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Omnisphere Ylem by Gahrn Audio - REVIEW
Omnisphere Ylem is a collection of 50 dark,
atmospheric textures for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 aimed at ambient and
experimental film and game music.
The soundset features:
25 Textures Playable
25 Textures Soundscape
Omnisphere Ylem is available for € 14.00 (incl. VAT). You can download a demo pack of patches from the collection for free.
Omnisphere Ylem requires Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 version 2.3.2 or higher.
The soundset features:
25 Textures Playable
25 Textures Soundscape
Omnisphere Ylem is available for € 14.00 (incl. VAT). You can download a demo pack of patches from the collection for free.
Omnisphere Ylem requires Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 version 2.3.2 or higher.
REVIEW
A while ago I reviewed Omnisphere Ylem II
created by Gahrn Audio,
a sound design company owned and operated by composer, producer, and sound
designer Claus Gahrn. Just like Ylem II it has a collection of 50 dark,
atmospheric textures for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 created for ambient,
experimental film and game music. The
fact that I was going backwards and reviewing a part one soundset after reviewing the second soundset in the Ylem series was a little worrisome. Certainly part 2 had to be
better right? Maybe and maybe not. Ylem contains 2 categories 'textures
playable' and 'textures soundscapes' just like it's brother Ylem II. The textures in Ylem are powerful, dripping with dark emotions. I encourage everyone to put a pair of headphones on and listen to the textures in the video patch walk-through I created below. If you own Ylem II, you need the original Ylem, I believe these two soundsets work in conjunction with each other as a perfect pair.
The textures in Omnisphere Ylem are ominous, haunting, and mysterious. If you are scoring a horror, sci-fi, or suspenseful film, this would make an essential addition to your composing underscore arsenal. Gahrn Audio has created Ylem with a modern complexity of atmospheric utopia. Ylem also contains some demo patches you can try before you buy it but at this price point of €14.00 (incl. VAT) I would say it isn't necessary. You can listen to all the patches in the video below and this should convince anyone this soundset is worth its weight in sound design gold. So, the bottom line is GarhnAudio's Ylem is out of this word and
deserves a spot in anyone’s Omnisphere 2 third party library collection and earns a 5 out of 5 stars!
Monday, June 25, 2018
ESC PluginGuru Tribute Library -Omnisphere 2- REVIEW
When I heard there was a group of
programmers called the ESC (European Sound Collective) that created a tribute
library for the legendary PluginGuru (John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl) who started sound
designing in the late 80's, I got really excited. John Lehmkuhl has put a lot
of work in teaching his talents to others. He has done music, sound
rhythm and remix programming for many top musicians like Hans Zimmer, James
Newton Howard, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kenny Loggins, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna,
Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston, and Richard Marx- just to name a few.
The ESC group decided they were going to thank John and
build a new Omnisphere 2 Soundset Library as a Tribute to sound designing
master PluginGuru. The ESC is a collective of incredible sound designers and
composers.
Even though there are more than 16 members currently part
of the ESC, these are the names of the 16 who contributed to this library:
Burny Huber (Holland), Gareth Adonai (Germany), Tim Dale (Wales), Wolfgang
Stindl aka Ikarus (Austria), Florian Gerger aka Clark Parker (Germany), Harald
Geyer (Germany), Jan Bakker (Belgium), Henrik J. Larsen aka JX3D (Danmark),
Darius Jambor aka Wizmos (Poland), Marcel Krapels aka Prikwol (Holland), Anton
Anru (Russia), Stephan Baer(Zwitzerland), Marius Janssen (Germany), Henrik
Johanson aka Henky, Airwave aka Laurent Veronnez, Adam Henderson aka Caxa.
The library consists of 250 patches with
50 sound sources and requires Omnisphere 2.1 or later.
REVIEW
To be honest, I wanted this library so
badly to live up to its name. However, I approached it with a neutral unbiased
approach. Even though I was a huge fan of John the PluginGuru, I wondered if
the sound designers could really produce a worthy tribute and pull this off.
With fingers crossed I unzipped the file, imported it into Omnisphere 2, and
took a deep breath. I knew damn well this was going to be a long session. No
matter how long it took I was going to sit there and audition every patch in
this library. Next to me, I had a pot of coffee brewed and my monitors turned
up. I began with first folder ARP+BPM and holy cow did it hit me, this is
sounding powerful, but will it stay strong. Folder after folder I played and
when I landed in the Pads+Strings folder I almost choked on my coffee. The
patches were so lush, full and rich with emotional character that I didn't want
to stop playing them. The production level of this library is top notch and
obviously has been developed with the PluginGuru standards.
