Omnisphere 3 Hardware Guide

Setting Up the SP5-8

When using the Kurzweil SP5-8 to control Omnisphere, the sliders on the SP5-8 will be assigned to the following Omnisphere parameters:

Bank 1:

  • Slider 1 (CC#14) – Global Controls Cutoff
  • Slider 2 (CC#15) – Global Controls Resonance
  • Slider 3 (CC#16) – Global Controls Vibrato Depth
  • Slider 4 (CC#17) – Global Controls Ambience Amount
  • Slider 5 (CC#18) – Global Controls Glide

Setup

To control Omnisphere using the SP5-8, you’ll need to do the following:

  1. Connect the SP5-8 to your computer’s MIDI interface.
  2. Set up the SP5-8 to control Omnisphere.
  3. Enable the SP5-8 as a MIDI input device in the host software you’re using (DAW, Standalone, etc.).
  4. Activate the SP5-8 Hardware Profile in Omnisphere 3 or later.

SP5-8 SETUP

Omnisphere relies on the default settings of Control Setup #126 named “Internal Voices” for external control.

  • To activate Setup 126, please press the [Setup] button, press the [KeyPad] Category button and then type in 126 on the numerical buttons, then press the [Enter] button.
  • Make sure the SP5-8 is sending MIDI out by pressing the [Setup Edit] button and the “Dest” (Destination) parameter is set to “MIDI.”
  • Once the MIDI output has been set, exit Setup Edit mode and enter Program mode by pressing the [Program] button.

HOST CONNECTION

  • Open your host (DAW, Standalone, etc.) and make sure the SP5-8 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 SP5-8” to activate the SP5-8 hardware profile.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Not working? Here are some things to try:

  • Is your DAW receiving MIDI from the SP5-8?
  • Make sure your DAW is configured to correctly route the MIDI output of the SP5-8 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 SP5-8 matches the MIDI channel of the Omnisphere Part you want to control.
  • Are the sliders on the SP5-8 sending the correct MIDI CC messages used to control Omnisphere? A quick way to check is to press the [Setup Edit] button, hold [Select] and move one slider at a time. The display will show what the “Ctrl Num” (a.k.a. MIDI CC#) is assigned to that slider. See the list at the top of the page for the correct MIDI CC#s.

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