If you think Komplete 7 is a little too much you might want to check out Komplete 7 Elements. The bundle includes over 2000 sounds and 12 GB of samples.
From the Native Instruments press release:
On the basis of KONTAKT 4 PLAYER, the KOMPLETE 7 ELEMENTS collection offers a full assortment of premium-quality acoustic sounds, including VSL orchestral material, Abbey Road drums, and a large variety of other classical, ethnic and band instruments. This material is complemented by a practical selection of carefully sampled classic analog synthesizers and other vintage keyboards.
For distinctively modern sound aesthetics, KOMPLETE 7 ELEMENTS offers nine full-featured REAKTOR ensembles with over 1,200 preset sounds, including unique instruments like Photone, Steampipe and Metaphysical Function. This arsenal is complemented with a large assortment of atmospheric ABSYNTH pads and soundscapes as well as energetic leads and bass sounds from the MASSIVE synthesizer, all enabled through the synthesis engines integrated in KORE 2 PLAYER.
Together with the included GUITAR RIG 4 PLAYER, users of KOMPLETE 7 ELEMENTS will also get access to eight authentic amp emulations and 27 modelled effects units from the full-featured GUITAR RIG software, providing a versatile basis both for guitar and bass recording and for general creative sound processing in the studio.
Like Komplete 7, Elements also includes an NI Online Shop voucher worth $60 / €50.
Komplete 7 Elements will be available in September 2010 with the modest price tag of $119 / €99.
it only really showed video of this being used with Logic. Has any good experience of using it with Pro Tools and how does it function with Pro Tools?
For instance does it only run as an RTAS plugin in ProTools, in which case it’ll most likely eat host memory?
I use Kontakt a lot with Pro Tools. I find it fairly good on the CPU, but yes, you have to use the RTAS version as Pro Tools doesn’t support AU or VST.
what sort of spec machine do you run it with?
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