Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 – 14,000+ Sounds, the Sound Design Powerhouse for $39.99

Omnisphere 2 is Spectrasonics’ flagship software synthesizer and one of the most awarded instruments in production history — the synth trusted by Grammy-winning producers and top film composers as the first place to look for a sound and the last place they need to. Its library exceeds 14,000 sounds, and its engine combines so many synthesis types that calling it a synth undersells it: it is a sound design environment with a library attached.

Four Synthesis Engines, One Instrument

Omnisphere layers sample-based playback with granular synthesis, FM and wavetable synthesis, so a single patch can move from an acoustic source through granular clouds into FM aggression without changing instruments. Multi-layer patches stack these engines into complex, evolving textures, and the Orb provides real-time sound morphing — a circular control surface that transforms patches in performance, turning static presets into played instruments. An audio import function lets you drag in your own recordings and subject them to the entire engine, which quietly turns Omnisphere into a processor for your whole sample library, not just its own.

Hardware Integration and Effects

Spectrasonics’ hardware synth integration lets popular MIDI keyboards and controllers — from Moog, Roland, Sequential, Korg and others — control Omnisphere directly with mapped, labelled parameters, closing the gap between software depth and hardware feel. The built-in FX rack runs to over 50 high-end effects including reverbs, delays and distortions, applied per layer or globally, so patches arrive mix-shaped rather than needing a finishing chain before they can be judged. Deep LFO, filter and envelope modulation underpins all of it.

Who Lives in Omnisphere

Film and TV composers building cinematic textures, deep basses, lush pads and evolving soundscapes. Electronic and hip-hop producers who need a library that never runs dry mid-session. Ambient and sound design specialists for whom the granular engine alone justifies the instrument. It runs on macOS 10.11+ and Windows 7+ (64-bit) as VST, VST3, AU and AAX in Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, Studio One and Reaper, and it expands further with Spectrasonics’ own Keyscape and Trilian ecosystems. The licence is a one-time purchase with updates provided as they are released.

The library’s breadth deserves a number put on it honestly: 14,000-plus sounds is not a marketing rounding — it spans every genre and category a working producer touches, recorded and designed to the standard that made this company famous. Producers who own Omnisphere describe the same experience: the browsing session that was supposed to find one pad turns into three track ideas, because the hit rate of usable, inspiring sounds is unlike anything else in the folder. Combined with the Orb and the layering engine, presets stop being endpoints and become raw material, which is why the instrument keeps generating signature sounds a decade into its life.

Patch browsing is engineered to the same standard as the sound. The library is organised so that 14,000 sounds remain navigable — categories, attributes and ratings keep a session moving instead of scrolling — and the multi-layer architecture means found sounds combine as readily as they trigger. A pad layer under a Keyscape piano, a granular texture riding a bass patch: the combinations are where Omnisphere productions get their signature depth, and the browser makes those combinations discoverable at working speed. It is a library designed by people who clearly had to finish records with it themselves.

The Deal

Omnisphere 2 at $39.99 is a flagship instrument at a utility price — the full version, the full library, the full engine. If you could only keep one synth, the industry has effectively already voted on which one it would be; this listing makes joining that consensus unusually cheap. Instant delivery — your next session starts inside 14,000 sounds.