You'll need a faster computer to run it on too: NI recommends an Intel Core 2 Duo or faster chip with OS X 10.8, Windows 7 or higher and 4 GB of RAM, though from experience those really are absolute minimums and a souped-up system will really help your workflow. Obviously the further back you are the more new stuff you'll get: leaping from Komplete 3 to 10 for example would be like going from a pushbike to a Ferrari. Probably the key figure is that it will cost you £169/$199 to upgrade from any version of Komplete 2 through Komplete 9. The full version of Komplete 10 (not the Ultimate version-we'll discuss that later) costs £429/$499 and there are various upgrade options. Ultimate is so big it comes on its own hard drive for installation Add to this whole apps like the Reaktor synth design environment, Kontakt sampler and instrument builder and Guitar Rig effects processor and it's a pretty fearsome selection. Now at version 10, these bundles aim to cover a very broad spectrum of the kinds of sounds and effects that anyone working in modern music production might need, from real drum kits, pianos and horns through to sampled guitars and basses and a wealth of cutting edge synths and drum machines. Not everyone will need the whole, enormous selection of Komplete Ultimate and there is a smaller though still very impressive selection simply called Komplete that costs somewhat less.

They tend to take most of what was in the last Komplete, round up much of the new stuff, sometimes (as here) add a few completely new products and offer it all in one package. Bundling products together is fairly common especially in the music software world, but as NI has grown it has been able to offer arguably better value for money with each new release of Komplete, as its product lineup has invariably grown since the last version. There came a point several years ago when NI's stable of instruments and effects became so varied and diverse that the Berlin-based developer decided to start offering them all as a single bundle and called it Komplete.

Coming Soon on : Focused reviews for the new individual instruments in Komplete 10, like Polyplex, Kontour, Rounds and the Definitive Piano Collection.

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