Native Instruments upgrade sale until June 30

kshrieve · Post by **kshrieve** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:32 pm

I was waiting for the return of this Native Instruments 50% off upgrade sale and was glad to see the ad on facebook. In case anybody here is also interested and somehow has not heard about it, I thought it was worth a mention.

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/sp ... ound-2014/

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 1:27 pm

Definitely worth a mention. I could do it for $75 and probably should, but I'd need a bigger hard drive and I have been making do just fine with what I have. Still glad I have B4 working with 32 Lives though.

kshrieve · Post by **kshrieve** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:21 pm

Choices, choices!

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:52 pm

I might break down and get Kontakt 5 for $125 as an crossgrade. I don't like the interface at all and the sounds not so much, but there are so many useful 3rd party libraries that only run under Kontakt.

I'm reluctant because they require agreement with Terms and Conditions which are on a page that will not load. They also ship via UPS which, in Canada, had been know to lead to excessive and bogus charges. (No downloads!)

BKK-OZ · Post by **BKK-OZ** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:19 pm

I wish the new version of Session Horns was on sale - I have the original, the new pro would be great, just a tad pricey at the moment.

kshrieve · Post by **kshrieve** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:50 pm

Regarding the UPS shipping... I ordered KOMPLETE on 6/17 at 8:20am, choosing the free shipping option, and a UPS guy rang my doorbell to deliver it on 6/18 at 10:30am.

Surely a fluke of lucky proximity to a storage depot (it departed from Sunnyvale CA, and I am in San Francisco), but a few people did their jobs very well to make that happen.

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:09 pm

I have no doubt UPS will deliver promptly. The problem arises when the shipment crosses the Canada US border. At that point the Monty Python "idiot tax" skit starts.

mikehalloran · Post by **mikehalloran** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:15 pm

might break down and get Kontakt 5 for $125 as an crossgrade. I don't like the interface at all and the sounds not so much, but there are so many useful 3rd party libraries that only run under Kontakt.

I hear you there. I have been resisting it but there's a calliope VI that I'm looking at and it won't run on the free player. Fortunately, Finale GPO 2.0 qualifies for the crossgrade. I'm wondering just how badly I want that one library...

Regarding the UPS shipping... I ordered KOMPLETE on 6/17 at 8:20am, choosing the free shipping option, and a UPS guy rang my doorbell to deliver it on 6/18 at 10:30am.

Surely a fluke of lucky proximity to a storage depot (it departed from Sunnyvale CA, and I am in San Francisco), but a few people did their jobs very well to make that happen.

Well, nice to know that I'll get it quickly if I take the plunge. I live in Sunnyvale about seven miles from the ups depot on Hammerwood.

Hmmmm... anyone know of a decent calliope VI that works on a Mac as an AU or VST?

jlaudon · Post by **jlaudon** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:36 pm

BKK-OZ wrote:I wish the new version of Session Horns was on sale - I have the original, the new pro would be great, just a tad pricey at the moment.

Give it a bit of time, probably December

BKK-OZ · Post by **BKK-OZ** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:54 pm

X-mas present!

kgdrum · Post by **kgdrum** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 10:16 pm

NI's free shipping is indeed quick,I ordered the Maschine 2 upgrade on Friday and got it via UPS on Monday morning here in NYC!

KarlSutton · Post by **KarlSutton** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:38 pm

If you upgrade to Komplete Ultimate do they send you the hard drive?

KarlSutton · Post by **KarlSutton** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:32 pm

They do send you the hard drive - so installation is much quicker than DVD.

kgdrum · Post by **kgdrum** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:37 pm

KarlSutton wrote:If you upgrade to Komplete Ultimate do they send you the hard drive?

Yes!

The hd install is quick(about 2 hours) and much easier(start and let it finish) than swapping multiple disks,once I did a KU upgrade(went from K7 to K8U to K9U) I can't understand why more companies with large libraries don't utilize this method instead of massive downloads or multiple disc swapping routines.
In December I bought the CinePerc bundle,I would have been much happier if it was as quick and painless as installing KU.

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:19 am

I just ordered K9U. The upgrade price was too good to resist. I was on Komplete 7 for the duration but it felt strange trying to do add-ons for $100 a pop when things like Kontakt (and OSX) have gone through significant updates since Komplete 7 was released.

It was time to upgrade, but the 50% discount is so generous that it makes me think that Komplete 10 is on the horizon. Hmm.

In any case, getting from 7 Regular to 9 Ultimate feels like a huge step in the right direction if you're a Native Instruments user.

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