KOMPLETE 10 ULTIMATE from Native Instruments is the company's full collection of virtual instruments and effects that span multiple genres and production tasks. Usable for production, performance and sound design, the over 17,000 sounds contained in seventy-five products are easy to search for and access via the unified instrument browser, using musical tags and keywords.
The new version adds several new virtual synthesizers, the Definitive Piano Collection and a host of other instruments and effects, including cinematic score creation tools. All of the instruments and effects were designed with the company's KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards in mind and are fully compatible (keyboards sold separately).
The collection ships on a dedicated USB drive for ease of installation.
Synthesized and Electronic
REAKTOR 5
- Fully modular synthesis studio
- Build your custom synthesizers and effects
- Customize and expand existing patches
- Over seventy included instruments and effects
- Synthesizer combining digital and analog engines with complex, sequenced sound shifting capabilities
- Design and sequence up to sixteen different sounds
- Unique key switch setup for on-the-fly re-sequencing
- Phase modulation synthesizer with motion engine
- Motion Recorder delivers innovative modulation possibilities
- Advanced architecture for endless sound design options
- Organic sonic character
- Eight-part drum sampler with randomizing capabilities and creative layering
- Intuitive controls
- Eighteen on-board effects for expansive sound sculpting
- Dynamic additive synthesis
- Easy-to-use subtractive controls with visual feedback
- Additive engine consists of up to 320 partials
- Analog mono synthesizer
- Mono basses and leads for any style
- Easy to use controls
- Virtual-analog architecture for large sounds
- Equally flexible in the studio or on stage
- Comprehensive library with 1,300 presets
- FM synthesis
- 960 presets with sharp, crystal-clear sounds
- Powerful FM matrix, arpeggiator, flexible envelopes
- Loads patches from classic FM hardware units
- Part sampler, part synthesizer
- Two views offer different levels of interaction
- Morph control with eight different snapshots for evolving sounds
- 296 patches
- 200 synthesizer sounds plus 1,400 sound variations
- Dramatic sonic transitions
- Based on new REAKTOR synthesizer
- Polyphonic instrument and effects processor
- 370 ready-to-play sounds
- Includes separate FX version
- Semi-modular synthesizer for pads, grooves, and abstract soundscapes
- Sound Mutator to create new sounds
- 1,800 atmospheric presets
- 20 legendary vintage instruments from the 70's and 80's
- Consolidated user interface for instant control
- Smart arpeggiator with advanced custom options
- Innovative chord player for performance and more
Sampled and Acoustic
KONTAKT 5
- Advanced sampler
- Play and control true-to-life sampled instruments
- Deep sample editing and instrument building options
- On-board library with 1,000+ instruments and 43+ GB of samples
- Concert grand piano for everything from pop to classical
- Balanced sound with a modern, singing tone
- 2,500 individual samples and eighteen velocity zones
- Sampled from a legendary classical concert grand
- Standard vintage upright
- Expressive, modulated tone
- 2,300 individual samples and sixteen velocity zones
- Sampled from a vintage upright built in 1908
- Vintage grand piano suited to pop, rock, urban, and jazz
- 2,500 individual samples and eighteen velocity zones
- Control levels of pedals, damper, string, and hammer sounds
- Sampled from a vintage 1905 grand piano
- Customize up to six-piece horn sections
- Thirty-eight pre-arranged section presets
- Thirty-four articulations, up to four round robins, up to four velocity layers, and true vibrato samples
- Voice Split creates authentic arrangements automatically
- Play free or jam with over 200 flexible phrases
- Authentic Afro-Cuban sounds
- Traditional ensembles, classic rhythms and progressions
- Versatile sequencer with programmed grooves
- Built-in mixer, effects and presets
- Sound of acoustic drums with an electronic edge
- Advanced drum layering
- Out-of-the-box, production-ready sounds
- Ultra-fast workflow
- Eleven-piece ensemble, recorded in four different settings
- 48 GB of instrument and ensemble samples
- Twenty-nine articulations for expressive playing
