Karyn
You don't want to buy GuitarRig 4 Pro do you? 
 
 
The deal is all done.  All I have to do now is wait by the mail box for fedex.  Let's hope Tom Hanks isn't bringing it or I could be in for a long wait...

K9 will keep you going for a long time, I don't think you'll miss anything that doesn't come in that package. Prepare for a long session of disk swapping. Really, get a bottle of wine and order take away, you'll be there for a while. And most of the instruments can be programmed and explored for months.

ampfixer
 And most of the instruments can be programmed and explored for months.

Or in the case of Reaktor, a lifetime

I am still on the fence....I have K 9 and do not see a lot for 199.  More synths...not that interested.
 
I probably will wait and see if it goes on sale myself.  
 
JR

I would not mind getting my hands on the new pianos but I can wait, either for a decent discount or Komplete 11.

Yes no streaming from the harddrive. Only installers on there. If they make a K11U on an SSD with all samples ready to stream I'd jump on it in a heartbeat.

I said, SSD, not HDD. I believe it's quite robust nowadays, not to mention it'd only be reading 99 percent of the time. It would save hours worth of installing, space in the computer, and is a lot easier to swap between computers. I currently have my Komplete collection on an external SSD, it's been very reliable and I can use the high speed with both my laptop and desktop with just the one disk. The currently included disk is basically just a backup, you only use it for installing. While it's not a bad idea to have a backup, I would prefer to choose whether or not I make one, instead of just having a dead weight in my closet that might have been very useful.

LaszloZoltan

Starise
 
Having the hard drive still takes 3-4 hours? Is this because it's usb 2.0 ? It sounds as if you imported from the outboard hdd to an internal one. I was under the impression you could stream from it. I would probably do the same thing unless that included hdd can stream a lot of tracks at once. 

yup 3 to 4 hours,  not exactly certain- I expected it wouldve been much quicker going from k9U so I didnt check the time, but I surfed a bit on my other pc and then watched a full movie and still had a while to go before the install was ...errr, complete, you might say. we are looking at a pretty large data transfer- I dont think there is an option to run the software off the supplied hdd enclosure-  just pick your install path and go. I really dont see why the install time would be an issue unless one has only days left to live I suppose (a way to pass the time ? something to look forward to ?). Not to mention, why does no one seem to remember the prolonged install times in the good old floppy days ? 

I hear you on the wait time . It is probably the largest program many will install at 400gb for Ultimate. I'm just impatient :).... Having another activity to do while waiting would certainly help. I think usb2.0/3.0 makes a big difference in time.

Sanderxpander

MachineClaw
I installed K10U from the included hard drive.  took 2 hours and that was including downloading and installing all the service center updates.

Perhaps there were not as many updates because this is a new product. When I got K9U the updates took longer than the original install. 2 hours seems fairly quick even just for the disk based part.

Well I had all of K9U installed. 
 
I don't really know why it was so fast, at 2 hours.  When I installed K9U it took 4 + hours but that was on my old machine.

Hope you have a lotta fun with it Jarsve! It must be good if a metal guitarist is into the keyboard now :)

OK darnit....I just pulled the trigger on Ultimate...no point in only going partway up Everest :) It is a great deal for everything you get. I shouldn't have looked at the NI website that last time :) Tums should help a little with the GAS.

I hope all of you new Komplete owners are going to take advantage of the Reaktor user library. As if there weren't enough in the ton of instruments and effects already included with Reaktor, there are also thousands of user-made ones available for free download. After almost 2 years I never stop being amazed. There's a lot of throwaway crap you'll never use, but the quality of some of them is astounding and it's amazing that so many talented people are making this stuff for free. Having the full version of Reaktor just opens so many doors even if you never learn how to make your own synths with it (which is years of study in itself). 
 
Recently I downloaded all of this guy's stuff for free, and it was so good I made a donation through his page. I'm using loads of these synths and effects in projects already, they're so good. http://boscomac.free.fr/?p=rack
 
 

sharke
Having the full version of Reaktor just opens so many doors even if you never learn how to make your own synths with it (which is years of study in itself). 
 
Recently I downloaded all of this guy's stuff for free, and it was so good I made a donation through his page. I'm using loads of these synths and effects in projects already, they're so good. http://boscomac.free.fr/?p=rack

Thanks for this great Reaktor link. Great stuff indeed.
Anyone cares to share similar amazing links for Reaktor synths?

We have Brando to thank for posting that link last week. 

Cheers, Glyn. Just starting out with Komplete 10, so grateful for any guidance you guys may offer.

Cheers, Sharkey  Looking out for Eccentrix.