Project5 similar to Reaktor5?

Komplete 5 is bundled with Reaktor5 and I'm not sure if its needed if I already have Project5. Native Instruments also has a bundle called Komplete Synths without Reaktor5 for $299. I'm sure most of you are aware of the Komplete5 July offer of $399. Not sure if I want to spend an extra $100 for Reaktor that is a synth studio (from the description that I read) similar to Project5.

The Komplete 5 offer is probably the bargain of the new century (and that includes PSP Nitro for $10).
If you understood what Reaktor 5 is, you'd want it; you'd want the whole Komplete package and about 6 months of free time to explore.

There's no overlap with P5 (aside from the use of the number '5')

I'm sure the 399 euros or 399 dollars or 399 GBP (if that's what the recent e-mail said)
makes somebody's job easier
but it's a bit arbitrary, but then it is in keeping with the 'insane' offer

Now that I've seen the new NI website that confirms use of the word insane in this promotion
I've also seen how they slip Kore into the whole promotion

now it makes sense Komplete is over, going forward it's all about Kore
I didn't understand this at first, but there is a free software Kore player available for those who don't want to commit to hardware

ok now I'm confused again

what's the differnce between the free version Kore Player and Kore Software Edition?

ability to edit

This pretty much explains it

http://kore.noisepages.com/2008/09/02/new-kore-pricing-models-software-only-edition-sounds-bundled-together-explained/

My komplete package just came but I hav nt installed anything yet waiting for my 500gb hard drive to turn up for enough space it, im itching to play with it, it looks awsome cannot wait to get into it, Im still not sure what reaktor really is and how it works some kinda weird sound design thing with loads of gadgets sounds wicked.

Someone told me to try and get someone to send komplete as a gift from america apparently you can dodge the import taxes if its sent as a gift and get it £100 quid cheaper but I had already sent for it, I cudda done that aswel, oh well still a bargain at this price but the americans are lucky to get there gear so cheap.

Hmmm.... Well, I call Reaktor a "sound design workstation", as it can create or process sounds completely from scratch in almost any way you can imagine. Though, with that comes an absolutely atrocious learning curve.

before we go off on another mis-interpretation

Reaktor can be used to create brand new synths and effects -- in a modular manner with pre-existing components supplied by NI -- some people know how to do this and some people enjoy a bit of this. It takes some understanding and it takes some learning

But if one is content to use existing ensembles, Reaktor comes wih a great many and a very great many more are available from the user's community library or whatever they call it -- made by people who range from brilliant to just a little better than you and me


at one time NI made a distinction between Reaktor 'products' that could be used to build new ensembles and a model that could just use existing ensembles, but they stopped doing that some time ago -- now everybody can build new ensembles or tweak existing ones with what ships, but you don't have to.

ok, lets say if I don't have time to create new instruments and sound design with Reaktor, what can I use Reaktor for? Is it also a virtual instrument with presets like Rapture that can also be tweaked for the project? So these ensembles are they additional patches or are they new instruments that users have created? Candlesayshi, I'm not up for an atrocious learning curve. Sonar, Rapture and Project5 will keep me busy as far as the learning goes. So minus going through Reaktors atrociouslearning curve, can Reaktor be used right out of the box?

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ok, lets say if I don't have time to create new instruments and sound design with Reaktor, what can I use Reaktor for? Is it also a virtual instrument with presets like Rapture that can also be tweaked for the project? So these ensembles are they additional patches or are they new instruments that users have created? Candlesayshi, I'm not up for an atrocious learning curve. Sonar, Rapture and Project5 will keep me busy as far as the learning goes. So minus going through Reaktors atrociouslearning curve, can Reaktor be used right out of the box?

Yes, you can use it right out of the box. It comes with a nice library of pre-made ensembles. Lots of great instruments and effects. Ensembles are made by people or NI and open within Reaktor, yes.

Hmmm.... Though ensembles aren't really patches in the strict sense of the term. Think of them more as environments. For instance, most of the ensembles that come with Reaktor are environments containing one instrument, or one effect, but it isn't limited to that. An ensemble can be an entire environment containing a whole chain of instruments and effects, and each of those instruments and effects can have their own set of patches, which in Reaktorspeak would be "Snapshots".