I really need some experienced owners of both the Sonar VSTi's and Native Instruments Komplete for some opinions here please.

I am thinking of buying a Komplete 8 pack (and at only $400 it is a good deal I think), but I am trying to find if getting it would be beneficial in terms of ease of use, better instruments and effects etc etc...

Or is it better to stick with Sonar and just update libraries - for example is the AAS Strum Acoustic Session worth upgrading (I would need the Strun Electric too)...as this would cost near $200 for one VSTi around half the cost of the WHOLE Komplete Library, and I have read that Komplete guitars and basses and drums are better than the ones in Sonar - even the "upgraded to full version" stuff.

I bought the DSF full sound library special from the webshop and so far I am not overly impressed by these categories?

Do others think Guitar Rig 5 is better or worse the TH2 - which I only just started to play with the other day!! Quite impressive....

I guess bottom line is, is it better to continue to buy "add-ons" to Sonar, or simply go to an all in one like Komplete...

It is all very confusing. I am not THAT fussy when it comes to sound, just as long as it is decent and realistic, and pretty easy to use, as I am  player NOT a programmer!!!  I am happy creating and editing MIDI data, but once it gets into the audio world, I like it as simple as possible..

If more info is needed from me , before offering advice...please ask :)

Thanks

If you're a keyboardist get Komplete 8 at that price......even if you're not, it's a no-brainer. I was in the boat about a month ago and haven't regretted buying Komplete at all.

joden


I really need some experienced owners of both the Sonar VSTi's and Native Instruments Komplete for some opinions here please.

I am thinking of buying a Komplete 8 pack (and at only $400 it is a good deal I think), but I am trying to find if getting it would be beneficial in terms of ease of use, better instruments and effects etc etc...

Or is it better to stick with Sonar and just update libraries - for example is the AAS Strum Acoustic Session worth upgrading (I would need the Strun Electric too)...as this would cost near $200 for one VSTi around half the cost of the WHOLE Komplete Library, and I have read that Komplete guitars and basses and drums are better than the ones in Sonar - even the "upgraded to full version" stuff.

I bought the DSF full sound library special from the webshop and so far I am not overly impressed by these categories?

Do others think Guitar Rig 5 is better or worse the TH2 - which I only just started to play with the other day!! Quite impressive....

I guess bottom line is, is it better to continue to buy "add-ons" to Sonar, or simply go to an all in one like Komplete...

It is all very confusing. I am not THAT fussy when it comes to sound, just as long as it is decent and realistic, and pretty easy to use, as I am  player NOT a programmer!!!  I am happy creating and editing MIDI data, but once it gets into the audio world, I like it as simple as possible..

If more info is needed from me , before offering advice...please ask :)

Thanks

joden,


Just Kontakt alone is almost the price of Komplete...

It truly is a NO BRAINER...27 instruments...including Kontakt, Reaktor, and a slew of Basses, Guitars, Piano's, etc...and Studio Effects...just add up how much it would cost to buy them all at the regular price...


NI has some exceptional instruments...Guitar Rig 5 is HEADS above TH2 IMHO.....

I own many, I just haven't been able to fork over the money for Komplete...much to my regret...

+1 it is a total deal... with komplete 9 coming out in 3? days they're getting rig of the 8 stock.  if you do the upgrade to komplete 9 it's cheaper than buying  k9 (woof) off the shelf.

Komplete is a no brainer.  for Kontact and Guitar Rig alone.  32bit & 64bit included, plays well with Sonar, no problems.

I bought Komplete 8, I wish I had held out and bought Komplete 8 Ultimate.

Komplete 9 is going to be released just around the corner, March 27th.  K9U they have added so much to that really if you can afford it and hold off you will be getting the better deal and many many useful things like Damage, Evolve, strings, horns and all the FX.

Absolutely YES. I've got Komplete 8 and really looking forward to 9 which you should hold out for.

Was up on the NI site yesterday looking at the Session Drummer (not sure of the name) product - really sealed the deal on the upgrade for me since I've been working with Abbey Road Drums series recently and like it a lot. 

Regards

Komplete 9 is coming out on Wednesday. I would wait for it but i have Komplete 8 and I use it with Maschine and I run Maschine inside of Sonar X1 sometimes. Works well for me. 

What I like best in the NI library seems to only be included in the Ultimate version unfortunately. And the library I want still lacks some of the samples I look for. Still for the money, either of them can't be beat. I just wish they had a better deal on the player and say 5 or 6 others of your choice. One thing to know is that you get these 'discounted license' versions because they send it on a HD instead of the boxed disks version (which I actually like better, but some people don't).

Just to throw a small curve into it all, have you checked the IK multimedia? I've seen it for around 149.00 lately.

Personally, I've tired of the redundant samples in eveyone's arsenal causing me to have 1,000 pianos, etc. Sometimes I think it would be better if they sold the samples individually like the iTune store.

I have used Komplete since version 3, and have upgraded all the way through the versions and I am now on Komplete 8 Ultimate.

FABULOUS package.

Bob Bone

Kontakt, Reaktor, FM8, Absynth, Massive and the drums are worth it alone.