smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
So I bought the Komplete Kontrol S61 keyboard and it arrived this weekend. Registering it gave me a $25 voucher, but I have Komplete Ultimate (and I don't have Machine), so I'm not really sure what - if anything - to use this on.
thoughts?
PS: Didn't get to use the keyboard this weekend due to spending my time as a computer tech with my UAD. It sure does look pretty when it boots up with all of those lights though! :)
|
Snehankur
Max Output Level: -80 dBFS
- Total Posts : 507
- Joined: 2014/11/26 00:19:19
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 10:42:34
(permalink)
Hi James,
Its a nice purchase.
I would suggest, as the voucher is valid for 90 days (I think so), please give time for exploring Komplete Ultimate. Then only you will be able to understand what you have and what pack you need for your music.
NI's gallery is vast. Explore them and you will also find some youtube videos as well.
Regards
SG
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 10:58:24
(permalink)
Today (last day) Emotive strings is still $149 and Strummed Acoustic is $49.50. Not sure if you can use the voucher on sale items though.
post edited by bapu - 2015/12/07 11:09:46
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:15:59
(permalink)
bummer - just tried and no, you cannot use a voucher for sale items.
Strummed acoustic seems interesting to me...
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:18:36
(permalink)
smallstonefan
Strummed acoustic seems interesting to me...
I picked it up. Of all the strum engines I have this one seems the easiest to implement with it's "smart mode" (i.e. single key press for a chord within the key you choose).
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:22:53
(permalink)
Thanks Bapu - I think I will grab it on sale for $49.50.
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:32:01
(permalink)
smallstonefan
Thanks Bapu - I think I will grab it on sale for $49.50.
For a strum engine probably the best bang for that price IMO. The guitar sound is not half bad either. And, since it is a clean acoustic with Melodyne DNA you could probably convert to MIDI and use another acoustic guitar lib. Just a thought.
|
BassDaddy
Max Output Level: -33 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4232
- Joined: 2012/12/31 13:55:58
- Location: I'm an American. From America!
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:46:09
(permalink)
bapu
smallstonefan
Thanks Bapu - I think I will grab it on sale for $49.50.
For a strum engine probably the best bang for that price IMO. The guitar sound is not half bad either. And, since it is a clean acoustic with Melodyne DNA you could probably convert to MIDI and use another acoustic guitar lib. Just a thought.
I like how you are thinking on that. Melodynes converting audio to midi make for a lot of possibilities on all kinds of things.
It's Bass, not Bass. i7 2700K, 16GB DDR3, 2 SSD sample drives and OS drive, HDD SATAIII for projects, 2 24" monitors Focusrite Saffire Pro 24, Focusrite VRM Box, LAVA Lamp, SONAR Platinum 64 bit, Mackie MCU and 1 MCU XT, Akai Advance 49, Windows 10, Komplete 9 Ultimate, Cakewalk, Toontrack, IK, AAS, XLN, UVI, Air Music Tech, Waves Factory, Sample Tek and Sonivox VSTi's. Overloud, T-Racks, Audio Damage, D16, Nomad Factory, Waves Gold FX
|
bapu
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 86000
- Joined: 2006/11/25 21:23:28
- Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:47:43
(permalink)
Sometimes it work brilliantly and other times.... well......
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 11:51:57
(permalink)
I'm also curious to run it through Tantra for some interesting rhythms...
|
bjornpdx
Max Output Level: -75 dBFS
- Total Posts : 759
- Joined: 2010/12/10 11:41:29
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 17:38:01
(permalink)
I have a $25 voucher too (S61 keyboard) I also have Komplete 10 Ultimate and Strummed Acoustic.
Would have been nice to apply the voucher to Emotive Strings but can't do that. So now I'm thinking of getting the Reaktor 6 upgrade which might induce me to learn how to use it.
Bjorn
|
MachineClaw
Max Output Level: -68 dBFS
- Total Posts : 1116
- Joined: 2012/10/08 00:15:28
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/07 19:52:20
(permalink)
you can buy a Maschine pack and use the samples/loops in other programs, just cant get the full Maschine eprerience out of the packs that way.
seriously I have never been able to use a NI voucher on anything but a Maschinepack because of the can't be used on a sle item, and once you have Ultimate you have pretty much everything in the store.
tracktor and Maschine are about it.
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 07:13:29
(permalink)
I'm a little surprised that as an Ultimate owner they won't let you use the voucher on a sale item...
|
BassDaddy
Max Output Level: -33 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4232
- Joined: 2012/12/31 13:55:58
- Location: I'm an American. From America!
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 09:46:05
(permalink)
I don't think I've used one since Kore was ambushed. I used to get Kore sound packs with the vouchers, I think.
