Omnisphere 3
3.0
  • 3.0
Table of Contents
Omnisphere 3
  • 3.0
    • Omnisphere 3 — 3.0
GrabGrab
GrabGrab
  • Getting Started
    • QuickStart
    • System Requirements
    • Installation
      • USB Drive (Mac)
      • USB Drive (Win)
      • Download (Mac)
      • Download (Win)
      • Re-installing Omnisphere
    • Authorization
      • Authorization Troubleshooting
    • Smart Update
    • Moving the STEAM Directory
    • Omnisphere Standalone
      • Settings
      • Keyboard
      • Fullscreen
      • Tempo and Metronome
      • Flow Capture
  • Concepts
    • STEAM Engine
    • Architecture and Hierarchy
      • Oscillators
        • Sample Mode / Soundsources
        • Synth Mode / DSP
      • Layers
      • Parts and Patches
      • Multis
    • The Header
      • Utility Menu
        • MIDI Learn and Automation
        • Undo / Redo
        • Clear, Save, Copy, and Paste
        • User Audio
        • Share Sounds
        • Install .omnisphere
        • Save as Default Multi
        • Reset Defaults and Preferences
        • Reference Guide
      • Resize Interface
      • Live / Stack / MPE Mode Indicators
      • Hardware Profiles Menu
      • Multi Display
      • Navigation Buttons
      • Master Volume Control
    • Interface Conventions
      • Drop-Down Menus
      • Contextual Menus
      • Up/Down Steppers
      • Zoom Icon Buttons
      • Knobs and Sliders
      • Parameter Values
      • Buttons
      • Switches
      • Indicator Switches
      • Modifier Keys
      • Parameter and Browser Scrolling
    • MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression)
    • MIDI Learn and Automation
      • MIDI Learn Concepts
      • Host Automation
      • MIDI Learn Menus
      • Adaptive MIDI Scaling
    • Performance Optimization
    • Sonic Extensions
    • Omnisphere FX Plug-in
    • Satellite Integration
      • Setup
      • Browsing Sounds
      • Using Satellite Instruments
    • Windows MultiTouch
  • Hardware Integration
    • What is a Hardware Profile?
    • Loading Hardware Profiles
    • Save User Tweaks
    • Link Omnisphere GUI
    • Supported Hardware Devices
  • The Browsers
    • Mini-Browser Overview
      • Browser Header
        • Browser Image
        • Search and Filters View
        • Match
      • Browser Footer
        • Sort Menu
        • Shuffle Button
        • Sound Lock
        • Stepper Arrows
        • Refresh Button
        • Mutate
        • Audition Button / Auto-Play
    • Full Browser Overview
      • Browser Header
      • Browsing Views
      • Results and Info
      • Browser Footer
      • Multi Browser
      • Patch Browser
      • Soundsource Browser
    • Operation
      • Directory Menu
      • Categories
      • Search Field
      • Browser Filters
      • Loading Sounds
      • Auditioning Sounds
      • Boolean Expressions
      • Displaying and Navigating Results
      • Remote Loading of Sounds
      • Marking Sounds
      • Browser Settings
      • Info View
    • Patch Library Descriptions
    • Sound Match
    • Mutations
    • Sound Lock
    • Saving and Managing Sounds
    • Projects
      • Using Projects
    • Ratings
    • Hide Patches
    • Edit Tags
      • Attributes
      • Assignments
      • Reference and Notes
      • Edit Tags Footer
    • Loading Satellite Sounds
    • Loading Third-Party Libraries
  • The Main Page
    • Global Controls
      • Basic Operation
      • Vibrato
      • Filter
      • Envelope
      • Unison
      • Ambience
      • Tone, Effects, and Limiter
    • Layers View
      • Master Filter
    • Voices and Octave
    • Scale
      • Clock Speed
      • Signal Path
      • Latch and Trigger Modes
      • Gain and Headroom
      • Part Level, Mute / Solo
      • Quadzone
        • Zones
        • Fader Mode
        • Notes Mode
        • Velo Mode
        • Loading Soundsources
        • Quadzone Presets
      • Velocity Curve
        • Velocity Curve Zoom
        • Velocity Curve Operation
        • Velocity Curve Presets
      • Solo
      • Glide
        • Glide Zoom
      • Bend
      • Sustain and Expression
      • Importing .tun Files
    • The Orb
      • Dice and Depth
      • Inertia and Attractor
      • Recording
      • Trigger Modes
      • Clear
      • Automation
      • MIDI Learn
      • Orb as Mod Source
    • The Layer Pages
      • Layer Page Basics
        • Selecting, Linking, and Soloing Layers
        • Level, Amp/Gain, and Pan
        • Pitch Controls
      • Modulation
        • Flex-Mod
        • Modulation Sections
        • Modulation Sources
        • Modulation Targets
        • FX Modulation
        • Mod Matrix Zoom
        • Using MPE Sources
        • Morphing Modulation
        • Bias
      • Oscillators
        • Sample Mode
        • Soundsource Zoom
