Komplete vs Rompler

Hi guys.  i know i don't post much anymore.  I still love cakewalk, but work has me using other Daws more.  Recently i built a project studio at a middle school (Bitflipper, you have to stop by one day!) I considered a few DAWS including Cakewalk and even Reaper. I chose to go with Studio One primarily because they offered a free version that is certainly scaled down, but capable of supplementing what we do outside of classroom for students unable to afford a DAW.  No complaints so far.  The stock instruments are ok but the quality of the rompler (Presnce XT) seems on par with Sampletank.  Kinda thin.  I went way under budget and was considering an upgrade to Komplete or a Rompler.  We already have Komplete Select so the upgrade would be discounted.  Is there a better option in the price range of $400 anyone would reccomend?

thank you. I guess I should have specified that it is for middle school kids mostly into pop music

I have tried the free Studio One (Prime) and agree with your opinion on the Presence XT.  The biggest downside to the free version is that there is no VST support ...

i will check out halion.  Some of the points brought up are why I am leaning towards Komplete. Abacab, I agree that lack of VST support is a downer, but the price is awesome.  

Of course if just one kid picked up on Reaktor and was inspired to do something with it Komplete would have been worthwhile. And there are masses of presets for the rest.

Ok. Thanks.

bitflipper

dubdisciple
Hi guys.  i know i don't post much anymore.  I still love cakewalk, but work has me using other Daws more.  Recently i built a project studio at a middle school (Bitflipper, you have to stop by one day!) I considered a few DAWS including Cakewalk and even Reaper. I chose to go with Studio One primarily because they offered a free version that is certainly scaled down, but capable of supplementing what we do outside of classroom for students unable to afford a DAW.  No complaints so far.  The stock instruments are ok but the quality of the rompler (Presnce XT) seems on par with Sampletank.  Kinda thin.  I went way under budget and was considering an upgrade to Komplete or a Rompler.  We already have Komplete Select so the upgrade would be discounted.  Is there a better option in the price range of $400 anyone would reccomend?

I'm just waiting for an offer of another burrito, Russel. Be glad to pedal on down your way and see what you've done since we first looked at that empty room.
 
I don't know how you could go wrong with Komplete, other than perhaps being overwhelmed by everything that's in the bundle. There's certainly something in there for every taste and genre, and I can't think of anything that has a better bang:buck ratio.

Deal!!! I am having some issues with mounting gobos securely. Not a big deal yet since most are not seriously recording yet

I am another in the Komplete camp. For kids that age there are a lot of tutorials out there on how to get the hip sounds in Massive. Plus Reaktor both as a modular environment and lots of ensembles. Not to mention that Kontakt is an industry standard.

You might think something like Abbey Road 60s drums might not be useful to them, but considering how important samples of 60s drum loops have been in electronic music , that's a lesson already half written.

Magic Russ
I am another in the Komplete camp. For kids that age there are a lot of tutorials out there on how to get the hip sounds in Massive. Plus Reaktor both as a modular environment and lots of ensembles. Not to mention that Kontakt is an industry standard.

You might think something like Abbey Road 60s drums might not be useful to them, but considering how important samples of 60s drum loops have been in electronic music , that's a lesson already half written.

We received the Abbey Road drums with the Maschine Mikro.  Conrtrary to stereotypes, many producers of pop, EDM, Hip_hop use acoustic drum samples as well as 808 type drums.  I have one kid in the high school program that does very experimental hip-hop and prefers Abbey Road and similar drums.