Native Instruments’ KOMPLETE 26 series, released for the company’s 30th anniversary, is now on sale. It is a major update that adds more than 65 new products compared with the previous version.
This guide covers the KOMPLETE 26 release, the differences between each edition, what is included, and upgrade, update and crossgrade paths, all organized into tables and blocks so the confusing parts are easy to follow.
1. KOMPLETE 26 Sale Information
The following sale is currently running for the KOMPLETE 26 series.
KOMPLETE Select Flash Sale: Until October 20, 2026
- (10/20) Native Instruments “Komplete Select Beats”: a bundle for hip-hop and beatmaking
- (10/20) Native Instruments “Komplete Select Electronic”: a bundle for electronic music production
- (10/20) Native Instruments “Komplete Select Band”: a bundle for rich acoustic and band sounds
Check the current price on Plugin Boutique.
2. KOMPLETE 26 Editions and Their Differences
KOMPLETE 26 is a comprehensive music production bundle released to celebrate Native Instruments’ 30th anniversary, and it comes in several editions to suit different needs. Here is a quick overview of the differences between Select, Standard, Ultimate and Collector’s Edition.
KOMPLETE 26 Series at a Glance
| Item | Select (Beats / Electronic / Band) | Standard | Ultimate | Collector’s Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Products included (plugins only) | Compact lineup | 80+ | 150+ | 160+ |
| Total including sound packs (official NI count) | — | 180+ | 280+ | 340+ |
| Expansion sound packs | Some included | 70+ | 100+ | 150+ |
| Number of sounds | 10,000+ | 63,000+ | 116,000+ | 180,000+ |
| New additions | Massive X Player and more | 35+ | About 60 | About 65 |
| Download size | About 30-60 GB | About 315 GB | About 950 GB | About 1.6 TB |
Note: “Products included (plugins only)” counts the main instruments and effects. “Total including sound packs” is the official Native Instruments figure that also counts Expansions and other sound packs.
Komplete Select (3 Editions)
Komplete Select is a music production bundle released in three variations: Beats, Electronic and Band (NI describes them as “Essential music production bundles”). Each edition contains 13 products, with a different lineup for each genre.
Komplete Select Beats (for beatmakers)
Synths and sounds for cross-genre beatmaking in pop, hip-hop and R&B.
Included products (13): Battery 4 / Bite / Cloud Supply / Dirt / Duets / Empire Breaks / Freak / Latin Trap Leap Expansion / Massive X Player / iZotope Ozone 12 Elements / Stacks / Supercharger GT / Transient Master
Massive X Expansions: Bounce / Haze / Hyperpop Leads / Lo-fi & Chill Plucks / Quest / Trap Bells
Komplete Select Band (for songwriting and jamming)
Guitars, keys, bass, drums, synths and studio effects, ideal for songwriting and jam sessions.
Included products (13): Disco & Funk Leap Expansion / Electric Keys – Phoenix / Guitar Rig 7 LE / iZotope Nectar 4 Elements / iZotope Ozone 12 Elements / Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass / Session Guitarist – Strummed Acoustic / Solid Bus Compressor / Solid Dynamics / Solid EQ / Soul Sessions / Studio Drummer / The Gentleman
Komplete Select Electronic (for electronic production)
Synths and sound design tools for techno, trance and house.
Included products (13): Choral / Driver / Feel it / Flair / Massive X Player / Nacht / iZotope Ozone 12 Elements / Phasis / Progressive Trance Leap Expansion / Replika XT / Schema: Light / TRK-01 / Utopia
Massive X Expansions: 140 Bass / Charge / Melodic Techno Bass / Our House / Rush / Synthwave Leads
KOMPLETE 26 Standard
The “professional music production bundle”: it covers all the core plugins, sounds and effects you need for professional-level production, making it an essential bundle.
- Contents: 80+ instruments and effects and 70+ Expansion sound packs, with 63,000+ sounds (180+ sound packs in total by NI’s official count).
- Representative products: Kontakt 8, Massive X, Absynth 6 (newly added in KOMPLETE 26), Guitar Rig 7 Pro, Battery 4, Noire, Session Bassist – Prime Bass and more.
- New additions: 35+. These include the return of Absynth 6, Electric Neon Essentials, Electric Keys – Jade & Teak, the iZotope Elements suite, Brainworx effects and more.
