It’s like we’re getting 6-7 flavor of the same type of synth sound in different instruments rather than those 6-7 being different.Īnyway, at the sale price it was essentially worth it I think, especially since my old Komplete was old enough to not install and upgrade nicely any longer. Nothing wrong with that, but it really makes the entire collection feel a lot smaller in reality. I also still think my impressions were largely correct in that Komplete has a lot of instruments and effects that are all based on the same modules, and from a pure “load and play” perspective a lot of has the same fundamental flavor. My first impression is that Absolute probably would have nicer and tighter integration into Cubase / Nuendo, so if I win some more or if the put it on sale I might get that as well. When I listen to the demos of Komplete instruments that’s what strikes me. Not that they don’t have value, just that there’s a similarity of sound that I experience. I am on the market for a solid and versatile VST Synth workhorse and NI Massive seems to fit the bill for various reasons (solid support, many tutorials, widely used and respected overall). So this is kind of a funny (probably typical for NI) story.
And it makes complete sense just make the individual components and include them in different instruments and market those as ‘more different’ than they maybe are. Maschine Mikro MK2 worth getting just for Komplete 11 Select.
So if you have some sort of synth component in Pro 5 or the B3 organ, it really felt like it came from or was included in Reaktor.Īnd then that’s what it felt like as the collection grew.
At least that’s what it sounded like to me. I thought about this at the very early stages of Komplete - I think I started with Komplete v2 - when I started seeing and/or hearing that the same distortion module was found in different instruments. The other gripe I have with many of these ‘collections’ is that they seem to use the same ‘modules’ that make up their instruments. I ended up not getting Absolute for various reasons, and I guess I have to make a call on Komplete before the end of today. I liked some of the older instruments and they’re now gone. The Vintage Kit sounds the best out of the stock ones. The paid expansions definitely sound better than the stock Acoustic Agent kits though. The content from Groove Agent 4 is also all different from Groove Agent SE 4, and overall I like the stock synth drum kits a lot better than the ones in Battery 4. Halion Sonic 2 and 3 also introduced more instruments besides those, which can be identified by their macro interface. While they’re not super realistic, they have a nice “plug and play” quality to them. The sounds in Halion and Halion Sonic are almost all different from Halion Sonic SE, and are mostly higher quality versions of sounds from the Yamaha Motif XS.
Halion 6 is a lot more intuitive than Kontakt and is great for sound mangling, and both Halion 6 and the full version of Groove Agent 4 could be used to trigger edited versions of samples, all with their own insert effects.Īs for their sounds, Komplete has a nice selection of synths but I like Absolute’s acoustic instruments better. Since you work in post I think that Absolute 3 would be far more interesting, depending on the job. All at a fraction of the combined cost of the individual components.I have both.
Radical synthesizers, classic drums, larger-than-life sampled instruments, and avant-garde sound design plus the world’s leading sampling and synthesis platforms REAKTOR and KONTAKT. Delve into an enormous collection of 45 inspiring and innovative virtual instruments and effects. All the tools you need – any production task, any type of music, anything you can imagine. Native Instruments KOMPLETE 11 is the world’s leading collection for music production, performance, and sound design. In my case, I upgraded to Komplete 11 from Komplete 12 Select just for the pianos alone and everything else is a bonus.
These are physical versions so you get the upgrade license plus a HDD with the software included which saves you the download (150GB for Komplete, 343GB for Ultimate). These are old versions so RRP is not really an indication of what they sell for, but I can't find them for sale anywhere else for comparison. Good price on upgrade license for old version of Native Instruments Komplete for those that already have Komplete Select and don't need the latest features.