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jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:06 pm

If Kontakt is part of yer equation on whether to wait or not, 6.6 Release candidate number two does VST3.

epiphaneia · Post by **epiphaneia** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:14 pm

jancivil wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:06 pm If Kontakt is part of yer equation on whether to wait or not, 6.6 Release candidate number two does VST3.

I´ll get K14 as soon as it comes out, therefore I´d skip the East Asia purchase *if* K14 comes out in Oct/Nov this year (as East Asia will be included in the next Komplete for sure...)... if, however, K14 won´t come before next year, I´d bite the bullet and spend the $79 now. Decisions, decisions...

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:24 pm

interesting, I qualify for that discount by having YangQin, which was a freebie

epiphaneia · Post by **epiphaneia** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:50 pm

jancivil wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:24 pm interesting, I qualify for that discount by having YangQin, which was a freebie

Yeah, and the library sounds great (and much more usable than EW Silk) and would be a steal at $179. That's the conundrum.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:23 pm

I see.
You know, I had RA and in the cases where I compared to Kontakt Factory Library they sounded totally identical. So much so it seemed fishy.
And the Kontakt World lib had a nice direct & simple interface.
You seem like someone that could take advantage of the kind of library. I'm trying to stay tunnelvision, I spent like mad last and this year.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:43 am

epiphaneia wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:01 pm Now if I had a hunch whether Komplete 14 will be coming out this year, the "East Asia" purchasing decision would be a lot easier...

I'd guess not. Not too much stuff out from NI since the last, I reckon it's another year off yet.

epiphaneia · Post by **epiphaneia** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:05 am

jancivil wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 9:23 pm I see.
You know, I had RA and in the cases where I compared to Kontakt Factory Library they sounded totally identical. So much so it seemed fishy.
And the Kontakt World lib had a nice direct & simple interface.
You seem like someone that could take advantage of the kind of library. I'm trying to stay tunnelvision, I spent like mad last and this year.

EW´s RA is pretty poor by any today´s standards, SILK is, however, still gold standard level (besides Jade and Phoenix) with less and more thoroughly sampled instruments.

I envy you for being able to set your visor on "tunnelvision", when there´s something nice coming out, I´ll usually just grab it because if I don´t, I´ll keep pondering and that distracts me too much (Slate and Ash Landforms being a case in point)

epiphaneia · Post by **epiphaneia** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:08 am

noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:43 am
epiphaneia wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:01 pm Now if I had a hunch whether Komplete 14 will be coming out this year, the "East Asia" purchasing decision would be a lot easier...
I'd guess not. Not too much stuff out from NI since the last, I reckon it's another year off yet.

Good point - unless they suddenly come up with a surprise pile of new libraries or integrated more 3rd party products in the package, it´s apparently largely a bunch of expansions, Action Strings 2 and East Asia so far. I wish they got a fully scalable (including fonts sizes!), yet 100% backwards compatible Kontakt 7 done for Komplete 14 but I don´t see that yet.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:03 pm

neither of those seem to be a priority

Gadget Fiend · Post by **Gadget Fiend** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:23 am

Does Native Instruments offer 50% off discounts on Komplete bundles during Black Friday? I would buy the Komplete 13 Ultimate upgrade for $199. But $399 is too steep given that the only instrument I am really interested in is Super 8.

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:45 pm

It appears to me that they are about marketing more than innovating right now. Perhaps following the lead of other companies such as IK-M of attaching as many things as possible to the customer and making us the "no-brainer" in the "deal". As time continues, I see them more as bloat that I'll never use while watching what I do use get deprecated and put on the sale pyre of "legacy" they rest their laurels on. Most of the new offerings seem half-baked to me. Or just a scramble to keep up.

I'm on 12, but really looking to be free of it, Maschine and the expansions while just sticking with Kontakt for those libraries I'm forever stuck with.
It's a shame they seem to be deprecating Absynth and FM8 along with Massive. But I get it, they just want to shift the focus away from them while touting their legacy of them.

Went a few months without them on my system. After reinstalling, found I wasn't missing as much as I thought I might be. Not going to say I'm done with them, but definitely backing away.

LoveEnigma18 · Post by **LoveEnigma18** » Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:16 pm

Gadget Fiend wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:23 am Does Native Instruments offer 50% off discounts on Komplete bundles during Black Friday? I would buy the Komplete 13 Ultimate upgrade for $199. But $399 is too steep given that the only instrument I am really interested in is Super 8.

Yes, going by the trend, this Black Friday I am pretty sure there will be discounts on Komplete updates and upgrades, so do wait for it.

Gadget Fiend · Post by **Gadget Fiend** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:50 am

BBFG# wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:45 pm It's a shame they seem to be deprecating Absynth and FM8 along with Massive. But I get it, they just want to shift the focus away from them while touting their legacy of them.

When you say "deprecating Absynth and FM8 along with Massive" do mean not adding any new features to these synths going forward (but maintaining compatibility with Windows 11 and macOS Monterey)? Or you do mean discontinued like Pro-53?

Massive has such a, er, massive user base, I can't see NI ever discontinuing it.

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 8:47 am

I've got K12U. No real need to update before NI updates the interfaces.
Kontakt looks really small on a 4k 32 inch.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:51 am

Gadget Fiend wrote: ↑Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:50 am
BBFG# wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:45 pm It's a shame they seem to be deprecating Absynth and FM8 along with Massive. But I get it, they just want to shift the focus away from them while touting their legacy of them.
When you say "deprecating Absynth and FM8 along with Massive" do mean not adding any new features to these synths going forward (but maintaining compatibility with Windows 11 and macOS Monterey)? Or you do mean discontinued like Pro-53?

Massive has such a, er, massive user base, I can't see NI ever discontinuing it.

In particular, many of their Maschine packs rely on Massive presets. That said, I do think that they've largely lost the plot. It seemed like there was a spurt of innovation around the time that Reaktor 5.5 came out and there was hope for updates of their other synths, or at the very least, a move to rebuilding at least some of them as Reaktor products, a move that I would support.

I pretty much agree with BBFG# at this point though, and I've largely been an NI fanboi for the last decade or so.

Komplete 12 vs Komplete 13