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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 08:00:48
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peter434
Thanks a lot cclary !!
So, for you, it's a no brainer , but (excuse me if I'm still a little hesitant) don't you think that if we have already libraries like the Spectrasonics stuff, Mixosaurus, Galaxy II ... we are used to work with, will not all these Komplete Ultimate vsti be redundant or less attractive ? Do you think that they will be, on the contrary, a very good complement ?
I think the NI stuff is quite stellar...so it all comes down to a matter of perspective... What you're going to get for $400 is about $5,000 worth of VSTi's retail. So, it you have even remotely considered a couple of these VSTi's, it's a no brainer... Even if you never use the other ones...and you get a portable hard drive in the deal also...
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 09:47:18
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Oh these 50% off deals are killing me......I was thinking of getting Komplete 9, but can't afford to right now.......
However, Kontakt 5 at $49.50 is very tempting.
Is K5 significantly "better" in general useage than K4? I realize the new Time Stretching, Pro Effects, Filters etc....features are added in K5, but do you find them to be useful?
Any other things you've noticed?
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 10:12:16
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Get Komplete 9. You can miss eating for a fortnight.
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 10:57:48
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Mesh
Oh these 50% off deals are killing me......I was thinking of getting Komplete 9, but can't afford to right now.......
However, Kontakt 5 at $49.50 is very tempting.
Is K5 significantly "better" in general useage than K4? I realize the new Time Stretching, Pro Effects, Filters etc....features are added in K5, but do you find them to be useful?
Any other things you've noticed?
Mesh...you need to rob a bank or something...spend the extra $$ to get Komplete....you won't regret it...
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 11:52:21
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cclarry
Mesh
Oh these 50% off deals are killing me......I was thinking of getting Komplete 9, but can't afford to right now.......
However, Kontakt 5 at $49.50 is very tempting.
Is K5 significantly "better" in general useage than K4? I realize the new Time Stretching, Pro Effects, Filters etc....features are added in K5, but do you find them to be useful?
Any other things you've noticed?
Mesh...you need to rob a bank or something...spend the extra $$ to get Komplete....you won't regret it...
Thanks, I knew I could count on you guys!!!  
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 13:32:03
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I went for the Scarbee Ricky bass.
Been wrestling with the idea of going for Komplete 9.
Komplete won....I'm going to pick it up sometime this week.
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 13:36:59
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I have 6 expansion packs to sell / transfer, just in case anyone isn't interested in buying the whole thing.. I'll have to double check they are all included in k9.
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:14:32
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I finally received my last Serial number today after 2 emails and a 20 minute phone call. Note to self, don't waste time on email, call'em... Apparently my orders were marked as suspicious because I made 3 separate orders over a 3 day period... Go figure. NI is worried about me? Nah. 
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:18:03
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I also wonder why the ****in forum software thinks that S.u.s.p.i.c.i.o.u.s. is a bad word?
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cclarry
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:28:21
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While this software is better then the old...it still has it's problems...
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rtucker55
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:29:08
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That's for Damn Sure. 
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rtucker55
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:30:17
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oops, guess it isn't perfect. Sorry if I offended anyone...
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:32:19
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rtucker55
I also wonder why the ****in forum software thinks that S.u.s.p.i.c.i.o.u.s. is a bad word?
It's because there is a racial epithet hidden in there. Look closely. Yeah I know, their language filter sucks. I'll tell you what else is funny. When you "quote" someone else's post to reply to it, any censored words in that post are written in full in the text box. So I was able to see that you wrote ****in in your post. Who designs this ****?
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 18:48:00
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sharke
rtucker55
I also wonder why the ****in forum software thinks that S.u.s.p.i.c.i.o.u.s. is a bad word?
It's because there is a racial epithet hidden in there. Look closely. Yeah I know, their language filter sucks.
I'll tell you what else is funny. When you "quote" someone else's post to reply to it, any censored words in that post are written in full in the text box. So I was able to see that you wrote ****in in your post. Who designs this ****?
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rtucker55
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 19:21:18
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That's great sharke, Thanks for the grins. 
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 21:00:36
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in UK money from 2-8 upgrade to 9 ultimate it weighs in at £280.. or around that.. since they are fond of quoting euro's (which I hate)
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/02 23:33:54
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i went from K9 to K9 ultimate (just to get the Heavyocity stuff) and george duke !! lol +Kenetic metal : (brillant) and 2 maschine expansions !!
Also looking at Aean from Heavyocity and Albion III (from spitefire)
begining of the month i went maschine studio and arturia V collection +minlab .....SH 101 D16 group/OPX Pro/Spire /...
