Thoughts on NI Komplete 10 combined with the Komplete Kontrol S Keyboard?

[Declan Gorman]

I too bought Kore 2 and like everybody else felt let down by NI when  
they discontinued the product.

I have been using Komplete since version 6 and I am now on 10.  There  
are still some great things in it but I find myself never installing  
the Kontakt libraries as they are instruments that I never use.

I have been loving some of the Reaktor synths and effects that they  
have released recently.  Molekular is great fun to play with and you  
can produce some great soundscapes and rhythmical sounds just by  
routing some audio through it.  Rounds is a also great and while at  
first it looks a bit daunting it is a fun and powerful synth.   
Polyplex is also worth checking out.  It's a powerful multi layered  
drum sampler that can be tweaked all day long and it sounds amazing.

Regards,

Declan.

Quoting foRUMS 4 punkdISCO <forums at punkdisco.co.uk>:

> Morning all (nice to see some old fashioned musical gear chat in here).
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> Like a few of you, Im an old Kore (1&2!!!) victim so naturally very  
> suspicious about the new KK concept..
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> I would only be tempted if it worked well outside of NI stuff.  Eg,  
> how well does the KK keyboard work as a general purpose controller  
> and, what parts still work/add value and, what bits only work with  
> NI products??
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> But loving the flashing lights..  :)
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> Paul
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> London
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> www.punkdisco.co.uk
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> From: deeplfo [mailto:deeplfo at gmail.com]
> Sent: 04 June 2015 08:53
> To: Music-bar
> Subject: Re: Thoughts on NI Komplete 10 combined with the Komplete  
> Kontrol S Keyboard?
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> btw, today I ditched my Novation SL61 mkii keyboard for the Komplete  
> Kontrol S61 keys.  I am still waiting for the Komplete 10 apps to  
> arrive, though I have a bunch of them already.  Right off the bat  
> the nice integration with Maschine 2.2 is excellent.  And as I had  
> read from other reviews, with the NI plugins, the Komplete and  
> Kontrol package, with all the integrated and mapped controls, you  
> really feel like you are playing a synth versus DAW+Plugin+Keyboard  
> controller.  The layout of the knobs and all the pre-assigned params  
> are excellent to work with.  My Novation controller and their  
> Automap feature didn't feel organic enough, and wasn't totally happy  
> with the layout and controls.  The KK keyboard itself is super nice  
> and very well made.  The touch strips are very playable.  I really  
> like the built-in Scale and ARP functions, just to play around.  So,  
> all in all I'm very glad I made the jump.
>
> I have Live 9 32-bit mode installed, and apparently I need to make  
> the switch over to 64-bit version when the Komplete apps arrive.   
> For now, as a plain controller it's working fine in Live, although  
> the Scale and ARP don't work, but I need to double check that again  
> when I get Komplete 10 in a day or two, and I can fire up Komplete  
> 10 in a instrument rack inside Live.
>
> If you have a bunch of NI stuff, I'd say this is definitely the  
> controller to get.
>
> cheers,
>
> Mohsen
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> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Joost Schuttelaar  
> <joost at joostschuttelaar.nl <mailto:joost at joostschuttelaar.nl> > wrote:
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> So Gert, how did this go? :)
>
> I saw this nice deal just now…
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> http://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/summer-of-sound-2015/kks-and-maschine-offers/
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> Kind of in the same predicament as you, never time, something nice  
> and integrated, plug ’n play, that sounds pretty attractive right  
> now...
>
> --
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> Joost Schuttelaar
> The Hague, NL
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>> On 06 Oct 2014, at 16:03, Gert van Santen <g.vansanten at upcmail.nl  
>> <mailto:g.vansanten at upcmail.nl> > wrote:
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>> I've decided to go for it. I ordered Komplete 10 Ultimate and the  
>> 49 keys keyboard, and will be selling some of my hardware shortly.
>>
>> Will let you know how I fare.
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