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"The perfect solution for the serious producer." submitted December 21, 2010

By a customer from hotmail.com

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Musical Background: Active Musician

Music Style: Electronic

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Sound: This is one of the best investments I've made for my home studio. The sounds are amazing and I have no problem running it on my computer. I am a big time electronic producer and I now my creativity will never be limited. Feature: It came with a nice outside box but sadly UPS knocked it around a bit and roughed it up. The discs were in perfect condition. I was actually shocked that it was really 12 discs but I knew I got my moneys worth after I saw the savings. I do wish that it came with instruction manuals but I'm not to worried about learning to use the equipment. Ease of Use: It's completely easy thanks to the Kore sound finder. Right now it's not easy for me to modify sounds but I'm learning and so far it's not to bad. This runs smooth on my i7 950 and 12gb of ram got no problem at all. The manual for installing isn't really needed it's relatively fool proof to mess up but it would be nice to have manuals for the actual instruments themselves. Quality: Great quality it's Native Instruments and you really can expect nothing but the best from these guys. I plan on upgrading Komplete 7 already to take advantage of my TB hard drive. Value: It's a steal, its almost $4,000 in gear for $499. That's insane you'd be out of your mind not to get in on this deal. Manufacturer Support: I haven't tried support yet so I'm going to hope I'm not giving them a 10 for nothing. I would assume since I gave them a good bit of my money they would gladly help me out. The Wow Factor: The look of the instruments and synthesizers matches the quality of the sound and they are out of this world. Overall: I expect to be quite pleased for a long time but I'm going to keep upgrading and buying expansions. I don't see anything being better then this besides actual hardware. I already thought about what would happen if this were stolen and that's why I got my homeowners insurance to cover it:) I like everything about it and I only hated the fact that it took so long to install because I wanted to use it immediately.

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"Komplete 7 is a dream come true for me" submitted February 19, 2011

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Musical Background: Active Musician / Home Recording

Music Style: Rock / Blues / Avant Garde / My Own

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Sound: 1000's of top notch sounds for immediate usage as presets.... or make your own with the virtually unlimited amount of settings. There's enough here for new discovery to last you many many years. Feature: An excellent selection of Instruments are available in Komplete 7. These also run as stand alone outside your DAW. Even though I am also a guitarist as well as a keyboardist.... I find Guitar Rig 4 the weakest of them all. Ease of Use: Very straightforward installation. A complete install takes up 90+GB of space. It took about 3 hours to complete on my system including the updates. Super easy to follow user guides. The documentation is very good as well. It's easily accesable electronically within the programs themselves... no hard copies are included. Quality: I'm loving the inspiration this program has provided with the tons of instruments it provides. Value: I ended up getting this with a 10% discount and free shipping on top of an already great price. Manufacturer Support: I had a small issue cashing in the $60 e-coupon. I was charged for my purchase of the add-on I chose. It took NI about a week to remedy this. There website is lacking and could use a facelift. Overall: This program has so much it offers - it will satisfy my needs for new sounds for years to come. Gone are the days of chasing around for new sounds with numerous VST's being offered. This is the "Komplete" package!

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"Komplete 8 is GREAT!! (cheesy title, but whatever)" submitted October 25, 2011

By a customer from msn.com

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Music Style: Experimental, electronica

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Sound: Amazing selection of sounds, synths and drums. Haven't even scratched the surface, but the potential is amazing. Feature: Great software, not sure what else to say about it. Ease of Use: Very easy to get up and running. The vast amount of potential sounds and effects is great and the "Getting Started" Manuals from NI get you going in no time. Experimenting with any of the programs in Komplete is fairly easy and the full manuals are clearly laid out to fully explore the programs. Quality: So far every thing has been great. As with any sound program, there is always the set up, latency and what not, but the controls for audio/midi setup are easy to deal with. Value: Buying the programs separately would be expensive, so Komplete is a great deal. Manufacturer Support: Aside from registration and manual downloads, I haven't had to deal with any issues. So a 10. The Wow Factor: Reading about all the features and knowing that NI are a respected company makes it worth the price. And, the upgrade prices don't seem too bad. Overall: More than enough sounds and effects to keep me busy for a long time.

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"Great Package for a Great Price" submitted February 27, 2011

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Musical Background: Beginner Composer

Music Style: Orchestral, other

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Sound: This is one of the best sounding packages one can get for that price, bar none. It is a solid production core for musicians of any genre. Ease of Use: I found it really easy to use, especially the new Kontakt. I need a visual reference to what I am doing, instead of always looking at wave patters and numbers, and that is what I got when working with Kontakt. However, if you do want to go in depth, it gives you a lot of creativity to add your personal touch. Quality: So far, it's been working great Value: Can't go wrong with it! Fantastic package for a great price. Overall: The amount of depth of all the instruments in Komplete is massive so I will be working a lot to go in depth with each. But from what I've seen and used so far, I am very happy with the new Komplete

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"Exactly what I was looking for......PURE A+ SOUNDS" submitted February 22, 2010

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Musical Background: Hobby Producer

