Omnisphere 3 Hardware Guide

Setting Up the M50

When using the Korg M50 to control Omnisphere, the following knobs on the M50 are assigned to the following Omnisphere parameters:

External bank 1:

  • Knob 1 (CC#08) – Global Controls Cutoff
  • Knob 2 (CC#71) – Global Controls Resonance
  • Knob 3 (CC#74) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Amount
  • Knob 4 (CC#79) – Global Controls Vibrato Depth

External bank 2:

  • Knob 5 (CC#73) – Global Controls Ambience Depth
  • Knob 6 (CC#75) – Global Controls Ambience Length
  • Knob 7 (CC#72) – Global Controls Unison
  • Knob 8 (CC#91) – Global Controls Glide

Setup

To control Omnisphere using the M50, you’ll need to do the following:

  1. Connect the M50 to your computer’s MIDI interface.
  2. Set up the M50 to control Omnisphere.
  3. Enable the M50 as a MIDI input device in the host software you’re using (DAW, Standalone, etc.).
  4. Activate the M50 Hardware Profile in Omnisphere 3 or later.

M50 SETUP

Omnisphere relies on the default settings of the External Setup named “000: KLC M1” for external control.
Please go through the following steps to activate External Setup KLC M1 on the M50:

  • First, press the [PROG] button, and then press the [EXTERNAL] button (located near the 4 knobs).
  • Access the “Prog P0: Play – Control Surface” page then choose “Setup (Setup Select).”
  • Choose the first preset named “000: KLC M1.”

HOST CONNECTION

Open your host (DAW, Standalone, etc.) and make sure the M50 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 “Korg > Korg M50” to activate the M50 hardware profile.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Not working? Here are some things to try:

  • Is your DAW receiving MIDI from the M50?
  • Make sure your DAW is configured to correctly route the MIDI output of the M50 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 on the M50 matches the MIDI channel of the Omnisphere Part you want to control.
  • Are the M50 knobs sending the default MIDI CC messages? You can check this navigating back to the “Prog P0: Play” > “Control Surface” page and reviewing the MIDI CC assignments for each knob.

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