FAT32 formatted drives cannot be used to store the STEAM data (because some STEAM files are larger than 4 GB). If you are not sure, open Windows Explorer, and find the drive (for example, "D:\") then right-click on the drive and selecte "Properties", and the properties window will display either NTFS (acceptable for STEAM) or FAT32 (not acceptable).

 

10. Verify the install destination for the Omnisphere Core Library files then choose “Install”.

 

11. The Omnisphere Core Library files will now be installed. Please be patient as this process can take up to 45 minutes. When the installation has completed, please insert the next disc in the installation process.

 

INSTALLING DISC 2 - 6

The following instructions apply to Disc 2 through 6.

 

12. Insert Omnisphere Disc 2 into the computer ’s optical disc drive. Double click “My Computer”. Double-click the disc drive to view its contents and open the folder called “Windows”.

 

13. Double-click setup.exe to begin the installation of Omnisphere.

 

14. After reading the Introduction, click "Next".

 

15. Read through the licensing FAQs and license agreement. If you agree to terms of the license agreement, click "I accept the agreement". Then click “Next”.

 

16. Now select the same installation destination (the STEAM folder) for the Omnisphere large sound library files as was selected for Disc 1. You cannot install the discs to different installation destinations. Then click “Next”.

 

17. Verify the installation destination matches the same installation destination from Disc 1 for the Omnisphere large sound library files then click “Install”.

 

18. The Omnisphere Core Library files will now be installed. Please be patient as this process can take up to 45 minutes. When the installation has completed, please insert the next disc in the installation process. Install Disc 3 through 6 just as Disc 2 was installed.

 

When all six discs have been installed, the installation is complete! It’s now time to open Omnisphere in your host sequencer and authorize it.

 

Please consult the Authorization section for assistance with authorizing Omnisphere.