Could a virtual version of the ARP Omni be possible?

yes it is , but , i have to ask why anyone would want one ? not to cut down your fave old nostalgic sentimental synth but the omni dosent do very much . if you get the softwere called TASSMAN you could build it for your self as a patch.

there is a softsynth of the arp odessy they call it the oddity tho

I know, I was just curious that's all. I could also find CD-ROM samples of it as well. Besides I have an orignal omni anyways, so it wouldn't make much sense too have a virtual one then.

Yes, the string synth doesn't do much.
Yes there will be people, who wouldn't use one.
Yes there are CD ROMs.

And even then a software version of an OMNI (or something similar) should be made. It's just a matter of time before it happens. Comparing to something like an Odyssey an OMNI doesn't do much, but it DOES have it's own unique sound and possibilities. By the same token the B3 organ and a Mellotron can't even be called synths, but that doesn't stop people from using them and their software equivalents.
There are people who will appreciate a soft string synth. I am one of them.

-ED-



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i have the gigasampler version of the mellotron its got this 1 really cool sound.

maybe you should start a library of your omni. i have a small sample collection of my korg delta , kinda simaler synths maybe we could do some tradeing if you have any use for samples

you should look into tassman or reactor , their both makes of those virtual modulars you were talking about in the other thread you can build a synth from the inside out . add one component at a time, you could easily recreate an omni with eather one of them , as long as you know the correct number of oscillators and voices and add all the improvements you wish it had of course it wont look like an omni

Actually the omni can do more then just synth and string sounds. You can even do a piano, harpsichord and brass. Problem is, is that I don't have patch sheets to re-create these sounds, and I don't have an owners manual.


Well I just figured that since the Hammond B3 has been done as well as the Mellotron, and even the Vox Continental, whay not a string synth?

=With all the digital stuff available (hardware or software) you can only fake the sound and the response of a real string synth. There's NO way you'll get the envelopes to work in the same way they work on a real string synth. Well, that and other things.

B3 and Mellotron are BIG brand names that were used by major bands. Groove box kids will go for them mostly because of that.
B3 and Mellotron sounds were heavily used in old "Trance", "House" and "Trip-
hop" as well. They are market buzzwords.

Why not string synth?
It never became a "classic" for most people. In fact most people don't even listen to
"Tangerine Dream". When they think of the 70s the think of like ..."The Eagles".
Hence - B3...
It is possible to make and sell a soft OMNI. It's just a matter of marketing. For
example the FM7 by Native Instruments wouldn't really sell if it offered only what the original DX7 did. It's the new features (like improved FM, multiple filter types, flexible use of LFOs and LFO syncing as well as sample import, FX etc ) that made most kids run out and buy one.
So if a soft OMNI was advertised (and made ) as a killer Pad keys, and bass unit with all the bells and whistles, it will do well on the market. I think it's just a matter of time. Soft synth makers will eventually look for ideas besides fake Mellotrons, Wurly Rhodes, B3s and whatever else rocks the market nowadays. Soft string synth is just a matterof time.

-ED-

Thanks ed! In the meantime I'll just stick with my orignal omni. Some point I will have too get those two dead keys fixed. Also how to re-create the piano, harpsichord, and brass sounds.

Hey Paul,
E-mail me the list of parameters available on the front panel of your OMNI and I will tell you how to make those piano, harpsichord and brass sounds. It should be easy.

-ED-

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