Spectrasonics Omnisphere 3

Omnisphere 3 is Spectrasonics’ flagship software synthesizer, combining DSP and sample-based soundsources with a factory library of over 41,000 sounds. It is for producers, composers and sound designers who want deep synthesis and a wide range of ready-made patches. It runs standalone or as a VST3, VST2, AU or AAX plugin on Windows 10 or higher and macOS 13 Ventura or higher.

What is Omnisphere?

Omnisphere is Spectrasonics’ main synth. Version 3, announced in October 2025, replaces Omnisphere 2 as the current version. Each patch can use up to 20 oscillators, and each one can be DSP or sample-based.

What’s new in Omnisphere 3

• Quadzone synthesis and new wavetables
• Over 35 new filter types (nearly 70 filter algorithms in total) and circuit-modelled saturation
• A polyphonic dual frequency shifter, oscillator drift, unison phase scatter, classic glide modes and full MPE support
• 35 new FX units (over 90 in total) and the Omnisphere FX Rack plugin for using the effects in your DAW
• Adaptive Global Controls, Patch Mutations and a redesigned browser
• Over 300 new hardware profiles and nearly 20 new factory libraries

Key features

• Granular synthesis, wavetables and FM/ring modulation
• Flex-Mod matrix with nearly 50 slots, eight LFOs and twelve envelopes per patch
• Arpeggiator, Live and Stack modes, Flow Capture, Sound Match, Sound Lock and the ORB
• Up to four audio-import soundsources per patch, and eight patches per multi
• Standalone version with recording

What’s included

• Over 41,000 sounds in total
• Nearly 20 new factory libraries with over 26,000 patches
• Over 600 DSP waveforms for the synth oscillator
• The Omnisphere FX Rack plugin (AU, VST, AAX)

Omnisphere 3 vs Omnisphere 2

Omnisphere 3 replaces Omnisphere 2. The new features above are the main changes, and the minimum macOS rises to macOS 13 Ventura. The library takes no more drive space than Omnisphere 2’s. Spectrasonics says owners of Omnisphere 1 and 2 are eligible for its Omnisphere 3 upgrade.

System requirements

• Windows: Windows 10 or higher
• macOS: macOS 13 Ventura or higher; Intel and Apple Silicon native
• CPU: 2.4 GHz or higher
• RAM: 8 GB, 16 GB or more recommended
• Disk: around 65 GB of free space; the full library must be installed
• Host: 64-bit VST3, VST2, AU (Mac) or AAX, or use it standalone

Keyscape and Trilian (sold separately) can run inside it. See more synth plugins or all Spectrasonics instruments.