Jeff Evans
Bill I fully respect your decision to go with Omnisphere first. You know best what sort of music you are going to be creating and therefore it probably suits that decision well. I am sure you will love it. But I can guarantee at some point despite its million presets there will be a sound that you really want and it won't be in there! No one synth no matter what it is can do everything. Simple as that.
I am not sure if Kontakt has ever gone on sale or if it has I may have missed it. Can someone answer that as to whether it has. It is also a pretty hefty outlay. I have a battery of hardware samplers (with huge libraries) and yet I feel for me personally Kontakt is something I would go for even before Omnisphere. Probably as I have got a lot of the Omnisphere stuff covered with a range of other instruments.
I recently installed the free version of IK Syntronik and I am knocked out as to how good that instrument sounds. It is amazing. I should upgrade to the full version of that before I do anything. It is not cheap either so I have to just hang in there and hope for a sale on that at some point. (Note this is really an analog synth fest so it is a bit specialised as well)
Jeff, a couple of people on this thread have said that Kontakt has in the past gone on sale around Black Friday. Unlike you, I would not have an upgrade option, so I am hoping to pick it up at a lower cost then.
Also, thanks for the tip about IK Syntronik - I downloaded the free version this morning and there are some great sounds on it. I particularly like the PolyM Brass Light - add a touch of chorus and it gives a very usable Tony Banks Cinema Show type sound.