Anything worthwhile from Native Instruments under $100?

I have a $30 voucher from NI that expires in a few weeks. I was going to use it on the GR Pro 5 upgrade but it does not apply to upgrades. I was so excited but now I am not sure I will even get GR Pro 5 for a while. I just purchased GR Pro 4 a month or so ago. There is nothing I need (for sure) but I wondered if there was something at NI that you all felt that with $30 off, would make a nice new toy? For a while I was thinking about The Mouth. It looks fun and $30 off would make it $50 but... I don't know. Not sure I would ever use the thing past the initial checking it out phase. Any ideas? Thanks

cwig


Razor?

http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-reaktor/razor/

Yeah, that's what I got with my voucher. Additive synthesis, whatever that means. lol

Another vote for Scarbee. One of my best buy of the year.

Usually when I use "fake" bass, I make sure they're as discreet as possible - just so you feel them but so that hopefully, they'll pass under the radar. Scarbee allows me to add a little bit of expression - I still try not to use them to upfront, but I feel it helps making them a bit less dull, so they don't get your attention that way either.

+1 on the Scarbee basses, they are all excellent!

I'm in the same boat as you maximumpower. I also have a $30 voucher, but don't have razor or Scarbee (I only have the J-bass). I'm leaning towards Razor as I do love cool synths, but am very limited in playing a keyboard...
Would love to hear more reviews on Razor.

I'm glad I ran across this thread, because I was wondering what to do with my nearly-expired $30 voucher as well.  The Scarbee basses sound pretty good, but can anyone recommend either the Jay Bass or the Pre Bass as a starter?  The Jay Bass seems to have more "stuff" with it, but I'm not so sure I need popping, slapping bass as much as just good straight-up bass tones.  Thanks.

Excellent tips, Rain!  Thanks for posting that, as it helps my decision a lot.

+1 for Jay Bass.

Then again, I do like funky, jazzy, rock with a little soul. This has a lot of options/sounds for this genre.

I'm thinking of Pre Bass as my next addition as I do love a deep bass to keep it rocking.

I thought the Scarbee basses were amp sims. I now, they are synths. Do you use these because you don't have a bass or because these are just easier/better than setting up the real thing? Thanks P.S. Funny, no one has or recommends "The Mouth". The last reviews of it on the web are from Feb of this year.

Not sure if these will be "better" than the real thing, but I too don't have a bass and these NI bass's are probably the next best thing (if I had a bass, I'd definitely would use it). The problem is I'm not a keyboardist and I have to do the best I can with my limited ability.  

The Vocalizer (from Sonnivox) got much more attention in here than the Mouth did. I also bought the Vocalizer because of the recommendation given by Yorolpal.....and it has much more to offer (functionality wise) than the Mouth. The cool thing about the Vocalizer is you put any audio source (any noise) in front of it and turn it into something musical....very cool indeed.

I am new to recording and just do it as a hobby. I have a bass, so at this point the bass synth's have more limited value to me. I really want to get GR5 but you can't use the voucher on upgrades. The Razor synth looks good but I have soooo many synths that came with Sonar X1 Producer and I am not even a keyboard player lol That leaves The Mouth. It is certainly not my style either but I want to make it a fun place for my kids to hang out. We have finished our basement, put all our music equipment down there, purchased a big screen television, etc... with the goal that our children would have their friends over at our house more often, instead of whatever else it is that teenage kids do lol The Mouth appealed to me in that you don't have to be a musician to make music with it. It sounded like fun. Still with the voucher, it is $50 and I have new tubes on the way for my amp, just did some upgrades to the computer, etc... :-) Perhaps I will just pass on the voucher. It doesn't seem like there is anything I need. I just wanted to check with you all first. Thanks so much for all your input! -- Edit -- Sorry for the poor formatting. No matter what I do, the forum software removes the whitespace.

LANEY


I got a $30 coupon in the mail today!!  I am getting the mouth, I will let you know how it is.

Do you also own Razor? (if yes and after checking out the mouth ), what are the positives/negatives of both?

Well...You could buy a Maschine bag for $89,a Traktor bag for $89 or Traktor Kontrol X1 bag for $49...Or course if you're not taking the new DJ route that NI wants you to take like a good little sheep,you could pick up the Scarbee Rhodes or one of the basses - MM or Pre getting my vote