The thing is, my budget was limited, and so for $99 I chose the Sampletank3 upgrade path!
Hello, I was in the same situation, I wanted full 64 bits.
On the new PC, I had to decide whether to update to Sampletank 3 or go with NI Komplete 10. Many synths have great Rhodes and Wurly-like presets, even freeware Synth1 has some. The commercial version is not much more stable. Yes, love MrRay22 but it is a very old VSTi. If it DOESN'T, then buy something else - it will be nearly useless in recording with a DAW. So I have to decide whether to invest in Better VST's and still struggle with my keyboard skills, or get the guitar synth and play all my keyboard parts on guitar.īob, does the Roland Guitar Synth have a USB/interface that you can use to run directly into Reaper? I haven't owned a GR since about 1983. However it crashes in reaper because of some issue with "Synth edit".
I use the "Mellow" patch which sounds good to me. It is really the only tone I like to use. I love using Mr Ray 22 for its Rhodes tone. But I am still researching this piece of equipment. I am thinking I could use a guitar synth to play the fast keyboard parts. I play keyboards on most of my compositions but I am really not a fast player. I am also seriously thinking of getting the Roland gr 55 guitar synthesizer. Thank you for all the replies.looks like I will check them all out. There are a couple of my old Sampletank (Sonik Synth) sounds that I miss and they did "fit in the mix" well but, honestly, I'm pretty sure I can replace them all with the Kontakt 5 library sounds. Regarding the point earlier about everything in Komplete sounding too clean, that is probably true but it is easier to "dirty up" sounds than to make poor sounds pristine. The NI Komplete package gives me a lot of future options such as sampling and scripting in Kontakt and synth tweaking in Reaktor which I'm sure I will delve into eventually.īy the way, I love my Spectrasonics stuff but if I had to go for one package for all-round versatility it would be NI Komplete. Looking at a lot of anecdotal evidence on this and other forums, IK Multimedia don't seem to treat their customers with much respect (see good NI support story above in contrast) There were lots of new instruments that I probably wouldn't have normally bought but have inspired me to try out new musical styles and techniques (i.e. I had two issues (mostly my own fault) that I raised support tickets for on a Sunday and had answers that worked by mid-Monday morning. There are such a wonderful variety of sounds in NI Komplete, I keep coming across instruments that sound good but have hidden depths for easy customisation.įrom my initial experience, NI support has been fantastic. I went with NI for a variety of reasons and I think I made the right choice. On the old PC, I had Sampletank 2.5 and all the Spectrasonics stuff (Omnisphere, Trilian and Stylus RMX).
Mac Pro Late 2013 edition (current model with round enclosure) or above.
Intel Core 2 Duo, or AMD Dual Core 2.1GHz or higher.