Again this is another synth worth learning, and if that's not your thing, the added Spectral Expansion and Absynth Twilights packs should keep you busy. This powerful sound design tool features a complex envelope structure that is ideal for weird sonic landscapes or lush pads. It's a lot harder to get your head around when it comes to building sounds from scratch, but worth delving deeper into.Ībsynth 5 is another synth that can sometimes defy explanation. Massive has already become an extremely popular synth, partly down to the fact it's just so easy to program, the other part being that it sounds great! It comes with an expanded library of add-on products like Massive Threat and Urban Arsenals 1&2 and is just about the most versatile subtractive/wavetable synth around.įM8 brings you a powerful FM synthesis engine that's capable of producing some stunning sounds, from ambient bells to screaming aggressive leads. Each of these synths provide a unique set of features and cover a lot of ground.
So if that's not enough, you also get three of the best software synths around too, namely Massive, FM8 and Absynth 5. There's a whole bunch of new features including Drag'n'Drop routing, new effects, side-chaining and improved browser functionality.īattery 4 is ideally suited to electronic drums, and whether you're using a preset kit from the large supplied library or building your own, you'll find tweaking individual sounds and kits a whole lot faster. Version 4 sees a majorly streamlined interface that makes working with this advanced drum sampler a real pleasure. It should keep you busy!!īattery also gets a facelift in Komplete 9. If all this isn't enough for you, then un-zip the Legacy Library folder which is in 'Ensembles' in the Reaktor 'Library' folder. The newest member of the Reaktor family is obviously Monark, which faithfully recreates a very iconic analog synth and sounds fantastic. There's so much great stuff here from Skanner XT, Razor, Vectory, Photone you'll need to put some serious time aside to wade through it all! In fact, the shear amount of content that ships with Reaktor is to say the least, a bit overwhelming. You also get a large number of effects ranging from granular processing to mastering tools. It comes with over 70 high-quality pre-made synths and gives you access to literally thousands more created by the Reaktor community. New additions of note are two libraries from Heavyocity in the form of Evolve and Damage which are both superb! We also see Action Strings making an appearance too. Komplete 9 Ultimate adds over 30 (yes, over 30!) additional libraries from the likes of e-Instruments, Heavyocity and Scarbee. Kontakt 5 alone ships with a large and extremely useful and varied factory library covering a lot of ground and has some great 'bread and butter' sounds. The Kontakt 5 sample engine is extremely powerful and its KSP scripting features have allowed 3rd party developers to create some really wonderful instruments and libraries for it. Kontakt is arguably the most widely used and supported sampling platform in music production. So what's new and what do you get for your money? Komplete 9 Ultimate features such a diverse range of synths, production tools and sound libraries that you could make any kind of music you want with it.
The only thing that wasn't 'Komplete' was that the RC24 and 48 reverbs came as a separate download once the product is activated, but they're automatically authorized once installed. Simply authorize the software in the Service Center and you're good to go.
It still takes around an hour to install but given the size, it's not all that bad. Just plug in the drive and select a destination folder and your off.
Packed with 65 products, it weighs in at a whopping 370 gigabytes which ships on its own portable USB2 drive.