- Instant custom rhythm with the editable Animator
- Drum sampler
- Fast workflow for maximum creativity
- Library of electronic and urban styles
- Effects, intuitive routing and side chaining
- Three premium acoustic kits from Pearl, Yamaha and Sonor
- Fully-featured mixer and effects
- Large groove library (+ fills) for all styles
- Two rare kits dating from the 1930's to 1940's
- Mix modern and period channels
- Brush articulations add expressiveness
- Samples recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London
- Two premium drum kits
- Class-A effects and detailed mix control
- Comprehensive groove library and contemporary beats
- Samples recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London
- Two vintage 80's kits
- Class-A effects and detailed mix control
- Comprehensive groove library with 80's style beats
- Samples recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London
- Two vintage 70's kits
- Class-A effects and detailed mix control
- Comprehensive groove library with 70's style beats
- Samples recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London
- Two famous 1960s drum kits, recorded with vintage equipment at Abbey Road
- Class-A effects and detailed mix control
- Comprehensive groove library with 60's style beats
- Ultra-rare drum kits
- Additional vintage channels for authenticity
- Brush articulations provide new expressive options
- Samples recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London
- 12 mallet instruments
- 2 GB of samples
- Original, concert and synthesizer versions of the sounds
WEST AFRICA
- Twenty-six percussion and eight tonal instruments playable solo or as polyrhythmic ensembles
- 3 GB of uncompressed samples
- Pattern sequencer with 74 pre-programmed ensemble patterns
- Groove construction tool providing twenty drum kits with sixteen sounds each from the MASCHINE library
- Integrated drum computer
- Integrated effects such as saturation, filter etc.
- Crisp, detailed midrange for perfect mix placement
- Versatile open picked and palm-muted articulations
- Features true amp tone
- three pick-up positions
- 6000+ samples, four velocity layers
- Multiple articulations and playing techniques
- Sampled Fender Precision Bass recorded direct for maximum flexibility
- For pop, urban, rock, house, disco etc.
- Vast set of playing techniques for true authenticity
- Sampled Fender Precision Bass recorded through four different amplifiers
- For reggae, pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B and more
- Vast set of playing techniques for true authenticity
- Bass sound of 70's disco and funk
- Pure bass sound for flexibility in any genre
- Seventeen expressive articulations and techniques
- Four amplifier sounds for R&B, pop, rock and hard rock
- Pure bass sound for flexibility in any genre
- Seventeen expressive articulations and techniques
- Instant playability plus detailed editing for creating driving rhythm guitar lines in minutes
- Authentic guitar sound and classic song templates
- Eighty preset maps, 3,400+ total chords, 8 GB of funk
- The sound of the world's biggest upright piano
- Sampled from the Klavins Piano Model 370i
- Forty presets for urban pop, film score pathos, soft piano ballads, driving rock riffs or dim jazzy timbres
- Contains a dark, 'alter ego' ideal for cinematic use
- Authentic reproduction of the sound of five organs
- 100 presets spanning five instruments
- All manuals (upper, lower and pedal) included
- Samples from Alicia Keys' Yamaha¬ C3 Neo grand piano
- 17 GB of samples, twelve velocity layers per key
- Authentic feel with sustain pedal
- 500 sliced keyboard phrases
- Recorded through rare vintage gear
- Re-arrange phrases and edit sounds on the fly
- Classic electric piano
- Wide dynamic range with sixteen velocities per key
- Authentic character with all idiosyncrasies
- Horizontal Release Technology for realistic sound
- Sampled Clavinet and Pianet N models
- Nearly 8 GB of samples
- Horizontal Release Technology for realistic sound
- Classic electric piano sound
- On-board effects and adjustable instrument noise
- Individual release samples for all twelve velocities
Cinematic and Orchestral
ACTION STRIKES
- Instrument for huge cinematic percussion
- Direct the drama with real-time control
- Create full arrangements from time-tested rhythms
- Instrument for spine-chilling, cinematic build-ups
