stevec
OK, I confirmed the requirements with my Sweetwater rep:
 
KOMPLETE 9 CROSSGRADE
BOXED only
Crossgrades the following products to Komplete 9:
• Maschine 1 & Maschine 2 (NOT Mikro)
• Maschine Studio
• Rig-Kontrol v1 through v5 *
• Reaktor v2 through v5
• Kontakt v1 through v5
* Guitar Rig software (no Rig-Kontrol) NOT qualified.
 
 
If you don't have a rep, you can contact Carson:
carson_mcclain @ sweetwater.com  (remove spaces)
800.222.4700 x1302
 

strikinglyhandsome1
Mesh likes this ^^^^^^

Thanks Steve I appreciate.
........and this is also what I was afraid of. 


The problem is that Striking is right.....

Mesh

stevec
OK, I confirmed the requirements with my Sweetwater rep:
 
KOMPLETE 9 CROSSGRADE
BOXED only
Crossgrades the following products to Komplete 9:
• Maschine 1 & Maschine 2 (NOT Mikro)
• Maschine Studio
• Rig-Kontrol v1 through v5 *
• Reaktor v2 through v5
• Kontakt v1 through v5
* Guitar Rig software (no Rig-Kontrol) NOT qualified.
 
 
If you don't have a rep, you can contact Carson:
carson_mcclain @ sweetwater.com  (remove spaces)
800.222.4700 x1302
 

strikinglyhandsome1
Mesh likes this ^^^^^^

Thanks Steve I appreciate.
........and this is also what I was afraid of. 


The problem is that Striking is right.....

Ya knows ya wants some! 

Go fer it dude, ya know ya wanna.  
 
You're welcome, Mesh.   It is quite a deal.
 

bigcat
That is a great deal plus you get candy.
Wow jimusic how did you get K5 for $50? I got it for $200 over the summer and thought that was good.

Yeah - it was a December upgrade price from Kontakt 4 which I bought on KVR for $120 earlier last fall.
 
Actually, I wasn't going to go for anything at all on NI's site, but then when they had their December sale, I just couldn't resist getting K5 for $49.50, Scarbee Rickenbaker Bass for $49.50 & Guitar 5 Pro Upgrade from G-Rig 4 for $34.50.
 
Then I went back & got Session Horns for $49.50 as well, since I now had K5 to run it.
 
It was 50% sale for the whole month [IIRC].
 
I didn't think the 50% sale would apply to the upgrade prices as well but sure enough it did. 
 
I also added the Upright & Berlin Concert Pianos @ MF for $19 each, [although it cost a little bit more than that to get them through the door].
 
Some good deals to be had for sure!
 
I use K5, Session Horns, Scarbee Ricky Bass & the Upright Piano almost daily now. 

Some nice deals there. That Rick is a great Bass. Also I love freebies and you can get a ludicrous amount of free instruments for K5. I have no idea what I'm doing with it, but Reaktor is like one of those old radio shack electronic labs for audio, you run the wires around and see what squawks you can make. Releases your inner ten year old.

stevec
Go fer it dude, ya know ya wanna.  
 
You're welcome, Mesh.   It is quite a deal.
 

I certainly do want this, but it has to be authorized by upper management/CFO first.

At least it's shady under that thumb.

I have K5 and Guitar rig . I didn't even know I had Reaktor until I looked on an older disk I had, so I have an older version of Reaktor. I have quite a few of the Sampletekk pianos and Addicitve Keys, plus the pianos that came with K5. I don't remember now what I payed for my copy of Kontakt 5 but I remember getting it for a good deal...I also bought Studio Drummer awhile back...so for a guy like me is it really worth it? What else is in there that would make this worth the purchase? Are the mastering plug ins top notch? I usually play a real bass when I record. I guess I could translate it into midi and use the scarbee....too many questions.
 
I think I'm covered on the synth end pretty well with Rapture and ZT3a-2. I have some nice orchestral sample libraries for K5 in addition to the ones shipped. 
 
Still...don't push me too hard, I might jump. Don't give me too many reasons

According to Bapu, the Giant alone is (almost) worth $200..........whether you need (or not) the other stuff is........well......more is betterererrer no?

Any products you have that are part of Komplete, certainly on a disc, you can sell on, as long as it's not used as part of the upgrade path. That's a saving right there. I would ask about any products you have from NI and see what they allow or don't allow. No harm in asking! It could make a sizeable dent in the cost.

While you can sell them on KVR, which is safer, you can sell them elsewhere for a much better price. People on KVR, like me, expect them for next to nothing but people on auction sites are just happy for a reduction.