Do Omnisphere 2 presets load "instantly" with an SSD?
- KVRist
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- 63 posts since 12 Jul, 2015
Title says it all.
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The only complaint I have about the newer Spectrasonics products is that loading presets is agonizingly slow, and for no reason that is apparent to me. That is, even presets that don't involve loading any samples take several seconds to load on my system, whereas Atmosphere and Trilogy could load the exact same presets more or less instantly. I don't really mind that much, and I know I should upgrade to an SSD anyway, but if I could justify a new SSD based on instant Omnisphere 1/2 and Trilian loading, I would feel a lot better.
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The only complaint I have about the newer Spectrasonics products is that loading presets is agonizingly slow, and for no reason that is apparent to me. That is, even presets that don't involve loading any samples take several seconds to load on my system, whereas Atmosphere and Trilogy could load the exact same presets more or less instantly. I don't really mind that much, and I know I should upgrade to an SSD anyway, but if I could justify a new SSD based on instant Omnisphere 1/2 and Trilian loading, I would feel a lot better.
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- KVRian
- 905 posts since 1 Mar, 2007
It's totally worth it imo. It's much faster and feels instant. I haven't gone through the fingered bass and stuff like that in Omni 2 yet, but in Omni 1 those could take a while on HDD. When I bought an SDD and put Omni 1 on it, it was a huge breath of fresh air and made the experience much more enjoyable. Much quicker. I use the arrow keys on my keyboard to scroll through presets btw and I can do it really fast, testing out/looking for a specific sound fyi. SDDs are worth it for music. It's better than a new softsynth Don't hesitate, you'll thank yourself later.
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- KVRAF
- 5716 posts since 8 Jun, 2009
I can't compare directly because I never bothered timing it before swapping in an SSD but on a 2009 Mac Pro with SATA2 - so not a speed demon compared to something on a PCI bus or SATA3 – it is pretty snappy. The 200MB guitar libraries typically load in under a second. Smaller ones are more or less instant. Scrolling down the list (which I normally never do) just now just to check, the green complete sign is coming up straightaway on the patches I've tried.
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 63 posts since 12 Jul, 2015
Yes, I miss being able to click through presets in under a second like I could with Atmosphere so many years ago. I was just afraid that the STEAM database thing or whatever it is would be slow even with ultra fast SSD disk read times. Sounds like that's not true though. Thanks!
- KVRAF
- 3466 posts since 24 Oct, 2000 from A Swede Living in Budapest
I got an SSD and it sure is snappy. But with Omni 2 running the 64 bit version also speeds up things. That version doesn't wait for the samples to load entirely, but you can start playing while it's still loading. So a combo of 64 bit plugin and SSD will make things much faster for you.andrew732 wrote:Title says it all.
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The only complaint I have about the newer Spectrasonics products is that loading presets is agonizingly slow, and for no reason that is apparent to me. That is, even presets that don't involve loading any samples take several seconds to load on my system, whereas Atmosphere and Trilogy could load the exact same presets more or less instantly. I don't really mind that much, and I know I should upgrade to an SSD anyway, but if I could justify a new SSD based on instant Omnisphere 1/2 and Trilian loading, I would feel a lot better.
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- KVRAF
- 11053 posts since 12 May, 2008
Yes I've had both. Used to have Omni on my regular internal HD (macbook pro), but since upgrading to an SSD it's nice and fast. Every patch loads in under a second it seems. Some trilian patches are a bit slower but way better than with HD.
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- KVRian
- 835 posts since 28 Apr, 2014 from Texas
Its not instant here with an 850 Pro, but its in under a second most of the time.
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- KVRian
- 1105 posts since 31 Dec, 2006 from the hills above beautiful Boise, Idaho
I have a 100% SSD DAW (4 TB of SSD's) and Omni does load much faster with the SSD's, but it is definitely not instantaneous. The larger Trillian samples though, are still slow unfortunately.
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- KVRian
- 1351 posts since 30 Mar, 2011
For me a SSD is a must when working with samples/sample based stuff.andrew732 wrote:Yes, I miss being able to click through presets in under a second like I could with Atmosphere so many years ago. I was just afraid that the STEAM database thing or whatever it is would be slow even with ultra fast SSD disk read times. Sounds like that's not true though. Thanks!
After I upgraded my system with a SSD I though I had bought a whole new computer.
Once you worked with a SSD, you won't ever go back buying a computer with just HDs.