KVR Audio

rutra80 · Post by **rutra80** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:21 pm

Hi, I'm planning to purchase some bundle of virtual instruments. Typical stuff: keys, drums (both classic & electronic), guitars, synths, basses, strings, trumpets, some ethnics, choir, sfx, etc. I wouldn't want to spend more than ~500$/euro.
Things that matter most to me:

Velocity-dependent articulations. I don't want velocity to affect only volume or other trivial parameter of sound - I want several samples per instrument so piano/guitar/etc actually sound different when touched and when punched, just like it is in reality.
Several samples per instrument with round-robin rotation so they don't sound like machine gun when triggered repeatedly.
Intelligent models of real instruments, so fingers can be heard when sliding on the string, etc.
VST, AU, LADSPA, DSSI, or XRNI plugin.
Stability, decent support, etc.

I'm not very much into sampling myself, so powerful features for creating own instruments don't matter - I expect the inbuilt library and editing features to be good enough.

I tried the free Native Instruments Komplete Players but they don't seem to have the two features I mentioned above. Maybe only free version is crippled and the expensive one does have velocity-articulations and round-robin?
What about EastWest/Quantum Leap Goliath?
Something else?
Maybe even free?

zenophilix · Post by **zenophilix** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:50 pm

Checked out Omnisphere?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:55 pm

Komplete? It's on sale now, so that would be a good option, and probably offers everything you were asking for.

zenophilix · Post by **zenophilix** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:58 am

chk071 wrote:Komplete? It's on sale now, so that would be a good option, and probably offers everything you were asking for.

Seconded. Komplete is Kool™

lolilol1975 · Post by **lolilol1975** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 6:39 pm

Yeah that's probably the simplest answer to the question.

Boone777 · Post by **Boone777** » Sat Jun 04, 2016 7:53 pm

Will we see a better price for Komplete or is this THE deal? I thought it
was 50% off during summer...

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 4:35 am

Boone777 wrote:Will we see a better price for Komplete or is this THE deal? I thought it
was 50% off during summer...

That deal is on upgrade, update or crossdate.

Boone777 · Post by **Boone777** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:53 am

I see...so it really was 50% off for Komplete last summer right ?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:45 am

It says here that the 50% was on updates: http://www.soundonsound.com/news?NewsID=18455 And if i recall correctly, that was the case indeed.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Jun 05, 2016 12:23 pm

Ableton Live Suite is worth a look. It contains many sample based instruments as well as it's own synths, drums, samplers and tons of fx.

a_Scientist · Post by **a_Scientist** » Wed Jun 08, 2016 6:51 pm

Komplete

But the best round-robin makers are at East-West/Quantum Leap, I suppose.

Best virtual instruments bundle for up to ~500$