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Only K13U I think Aidan. There's a page on NI website which compares versions. I will post it later when I am back home (typing this on my phone).

I have just upgraded from K12 to K13U so I have tons of new stuff to check out, GR6 being one of them. So I haven't had as long as I would have liked to give it a thorough test. In the other thread I said that the new amp models are excellent and I also thought the old ones sounded better. That's probably due to what Magic Russ says above (always in HQ mode, better matched cabs etc.). It would be good if they re-did some of the old models using the new modeling technique and they seem to be open to the idea of adding new stuff as their webpage says... Looking at the input filter section it's clearly not just aimed at guitar but as a general FX processor and it seems like a useful update over the old version in that respect. There are a lot of good presets including artist ones with a promise of more to come in future. I was getting some really interesting sounds with the Flair Arpeggiator preset. There are a bunch of modifiers such as LFO which you can assign to almost anything for example a LFO assigned to the tone control of an amp. The new Softube effects are a welcome addition as are the new matched amp cabs which use IRs from Ownhammer and 3 Sigma Audio. There's also a demo version --> hhttps://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/guitar-rig-6-pro/downloads/ ...and the manual can also be downloaded from that link.

Same for me.

Thanks Steven, Appreciate the gesture. Will have a play with them later. For anyone with Unify you can get the Unified Pendulate factory library from the comments section of the video below. As well as the factory patches it also includes some bonus patches some of which feature the polybox trick to make Pendulate polyphonic.

Very good points and why I think I am also going to wait and see what's on offer around Black Friday or Christmas.

It depends on your upgrade path Aidan. NI make a very clear distinction between Updates and Upgrades. You can check which products you have that are eligible for transfer in your account (License Transfer tab), but be careful! My upgrade path was from Kontakt to Komplete 11 Upgrade, then I did a K12 Update (to get to v12) and now I have finally done a K12U Upgrade (which got upgraded to K13U). Updates take you to a new version number but at the same tier (e.g. K11 to K12) whereas Upgrades take you from one tier to another (e.g. K12 to K12U). It's also worth reading carefully the product description of what you buy e.g. my K12U box says "Komplete 12 Ultimate UPG K8-12" so the Upgrade works on Komplete versions 8 to 12 which means that it also Upgrades my Komplete 11 Upgrade. That means that the K12 Update is now superfluous and can be transferred as there is still a valid Upgrade path from Kontakt through to Komplete 13 Ultimate. YMMV as it depends on what you may have bought along the way and your upgrade path. The K12 Update is still of use and therefore sellable to anyone who own K2 to K11 as it will bring their version up to what was included in V12.

I only went for the K13U upgrade from K12 because of the insane price at Scan/G4M and I realised that I could resell one of the Komplete updates plus all of the guitar libraries that I had purchased separately which now come with K13U and almost recoup the cost of the upgrade. I only have Electric Sunburst left to sell (now sold) so this has got to be one of the best ever deals for me for the amount of extra content vs the cost.

I thought the same when I got the K12 boxed update last year but the hard drive was quite small. Even the K12U boxed hard drive was only 500Gb or so. I just decided to leave them in their boxes for later resale.

@simon there's a GR6 Pro demo available now here ... https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/guitar-rig-6-pro/

@aidan o driscoll That's great, you had less time to wait than I did! Let the partying commence ? .. or at least the downloading ? You don't need to uninstall anything, it will just add a series of products in NA that can be installed. I tend to keep old things like GR5 and Kontakt 5 as some old projects still use them.

Good to hear Aidan! They are my local store (York) and I would have bought from them but Scan offered free next day delivery. I just entered my serial in NA and the rest was taken care of. After I received the email from NI this morning I went into NA and the new stuff was there waiting ?

Scaler 2.1.2 is out and in your accounts (fixes the mouse click problem and others) https://www.pluginboutique.com/myaccount 2.1.2 (available 2nd October 2020): Fix an issue in the audio detection engine creating instability on the Windows platform and preventing mouse clicks from working correctly in some hosts. Fix a problem causing the chord notes to be held when triggered from Section C. Fix the playthrough of linked patterns; chords now play on the first trigger after switching pattern. Rest chords now play properly with the UI closed. Fix notes being cut-off on chord change when using Keys-Lock - Scale White Keys. Fix the triads button position in the Modulation panels Fix a problem when cycling through the phrases list using the arrow keys

Their webpage says that the three new models Chicago, Fire Breather and Bass Invader uses their new Intelligent Circuit Modelling but to my ears even the old amps sound better than they did in GR5. I'll have a better listen when I get more time although I expect a raft of Youtube reviews to appear very soon comparing old with new. https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/guitar/guitar-rig-6-pro/amps-and-cabinets/

First impressions of GR6 are that it's a really big upgrade from GR5 and not just for guitar (you can filter the browser for effects for different instruments)! It has an excellent new resizable UI and browser. A quick flick through some of the amps and effects and I think they sound a big improvement on GR5. This could actually replace most of the other stuff I own. Just downloading Noire now and feeling like a kid with too many new toys and not enough time to play with them ! Pharlight and Super 8 will be next, oh and Stradivari Violin.

I deliberately held off buying SE2 and RX8 although was tempted a couple of times, you know how it is ?

Just received my K13Ultimate Upgrade email from NI at 10am UK time! Woot!? Also confirmed in NA - I can see stuff like Noire and Guitar Rig 6 Pro ??

https://www.jrrshop.com/izotope?dir=desc&order=special_from_date I'm looking at the upgrade from MPS3 which is $167.17 (approx £130) in cart with code GROUP. Waiting to see what the prices are at other vendors. More details on what's included here --> https://www.izotope.com/en/products/music-production-suite.html The extras over MPS3 are RX8 Standard (vs RX7 Standard), Stutter Edit 2 and Neoverb. Nectar 3 is now called Nectar 3 Plus but I can't see what's different to Nectar 3 (anyone?). Not that great an update but the inclusion of 1 year's Groove 3 subscription clinches it for me (same as MPS3 upgrade last year although that was a free grace period upgrade for me).

I am still waiting for my K13 Ultimate upgrade but have been following the KVR thread on this subject. It looks like NI dealt with the Collector's Edition upgrades first (yesterday) and in reverse order working backwards from those who upgraded on 30th September. Maybe we will hear something today but NI did say to allow up to a week and as Kevin H says there is manual work involved in doing the upgrades so who knows.

I agree that a discount for DCO-60 owners would have been nice. I was trying to work out the main differences between this and the module version which I also own. Dan from Cherry summarised it.. I'll play around with the demo a bit more and maybe do some comparisons with the module version. I do wish the demo noise was just silence rather than that awful feedback sound.

New from Cherry Audio, not a VM module but a standalone/VST/VST3/AAX instrument emulation of the classic Roland Juno 106. There's also a 30 day demo which will play random tones periodically, but is otherwise unlimited. Normal price is $39 but I don't know how long it's on the intro price. https://cherryaudio.com/instruments/dco-106

That must be a first ?

Thanks I am going from 12 to 12U (13U).

Thanks Mesh, yes I got it but yet to test it ?

What version did you buy? I am wondering if they are handling CE licenses first? Anyone on K12U or K12 (not CE) got theirs and if so when did you register?

I'm still not convinced that I need it ? I need someone like Fleer to convince me