Music Style: House/Hip Hop/Rap/

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Sound: wow, if you are trying to step your game up, Komplete 6 is for you mostly every sound is pre-mixed and extrememely glossy so the need for post production is minimal I rewire it into Logic 9, worth every dime Feature: Comes with about 8 DVDs, they jipped me on the manuals tho, I saw a youtube video of some kid unboxing Komplete 6 and they gave him a pretty manual for each VST, (Absynth, Battery, Massive, Kontakt, Reaktor) but mine was just a crappy all in one manual with a cardboard filler under it where the nice manuals used to be Ease of Use: pretty easy, I mean I just opened Logic and it recognized the new software, then I just opened a new software instrument and loaded one of the VSTs and I was playing Quality: Ive only owned it for 3 days so hopefully it wont start to crash on me or anything, but I haven't gotten any errors yet......it IS a CPU hog tho Value: for $500 bucks? Nothing compares, marketing hit the nail on the head with this price Manufacturer Support: not yet The Wow Factor: the sounds speak for themselves Overall: took off 1 point because even thought its everything I expected and I am very satisfied with my purchase, I feel like some of the sounds are similar and its ALL electro/trance/dance/house sounds with some hiphop flavor no matter how you really put it, someone could argue otherwise Id like to hear it

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"Great Start up" submitted April 2, 2012

By Brandon Bethea in Columbia, SC

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Musical Background: 2 years

Music Style: Hip hop R&B classical blues

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Overall: Just getting my feet wet on the production side. And i must say Komplete was a great start up on vst's cause it covers a wide range for your liking. Still learning how to use entirely but i definitely enjoy the overall product.

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NI Komple Software Bundle Customer Review submitted July 6, 2011

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Musical Background: Active Musician/Recording Engineer

Music Style: Rock, Alternative, Jazz, Instrumental, Christian & Gospel

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Sound: Kontakt 4: Superb samples. Library is amazing. I love the band section, especially the horns. I also am in love with Upright, the Berlin concert grand, The NY Grand, and the Legendary Vienna Concert Grand pianos, along with the many effect options. Next the MM-Bass section is The Truth. The Vintage Organs, with the Drawbars and the vibrato switch pedal are strikingly authentic. Finally, The Orchestra samples. Unreal. I never have been satisfied before with, Violin/Viola samples, but this has finally satisfied my needs. The entire sections is breathtaking. I also recently purchased the Scarbee Funk Guitarist. But beware. You cannot play the midi samples note for note. They're only patch samples. Reaktor 5: It is dizzyingly overwhelming, with the synths, landscapes and Sound Fx. I am ready to write my own action movie for film score. Ha! Plus the total control with the tweakables. You can't ever be happy enough. So many options its scary! Guitar Rig 4: Nevr seen anything like it. The presets, the amplifiers, the cabinets, the effects, wow. I love it in every way. The Amp patvhes in Logic 9 will now sit on the shelf. I love the Strat, Jazz, and Blues sambles. Logic Pro seemed to conviently forget those. Haven't had much experience yet with, the Kore player, Absynth, and I only just played around with FM8 and Battery 3. I don't use Battery much because I have Stylus RMX by Spectrasonics, except for they don't have orchestra drum kits or percussion. So I use a combo of Battery 3, Kontakt 4 and Logic 9. I wish more sample types where added. Especially to the band instruments. The Horns are suffering badly. I wish you had samples to include all of them together. Sometimes, its too much work to have to go back and layer them each. Plus they need more effects. Like Crecendo, Burning, or a drop off at the end. The Horns are cool, they just need more effects. Feature: I wish the Kontakt 4 had the acoustic guitars where you could sample them with strumming. I like the patches, but you cant sample them. What's up with that? Ease of Use: Too good to be true. Quality: The best teakables, and options, and effects. I would take this anywhere. Manufacturer Support: When I first purchased this product, my excitement quickly dissolved when I was installing the software. It took more than 8 hrs. Not only that, but I had a few issues registering the product, and had to wait to receive my $60.00 voucher. Customer service is horrible, a factor that none of us ever think about when purchasing, and a factor that product owners bank on. Plus I also heard that Kontakt omits some of their samples when you purchase the Komplete 7 series, rather than the stand alone player, I thought Apple was bad. Lol! The Wow Factor: If you are a serious musician, you must have this. Its too good to be true. Overall: Overall, this is awesome. You save over $4,000.00 when you purchase the Komplete 7, instead of purchasing the software instruments separately. Awesome product, horrible customer service. What else is new? A must have.

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User Ratings

"The perfect solution for the serious producer." submitted December 21, 2010

"Komplete 7 is a dream come true for me" submitted February 19, 2011

"Komplete 8 is GREAT!! (cheesy title, but whatever)" submitted October 25, 2011

"Great Package for a Great Price" submitted February 27, 2011

"Exactly what I was looking for......PURE A+ SOUNDS" submitted February 22, 2010

"Great Start up" submitted April 2, 2012

NI Komple Software Bundle Customer Review submitted July 6, 2011