- Disk space: about 315 GB (full installation).
Standard update and upgrade paths
- Standard Update for Standard 15
- Standard Update for Standard 14
- Standard Update for Standard 13 or older
- Standard Upgrade for KOMPLETE Select
- Standard Crossgrade (for owners of eligible NI/iZotope products)
KOMPLETE 26 Ultimate
The “bundle focused on music production”: a powerful collection of synths, instruments and studio effects, plus popular experimental sound design tools to take your career to the next level. A top-tier bundle for any project.
- Contents: 150+ instruments and effects and 100+ Expansion sound packs, with 116,000+ sounds (280+ sound packs in total by NI’s official count).
- Representative products: everything in Standard, plus Alicia’s Keys, Schema: Dark / Light, Vocal Colors, 7 Spotlight Series titles, the Symphony Essentials series, LCO Producer Strings (newly added in KOMPLETE 26) and more.
- New additions: about 60. These include LCO Producer Strings, Cremona Quartet Ensemble, Claire, Erosia, new Session Series titles (Jam Bass / Electric Ruby / Electric Neon Essential / Electric Storm), the Scene Series and more.
- Disk space: about 950 GB (full installation).
Ultimate update and upgrade paths
- Ultimate Update for Ultimate 15
- Ultimate Update for Ultimate 14
- Ultimate Update for Ultimate 13 or older
- Ultimate Upgrade for KOMPLETE Select
- Ultimate Upgrade for Standard 15-26
- Ultimate Upgrade for Standard 14 or older
- Ultimate Crossgrade (for owners of eligible NI/iZotope products)
KOMPLETE 26 Collector’s Edition
The “complete package for music production”: the most comprehensive bundle for composers, sound designers and producers, covering almost every product Native Instruments has ever released.
- Contents: 160+ instruments and effects and 150+ Expansion sound packs, with 180,000+ sounds (340+ sound packs in total by NI’s official count).
- Representative products: the Symphony Series (Brass / String / Woodwind Ensemble & Solo, Percussion), Action Strings 2, Action Woodwinds, Choir: Omnia, Stradivari Cello / Violin, Guarneri Violin, Cremona Quartet Ensemble (newly added in KOMPLETE 26), bx_console AMEK 200 / bx_masterdesk PRO (CE exclusive) and more.
- New additions: about 65. These include Circular (turns chords into evolving cinematic soundscapes), Odes (rhythm-driven, versatile ensembles), Claire: Avant (an experimental follow-up to the Claire grand piano), Erosia, LCO Producer Strings, bx_console AMEK 200 / bx_masterdesk PRO / bx_Glue / FXEQ and more.
- Disk space: about 1.6 TB (full installation).
Collector’s Edition update and upgrade paths
- Collector’s Edition Update for CE 15
- Collector’s Edition Update for CE 14
- Collector’s Edition Update for CE 13 or older
- Collector’s Edition Upgrade for Standard 15-26
- Collector’s Edition Upgrade for Standard 14 or older
- Collector’s Edition Upgrade for Ultimate 15-26
- Collector’s Edition Upgrade for Ultimate 14 or older
Crossgrade-eligible products (Standard and Ultimate)
Owning just one product such as Ozone 9 Standard or higher qualifies you for a crossgrade. If you own any of the following eligible products, the crossgrade applies.
- Absynth 5-6 / Guitar Rig 4-7 / Kontakt 6-8 / Reaktor 6 / Massive X / Battery 3-4
- Ozone Standard / Advanced 8-12
- Nectar Standard / Advanced 3-4
- Neutron / Neutron Advanced 4-5
- RX Standard / Advanced 8-12
- Music Production Suite 7-9 / Mix & Master Bundle Standard / Advanced / Everything Bundle
- Any Kontakt instrument that normally sells for $199 / EUR 199 or more in the official NI store
Note: used or re-registered licenses are not eligible. There is no crossgrade version of KOMPLETE 26 Collector’s Edition.
