https://www.spectrasonics.net/press/
 
Free update! 1,000 new sounds, new granular synthesis features.
 
Go to your Spectrasonics account to download the update (~500MB). But please wait a few minutes, until mine is finished.

From the readme file:
 
• New Hardware Synth Integration feature
• Expanded Synthesis Features:
- Four Layers per part
- Eight LFOs per part
- Twelve Envelopes per part
- Two new State Variable Filters (12dB and 24dB)
- Doubled Mod Matrix (48 slots)
- New modulation source "Constant Bipolar"
- New modulation target "Unison Spread"
- New "Shared Signal Path" mode to recreate the signal path of hardware
synths
• Major GUI update containing the following:
- New high resolution, rescalable interface
- New Granular layout with waveform display
- New Live Mode Mixer View
- New FX Unit Preset steppers
- New Layer Level Meters
- New Stereo Part Level Meter
• Windows Multitouch Support
• GUI Link: Omnisphere follows the moves on the hardware synth by autoswitching
to the relevant page of the last moved hardware control
• New "Pitch Options" in the System page allows saving master tuning and
scale selections in multis or host sessions
• New Per-layer solo (Option+Click on A/B/C/D button)
• Cross-layer linking: new behavior for clicking on link buttons
• New Mod Matrix "All Layers" capability: when enabled, a modulation
applies to the relevant parameter in all layers
• Support for high-resolution CC values
• Show Link and Shared status when adjusting a control
• Support for foreign-languages in patch names, tags, search, etc
• Set default scaling to be 1.2x for new users
• Permit user to enter Patch ratings via numbers on computer keyboard
• New "Clear all browser learns" action on Utility menu
• Display Master Filter Frequency in Hz
• Show "Unlearn" contextual menu choice on file menus and waveform
menus
• Enlarge clickable region for some steppers to be more user-friendly
• "Auto Recall" feature in System is now a User Preference that remembers
the last library/directory from which user loaded a patch
• On menu-based parameters in the Effects racks, don't show the
"modulate .." contextual menu choice
• Fixes issue where "User Audio" was not properly importing all varieties of
loop-point data in AIF files
• Fixes issue where FX rack GUI could sometimes show random FX controls
with blue "is modulated" highlight
• Fixes issue related to Auto-audition patches when browsing: (a) fix bug
where the audition duration was sometimes truncated for patches with 3
or 4 voices; and (b) make Auto-Audition on/off a User Preference
• Fixes issue where "Reset to default" on Aux Send controls should reset to
0.0, not 0.5
• Fixes issue with a rare crash on Windows with "Les and Tob's retro Band"
multi
• Fixes issue with a rare crash in Ableton Live related to Granularity
• Fixes issue where Wacom tablet/pen devices were not working with
Omnisphere on Windows
• Fixes minor issue in background bitmap of Thriftshop Speaker FX
• Enhances Spectrasonics Updater for Windows to eliminate mention of 32-
bit

From the patch library readme:
 
Includes the following features:
• New "Hardware Library" with over 1,000 new patches
• New “Hardware Profiles” for the following hardware synths:
- Dave Smith Prophet X
- Dave Smith Prophet 12
- Dave Smith OB-6
- Dave Smith REV2
- Sequential Prophet 6
- Access Virus A
- Access Virus B
- Clavia Nord Lead 1
- Clavia Nord Lead 2
- Moog Sub 37
- Moog Subsequent 37
- Moog Voyager
- Moog Sub Phatty
- Moog Little Phatty
- Moog Slim Phatty
- Novation Peak
- Novation Circuit Mono Station
- Novation Bass Station II
- Korg Prologue
- Korg Minilogue
- Korg Monologue
- Roland System-1
- Roland System-1m
- Roland System-8
- Roland SE-02
- Roland SH-01
- Roland JP-08
- Roland JU-06
- Roland JX-03
- Roland VP-03
- Studiologic Sledge
• Improved Patch categorization with new "Synth Long" and "Synth Short"
categories
 

Thanks bit!

Installation tip: the first time I ran "Omnisphere 2 Data Updater.exe" it failed because I'd unzipped everything into one folder, and the path to the data (the STEAM folder in the zip file) is hard-coded to ".\..\STEAM". I had to move the installer's STEAM folder up one directory level to make it work. In my case, that meant the installers were located in D:\JUNK and the STEAM folder had to be moved from D:\JUNK\STEAM to D:\STEAM.
 

Been waiting for this.
Really curious to see what patch developers will do with the new features.

Have to breakdown and upgrade to v2.  Impressive to say the least.
Been avoiding it... saying I didn't really need it.
I guess need is relative...  

ADSR already has a "first look" video...

 
As Jim says, need is indeed an illusion. However, there's never been a more pleasant hallucinatory agent than Omnisphere.
 
My only complaint has been Spectrasonics' gradual drift away from acoustical, natural-based sounds toward EDM-centric blips and buzzes. But there's still plenty in there for those of us not scoring 80's video games.

Just awesome stuff Dave, all I need ... well, WANT is Keyscape :-)
 
I just updated everything else from Spectrasonics, with the pleasant surprise of "Standalone Apps" for Omnisphere, Trilian, and RMX.
 
I recently got my hands on the Akai VIPlayer, and really enjoying the ability to search and load patches from the vast majority of my VSTis in one place. All of a sudden it's a joy, searching out new sounds. What a time saver that VIPlayer is.
 
Time to get lost in some new sounds :-)

You're probably already aware of this, but Keyscape integrates into Omnisphere and there are a bunch of interesting patches built around the convolution of the two instruments. Aside from being a great piano library, Keyscape turns out to be a surprisingly deep sound source when combined with the sound design capabilities of a full-featured synthesizer.
 
BTW, even though I complained about Omnisphere's glut of EDM-oriented patches above, I spent some time walking through them yesterday and found quite a few that I can use. For example, look for an "EDM" patch named "Beefy Feet Echoes". It's a satisfyingly fat handclap/footstomp patch that would be at home in a 60's pop cover.