When using the M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro to control Omnisphere, the knobs and buttons on the Hammer 88 Pro are assigned to the following Omnisphere parameters:
- Knob 1 (CC#44) – Global Controls Cutoff
- Knob 2 (CC#45) – Global Controls Resonance
- Knob 3 (CC#46) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Amount
- Knob 4 (CC#47) – Global Controls Vibrato Depth
- Knob 5 (CC#62) – Global Controls Ambience Amount
- Knob 6 (CC#63) – Global Controls Ambience Length
- Knob 7 (CC#75) – Global Controls Unison
- Knob 8 (CC#76) – Global Controls Glide
- Bottom [ > ] Button (CC#108) – Browser Down / Next Patch
- Top [ > ] Button (CC#107) – Browser Up / Previous Patch
Setup
To control Omnisphere using the Hammer 88 Pro, you’ll need to do the following:
- Connect the Hammer 88 Pro to your computer via USB.
- Set up the Hammer 88 Pro to control Omnisphere.
- Enable the Hammer 88 Pro as a MIDI input device in the host software you’re using (DAW, Standalone, etc.).
- Activate the Hammer 88 Pro Hardware Profile in Omnisphere 3 or later.
HAMMER 88 PRO SETUP
Omnisphere relies on the factory default settings of Preset 16 while in Preset Mode on the Hammer 88 Pro for external control.
- Activate Preset mode by pressing the [DAW/ PRESET] button until the [DAW/PRESET] button is dark / dimmed — this indicates that the Hammer 88 Pro is in Preset mode.
- Lastly, activate Preset 16 by using the scroll encoder to scroll through the various presets until you see Preset 16 displayed.
HOST CONNECTION
- Open your host (DAW, Standalone, etc.) and make sure the Hammer 88 Pro is enabled as a MIDI input device.
OMNISPHERE SETUP
- Open Omnisphere and from the header, select the HW menu button.
- From the drop-down menu, select “M-Audio > M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro” to activate the Hammer 88 Pro hardware profile.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Not working? Here are some things to try:
- Is your DAW receiving MIDI from the Hammer 88 Pro?
- Make sure your DAW is configured to correctly route the MIDI output of the Hammer 88 Pro to the MIDI channel assigned to the desired part in Omnisphere.
- If you are using the Omnisphere standalone host, make sure the MIDI output channel of the Hammer 88 Pro matches the MIDI channel of the Omnisphere Part you want to control.
- Are the knobs on the Hammer 88 Pro sending the correct MIDI CC messages? A simple way to check this is by using MIDI Monitor by Snoize or go into Edit mode on the Hammer 88 Pro by holding [SHIFT] and press the [DAW/ PRESET] button and then checking the MIDI CC assignments for each knob. See the list at the top of the page for the correct MIDI CC#s.
NOTE: If you need to change the MIDI CC#s of the knobs on the Hammer 88 Pro, you can either edit the preset on the Hammer 88 Pro directly or use the M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro Preset Editor application to either restore Preset 12 or manually reconfigure the preset to match the MIDI CC#s listed above.
SUPPORT
Still not working? More questions?
Feel free to contact us directly and we can work with you:
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