Omnisphere 3 Hardware Guide

Setting Up the PC88

When using the Kurzweil PC88 to control Omnisphere, the knobs on the PC88 will be assigned to the following Omnisphere parameters:

  • Knob 1 (CC#91) – Global Controls Cutoff
  • Knob 2 (CC#93) – Global Controls Ambience Amount
  • Knob 3 (CC#04) – Global Controls Vibrato Depth
  • Knob 4 (CC#72) – Global Controls Glide

Setup

To control Omnisphere using the PC88, you’ll need to do the following:

  1. Connect the PC88 to your computer’s MIDI interface.
  2. Set up the PC88 to control Omnisphere.
  3. Enable the PC88 as a MIDI input device in the host software you’re using (DAW, Standalone, etc.).
  4. Activate the PC88 Hardware Profile in Omnisphere 3 or later.

PC88 SETUP

Omnisphere relies on the default settings of “Internal Voices” mode for external control.

  • You can activate Internal Voices mode by pressing the [INTERNAL VOICES] button, then load an empty Program.
  • Make sure the PC88 is sending MIDI out by pressing the [MIDI Transmit] button and set the “Dest” (aka Destination) parameter to “MIDI.”

HOST CONNECTION

  • Open your host (DAW, Standalone, etc.) and make sure the PC88 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 “Kurzweil > Kurzweil PC88” to activate the PC88 hardware profile.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Not working? Here are some things to try:

  • Is your DAW receiving MIDI from the PC88?
  • Make sure your DAW is configured to correctly route the MIDI output of the PC88 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 Zone 1 on the PC88 matches the MIDI channel of the Omnisphere Part you want to control.
  • Are the knobs on the PC88 sending the correct MIDI CC messages used to control Omnisphere? A quick way to check is to hold the [CONTROLLERS] button and move one knob at a time. The display will show what the “Ctrl Num” (a.k.a. MIDI CC#) is assigned to that knob.
    See the list at the top of the page for the correct MIDI CC#s.

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