Okay, today brought some major news from our friends over at Native Instruments.
After a short “outage” on the website…they busted out with some new goodies!
Komplete 6….
Yep, they are updating their massive synth and fx collection, come October 1 you can get your mitts on the new Komplete collection.
What I noticed immediately, the price! It’s retailing for $559!! What the! Yessssssssssssssssssss….Native Instruments is taking over, period.
They are making it pretty much a no brainer to get with them.
You get three new instruments in addition to all the mainstay classics from NI.
Kontakt 4…
Kontakt is pretty much THE standard when it comes to sampling nowadays. And even though I’m currently in my own review of Kontakt 3.5…it looks like we’ll just have to switch focus to the new Kontakt 4 which ALSO releases on October 1
One of the new features is the addition of Choir section in the sound library. Also something sexy called “Authentic Expression Technology”. Sounds fun!
They also added some solo strings from the Vienna Symphonic Library, all the instruments from their Elektrik Piano plugin are now there, a concert hall organ, and a mellotron.
They also updated the performance views for each collection in the library, and looks can be just as inspirational as the sounds themselves. They also gave it an “attribute-based” browser…similar to Kore 2. I will definitely get you more updates as I find out more about it!
Absynth 5…
Absynth is pretty much the monster “other wordly” synth that is so flexible it allows you to come up with some absolutely stunning sounds. I personally haven’t had a chance to play with Absynth yet, but the sound demos and videos look amazing.
I have ALWAYS heard great things about this synth, and if it gives off smooth, etheral sounding pads as well as ambient and atmospheric sounds…I’m all for it. I love that stuff.
It includes all the sounds from the previous versions plus 200 brand new synth sounds! Also includes 30 new fx…yes, absynth can also be used as a kick butt fx unit.
Something called an Aeitherizer is in there…, it basically “decomposes” your sound into tiny grains, and puts it back together if various ways…I don’t understand all the technology behind it, but it sounds like I can make some major sounds!
Speaking of that…what about the “Mutator” ? This is a sound design tool that allows you to create complex and crazy sonic masterpieces without ever having to go into the editor pages…just point and click…I REALLY have to try this out. Anything that makes sound design easier and fun is okay with me.
Bottom Line is that Native Instruments is not taking it easy on anyone!
As I was discussing with a few buddies earlier today, with their outrageously competitive pricing and new product line up, native instruments is making it hard for anyone to say no to what they have to offer. I can tell you I’ve never been disappointed with anyting I’ve tried from NI, and I’m sure these new products will continue to carry on the legacy.
When I get something in my hands…you know I’ll give you the full scoop!
Yeeeah man! Like you said the pricing is right in pocket ($559 Full/$169 Upgrade) wth…mercy on my struggling pockets (copped K5 in July)! I guess they’re streamlining a bit whereas K5 had 11 instruments K6 will have 7 however it seems that the sound engines for the absent “full” apps are integrated into Kontakt 4 (so not to be redundant I suppose and allow better product focus), which itself will have even more flexibility. I wonder what’s in the near future for Battery & Massive seeing that only .xx updates and not full version updates have been made?
Hell if Kore 3 comes out being as price friendly & appealing I’m gonna need to change my briefs! *lol*
yeah dude lol..that is CRAZY pricing, they are trying to take over and make themselves the ONLY logical choice!
Considering electrik piano and acoustic were running off of kontakt player and could be loaded into the full version of kontakt anyway, it made sense. I don’t know if they ported the entire acoustic set, but the whole electrik set is there, which is dope, because I was still eyeballing electrik…I am a e piano fanatic man.
I don’t think battery will get the ax, i could be wrong, but I know it shares a lot in common with the kontakt sampler engine, I would expect maybe an update on that one shortly…as the 3.5 is in beta, maybe they’ll do like kontakt and release the new one in a few months.
I highly doubt massive is going anywhere, it’s the newest of the bunch in terms of history and is a monster…
I’m just watching man, I’m loving NI and what they are doing for the music community, they are making the playing field a lot more level and accessible.
whats up got u last night hey how do i send u some beats
email, yousendit works too…just send them over to the email I send you updates from. Or just attach it to the email when you reply.
do u have a place we can chat back and forth instead chat tag
I don’t have a chat room setup, you can hit me up on aim tho… screen name is soundsandgear
peace!