Komplete 7 here... works great.  Great sounds.  And I only have Win32bit, X2, and 4GB RAM.

Thanks guys, it looks like the type of program/plug-in where you could spend months with it and not even scratch the surface. I will be looking into this further.

I have Komplete 8 Ultimate and it's amazing. It's worth having for Reaktor alone - that amazing instrument could keep a person occupied for the rest of their life. The effect chains you can set up with Guitar Rig are incredible. However, I will say this. Sonar seems to have some issue with Guitar Rig hosted effects in which it will occasionally zero out all the controls upon loading the project. I've had to reconfigure huge effects chains a few times because of this, of course I should really be saving them as new presets! But it does happen, and since I used exactly the same plugs in Pro Tools without issue I'm going to presume it's a NI/Sonar clash. I've never managed to get to the bottom of it and nobody was helpful on NI's forums.

But despite this, I still think it's one of the best VST collections anywhere and definitely the best value for money.  

Glyn Barnes


Worked well for me, even on my old Vista PC where neither X2 or Komplete was supported.

As if Komplete was not enough there is a huge amount of third party content, some free or only costing a few bucks you can use once you have the full version of Kontack.

Don't forget the Reaktor user library. There are some beautifully weird and wacky instruments to download for free, as well as some very usable effects. Not to mention you can make your own instruments (and Groove3 has a Reaktor course so hopefully I'm going to learn the basics very soon). 

I'll second the comments here. Sonar + Komplete = Go make music.

When you consider what you get, it's even very cost-effective.

Komplete 8
Sonar X2a 64bit
Windows8

Works great!

KOMPLETE 8 Ultimate is an excellent product that not only has good sounds but is also good value for money.

A good fit with SONAR any version - Currently 8.53 and X2A

no problems herewith komplete 8 and sonar x1

NI has free things like the Kontakt player, which you could download and take for a drive.  There aren't many sounds, compared to what you would get with Ultimate, but the quality is great, and you would develop your own sense of its place in your matrix of tools and gear.

Bob Bone

sharke-  I've never experienced the Guitar Rig phenomenon you described.  I wonder what the difference is... mine is 32-bit maybe?