[EDIT] Komplete 8 Officially Announced

Komplete 8 has been expanded to include 27 individual products at an unchanged price, and the new Komplete 8 Ultimate combines the arsenal of Native Instruments’ Komplete Instruments and Effects range at the same discount, with 50 individual products provided on a dedicated external hard drive.

The new Komplete 8 includes the latest Kontakt 5 and Guitar Rig 5 versions, and adds the West Africa percussion instrument. It also incorporates the new Studio Drummer drum production instrument and the upcoming Transient Master dynamic processing effect. Furthermore, Komplete 8 includes 1,300 additional presets for Absynth, FM8 and Massive, derived from various soundpacks previously available as individual products.

The new Komplete 8 Ultimate includes the full content of the regular Komplete 8 bundle and more, combining the full range of all currently available Komplete Instruments and Effects on a dedicated USB 2.0 hard drive. The resulting collection comprises 50 individual products with over 13,000 sounds and 240 GB of sample content, at a discount of about 80% compared to the individual prices.

Both new Komplete versions are optimized for Native Instruments’ groove production system Maschine, offering browser integration with attribute-based preset search as well as automatic parameter mapping for the rotary knobs on the hardware controller.

Pricing & Availability:

Komplete 8 will be available in September 2011 for a suggested retail price of $559 / 499 EUR, with an update for owners of previous Komplete versions available for $229 / 199 EUR.

Komplete 8 Ultimate will be available at the same date for $1099 / 999 EUR, with an upgrade for owners of any version of the regular  Komplete bundle available for $559 / 499 EUR.

Additional information on Komplete 8 is available at www.native-instruments.com/komplete.