I enjoy Kontakt, particularly because so many great sample libraries support it. But now that NI is having their half price sale on Komplete 10 and Ultimate, I'm wondering, is it worth it. I already own Kontakt full version, and several of their electric bass and organ libraries. So there is duplication there. And I don't know if I would use many of their plug-ins, as I am very happy with my Izotope plug ins, for example. But the Session Horns Pro and Strings Pro, plus the many varied other libraries, synths, etc., might come in very handy, indeed, as I do a range of projects, from jazz to rock to orchestral, etc. Just wondering what people think about it, is it worth even the $400 crossgrade price to you?
 
Thanks.

For me, Reaktor is what makes my day.
 
It's a synth, it's a physical modeller, it's an effects rack, it's a mastering module, it's a mangler, but wait!
There's more!!
 
While it will take a lifetime to master and another lifetime to explore the User Library, simple changes like stringing together some synths and effects are easy.
 
I have had Komplete 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 and I am a Reaktor, NI effects, Kore, Machine and Kontrol beta tester.
 
I don't think I would upgrade to Ultimate unless you have the cash.
 

thanks for the feedback. I think I have the reaktor free version, but never really used it. I'm not as much into the synths, but the "real" instruments seem much better in the Ultimate version, such as the session horns and strings, etc. I could learn to like the synths, as I have a need for it, but I don't do a lot of "electronic" or dance music, mostly try to sound as convincing as [possible on emulated "acoustic" instruments. I already have pianos, guitars and flutes, etc. that I love that are compatible with Kontakt, so perhaps something like Chris Hein Horns and a separate strings product would be more up my alley if the price is right. Putting all of my eggs into Komplete seems a bit or overkill in a way, but it's tempting to have such an array of tools from a company whose products I do like and use regularly.
Sigh, always a balance between investment and return....
 

I'd say it really depends on how much you've already invested in other sampler libraries. K10U comes with a huge pile of stuff, but if you aren't like ly to use the synths and effects, then you are ignoring half of your investment. Also, if you already have good piano and orchestral libraries from elsewhere (East West, Kirk Hunter, Embertone, OrangeTree, etc...) then you may end up with a lot of redundant libraries in K10U.
 
What I did, was start with K8 way back when I had my DAW built, then I added the things in Ultimate that I wanted when NI had big sales on Black Friday and so on. I have everything I want in K10U, without buying things I won't use.
 
There is so much good stuff out there...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Dan, that makes sense to me, kind of where I was leaning. For example, with the sale they are having now, I could pick up the Session Horns, and upgrade it, and it would be 100 bucks less than just buying the Pro version. Of course, if I can make do with the regular version, than I'm all set for 100. I do tend to prefer to purchase what I need at the moment rather than investing in a huge bundle of stuff that I may or may not use some day. Only if the price was ridiculous would I be able to justify having all that stuff that I wasn't using regularly.
 
Thanks for the response.

There are some very nice new instruments...the Piano's are quite nice,
theres Polyplex, Rounds, and Kontour...the Piano's alone are $199
when not on sale...so for $99 actually about $88.11 at JRRShop you
can get all of them...

https://www.jrrshop.com/n...nts-komplete-10-update

The SoftTube Dynamic/EQ/Reverb plugins included in Ultimate are quite good.
If you don't already have favorite 3rd-party plugins, this makes Ultimate an even sweeter deal.
The new Pianos are pretty good.  I like them enough to where I haven't even (re)installed Ivory-II.

yes it's worth it......if you will use the products included.
 
I like a lot of the 10KU only products but many people simply don't want or would use them.
 
If you have kontakt and a few libraries you can upgrade and sell off the individual sample libraries (you have to keep Kontakt as that this the base of your sidegrade upgrade).
 
the PRO versions of Session Strings and Session Horns are vastly better than the regular versions.
 
only you can decide if it's worth it or not really.
 
I didn't want to have to think about it anymore and bought 10KU so I have everything, no need to worry about sales or whether I have a product or not.  When 11KU comes out I'll buy the upgrade and get all the newest products included.  I just don't want to worry about it any longer - and if you catch a great sale you can get Komplete products pretty cheap.
 
I think JRRShop has the best deals going just so ya know.

I have K10 with session horns and session strings.  K10 Ultimate comes with session horns Pro and session strings Pro. I'm curious if those larger Pro libraries replace the smaller libraries or if you still have that smaller stuff just taking up drive space.

rtucker55
I have K10 with session horns and session strings.  K10 Ultimate comes with session horns Pro and session strings Pro. I'm curious if those larger Pro libraries replace the smaller libraries or if you still have that smaller stuff just taking up drive space.

You still keep the smaller ones I believe...I kept all my pianos from K9...