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GLOSSARYOFTERMS
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AudioUnit
AppleintroducedtheAudioUnit(AU)pluginspecificationinMacOSX.Sincethisplugin
standardisnativetoOSXandnottoanyspecifichostorplatform(likeTDMorVST)Apple
hasencouragedcompaniestoadoptitasastandardforallMacaudioapplications.Althoughit
isnotcrossplatform,manyhostapplicationslikeLogic,GarageBand,DigitalPerformer,
AbeltonLiveandothershaveadoptedtheAudioUnitpluginstandard.
AU
AbbreviationforAudioUnit
AUXSend
AnalternatevariableaudiooutputusedtosendasignaltoadedicatedFXrackforadditional
FXprocessing.InOmnisphere,therearefourAUXSendsperPartontheMixerPage.They
routeaudiotocorrespondingAUXFXracks.Forexample,AuxSendknob1routesaudioto
AUXFXrack1,etc.AUXSendknobscontrolthevolumesenttotheAUXFXracks.
AUXReturn
AnAUXReturnroutesaudiofromanAUXFXRackdirectlytoOutputAtheMasterFader.
Automation
AsyoumanipulatecontrolsontheOmnisphereinterface,thehost'sautomationrecordsthese
movementsandplaysthemback.Theserecordedmovementscanalsobeeditedfrominside
thehostapplication.Youmayalsouseahardwarecontrolsurfacetomanipulatesomeof
Omnisphere'sparametersaswell.
Bar
Averticallineonamusicalstaffthatindicatesthebeginningorendofameasure.Synonymous
withmeasure.
Bipolarcontrol
Thiskindofcontrolhasmorethanonefunctionwithinitsmovementrange.Usually,thereisa
centerdetentpositionwherethecontrolisoff.Movingonedirectionfromthedetentposition
activatesonefunctionandmovingtheotherwayfromthedetentpositionactivatesadifferent
function.TheMasterFilterontheEditPageisanexampleofthis:inthecenterposition,the
filterisoff.MovingtheslidertotheleftofthecenterdetentpositionactivatesaLowPass
Filter.MovingthesameslidertotherightofthecenterdetentactivatesaHighPassFilter.
Browser
Thedynamic,searchableareaofOmnispherethatoffersaccesstotheCoreLibraryof
Soundsources,PatchesandMultis.
Buss
Apathwhichroutesaudiofromoneormoresourcestoaparticulardestination.
Bypass
DisengaginganFXUnitsothatitnolongeraffectstheaudio.DoingthissavesCPUpower.
Clone
ToduplicateUsedinMIDIlearnterminology.DuplicatesthecurrentsetofMIDILearn
parametersfromPart1toParts28.Thisisagreattimesaverwhensettingupanexternal
hardwareMIDIcontroller.YoucansetupPart1withalltheMIDILearnparametersyoulike,
thenclonePartonetoalltheotherParts.More...
Cycle
OneCyclehasbeencompletedwhensomethingrunsfromitsstartpointtoitsendpoint.This
canrefertothingslikegroovesorLFOwaveforms.
Column
AverticallistofavailablechoicesintheBrowser.Omnisphere'sColumnscanbechangedtolist
avarietyofAttributes.
Compressor/Limiter
Adeviceforreducingtheeffectivedynamicrangeofaninputsignalbypreventingitfrom
rapidlyexceedingorfallingbelowaselectedamplitudethreshold.Thefirstpartofa
compander,itisusedtomakeloudpartsofasignalsofterandsoftpartslouder.Beyondthe