Mad_Maestro Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I recently purchase Komplete Audio 6 usb audio/midi interface and it came with Cubase LE6, Komplete Elements (with Kontakt 5 player), Reaktor and Reaktor Spark, Guitar Rig 5, and Traktor. The box said it came with 3GB of Content and over a thousand sounds. Well I thought the presets were a bit short so I counted them. In Kontakt 5 you get 10 band instruments, 3 Orchestral, 12 Synth, 6 Urban Beats, 21 Vintage and 7 World Instuments, 1 Abbey Road Drum Instrument for a total of 59 instruments. Then in Cubase Halion you get 176 VST instruments. For a total of 235. Then if you go into Reaktor and Reaktor Spark you get 468 instrument presets. For a Grand total of 704 instruments. I'm guessing Guitar Rig 5 they count the amps and different effects to come up with over a 1,000 instruments. Now I might be missing something, but when I bought the package I thought I was going to get 1,000 instruments that worked in Kontakt 5, not just 59. Overall though I'm happy with the price of $229, the interface, and most of the software if I can figure out how to use it all. Maybe some day I'll save some more pennies and buy Komplete 8. Hopefully that has a ton more presets. Am I missing something or is that how they got their so called 1000 instruments. Also my VST's sometimes will pop. I think I have to raise the latency and increase the buffer to fix it. Is that correct? I'm pretty new to the software stuff as I usually use my hardware instruments. I had to buy a new midi interface, because the TASCAM one (which I didn't get to use very long), became unsupported for Windows 7 when that came out as they no longer make drivers for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridog6996 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Can't speak to the other stuff, but yes, popping/clicking/etc are usually buffer issues. My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillplaying Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I found the Native Instruments forum to be very helpful and supportive. I recommend you register over there too (if you haven't done so). I'm an (ex) NI Kore user. Very sorry to see them dump it. VST pops and clicks - afraid so - welcome to the world of software instruments. I hope that messing around with latency and buffer settings is all you ever have to sort out. Good luck and best wishes for a "rice crispie audio" free 2013. I'm the piano player "off of" Borrowed Books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus64 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 In Kontakt 5 you get 10 band instruments, 3 Orchestral, Most of these will have variations i.e. pizz, marcato, tremolo etc. While that may not qualify as "another instument", it's a different preset and a different set of samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Maestro Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 I'm gonna register on the Native Instruments site user forum right now. Sounds like I can ask questions there. Thanks all for your input. I'm also going to increase the buffer to see if that stops the occassional pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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