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Almost without exception these are sonically excellent and make use of Kontakt’s customisable interface and advanced low-level scripting.
Native instruments komplete 10 review pro#
Komplete 9 Ultimate users also get the Premium Tube Series (two EQs and a compressor developed with Softube), Reverb Classics (emulations of a selection of Lexicon reverb favourites) and the Vintage Compressors bundle alongside existing Komplete effects – so nearly everything you’ll need in a mix session is covered, especially when you also get Guitar Rig 5 Pro and the FX-only versions of many of the included synths (even in the standard Komplete bundle).īy far the biggest hard-drive muncher in Komplete is the Kontakt sample content, supplied as individual multi-gigabyte libraries. Previously these plugins were only within a Guitar Rig shell, so the fact they now appear as standalone AU, VST, RTAS and AAX plugins is very welcome. NI are certainly not the first to do this, and I’m not going to claim that they sound exactly the same as the originals or even other emulations, but they do certainly capture their spirit, and make light work of core mixing tasks.
The Solid Mix Series is the big news here, consisting of three plugins – Solid Bus Comp, Solid Dynamics and Solid EQ – that aim to capture the sound and spirit of their famous Solid State Logic (SSL) hardware counterparts. The modulation routing and mapping for Komplete Kontrol owners is well thought out and makes playing Super 8 with a well-equipped controller fun and simple.Now we turn our attention to dedicated effects plugins, a relatively new venture for NI. I found the plugin easy to navigate (although it definitely has a Reaktor ‘look’ to it) and the presets are ample.
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It has a very ‘big’ sound to me, which makes sense because it uses its own combination of dual oscillators plus FM synthesis. Super 8 is a new synth that has its own plugin as opposed to running in Kontakt or Reaktor. In terms of the synths provided, there are a few fun ones to check out. Orchestral composers, if the other 3 instruments in this acoustic string collection are anything like the Stradivari Violin - this is the new collection to beat. The size is huge, but this solo instrument was so good I instantly regretted not getting the entire quartet and splurging for the “Collector’s Edition”. The Stradivari Violin was truly awe-inspiring. It definitely has its place in cinematic sound design, but I definitely categorize this one in the ‘you already know if you need it’ classification. I found Mysteria to be fun for crafting vocal textures, but I am not completely convinced I want to put aside 30gb of space for it. Having access to so many different guitar articulations at the press of a keyswitch really allows you to bring out the natural sound in the samples and make it very convincing. The guitar loops provided are diverse, and putting the guitar in ‘melody mode’ truly gives you the flexibility to get guitar tracks that are nearly indistinguishable from an actual player. The Session Guitarist instruments are very much worth the investment in time it takes to learn them. The particles engine doesn’t just add ‘pads’ to your piano, but it actually adds rhythmic textures and swirling motion behind the piano in a way that makes you want to explore every preset (which, I’ll admit, I did). Add the ability to insert a felt dampener between the hammers and the strings and now you can get a truly mellow piano tone that really sits way back in the mix. There are 16gb worth of samples and dynamic layers, it sounds rich and playable.
Noire would be an excellent piano instrument on its own. This holds true with the other sampled instruments. Add a mix interface that allows you to play back activated rhythm patterns on each instrument, and you’ve got an incredibly useful engine for generating realistic sounding mallet patterns. They are meticulously sampled, and have a level of polish that feels wonderful. Mallet Flux, for examples, offers some truly inspiring mallet instruments that sound absolutely stunning. The interesting thing about these instruments is their propensity to offer two complete paradigms.
Native instruments komplete 10 review upgrade#
The sampled instruments see a significant upgrade this time around with the inclusion of Noire, Stradivari (I tested the Ultimate edition which came with the violin), Mallet Flux, Mysteria, and Session Guitarist.
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