3. KOMPLETE 26 Detailed Comparison by Edition
This table compares in detail what is included in the Standard, Ultimate and Collector’s Edition (CE) editions of KOMPLETE 26. Products marked NEW are newly added in KOMPLETE 26.
| Category / Product | Standard | Ultimate | CE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||
| Instruments / effects (plugins only) | 80+ | 150+ | 160+ |
| Total including sound packs (official NI count) | 180+ | 280+ | 340+ |
| Expansions | 70+ | 100+ | 150+ |
| Number of sounds | 63,000+ | 116,000+ | 180,000+ |
| New additions | 35+ | About 60 | About 65 |
| Download size (compressed) | 315 GB | 950 GB | 1.6 TB |
| Flagships (4 products) | |||
| Kontakt 8 (sampling platform) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Absynth 6 (synth) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Massive X (synth) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Guitar Rig 7 Pro (effects rack) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MIDI tools (9 tools, included in all editions) | |||
| Phrase / Chord / Pattern / Arpeggiator / Humanizer / Velocity Curve / Scale Lock / Chord Builder / PolyAT Simulator | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Acoustic pianos | |||
| Noire / The Giant / The Grandeur / The Maverick / Una Corda | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alicia’s Keys / The Gentleman | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Claire | – | Yes | Yes |
| Electric pianos & organs | |||
| Electric Keys – Diamond / Phoenix / Vintage Organs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Alicia’s Electric Keys | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Electric Keys – Jade / Teak | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Electric Keys – Ember / Moonshell | – | Yes | Yes |
| Acoustic & electric bass | |||
| Session Bassist – Prime Bass / Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Session Bassist – Upright Bass / Icon Bass | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Session Bassist – Jam Bass | – | Yes | Yes |
| Acoustic & electric guitars | |||
| Session Guitarist – Strummed Acoustic | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Session Guitarist – Electric Sunburst (Standard only) | Yes | – | – |
| Session Guitarist – Acoustic Sunburst Deluxe / Electric Mint / Electric Sunburst Deluxe / Electric Vintage / Picked Acoustic / Picked Nylon / Strummed Acoustic 2 / Session Ukulele | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Session Guitarist – Electric Neon Essentials | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Session Guitarist – Electric Ruby Deluxe / Electric Storm Deluxe | – | Yes | Yes |
| Drums & percussion | |||
| 40s Very Own Drums / Abbey Road 60s Drummer / Battery 4 / Butch Vig Drums / Drumlab / Empire Breaks / Karriem Riggin Drums / Polyplex / Rudiments / Session Percussionist / Studio Drummer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Abbey Road 50s / 70s / 80s / Modern / Vintage Drummer | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW 24k Drums / Discoteca Drums / Marco Polo Drums | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Contemporary strings & horns | |||
| Session Horns / Session Strings 2 | Yes | – | – |
| Session Horns Pro / Session Strings Pro 2 | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW LCO Producer Strings | – | Yes | Yes |
| Spotlight Series (world and regional instruments) | |||
| Cuba / India / Middle East / West Africa | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Balinese Gamelan / East Asia / Ireland | – | Yes | Yes |
| Cinematic & sound design | |||
| Conflux / Kinetic Metal / Playbox | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ashlight / Damage / Kinetic Toys / Mallet Flux / Mysteria / Pharlight / Piano Colors / Rise & Hit / Schema: Dark / Schema: Light / Sequis / Straylight / Thrill / Vocal Colors / Scene: Saffron | – | Yes | Yes |
| Arkhis / Fables / Kithara / Lores | – | – | Yes |
| NEW Erosia / Moments: Vocal Clouds / Scene: Bloodplant / Scene: Lotus / Scene: Nightshade / Scene: Willow | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW Circular / Claire: Avant / Odes | – | – | Yes |
| Classical instruments | |||
| Stradivari Violin | – | Yes | Yes |
