To get the full set of core tools and functionality you need at least the Standard edition, called simply Komplete 12.

While it’s a good route in to NI software, it does lack some of the heavyweight grunt of its stablemates if you’re thinking of buying Select, then be sure to check with NI’s website that it includes the components that interest you. This edition comes free with Komplete Kontrol S-Series keyboards and some Maschine controllers, or it can be purchased for just £159. Select is the baby of the family, with 14 instruments and effects, and more than 7,000 sounds in a 45GB library.

Now onto its 12th iteration, Komplete comes in four different versions to suit different budgets and requirements. It was some time back that NI decided to start selling its various plug-ins as a bundle, and the excellent value this offered to users when compared to buying the products individually ensured it was an immediate success. is an authorized Native Instruments retailer.While Native has now branched out into hardware – and awfully nice it is, too – at heart, it remains a software developer, with a list of plug-ins that reads like a modern music-producer’s ultimate wishlist: Kontakt, Massive, Reaktor, Battery, Guitar Rig and more… all innovative and brilliant at what they do. Standalone, AAX Native, Audio Units, VST.

100 Instruments & Effects, 20 Expansions.Additionally, KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE offers seamless integration with MASCHINE and is supplied on a USB hard drive for installation.

All of the instruments and effects were designed to be fully compatible with the company's KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards (available separately). This version includes new synthesizers, symphonic and world instruments, acoustic and electric guitar sounds, six new effects, and more, plus the well-known content from KOMPLETE 11 ULTIMATE. Usable for production, performance and sound design, the thousands of sounds are easily searchable and accessible via the unified instrument browser, using musical tags and keywords. With over 45,000 sounds and 460GB of data, this upgrade to KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE from Native Instruments is a wide-ranging collection of over 100 instruments and effects, and 20 expansions that span multiple genres and production tasks.

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