I guess i stop buying cinematic kontakt libraries...

[Caine123]

.... i get so tempted from vstbuzz etc when seeing great libraries for 50-100 bucks which cost normally more but sometimes have no raw wav files etc.
With having omnisphere i wonder (and many sample logic etc libraries) how many cinematic and similiar instruments/vsts you buy? I kinda feel overwhelmed with all those nice guis but under the hood it's only limited sample player libraries.

Do you still buy them or use these libraries or did you stop with having vsts like omnisphere?

[wagtunes]

First of all, as good as Omnisphere is, it can't replace quality orchestral libraries. That's not its purpose. So owning Omnisphere, if I need realistic horns or strings or even a peddle steel guitar, I'll get it. I don't care if it's Kontakt or whatever. That it's a simple "sample player library" (whatever the hell that means) makes no difference if it gives me the sound I want.

A short list of sample libraries I've purchased as an Omnisphere owner, which is totally irrelevant to what these libraries offer.

EWQL Hollywood Orchestra Strings Diamond
EWQL Hollywood Orchestra Brass Diamond
EWQL Hollywood Orchestra Woodwinds Diamond
EWQL Hollywood Orchestra Percussion Diamond
EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Strings Platinum
EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Brass Platinum
EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Woodwinds Platinum
EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Percussion Platinum
EWQL Fab Four
EWQL Ra
EWQL Silk
EWQL Goliath
EWQL Pianos
EWQL Hollywood Choirs
8 Dio Misfit Collection
Realitone Ladies
Realitone Banjo
Chris Hein Solo Violin
Chris Hein Solo Cello
Chris Hein Harmonica
Wavelore Glide Guitar
Wavelore Pedal Steel Guitar
Friedlander Violin
All the stuff that comes with Komplete 11 Ultimate

If you think Omnisphere can replace all of that, you're nuts.

Omnisphere is good for what it does. But it's no replacement for top quality sample libraries for orchestral and other sounds.

[Gamma-UT]

.... i get so tempted from vstbuzz etc when seeing great libraries for 50-100 bucks which cost normally more but sometimes have no raw wav files etc.
With having omnisphere i wonder (and many sample logic etc libraries) how many cinematic and similiar instruments/vsts you buy? I kinda feel overwhelmed with all those nice guis but under the hood it's only limited sample player libraries.

Do you still buy them or use these libraries or did you stop with having vsts like omnisphere?

A lot of them tend to be arpeggiator and an effects knob. They are kinda nice but...pretty much the same kind of thing. For anyone starting now, the choice is incredible but unless you're doing film/TV work day-in, day-out and need to crank out stuff fast, and so need lots of readymade material, each additional one is going to see rapidly diminishing returns. Even then, the pulse-drone-pulse thing is getting to be a real cliché – though effective if you want a background effect for video.

They look tempting but it's worth resisting, I think.

[Cinebient]

As nice as Omnisphere can be for a lot kinds of genre, it couldn´t replace large deeply sampled libraries.....if you need/want them.
But f.e. if you add something like Keyscape you may be covered well for a lot kinds of keys (but of course still not all). Keyscape is indeed my main use for Omnisphere mostly.
There is a bit of everything in it otherwise but f.e. no really expressive solo strings, guitars or choirs or large orchestrial sounds. It´s good for background stuff but not if you want to play these as solo lines or main part of a song.
More modern sample libraries became really good and let you play really some expressive stuff.
You won´t find stuff like the latest Spitfire HZ Strings in Omnisphere either (but this time they don´t release it as Kontakt instrument).
But Omnisphere is a great performer with multi-timbrality, microtuning via .tun files and other performance stuff most synths/workstations don´t offer.
At the end......what ever makes you happy.