Omnisphere 3 Hardware Guide

Setting Up the SMC-Mixer

M-VAVE SMC-MIXER

When using the M-Vave SMC-Mixer to control Omnisphere, the knobs and sliders on the SMC-Mixer are assigned to the following Omnisphere parameters:

  • Knob 1 (CC#30) – Global Controls Cutoff
  • Knob 2 (CC#31) – Global Controls Resonance
  • Knob 3 (CC#32) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Amount
  • Knob 4 (CC#33) – Global Controls Vibrato Depth
  • Knob 5 (CC#34) – Global Controls Ambience Depth
  • Knob 6 (CC#35) – Global Controls Ambience Length
  • Knob 7 (CC#36) – Global Controls Unison
  • Knob 8 (CC#37) – Global Controls Glide
  • Slider 1 (CC#40) – Global Controls Amp Envelope Attack
  • Slider 2 (CC#41) – Global Controls Amp Envelope Decay
  • Slider 3 (CC#42) – Global Controls Amp Envelope Sustain
  • Slider 4 (CC#43) – Global Controls Amp Envelope Release
  • Slider 5 (CC#44) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Attack
  • Slider 6 (CC#45) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Decay
  • Slider 7 (CC#46) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Sustain
  • Slider 8 (CC#47) – Global Controls Filter Envelope Release
  • Up Arrow Button (CC#59) – Browser Up / Previous Patch
  • Down Arrow Button (CC#60) – Browser Down / Next Patch

Setup

To control Omnisphere using the SMC-Mixer, you’ll need to do the following:

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

SMC-MIXER SETUP
Omnisphere relies on the default settings of the SMC-Mixer while in “CC# Mode” for external.

  • You can quickly activate “CC# Mode” by holding down the [SHIFT] button and the [ > ] button (found in the bottom right corner of the SMC-Mixer). CC# Mode is active while the [ > ] button is illuminated.

HOST CONNECTION

  • Open your host (DAW, Standalone, etc.) and make sure the SMC-Mixer 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-Vave > M-Vave SMC-Mixer” to activate the SMC-Mixer hardware profile.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Not working? Here are some things to try:

  • Is your DAW receiving MIDI from the SMC-Mixer?
  • Make sure your DAW is configured to correctly route the MIDI output of the SMC-Mixer 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 SMC-Mixer matches the MIDI channel of the Omnisphere Part you want to control.
  • Are the knobs and sliders on the SMC-Mixer sending the correct MIDI CC# messages to control Omnisphere? Please see the list at the top of the page for the correct MIDI CC# numbers. If you need to reassign any MIDI CC# numbers for the knobs and sliders you can do so by using M-Vave’s MidiSuite editor application.

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