Offering cutting-edge virtual instruments, effects, and inspiring expansions, the Native Instruments Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition is a comprehensive toolkit for modern sound designers and music producers. This Ultimate Edition encompasses over 150 products, more than 100,000 preset sounds, and a substantial 850GB of content. Key features include the latest version of the renowned Kontakt 8 sampling engine, the Massive X and Monark synthesizers, Session Guitarist, the Symphony series collection, and over 80 expansion packs that cover a wide range of genres, offering endless musical exploration. The suite also includes updated favorites like Reaktor 6, Battery 4, and the dynamic Guitar Rig 7 Pro, alongside new additions such as iZotope’s Ozone 11 Standard and Vocal Synth 2, plus offerings from Brainworx and numerous cinematic sound-design tools. Seamless DAW integration is complemented by Komplete Kontrol software, which enhances the use of Kontrol keyboards and Maschine, and Native Access 2, ensuring that your expansive array of tools remains accessible and up to date.

What’s New with Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition?

In a word, plenty. The latest iteration of Komplete Ultimate Edition offers substantial upgrades and new features. Kontakt 8, the newest version of Native Instruments’ award-winning sample engine, powers the vast sonic library of Komplete 15. For cinematic sound design, Schema: Light and Schema: Dark provide distinct approaches to mood and timbre through multilayered sonic sculpting. The Symphony Essentials collection, including Action Woodwinds, Choir: Omnia Essentials, and Valves, offers a comprehensive suite of orchestration and voices, featuring a wide range of articulations and phrasings across woodwind and brass instruments. To explore evolved cinematic sonics, Scene: Saffron, Conflux, and Vocal Colors offer innovative configurations of classical guitar and composition through multidimensional expression and synth-derived timbres.

The collection’s Play series expands to include Bazzazian Tapes, Bouquet, Feel It, Glaze 2, Nacht, Sway, and Utopia. These entries utilize the signature Play series blend of impactful presets, detailed sound-shaping options, and extensive real-time control within an intuitive dual-sound interface. Guitar Rig 7 Pro enhances your studio setup with its versatile amp simulations and multi-effects racks. The addition of Icon and Upright Session Bassist plug-ins, along with Session Guitarist — Acoustic Sunburst Deluxe and Session Ukulele, broadens your virtual plucked strings library. iZotope Ozone 11 Standard, a leading all-in-one mastering suite, is complemented by iZotope’s Vocal Synth 2. NI’s Trash plug-in adds over 600 styles of distortion and impulse responses, expanding your options for sonic contouring. For rhythmic elements, Karriem Riggins Drums, Rudiments, and Session Percussionist enhance your percussion palette, while Phoenix, Diamond Electric Keys, and Alicia’s Electric Keys provide extensive options for keyboard sounds. The Spotlight Collection plug-in adds global instrumental stylings from Ireland.

Boundless Instrumental, Effects, and Processing Possibilities

Within the Native Instruments Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition, you’ll find over 150 virtual instruments, effects, and processors, supported by more than 100,000 preset sounds. This extensive collection includes Reaktor 6 for creative potential, the Spotlight series for authentic world-music textures, and Guitar Rig 7 Pro for unmatched amp simulations. The Play series enriches your sound palette with a variety of synths, vibes, and performance tools. Additionally, you receive excellent mix tools such as studio-style EQ, Dynamics, and Bus Compression processors. Innovative titles like the sample-and-synthesis-driven Form and the multimode Replika XT delay ensure even greater flexibility in your sound design work.

Expand Your Performances

In addition to its vast array of plug-ins, Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition includes more than 80 expansion sound packs, each meticulously tailored to specific genres and styles. Collaborations with leading artists, sound designers, and music technologists result in a curated collection of one-shots, samples, synths, drums, loops, and more, compatible with nearly any DAW. Instruments such as Kontakt 8, Monark, Massive X, Battery 4, and Massive are just the beginning of the expansive array of virtual instruments compatible with Komplete 15.

Seamless Hardware Integration and Hands-On Control

For users of Kontrol series keyboard controllers or Maschine creation tools, Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition integrates smoothly into your workflow. You can browse your Komplete 15 library for instruments and effects directly from your hardware, access individual presets via a tag/category-based browser, and adjust settings without needing a mouse. This synergy of software flexibility and hands-on control combines the best of both worlds, making your music production process more intuitive and efficient.

Inspiring Tools for Post-Production, Sound Design, and Mastering

Komplete 15 Ultimate Edition is not only powerful for songwriting but also excels in post-production. Whether you’re working on audio for video, need pulsating tribal drums for an advertisement, a solemn acoustic piano for a short film, or robust sound-design capabilities for special effects, Komplete 15 provides the tools you need. Its individual products are easy to browse, streamlining the entire creative process from writing to mastering, and offering a wealth of options for every stage of sound design and production.