| Choir: Omnia Essentials / Symphony Essentials series (Brass Ensemble / Brass Solo / Percussion / String Ensemble / Woodwind Ensemble / Woodwind Solo) / Valves (Ultimate only) | – | Yes | – |
| Action Strings 2 / Action Strikes / Action Woodwinds / Amati Viola / Choir: Omnia / Emotive Strings / Guarneri Violin / Stradivari Cello / Symphony Series (Brass Ensemble / Brass Solo / Percussion / String Ensemble / Woodwind Ensemble / Woodwind Solo) / Valves Pro (CE only) | – | – | Yes |
| NEW Cremona Quartet Ensemble | – | Yes | Yes |
| Play Series (all 28 titles included in every edition) | |||
| 40s Very Own Keys / Analog Dreams / Bazzazian Tapes / Bouquet / Cloud Supply / Deft Lines / Duets / Ethereal Earth / Feel It / Glaze / Glaze 2 / Homage / Hybrid Keys / Ignition Keys / Lo-Fi Glow / Melted Vibes / Modular Icons / Nacht / Soul Sessions / Stacks / Sway / Utopia | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NEW 24k Keys / Discoteca Keys / Halo Vox / Hypr / Luxa / Roux | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Synthesizers | |||
| Blocks Prime / FM8 / Form / Kontour / Massive / Monark / Reaktor 6 / Reaktor Prism / Reaktor Spark / Retro Machines Mk2 / Skanner XT / Super 8 / The Mouth / TRK-01 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flesh / Razor / Rounds | – | Yes | Yes |
| Mixing & mastering | |||
| Solid Bus Comp / Solid Dynamics / Solid EQ / Supercharger GT / Transient Master | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VC 160 / VC 2A / VC 76 | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW bx_enhancer / bx_glue / Nectar 4 Elements / Neutron 5 Elements / Ozone 12 Elements | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NEW bx_clipper / bx_XL V3 | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW bx_console AMEK 200 / bx_masterdesk PRO | – | – | Yes |
| Creative effects | |||
| Bite / Choral / Dirt / Driver / Flair / Freak / Phasis / Raum / Replika XT / The Finger / Trash / VocalSynth 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Molekular / RC 24 / RC 48 | – | Yes | Yes |
| NEW FX EQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sound packs | |||
| Leap Expansions (all 20 titles: 80s New Wave / Afrobeats / Disco & Funk / Drum Breaks / Hot Vocals / Latin Trap / Lo-Fi Vibes / Platinum Pop / Progressive Trance / R&B Licks / Soul Gold and more; includes 9 NEW) | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Expansions | 25 | 56 | 101 |
| Massive X Expansions (includes 14 NEW) | 25 | 29 | 29 |
| Massive Expansions (Nocturnal State / Spectrum Quake / Stadium Flex) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
4. KOMPLETE 26 Highlights: New Features and New Products
Here are the points that stand out most in this release.
Highlight 1: Absynth 6 Is Newly Included
The synth Absynth 6 is newly included in every edition from KOMPLETE 26 Standard upward.
Highlight 2: Brainworx and iZotope Products Are Bundled
The mixing/mastering and creative effects sections of KOMPLETE 26 Standard and above now include many Brainworx plugins and the latest iZotope products.
Brainworx plugins (by edition)
- Standard and above: bx_enhancer / bx_glue
- Ultimate and above: bx_clipper / bx_XL V3
- Collector’s Edition only: bx_console AMEK 200 / bx_masterdesk PRO
iZotope products (common to all Standard and above editions)
- iZotope Elements suite: Ozone 12 Elements / Neutron 5 Elements / Nectar 4 Elements
- Full versions: Trash / VocalSynth 2 / FX EQ
Highlight 3: More Than 65 New Products Added at Once
- New pianos / keys: Claire (acoustic piano), Electric Keys – Ember / Jade / Moonshell / Teak
- New bass / guitar: Session Bassist – Jam Bass, Electric Neon Essentials, Electric Ruby Deluxe, Electric Storm Deluxe
- New drums: 24k Drums, Discoteca Drums, Marco Polo Drums
- New cinematic: Circular, Claire: Avant, Erosia, Moments: Vocal Clouds, Odes, Scene: Bloodplant / Lotus / Nightshade / Willow
- New classical: LCO Producer Strings, Cremona Quartet Ensemble
- New Play Series: 24k Keys, Discoteca Keys, Halo Vox, Hypr, Luxa, Roux
- 9 new Leap Expansions: House Grooves, Italo Disco, Jazz Hop, Luxury Hip Hop, Melodic Trap, Millenium Hip Hop, Modern Latin, Songwriter Drums, Soul Choir
5. Native Instruments Sale Roundup
This article covers the sales on the KOMPLETE 26 series. We keep track of sales on other Native Instruments products and gear as well, so you may find some great deals.