Spectrasonics – Omnisphere 2.8 (Windows)

For years, Omnisphere has been an essential virtual instrument for songwriters, sound designers, and composers ranging in genre from EDM to cinematic scoring, but Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.6 software synth totally ups the ante with a truckload of new features that instantly grabbed the attention of the electronic musicians and serious synth mavens here at Sweetwater. Omnisphere 2.6 includes 600 new patches, expanded hardware synth integration, and arpeggiator upgrades such as new Pattern modes, step dividers, pitch slides, and the ability to alter chord voicings and inversions per step.

Omnisphere’s powerful synthesis engine is loaded with over 14,000 beastly sounds with four layers per patch, 57 powerful FX Units, and more ways to create original sounds than you can imagine. New features include potent Granular, Harmonia, and Innerspace synth engines; the ability to intuitively zoom into deeper synthesis levels; Hardware Synth Integration, which transforms over 30 popular synthesizers into hands-on controllers that unleash Omnisphere’s full sonic firepower; and much more. And to accompany Omnisphere’s expanded capabilities is a new re-sizable, high-resolution interface that puts the sounds you want and the tools you need to tweak them in your hands faster than ever before.