This is an absolute astonishing tribute that really showcases these sound designer’s talents. I can't wait to see what the ESC releases next, I'm sure it will be a tour de force. It must feel great to have sixteen Luke Skywalkers show off their jedi sound design skills to the great Obi Wan Kenobi. Sorry for the Star Wars pun but I couldn't help but think what a great gift to receive from such talented individuals who have learned something from John's Youtube videos. I feel this library is worth so much more than its regular price point. It not only contains a huge amount of stunning material, but it offers patches that can be used in all kinds of genres of music. Everything from killer vintage synth sounds to modern scoring textures, you'll find it here. Another part of the library I really liked was that it contains 50 new sound sources which is a combination of 100% original and some are from other PlugInGuru Sample libraries (Del Norte EDM / MegaMagic: Viola / MegaMagic: Pads, and more.
If you want to hear every patch in this library, I recorded a video below that is over 2 hours and 48 minutes long auditioning every patch. This is a tribute library that really lives up to its name and is not an Omnisphere library you should think twice about buying.
5 out of 5 stars!!
This is an absolute astonishing tribute that really showcases these sound designer’s talents. I can't wait to see what the ESC releases next, I'm sure it will be a tour de force. It must feel great to have sixteen Luke Skywalkers show off their jedi sound design skills to the great Obi Wan Kenobi. Sorry for the Star Wars pun but I couldn't help but think what a great gift to receive from such talented individuals who have learned something from John's Youtube videos. I feel this library is worth so much more than its regular price point. It not only contains a huge amount of stunning material, but it offers patches that can be used in all kinds of genres of music. Everything from killer vintage synth sounds to modern scoring textures, you'll find it here. Another part of the library I really liked was that it contains 50 new sound sources which is a combination of 100% original and some are from other PlugInGuru Sample libraries (Del Norte EDM / MegaMagic: Viola / MegaMagic: Pads, and more.
If you want to hear every patch in this library, I recorded a video below that is over 2 hours and 48 minutes long auditioning every patch. This is a tribute library that really lives up to its name and is not an Omnisphere library you should think twice about buying.
5 out of 5 stars!!
Monday, June 18, 2018
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Lightless for OMNISPHERE 2 by String Audio - REVIEW !
STRING
AUDIO legendary samples and sound design skills meet award-winning
Omnisphere 2 virtual instrument, the result is an incredible library of
hybrid, organic signature patches, and multis that will bring a whole
new palette of sounds colors in your music productions.
ALL patches and multis contained in LIGHTless have been created using the brand new original sample content produced and recorded by String Audio exclusively for Omnisphere 2. All incredible power offered by the STEAM engine, including his synthesis capabilities, Orb engine, and modulations options has been implemented to create state of the art patches and multis.
Sounds range is extremely wide, ranging from dark deep and distorted drones and textures to delicate and evocative pads and keys, with also a vast array of pulses and percussive patches and multis.
LIGHTless is a must-have library for the modern film, game and TV composer that want to bring to a new level his musical and sound design projects.
Content Description
Require Omisphere 2.3 or above (sold separately by Spectrasonics).
ALL patches and multis contained in LIGHTless have been created using the brand new original sample content produced and recorded by String Audio exclusively for Omnisphere 2. All incredible power offered by the STEAM engine, including his synthesis capabilities, Orb engine, and modulations options has been implemented to create state of the art patches and multis.
Sounds range is extremely wide, ranging from dark deep and distorted drones and textures to delicate and evocative pads and keys, with also a vast array of pulses and percussive patches and multis.
LIGHTless is a must-have library for the modern film, game and TV composer that want to bring to a new level his musical and sound design projects.
Content Description
- 2.4 GB of brand new String Audio signature samples exclusively produced for Omnisphere 2
- 331 Soundsources
- 332 Patches
- 106 Multis
- 1 click easy installation
Require Omisphere 2.3 or above (sold separately by Spectrasonics).
Review:
A Powerful addition to your Omnisphere 2 libraries. The multi instruments are incredible layered with dark inspiration. I could not stop playing this instrument and created some enormous tracks in a really fast time. Just like the Dark Matter and Alchemist series for Kontakt I must say this is a must have for any Omnisphere 2 user!!
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