It's Bass, not Bass. i7 2700K, 16GB DDR3, 2 SSD sample drives and OS drive, HDD SATAIII for projects, 2 24" monitors Focusrite Saffire Pro 24, Focusrite VRM Box, LAVA Lamp, SONAR Platinum 64 bit, Mackie MCU and 1 MCU XT, Akai Advance 49, Windows 10, Komplete 9 Ultimate, Cakewalk, Toontrack, IK, AAS, XLN, UVI, Air Music Tech, Waves Factory, Sample Tek and Sonivox VSTi's. Overloud, T-Racks, Audio Damage, D16, Nomad Factory, Waves Gold FX
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 16:49:29
(permalink)
OK, got the Strummed Acoustic and just fired up my new Komplete Kontrol S61.
WOW
This is the first time I actually was able to play a Kontakt instrument with the various articulations! I was never quite sure how the colored zones worked in the UI of Kontakt in teh past. Having the keyboard light them up made it dead simple to experiment.
I was able to make some great rhythms quickly and easily - and it was a blast to play it. Can't wait to explore my other instruments with this keyboard! :)
|
Fleer
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8715
- Joined: 2014/08/29 10:17:45
- Location: Boston/Cambridge
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 17:33:52
(permalink)
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 17:41:12
(permalink)
Fleer
Told ya :)
Yes indeedy! :) Seriously, I would never have thought a controller could open up so much possibility. The way you can browse through NI instruments and the knobs automatically map, and how easy it is to page through different mappings. If you have NI Komplete Ultimate, this deserves a very serious look; it will expand what you already have.
|
Fleer
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
- Total Posts : 8715
- Joined: 2014/08/29 10:17:45
- Location: Boston/Cambridge
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 17:55:10
(permalink)
Did check out the 88key version: solid build, great Fatar keybed. Still, too pricey. Cherishing my 49er and particularly loving its synth action.
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 18:18:28
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby thepianist53 2015/12/09 10:45:03
My Sweetwater rep hooked me up with the S61 for $550. The S88 is a BIG jump at $999...
|
BassDaddy
Max Output Level: -33 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4232
- Joined: 2012/12/31 13:55:58
- Location: I'm an American. From America!
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/08 20:37:15
(permalink)
It's Bass, not Bass. i7 2700K, 16GB DDR3, 2 SSD sample drives and OS drive, HDD SATAIII for projects, 2 24" monitors Focusrite Saffire Pro 24, Focusrite VRM Box, LAVA Lamp, SONAR Platinum 64 bit, Mackie MCU and 1 MCU XT, Akai Advance 49, Windows 10, Komplete 9 Ultimate, Cakewalk, Toontrack, IK, AAS, XLN, UVI, Air Music Tech, Waves Factory, Sample Tek and Sonivox VSTi's. Overloud, T-Racks, Audio Damage, D16, Nomad Factory, Waves Gold FX
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/09 07:15:58
(permalink)
I just watched my son play drum patters using Polyplex. He's a great drummer and pretty good at keys, so it was impressive. The light guide made it super easy for him to know which keys were what instruments.
I couldn't get him to stop. :)
He was inspiring - I wish I could play drum patterns on a keyboard like that.
|
thepianist65
Max Output Level: -78 dBFS
- Total Posts : 644
- Joined: 2004/07/30 15:09:51
- Location: Boston, MA
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/09 10:34:23
(permalink)
I haven't seen the S61 for less than $599. How'd you get a discount to $550 from Sweetwater? You got some kind of pull there?
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/09 10:40:37
(permalink)
☄ Helpfulby bapu 2015/12/09 10:57:23
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
How can you resist a Roman warrior?
:)
|
BassDaddy
Max Output Level: -33 dBFS
- Total Posts : 4232
- Joined: 2012/12/31 13:55:58
- Location: I'm an American. From America!
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/09 10:50:43
(permalink)
thepianist53
I haven't seen the S61 for less than $599. How'd you get a discount to $550 from Sweetwater? You got some kind of pull there?
Call your Sales Waitress and ask if they can do better.
It's Bass, not Bass. i7 2700K, 16GB DDR3, 2 SSD sample drives and OS drive, HDD SATAIII for projects, 2 24" monitors Focusrite Saffire Pro 24, Focusrite VRM Box, LAVA Lamp, SONAR Platinum 64 bit, Mackie MCU and 1 MCU XT, Akai Advance 49, Windows 10, Komplete 9 Ultimate, Cakewalk, Toontrack, IK, AAS, XLN, UVI, Air Music Tech, Waves Factory, Sample Tek and Sonivox VSTi's. Overloud, T-Racks, Audio Damage, D16, Nomad Factory, Waves Gold FX
|
smallstonefan
Max Output Level: -48 dBFS
- Total Posts : 2724
- Joined: 2003/11/20 11:41:35
- Location: Papillion, Nebraska
- Status: offline
Re: NI Voucher - what to use it for when you have Komplete Ultimate?
2015/12/09 11:01:33
(permalink)
Yup - if you have a rep just call and ask them what's the best they can do for you.
If you don't have a rep, I can introduce you to mine... It's really good to have a relationship with a sales rep if you spend money on gear throughout the year.
|