I haven't decided yet, so many thanks for that insight, MC. If they're going to reinstate the thumb drive option, that could be the tipping point that nudges me back. I'm still disappointed by the dearth of new organic sounds, though.
 

Doesn't seem to me that there's any special emphasis on EDM in Omni2. I'm not really sure what EDM is anyway, but if it equates to club music (Justin Bieber and the like) then I haven't heard it in Omni2 yet. I write mostly New Age background music for videos and I've been able to use a couple of the EDM patches in my compositions.

I got the VIP price for Omni2 because I have Trilian (which is great) and Stylus.  I never use Stylus because IMO it's too dance oriented and I wish I hadn't bought it. They really should make demo versions of their products.

Bit:  I too was uncertain about all the EDM content in V2.0 because of all the ad hype about the new EDM Library, but once I took a couple of tours around V2.0 and used the new browser to isolate and examine the EDM library, I found that the EDM stuff was not all what I feared it would be.  Yes, there is some DubStep and some Wobble basses and those risers, but much of the EDM library comprises what I would deem arps and step sequenced materials that are useful in other genres, plus there are many useful "EDM" pads and leads  (I did not expect all the pads in EDM).  
 
What impresses me most is the Sound Lock (and Sound Match).  With the former you can find a patch that you like, lock everything, then go to one of the EDM patchs that you don't like and transform it, convert it to the style and feel of what you do like.  Having the Sound Lock makes V2.0 library really impressive, so much deeper, bigger and more expansive than I imagined it could be.  Take one of the EDM pads that you don't like, use Sound Lock to change the arp or step and the results are really impressive.  V2's library is enormous and so much more than just EDM.
 
Again, I am not a fan of EDM.  I was, however, pleasantly surprised by much (or at least some) of V2.0 EDM material and how I could transform or morph useless (for me) patches within EDM material into patches that I do like and find useful and find my creativity enhanced.
 
Beware, I know you have slow internet.  I do too.  It took me an entire day (26 hours) to download because of my horribly slow internet.  Having said that, it never stopped downloading, and had no corruptions.
 
For me V2.0 gets a A+.
 

I contacted support and upgraded last week. I did not have a lot of time to check it out until a couple days ago. Before I continue there is an update already that I hope will address a few issues I've had with Omni2.
http://www.vi-control.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45371
 
One of the issues is it seems very sluggish when going through the library and it is slow to load some of the samples. The 2nd one is it causes Sonar's audio engine to drop out before even trying to track anything. It happens intermittently when selecting a sound. I hope the update will take care of these issues. Omnisphere 1 worked great.

Incidentally I am new to Omnisphere, but I must say my first experience with support was not all that good. Long story short after several emails to one tech in particular he suggested I might want to go back to Omnisphere 1. Ummmm... not the answer I was looking for. he wasn't to helpful with his earlier replies either but whatever...

Incidentally I am new to Omnisphere, but I must say my first experience with support was not all that good. Long story short after several emails to one tech in particular he suggested I might want to go back to Omnisphere 1. Ummmm... not the answer I was looking for. he wasn't to helpful with his earlier replies either but whatever...

Ooops double post?

bitflipper
I was listening to Heavyocity's Aeon Melodic, which is currently on sale for a hundred bucks less than the Omnisphere 2 upgrade, and it's loaded with exactly the kinds of rich sounds that made Omnisphere 1 so appealing. 

I love Aeon Melodic, 25 gigs worth of amazing sounds and a great GUI for under $150.

MachineClaw and Fleer: do either of you have any tunes posted in which you used Aeon?
 
Too many of the demo songs and videos feature lo-fi effects, for which I have zero interest. I assume they just want to show how hip and relevant they are, but I want to hear those sounds with the lo-fi effect turned off.

bitflipper
I haven't decided yet, so many thanks for that insight, MC. If they're going to reinstate the thumb drive option, that could be the tipping point that nudges me back. I'm still disappointed by the dearth of new organic sounds, though.
 

That's about where I'm at..... the whole d/l only seems to have been a massive own goal for them, especially as they addressed buyers initial concerns about this with how reliable their d/l system was. I just bought BFD3 with USB and it worked a treat. They still have control as you need a serial to d/l the installer, but it's a small .exe download only as all the content is on the USB and there are also options as to how much of it you want to load.
 
I also agree that the loyal customer incentive to buy O2 seems a bit stingy, but IIRC the 1.0 - 1.5 upgrade was free, so maybe not so bad taking that into account ?