- Over 8 GB of wide-ranging sounds
- Includes effects and detailed sound design possibilities
- Intuitive workflow
- Instrument of unconventional sources for ethereal textures and tonal percussion
- Easy-to-use macro controls for deep manipulation
- Auto-Motion for constantly evolving soundscapes
- Epic, blockbuster sound of a string orchestra
- 14 GB of playable phrases
- Fast results with pristine studio quality
- Cinematic percussion with a tense, epic edge
- 30+ GB with 700+ loops, 500+ one-shots, 58 kits
- Create stings and trailers at the touch of a key
- Sounds ranging from rhythmic loop suites, percussive kits, tonal instruments to stings, transitions and musical FX
- 1,100+ instruments
- 3,900+ samples
- Large selection of Trigger and Global FX
- Rhythmic loops, percussion kits, pads, soundscapes and FX
- 2 GB of production-ready sounds
- 275 instruments with 1,100 individual sounds
- Four categories of cinematic sounds
- 317 instrument presets
- Trigger FX for activating effects bank
Creative and Studio Effects
GUITAR RIG 5 PRO
- Modeled guitar effects
- Seventeen amps, twenty-seven cabinets, fifty-four effects
- In-depth tone shaping with a choice of microphones and positioning
- Modular effects system
- Thirty-five effects
- Create effects systems and set them in motion
- Limitless routing
- Harmonic-rich sound of pure tube compression
- Additional saturation and character controls over non-GT version
- Create any effect from subtly warm to crushed
- Three lush reverbs for rich, harmonic texture
- Visual display allows easy adjustments
- Based on a reverb that gained popularity in the 80's and 90's
- Two algorithms provide pristine, musical halls
- Six intuitive sliders control the same parameters in both algorithms
- Visual display allows easy adjustments
- All-purpose EQ for a wide range of production duties
- Fully parametric 2-channel, 4-band EQ
- Per-band stereo link, M/S processing and A/B mode
- All-purpose two-channel compressor
- Use on tracks, groups and mixes
- Two modes, external sidechain input, wet/dry knob
- Fattens and enhances the low end
- Adds definition and clarity on the midrange
- Ideal for sculpting low and mid-range frequencies
- Distortion filter
- Distortion and filter resonance levels deliver anything from subtle movement to total sonic destruction
- AM modulation adds more possibilities
- Buildup and breakdown effect
- Stereo compressor combined with a gate/expander
- Based on a classic 80's mix console
- Switchable hard and soft knee modes
- Two attack modes and two release modes
- Inspired by the legendary bus compressor from a famous British console
- Provides renowned "audio glue" compression
- Added side chain input and dry/wet control
- Use on stereo sum, drum groups, single tracks
- Transparent six-band equalizer with two fully parametric bands
- Useful for surgical problem solving to broad sound smoothing
VC 76
- Emulation of a legendary studio compressor with integrated sidechain input
- Great for drums, vocals, and limiting the stereo sum
- Super-fast attack, as quick as 50 microseconds
- All button mode' and 'No button mode'
- Software emulation of an electro-optical tube compressor
- Great for guitars, bass, pads, strings, and vocals
- Automatic attack and release
- Medium to slow response for natural sound
- Sidechain input and Low-Cut Detector
- Compressor for added attack and subtle drive
- Compression ratio from 1:1 through infinity:1
- Automatic attack and release time
- Sidechain input and Low-Cut Detector
- Envelope shaper
- Bring sounds from the back of the mix to the front
- Enhance attack on drums and percussion
- Fix muddy recordings or reduce reverb
- Convolution reverb with over 300 Impulse Responses (IR)
- Digital, real, synthesized and special IR content
- Amplifier emulation based on Rammstein guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe's personal setup
- Modeled on Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier Revision C
- Large number of presets designed by Kruspe
- Matched Cabinet and Control Room features
- Twelve studio-ready effects from TRAKTOR
- Easily usable as a plug-in in any studio setup
- Sound controlled synthesizer
- Generates melodies and harmonies out of whatever is input
- Hybrid live performance and real-time remix tool derived from Tim Exile's live setup
- Forty playable effects
- Playable via MIDI keyboard