Native Instruments Computer Music software bundles

Native Instruments Komplete 8 Ultimate is a must have, anyone who produces music most have this loaded up on either their Mac or PC right way. If you are looking for the “Ultimate” collection of sounds, and plugins/effects; you will have to purchase this. The reason a lot of people don’t go out and get the full Ultimate version of Komplete is because of the price tag. With tax, this bundle will cost you well over a thousand dollars which is a lot of money for software but it will be the only software you will ever need. This bundle comes with over 240 GB of sounds and all of them are of great quality and usable. One of the major differences between Ultimate and the standard version of Komplete is the effects that you will get. You get Solid EQ, The Finger, Traktor 12, The Mouth, Reflektor, Solid Bus Comp and a few more. All of these effects are worth so much individually and with them all being in a package makes it worth the money. Some of my favorite sounds in this bundle are the drum sounds. You get so many kits like the Abbey Road kits, it comes with the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s drum kits plus a bonus “Modern Drums”. If you want to get realistic sounding bass or guitars you can get that in no time with all of the plugins like Scarbee Jay-Bass. You also get Alicia’s Keys, which is a great piano plug in that alone cost over 100 dollars to buy. Before purchasing this bundle you have one thing you need to think about. That is can your computer handle everything. After purchasing this, I had no choice but to get a newer computer within the next year because running all of the effects and plug ins will slow your system down big time. Also if you are using it on a PC it is best to have Windows 7 for the latest drivers and updates. There is nothing to think about with this bundle, don’t think about the price tag. Think about the quality of instruments you are getting.

If you purchase Native Instruments Komplete 7 you will get an amazing collection of VST plug ins that are ready to go right out of the box. The thing that I was upset with is how long it took to load all of these into the computer. When I purchased they sent me a box, and in that box where a few disc that you had to load in and inter the serial number for. But just the loading time for installation seemed to take me forever, I have even recently loaded it onto a laptop and it took over a hour to get all of this stuff loaded. I guess that’s good because you know you are getting a lot of software and patches to work with but man, it was a headache. Like I said the installation took forever, it wasn’t hard or difficult. But it was a headache. But all of the software plugins are amazing and work perfect. I havent had a single set back or crash since I have been using Komplete 7. Komplete 7 isn’t sold anymore and has been upgraded. So if you really want Komplete 7 you can always buy it used and transfer the license from someone else. Then you could even upgrade it to 8 for a very cheap price, rather than just buy 8 and pay the full price. Great, you will get massive, fm, reaktor, kontakt and all the good stuff. I had so many sounds to go through it was hard for me to even start making music because I was so happy just having so many new sound fonts to play with I just started experimenting. Using Guitar rig has really opened my eyes up to the possibilities of effects that you can use in your music on synths and drums. The possibilities are endless with Native Instruments Komplete 7

Native Instruments Komplete 6 is a great bundle at a low price. It comes with all the sounds that you will need to create great music. All of the sounds are high quality samples, and within the program you can tweak all the sounds and shape them anyway you want. This bundle will turn you into a sound designer/ creator. I like the compatibility the most, it works seamlessly with all my software. I use this as a vst for a few different programs and there are no problems at all. You wont need the manual for this either, this is just one of those programs that is trial and error. That’s the only way you will enjoy this, there are too many options to want to check the manual every time. You will need to get down and dirty and mess with the knobs and sliders to see what you can come up with. I am very happy with my purchase of the Komplete 6 package. The price was very reasonable for everything you get in this package. I have been using Komplete 6 for about a year and half now and wouldn’t choose any other vst package over this one. Overall this is very good quality sounds for any production studio. I will say that a lot of the sounds/ synths are very spacey. More like a techno feel to it, so if that isn’t your cup of tea you might want to look for another package, or still use this one and put the time into tweaking all the sounds. But you will definitely use this package for a long time. It has everything you need. I bought the Komplete 6 package for around 3 hundred dollars and it was one of the best 300 dollars that I have spent on equipment

Native Instruments Komplete 5 is a virtual instrument bundle with a wide variety of different types of virtual instruments and sound available. This bundle comes with software like the sampler Kontakt, Guitar Rig, Massive, Reaktor, Absynth, Battery, Akoustik Piano, Elektrik Piano, B4 II, FM8, and the Pro-53. With these virtual instruments, you have an incredibly diverse array of tones available at your disposal ranging from emulation of acoustic instruments to synth emulators. Each piece of software is extremely powerful within themselves, and adding these all together gives you an unstoppable collection of sounds. Buying Native Instruments Komplete 5 will save you a lot of money when compared to buying each one of these pieces of software on their own. If you are looking a collection of virtual sounds, this is a truly great option. However, it will take up a huge amount of space and you should make sure that you have enough hard drive space and a powerful enough computer that you can run this off of. The price of the full package of Native Instruments Komplete 5 is pretty reasonable considering all of the great software you are getting. If you are looking to get an all in one collection of virtual instruments, Native Instruments Komplete 5 is definitely one of the best choices out there. My favorite pieces of software in this bundle are the Akoustik Piano, Elektrik Piano and the B4 II, as these are all great emulations of real instruments. Most of the software is really easy to follow and use, but it will definitely take a while to master all of the software in this bundle because of how much there is involved with all of the different software. Overall, Native Instruments Komplete 5 is a top notch virtual instruments collection that I highly recommend to all electronic music makers.