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Native Instruments Komplete 8 (Standard Version) Reviews

5 4.5/5.0 based on 13 customer reviews
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Customer Reviews

Kyle Rowland
from NY, NY USA
May 22, 2012 Music Background:
Film Composer

Komplete 8

Get it. You'll be happy you did. Period.
jefferson Weber
from Indianapolis, Indiana
May 20, 2012 Music Background:
Composer, Hobbyist

Must Have!!

I really like this product. I consider it a must have if you are working with a DAW . Works great in Logic 9. So intuitive and easy to operate. Can't say enough good things about Komplete. Sounds are amazing! You need this program.
derrick Horne
from The Green Earth
May 10, 2012 Music Background:
Producer/Artist/Engineer/Session guy - worked on over 500 records

WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER

GREAT SOUNDS (TONS OF TEHM) AND INTERFACE. FOR A TRAVELING GUY, ITS REALLY THE BOMB. I FEEL CHEATED THAT I DIDN'T USE THIS BEFORE. YOU CAN BUY WITH CONFIDENCE HERE.

from
May 4, 2012

WOW

This is an amazing product with sounds that I will continue to use for years. easy to manupulate in Kontact or is LIVE, where I use it most. Seemless loaded into LIVE. Easy interface
Howard Rissin
from Winnipeg Canada
April 23, 2012 Music Background:
Recording Engineer/Producer

Great Value

I purchased this a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. The quality and selection of sounds are great for the price. I've been mainly playing with just kontakt and all the libraries that come with it, and that alone would make it worth the price. Plus I can't say enough about the service from Sweetwater. My sales rep Chris Lewis knew the software well and was able to answer all my questions. . Be prepared to spend a half day loading the huge library.

from Puerto Rico
April 22, 2012

The best!!!!!!

Studio Drummer,Kontak 5 vintage organs the perfec tools for better sounds!!!
krystof Srebrakowski
from Orlando, FL
April 17, 2012 Music Background:
pro musician/ composer/arranger/producer/ pianist

Great purchase !! Nice selection.

I purchased just recently the Komplete 8, and so far I can say only positive things about the entire collection. For just a little bit of money compared to just Kontakt 5 ( part of Komplete 8) you get the whole array of sounds, extra virtual instruments ( also as stand-alone applications). Highly recommended for the price.
Anthony DelPlato
from
April 27, 2012 Music Background:
Recording Engineer, Hobbyist

Great sounds, but be weary of CPU

The sounds in Komplete 8 are Kompletely fantastic, though the CPU can be an issue with plug ins such as Studio Drummer. It's nothing unmanageable, but with my i3 processor (duo core) I was up to 20% just with studio drummer engaged. I wouldn't suggest this if you have anything lower than an i3.
Nick McClellan
from Tifton, GA
March 6, 2012 Music Background:
Professional Musician, Technician, Live Sound Engineer.

Komplete 8

I am thoroughly enjoying getting to know the features and sounds of these great products. I have only scratched the surface with these programs, but every sound and ability to tweek them just right makes the imagination tingle. Thanks Native Instruments for this bundle.
Music Room
from
February 3, 2012 Music Background:
Producer and musician

Amazing!

Is good to me, you also a good machine to run this.
Richard Bund
from Vlaneica, CA
January 29, 2012 Music Background:
Classically trained pianist, Jazz is my forte and rock too...

Komplete 8 and Logic Pro Studio

I am very happy with the purchase of Komplete 8. It contains tons of patches and sounds that will keep me busy for years...

I am primarily a performer and not an engineer that understands all aspects of sound manipulation... Komplete 8 has taken care of providing a nice menu of great sounds.

I use Logic Studio Pro to write music and wanted a greater variety to choose from. Once I figured out how to access the Komplete library and bring it into Logic, the fun began to happen for me.

I would love to have Vienna strings to play with, but I simply don't have $15,000 laying around.... that said. Komplete 8 is a great addition to my library of patches and sounds.
Many thanks to Nick Church for his suggestions to help me decide on Komplete 8 and thanks to the Sweetwater staff for the exccellent support.
Zephonic
from Southern California
October 18, 2011 Music Background:
Composer/producer/keyboardist

allrounder - good value

By now you should know what to expect from Komplete; if not, read up on it. If you need a wide variety of usable sounds in one product Komplete remains the first choice. I'd have to say that 110GB is a hefty chunk of data, and I wonder whether that is really necessary or just another way to discourage piracy. To me Komplete is not the most inspiring, but it a solid selection of sounds for a reasonable price.

from California
January 1, 2012 Music Background:
About 10-15 years with keyboards and software

Komplete 8

Komplete 8 is a mixed bag. The Guitar Rig 5 is an excellent guitar program. Users will find Guitar Rig under Effects (not Instruments). Absynth and FM8 are found under ( MIDI) Instruments. Absynth and FM8 have both good samples and weird music samples. A major frustration is that Native Instruments doesn't make it easy to find the manuals or demos for the components. Some information on their website, but it's very time consuming to find what you need.

Native Instruments Komplete 8 (Standard Version)

110GB Collection of 27 Virtual Instruments and Processors - RTAS, AU, VST (Mac/PC)

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