 Complete 14 has arrived and it's bigger than ever. I've made some demos for you to hear what's new and I've got some important information you should know before you buy. Hi folks, I'm Mike and I hope you will. Before we dive into those demos, let's just take one minute to remind ourselves what Complete is and what's contained in each version. Complete is a collection of virtual instruments, audio effects, sample libraries and expansions, mostly from the Native Instruments Catalog. All of the products inside can be brought separately, but you get massive savings when you buy them this way. It comes in four editions, starting with Select which includes 19 instruments and effects, 8 expansions and over 15,000 sounds. Then we have the Standard Edition which has 87 instruments and effects, 39 expansions and over 43,000 sounds. Then we have the Ultimate Edition which has 140 instruments and effects, 65 expansions and over 84,000 sounds. Now if Ultimate is just not Ultimate enough for you, then you can go crazy with the Collectors Edition containing 148 instruments and effects, 103 expansions and over 141,000 sounds. You know the power of Complete 14 doesn't really lie in any one particular plugin, but the fact that you've got this palette of tools available to you during the creation process. With that in mind, I spent yesterday composing and recording four entirely different demos to put this to the test. Personally, I think the final one is my favorite, so do stick around for that. But let's dive in with demo number one. My first demo I wanted to get a little bit funky, so I reached out for some new plugins that I hadn't tried before and mixed it up with some old ones which have been included in Complete before. Check out at the bottom of the screen as we listen to this demo, which plugins are new to Complete and which bundles they're included with. Now I've got to say, even as a guitarist and someone who plays a little bit of bass as well, I still really enjoyed using Electric Mint and Prime Bass. It's great to have these tools at your fingertips for the composition process. Now, I think these could make it to the final cut, but I could, of course, re-record them with the real thing if I wanted to. The other thing I want to mention is a plugin I used there called Soul Sessions, because when it came up on the screen, you may have wondered exactly what role it was playing. So I've just soloed it here. It played in the second half of the demo and it was doing this. So just adding a little bit of color there, and that's the great thing about having all of these tools available. You can just use them in minor roles if you want to, to add that little extra something to your music. Now, I also want to mention with all four of these demos that they were mastered using Ozone 10. Now, Ozone 10 Standard is included with the standard versions of Complete and Above Now. So that's a great addition to have in there. Now, our next demo was where I wanted to get a little bit more epic. Have a listen. So as you can see, there was quite a few plugins used there for that short demo. I decided not to rely on any one particular plugin for say strings or percussion, but to combine some together. And that's one of the advantages to having a number of plugins available to you and at your fingertips. Now, I want to give a quick mention to a plugin which I used in the second half, and that was the Choir Omnia. This is new to Complete and I really enjoyed using it, even though I used it in a very simple way. You can use it in a much more sophisticated way than I did here. You can build up your own phrases and use many different vowel sounds, etc. But I thought I'd just solo the Choir part so you get more of an appreciation of what was going on there. Now, Complete comes with a piece of software called Complete Control. This gives you the ability to easily browse and use your various libraries of instruments and sounds. Now, it's either used as a standalone piece of software or as a plugin within your DAW. And with all four of these demos, I used it as a plugin in my DAW. That meant that I could easily browse my instruments, select them and play them from my native Instruments S61 keyboard. That's a great advantage to have that feature. Now, I know many of you will use something called Contact and included with the new version of Complete 14 is the new version 7 of Contact. But at the time of making this video, it wasn't quite ready for public consumption. So I will be covering that in the future video. So now may be a good time to subscribe and ring that bell so that you make sure you get a notification about that video when it comes out. Now for the third demo, I started off with some kind of hip hop inspired plugins but went off in a slightly different direction. Have a listen. I've got to say, I really enjoyed using Empire Breaks there for the drums. I can see myself using that a lot in the future. Some of the other plugins you may have wondered about there, what role they were playing. So for example, Death Lines was playing this part here. Really nice sort of melodic percussive line there. And I actually used three plugins for the bass line. So I started off by using 40s very own keys and selected the bass sound there and that was sounding like this. I wanted to add a little bit of sub in there so I used massive X for that really just with a sine wave kind of a sound sounding like this. And just when I was messing around a little bit later, I stumbled across this sound on TRK1. That was sounding like this. I couldn't really decide between them all so I sort of blended them together and I like the sound of all of them at the same time. Let's have a listen. Now for demo number four, I moved to something completely different. I used a lot less plugins for this one and I wanted to go for something rather relaxed, dreamy and kind of ethereal. What I really like about this demo and why it's my favorite is I only actually used four instruments in this and I felt they sounded really rich and together they combined really well and they sounded very very natural in my opinion. Now one of those instruments which was kind of a Japanese flute had heaps of reverb on it and to do that I used a plugin which comes with complete, I'm called Room or Roam. I'm not quite sure how it's pronounced. And this is just a reminder that there's actually a whole bunch of effects plugins which do come with the various versions of complete and that has grown with version 14 because we've now got a bunch of plugins from plugin Alliance as well included at different levels with different versions. So there's just there's not just instruments and expansions and things there's also effects in there as well. Well, it's a bit of a reminder that there's a lot more to complete than I've been able to cover in this video. So of course there are many many products in complete which I haven't included in today's video. Follow the comparisons link in the description down below to find out exactly what's contained inside each bundle to decide which one is the best fit for you. Talking of that, let's just quickly run through them. That's the cheapest one of the four. And I think it's going to be selling for 199 US dollars. That's fantastic value for money when you consider what's inside and is great if you're just starting out. But do be aware that this version or this bundle is often bundled with native instruments hardware. So if you've been considering buying perhaps a new keyboard from native instruments check to see if this is bundled with it. Now would be a great time to buy that hardware because the upgrade path from select to standard is often very very good and there can be specials on as well at different times of the year for you to check out. Now talking about the standard version this is the version I would recommend if you produce like mainly contemporary music pop rock that kind of thing. If you're sticking to that kind of music then this is a really really good for value good value for money bundled. So I definitely recommend that if you tend to stick to those genres of music. Now if you find yourself creating many more different types of genres of music other than just contemporary music then I think perhaps the ultimate version is the way for you to go. It's really as the name suggests ultimate. It's huge and even if you're working professionally as a composer then I would say that this is a great tool to have at your disposal. It could take you a long long time before you exhaust it. Now of course if you just want everything that is to have from native instruments and their partners and definitely go for the collectors edition. This is especially useful if you do make money from music. I think it will pay for itself in no time. So that's my recommendation. Let me know what you think in the comments down below. Which version do you think you'll be getting? And also let me know which of those four demos you preferred. I'd be keen to hear about that. Now as I mentioned earlier with the standard version and above you also get Ozone 10 standard as well. It's a new product. Now I did cover that in a video recently. You can click on that here to find out all about that. Thank you so much for joining me today and I'll see you in the next video.