          • Mix
          • Special Articulations
          • Thinning
        • Synth Mode
          • Wavetables
        • Oscillator Zoom
          • Wave
            • Synth Osc
            • Sample Osc
          • Unison
          • Harmonia
            • Main Controls
            • Synth Controls
          • Frequency Modulation
          • Ring Modulation
          • Dual Frequency Shifter
          • Waveshaper
            • Crusher
            • Shaper
            • Reducer
            • Mix / Path / Gain
          • Granular
            • Modes
            • Grain Controls
            • Pitch Controls
      • Filters
        • Presets
        • Cutoff
        • Resonance
        • Key Tracking
        • Envelope Depth
        • Gain
        • Saturation
        • Filter Zoom
          • Power Switches
          • Filter Types
          • Structure
          • Offsets
          • Cutoff
          • Resonance
          • Variant
          • Key Tracking
          • Envelope
      • Envelopes
        • Controls
        • Envelope Zoom
          • Presets
          • Page Buttons
          • Polyphonic
          • Timeline
          • Edit
          • Display
          • Curves Menu
          • Editing Controls
          • Chaos
          • Speed
          • Velocity
          • Depth
          • Trigger
          • Zooming
        • Groove Lock Envelopes
      • LFOs
        • Waveforms
        • Rate
        • Depth
        • Polyphonic
        • Delay
        • Sync
        • Trigger Mode
        • Unipolar Switch
        • Phase
    • User Audio
      • Importing User Audio
        • Files and Directories
      • Loops, Sample Rates, etc.
      • Organizing User Audio Libraries
      • FAQ
    • Sharing
      • Sharing Sounds
      • Sharing Projects
      • Third-Party Guidelines
      • Creating a Library
      • Adding Images to a Library
        • Soundsources
        • Patches
        • Multis
      • Publishing a Library
      • Adding Sounds
    • The FX
      • Architecture and Signal Flow
      • Omnisphere FX Plug-in
        • MIDI Learn and Host Automation in Omnisphere FX
          • Ableton Live MIDI Learn
          • Ableton Live Host Automation
          • Bitwig MIDI Learn
          • Bitwig Host Automation
          • Cubase MIDI Learn
          • Cubase Host Automation
          • Digital Performer MIDI Learn
          • Digital Performer Host Automation
          • FL Studio MIDI Learn
          • FL Studio Host Automation
          • Logic Pro MIDI Learn
          • Logic Pro Host Automation
          • Pro Tools MIDI Learn
          • Pro Tools Host Automation
          • Reaper MIDI Learn
          • Reaper Host Automation
          • Reason MIDI Learn
          • Reason Host Automation
          • Sonar MIDI Learn
          • Sonar Host Automation
          • Studio One MIDI Learn
          • Studio One Host Automation
      • FX Descriptions
      • FX Basics
        • Changing an FX Unit
        • Bypassing an FX Unit
        • Removing an FX Unit
        • Re-ordering FX Units
      • FX Presets
        • FX Presets – Intro
        • Saving FX Presets
        • Copying and Pasting FX
        • Rack Presets
        • Saving Racks
        • Loading Racks
        • Copying and Pasting Racks
      • Dynamics
        • Optical Leveling Amp
        • Multiband Compressor
        • Classic 1176 Limiter
        • 1950s Tube Compressor
        • Solid State Mix Buss
        • Precision Compressor
        • Stomp Comp
        • Gate Expander
        • Legacy Vintage Compressor
        • Legacy Modern Compressor
        • Legacy Tube Limiter
      • EQ
        • Super Channel
        • Vintage British Desk
        • 1970s Class-A Console
        • Classic Tube 2-Band
        • Classic Tube Midband
        • Precision Studio EQ
        • Graphic 7-Band EQ
        • Graphic 12-Band EQ
        • Legacy Vintage 2-Band
        • Legacy Vintage 3-Band
        • Legacy Parametric 2-Band
        • Legacy Parametric 3-Band
      • Color
        • Analog Studio Tape+Console
        • Vintage Enhancer
        • Tube Saturator
        • Tape Slammer
        • Valve Radio
        • Noisemaker
      • Filter
        • Classic Tube Filters
        • Envelope Filter
        • Formant Filter
        • Power Filter
        • Wah-Wah
        • Crying Wah
      • Distortion
        • Mean Machine
        • Tube Overdrive
        • Multiband Distortion
        • Stompbox Modeler
        • Toxic Smasher
        • Metalzone Distortion
        • Flame Distortion
        • Foxxy Fuzz
      • Amplifier
        • Bassman
        • Boutique
        • Brit-Vox
        • Classic Twin
        • Hiwattage
        • Rock Stack
        • San-Z Amp
        • Smoke
        • Thriftshop Speaker
      • Modulation
        • Chorus
