In Summary

With a number of clever problem solvers to move audio from one place to another, OMNIBUS 3.0 is Audiomovers’ virtual patchbay for studios. Here we take a look at what it can do including the new features for version 3.0.

Going Deeper

Point To Point

Back in the days when real gear was the default, studios had choices for connecting it up that were easy enough to understand. Plug the output of one thing into the input of another, and the job was done. This point-to-point way of working did the job in smaller studios, but for a greater number of things whose inputs or outputs needed to be freely swappable, there was the patchbay. In essence, any patchbay - real or virtual - is a common junction for the IO of all devices. That way, connections can be easily made between them in one place.

While real patchbays uses short leads to move audio, the virtual patch ditches the spaghetti for neat point-to-point connections to be made by simple mouse clicks. These can be used to move application audio or hardware interface IO in any combination in any direction. For those using multiple interfaces and/or multiple applications, having this functionality makes life easier.

What Is OMNIBUS 3.0?

Audiomovers OMNIBUS 3.0 is the company’s virtual patchbay for Core Audio on MacOS. This intra-studio tool is contrasted with the multi-device advantages of INJECT within the DAW itself, and LISTENTO’s flow of signal between studios. OMNIBUS 3.0 can of course be used in any combination with them for those who aren’t afraid to supercharge their signal flow across the board.

OMNIBUS 3.0 features four configurable virtual audio devices with up to 256 I/O channels per device. In the video we show how this can be used to pipe audio between any number of applications, with the option for multiple streams between hardware I/O as well.

We also highlight how the new features for V3.0 now make it possible to stream sounds between nearby machines running instances of OMNIBUS 3.0 connected to the same network via AVB or NDI. As well as this, routing configuration recall can now be quickly switched between for easy A/B, recall snapshots and change parameters using an Elgato Stream Deck.

New Features In OMNIBUS 3.0:

• Route multichannel audio between different machines connected to the same network via AVB or NDI.

• Four configurable virtual audio devices with up to 256 I/O channels per device.

• Separate system and application audio outputs.

• Save and load entire OMNIBUS sessions.

• Switch routing snapshots from an Elgato Stream Deck, MIDI controller, key commands or Hot Snapshot panel.