If my wife kill me ...you know why guyz ...and chrsitmas (3 kids) is coming ...lol
By the way may i ask a question ....when we have K4 and install K5 , why K5 can't use K4 factory Lib ....in one word : do we have to re install another 40 Gb lib to use it K5 !! my sdd isn't expandable !! and i can't delete K4 since some old project still use it !!
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 01:48:27
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I picked up K9U. If you were in the US, and ordered it from musiciansfriend.com, you could have used a coupon for 15% off in addition, which made my upgrade about $170.00. Funny thing, though, I haven't even installed K8U yet.  Guess the ole hard drives will be burning up in the next few days. :-)
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 04:43:55
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Waiting to get paid from client so I can go from going K9 -> K9U - so I'll probably miss out on the 15% off discounts.
Don't see why it takes 4 business days for a bank transfer to clear, its rediculous.
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 05:03:13
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Zo
By the way may i ask a question ....when we have K4 and install K5 , why K5 can't use K4 factory Lib ....in one word : do we have to re install another 40 Gb lib to use it K5 !! my sdd isn't expandable !! and i can't delete K4 since some old project still use it !!
(Rewritten) Don't know how much duplication there actually is. I had a full install of Komplete 6 and later upgraded to a full install of Komplete 9. Looks like K5 may actually re-use the K4 libraries if they are there. My Kontact4 Library folder is 42.9GB My Kontact Factory Library folder (which appears to be Kontact5) only contains 23.2GB and that increase should match the difference between going from Komplete 6 to Komplete 9.
post edited by TheSteven - 2013/12/03 05:24:59
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 06:42:16
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I use K5 and K4 both so I did not install the K5 factory Lib. K5 works just fine with the K4 factory lib.
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peter434
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 11:52:04
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First of all, Thanks to CClary who answered to my questions.
Another thing that is not very clear in the NI site : They speak about 25€/$ voucher if we adquire KU9, but do you confirm that is not available on every product which are 50% off or labelled "special offer" ? So, at the end, we cannot benefit from Voucher during this promo sale period, no ?
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 13:01:32
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peter434
First of all, Thanks to CClary who answered to my questions.
Another thing that is not very clear in the NI site : They speak about 25€/$ voucher if we adquire KU9, but do you confirm that is not available on every product which are 50% off or labelled "special offer" ? So, at the end, we cannot benefit from Voucher during this promo sale period, no ?
If you get KU9 is there anything left to buy? The voucher only works when buying directly from NI. Don't know how if it's valid during sales like this - have you checked the NI website?
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 13:25:38
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yer there are still libs to buy even if you get ultimate. it's not everything, included in ultimate.. if you look at the comparsions , you'll see it's a good chunk of libs.
the voucher you get is in the box with a redeem code.. IF thats how they are still doing it.
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 19:07:17
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from the NI forum , someone explained me this : "My understanding is that K5 uses a new compression format for the files which uses much less space. Unfortunately, to Use K4 and K5, you do have to install both libraries." "You don't really have to. I use Kontakt 4 library without issues in Kontakt 5 - it just doesn't show in the Libraries tab. You can still load its NKIs from Files or QuickLoad (if you drop the K4 library folder in QuickLoad)." i'm gonna try to load K5 stuff in K4 like this , and erase the bigger one !! Still have zero infos on my order and shippenent of K9U ...that was my week of , i wanted to have fun ....:( dam in case you want to participate : http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthread.php?211992-Kontakt-4-kontakt-5-2-times-install-of-the-library&p=1239269#post1239269 By the way OlPal , how is the cuba thing ? i'm tempted but say to myslef let's wait Ultimate 10 ...
post edited by Zo - 2013/12/03 19:08:32
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 20:28:01
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Hey Zo Sorry, I can't answer you concerning the compatibility between K4 and K5. As for "Cuba", there are complete and interesting reviews on You Tube : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=NI+cuba&sm=3The samples sound rather clear with good dynamics and the loops seem to be groovy (the major problem, for me, is that the melodic loops (bass, piano, guitar) are not so flexible because you cannot play the chords you want : There are pre programmed serie of 4 chord patterns... But, Zo, i'm a little curious but it's not your kind of music ? Do you want to make Urban salsa ?
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/03 22:21:32
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Mine shipped yesterday...and is on it's way...
I got my Forte today, but had band practice tonite and just got home..
I know they are backed up with orders...that's I do know...
most places won't even get more in stock till the 21st of December...
Time to play for awhile then nighty nites..
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/06 18:27:05
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K9 arrived this afternoon...now for installation and playtime...
My Bluebird and Encore 100 should be here Monday!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW......
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Re: Native Instruments 50% Off Deal
2013/12/06 18:41:43
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Geez, I wish I could afford K9, but alas.... So I had to settle for Kontakt at the $125 crossgrade price. Now I'm just waiting for shipping confirmation. Woo hoo.
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