Native Instruments Essentials Starter Bundle

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Native Instruments Essentials Starter Bundle, Box

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Includes Absynth 3, Pro-53, Kompakt, Battery 2, and more.

Overview

NI Essentials is a professional starter kit for any music studio. The software bundle comprises four fundamental instruments for music production, delivering everything from drums and percussion, bass and rhythm sections to strings, pads and lead keyboards.

NI Essentials provides you with high-end sound quality and instantly playable instruments spanning an incredibly diverse spectrum of genres.

Includes:
Absynth 3: synthesizer with unrivaled sonic potential

Pro-53: the perfect emulation of an analog synth classic

Kompakt: streamlined sampler with over 200 instruments

Battery 2: the pioneering drum sample expert

Guitar Combos: one guitar amp emulation of your choice

All The Instruments You Need
Produce melodies, patterns, sounds and grooves with the hundreds of instruments and drum kits at your disposal. From classical to contemporary, Kompakt's 2 GB sample library contains more than 200 different instruments, and this versatile sampler is also fully compatible with countless other sample libraries. Over 3.5 GB of acoustic and electronic drums are included with Battery 2 -- the perfect weapon for firing some blazing beats.

Synthesis From Yesteryear And Tomorrow
The Pro-53 and Absynth 3 deliver the most popular synthesizer sounds yesteryear and tomorrow. The Pro-53 faithfully reproduces the sounds of the beloved analog synths. Absynth 3 combines next generation features and effects with over 1000 presets. The results are out of this world -- from rhythmic madness, vintage… read more sounds and thundering basses to alien soundscapes and beyond.

Bonus Guitar Amp & Effects
As a free extra, a Guitar Combo of your choice can be downloaded from the Native Instruments website. Using an award-winning audio engine, Guitar Combos are fantastically realistic emulations of much loved real-world guitar combos. The Dynamic Tube Response technology delivers authentic tones that will bring your guitar tracks to life.

Features
Contains 4 award-winning software instruments, covering all your production needs

Kompakt: A highly intuitive sampler with over 200 instruments and multi-format import

Battery 2: A versatile drum sampler with advanced effects, compression and modulation

Pro-53: A perfect emulation of a legendary analog synthesizer with additional effects

Absynth 3: A next-generation synthesizer with flexible 68 breakpoint envelope control

One free guitar combo emulation from the Guitar Combos series

Advanced engines deliver professional sound quality

Over 1500 synthesizer presets and more than 5.5 GB professional samples

Broadest possible spectrum of musical styles covered

All major plug-in formats supported, ensuring seamless integration in sequencers

Specs

Interfaces
Stand-alone, Audio Units, VST, RTAS, DXi, ASIO, Core Audio, DirectSound

System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.3, G3 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM

Win XP, Pentium / Athlon XP 700 MHz, 256 MB RAM

DVD drive

Recommended System
Mac OS X 10.4.x, G4 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM

Win XP, Pentium / Athlon XP 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 866-556-6487 or 323-467-2693
Web: https://support.native-instruments.com/

Reviews

Submitted April 27, 2006

"what a joke..."

Overall:

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first and foremost... YOU must have INTERNET TO INSTALL THIS PRODUCT!! otherwise you won't be able to install this product onto your computer. WHY? because it asks you for a xml file that you can ONLY download from their website when you register your product. which is a really BIG HASSLE!!. otherwise you won't even get pass installation. Customer support....not too good. Do some research on other products that can do the same as these. Don't believe the HYPE about their product, they're just like any other. I have ran into some problems trying to use them in some sequencers as VST'S. Also BIG CPU HOGGERS ALL instruments, better have a good machine to run all intruments all at once.

Sound

nothing really special.

Features

you really need to spend ALOT of time learning the instruments.

Ease of Use

will take you time to make your own sounds. other wise your stuck with their presets.

Quality

I really don't see any difference.

Value

I really don't think their product should be this much. I really recommend look for something else that is more user friendly.

Manufacturer Support

SUPPORT? you are kidding right? I had issue with installation I emailed support... still waiting..... that was over three weeks. If you need help read the FORUM on their website that's how I learned to fix my issue. Otherwise goodnite and good luck!