Eerie processed pianos? In forward or backward flavors, thank you (or both at once!) The saddest choirs you've ever heard have reported for duty as well (Spectrasonics guru Eric Persing credits no less than four different choirs in the manual!). Wisply, windy, delicate bell creations? Tons of 'em. Ever pine for those spine tingling sub-bass THUNG blockbuster hits? They're here, in the world's widest stereo. Omnisphere is brimming with epic-film-score-ready patches, made to blow folks backward at the theatre. Once up and running, you select a preset and say 'wow'. It's relatively easy, and thankfully doesn't require pesky USB dongles (someone outta release a 28-port USB hub to accommodate this kind of nonsense!). You then paste this into the plug-in window, remove the plug, re-instatiate it and you're off. Your web browser is launched, you cut and paste the challenge code and serial number, and a response code is generated.

The first time Omnisphere is launched, it prompts you with a challenge/response authorization.

The install discs contain movies that guide you through the installation, and though they warn that it may take several hours to install (!), each disc took just under fifteen minutes on my Mac G5 dual 2 gHz machine. Firstly, the Omnisphere package includes six DVD's the first disc contains the plug-in (Omnisphere supports Audio Units, VST and RTAS on the Mac side, and VST and RTAS for Windows XP and Vista), and all six discs contain the huge sample library.

Omnisphere team air challenge code