KVR Audio

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 1:24 pm

RobGee wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 12:52 pm So Guitar Rig 7 and Kontakt 8 are the only major new instruments/effects? I’ll give that a miss. I can’t even remember the last time I used Kontakt, much prefer Falcon as I generally use it to create my own sounds/samples.

Just Kontakt 8

Guitar Rig 7 Pro has been out in the wild.

They also removed lots of content from Standard to make Ultimate more enticing.

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 1:29 pm

Well, there’s more content here than in the K14 upgrade.

If you’re not dying to collect sample libraries, then there’s really not much worth the asking price (in my opinion).

Alicia’s Electric Keys looks good, but I can live without it.

Kontakt 8, I’ll need to see more, but the performance/songwriting tools don’t seem like anything I’d need.

I could be interested in a 50% off Kontakt 8 upgrade price at sometime in the future.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:00 pm

I don't know, its no better than the 14 upgrade for me (and 14 was very poor). I haven't even bothered downloading 70% of my Ultimate 13 stuff since moving to a new PC...makes you realise how little of it you actually use...

K* just looks like gimmicky add ins (players), but we will see..I wonder if it will even be out when 15 is released, remember the Massive X fiasco!

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:36 pm

Apart from even more Kontakt libraries to clutter up your drive, not much else new.
There's Ozone 11 and apparently you also get Neutron 4, but only if you pre-order. What is this, an Electronic Arts game? Can't wait for the Komplete Battle Pass and loot boxes...

Doesn't seem to include any new PA plugins. Guess they don't want to cannibalize iZotope/PA sales too much.

jules99 · Post by **jules99** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:15 pm

The biggest and most disappointing news is this: Reaktor 6 seems to be discontinued.

If you look at the page comparing the editions, it's not there for any edition.

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/s ... 5/compare/

El°HYM · Post by **El°HYM** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:20 pm

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:29 pm

did anyone expect something else than sample libraries?

come on.... NI sucks for a long time, keep your hopes low.

jules99 · Post by **jules99** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:32 pm

My hopes were as low as you can have them, but I was still rooting for R6 to be kept alive for a while. Such an amazing, versatile and creative tool. No other single plugin has sparked such a community and so many extremely creatyive ensembles were made.

M4L is close in creativity, but as it's pretty much Ableton-only, it'll never achieve the same reach.

Digivolt · Post by **Digivolt** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:34 pm

jules99 wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:15 pm The biggest and most disappointing news is this: Reaktor 6 seems to be discontinued.

If you look at the page comparing the editions, it's not there for any edition.

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/s ... 5/compare/

It's weird because it includes both Reaktor Prism and Reaktor Spark so you would think it would include Reaktor too so they can work properly

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:34 pm

jules99 wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:32 pm My hopes were as low as you can have them, but I was still rooting for R6 to be kept alive for a while. Such an amazing, versatile and creative tool. No other single plugin has sparked such a community and so many extremely creatyive ensembles were made.

M4L is close in creativity, but as it's pretty much Ableton-only, it'll never achieve the same reach.

you need only sample libraries, creativity and keeping it alive and updated is too expensive

checkout beat tutorials, use this loop and that loop, put some loopcloud samples in there, let ozone master it, tadaaaa you got a banger

jules99 · Post by **jules99** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:36 pm

you have no f**king idea what you're talking about. Whatever floats your boat, but this has nothing in any way to do with Reaktor, it's legacy and it's impact on music production. And if you're being ironical, try harder.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:38 pm

jules99 wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:36 pm you have no f**king idea what you're talking about. Whatever floats your boat, but this has nothing in any way to do with Reaktor, it's legacy and it's impact on music production. And if you're being ironical, try harder.

cute

stillshaded · Post by **stillshaded** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:40 pm

lol still no Battery 5. I mean, I figured. But still… jeez.

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:44 pm

stillshaded wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:40 pm lol still no Battery 5. I mean, I figured. But still… jeez.

I will start looking for alternatives to Kontakt. These recurring updates without any added value are not for me.

Decent?
Halion?
UVI?

What do all the smart people here think?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:46 pm

Digivolt wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:34 pm
jules99 wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 3:15 pm The biggest and most disappointing news is this: Reaktor 6 seems to be discontinued.

If you look at the page comparing the editions, it's not there for any edition.

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/s ... 5/compare/
It's weird because it includes both Reaktor Prism and Reaktor Spark so you would think it would include Reaktor too so they can work properly

No mention of Massive either and yet it includes 3 Massive banks. It seems to me this table is not well thought through

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