          • Chameleon Chorus
          • Unstable Drifter
          • Analog Chorus
          • Solina Ensemble
          • Legacy Ultra Chorus
        • Phasers
          • Analog Phaser
          • Barberpole Phaser
          • Retro Phaser
          • Legacy EZ-Phaser
          • Legacy PRO-Phaser
        • Flangers
          • Analog Flanger
          • Retro Flanger
          • Legacy Flanger
        • Tremolo + Vibrato
          • Analog Vibrato
          • Vintage Tremolo
      • Creative
        • Flip Backward
        • Half Speeder
        • Warp Shifter
        • Ring of Fire
        • Innerspace
        • Quad Resonators
        • Pump-O-Matic
        • Pulsar Split
      • Delay
        • Swiss Army Delay
        • Magnetic Echo
        • Backward Echo
        • Refraction Delay
        • Chorus Echo
        • Legacy BPM Delay
        • Legacy BPM Delay X2
        • Legacy BPM Delay X3
        • Legacy Radio Delay
        • Legacy Retroplex
      • Reverb
        • Super Verb
        • Velvet Verb
        • Solar Shimmer
        • Inversions
        • Spring Verb
        • Legacy PRO-Verb
        • Legacy EZ-Verb
      • Utility
        • Imager
      • Sonic Extensions FX
        • Seismic Pump
        • Seismic Verb
        • Under Fire
        • Under Echo
        • Sky Channel
        • Sky Verb
        • Unclean Channel
        • Unclean Verb
        • Twisted Root
        • Twisted Space
      • Technology Partners
    • Arpeggiator
      • Presets Menu
      • Note Patterns
      • Play Modes
      • Step Modifiers
      • Pattern Programming
      • Functions
      • Octave
      • Range
      • Trigger
      • Clock
      • Length
      • Swing
      • Humanity and Life
      • Velocity
      • Speed
      • Capture
      • Latch
      • Reset
      • Groove Lock
        • Strength and Clear
        • MIDI File Browsing
        • Indicator Dots
    • The Mixer
      • Part Number and MIDI Channel
      • Mute and Solo
      • Output Assignment
      • Patch Name
      • Level and Pan
      • Aux Sends
    • Stack Mode
      • Presets Menu
      • MIDI Channel Menu
      • MIDI CC Menu
      • Grid
      • Operation Modes
        • Notes Mode
        • Velo Mode
        • CC Mode
      • Adding and Removing Parts
      • Moving, Crossfading, and Resizing
      • Patch Browser Access
      • Latch and Trigger Modes
        • Latch Mode
        • Trigger Mode
      • Display Menu
    • Live Mode
      • Selecting Parts
      • Show Menu
      • Re-ordering Parts
      • Mixer Controls
      • Dual Live Mode
      • Mixer and Jumbo Views
      • Latch and Trigger Modes
        • Latch Mode
        • Trigger Mode
      • Previous/Next Arrows
      • Stack Mode Note Regions
      • Settings Zoom
    • System
      • MPE
      • Memory Management
      • Streaming
      • Pitch Options
      • Miscellaneous
      • Modulation
        • MIDI Controller
        • Smoothing
    • Sonic Extensions
      • Extensions
        • Nylon Sky
        • Seismic Shock
        • Unclean Machine
        • Undercurrent
        • Twisted Trees
      • SE Installation
        • Download (Mac)
        • Download (Win)
        • Re-installing Sonic Extensions
      • SE Authorization
        • SE Authorization Troubleshooting
      • Browsing Sounds
      • Custom Controls
      • Scenes
      • Sonic Extension Effects
    • Performing Live with Omnisphere
      • Outputting Omnisphere’s Audio
      • Using a Live Host vs. the Omnisphere Standalone
      • Optimizing Performance
      • Using Live Mode and Stack Mode
      • Remote Loading of Patches and Multis
      • Using Multis
      • Using Hardware Integration Live
      • Computers, Drives, and Hubs
      • Latency
    • Support
    • Glossary
    • Credits
      • Special Thanks
    • Legal
      • Software License Agreement
      • Sounds License Agreement
      • Sampling/Trademark FAQs
      • Copy Protection FAQs
      • Trademarks
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    Utility Menu

    The Utility Menu is located in the upper left-hand corner of the Header and gives you access to some of Omnisphere’s fundamental functionality.

    You can use this menu to:

    • Save Patches and Multis
    • Start a fresh Patch, Multi, or Layer
    • Undo/Redo
    • Import your own audio
    • Share sounds
    • Install sounds shared by others
    • Duplicate Layers and Parts
    • Customize how you would like Omnisphere to start up
    • Clear MIDI Learn and Automation Assignments
    • Save and Load MIDI Templates
    • Show current MIDI Learn and Automation assignments
    • Reset Defaults and Preferences
    • Access this Reference Guide
    The Header
    MIDI Learn and Automation

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