The Omnisphere synthesizer, the fruit of several years of development by Spectrasonics, is a brand new brand of virtual instruments. This epic synthesizer is based on completely new sound technologies, combining a wide variety of hybrid real-time synthesis methods, an epic library of psychoacoustic sounds, and many innovative features that have never been used before in either hardware or software synthesizers. Omnisphere is a product of Spectrasonics based on the patented STEAM engine which is the basis of all performance functions of Spectrasonics instruments. Instruments equipped with the STEAM multi-timbral engine provide many hybrid synthesis functions and include additional control functions. Technology based on the STEAM engine, provides the ability to work with 64-bit applications and new operating systems. All Spectrasonics virtual instruments based on the STEAM engine interact with each other.