I am interested in using the Narf Sounds 80’s bundle with Arturia Keylab 88 MK3 keyboard. I presented Arturia with these questions and received a very brief unclear response. The Narf Sounds bundle says for Arturia V Collection X. The present version of Arturia is version 11. Does anyone know if version 11 will work just as well or if I need to locate version X? Also, is anyone using the Arturia Keylab 88 MK3 keyboard with GP 5 and these combinations of software? Is the Pro version of version 11 required or is the Intro version good? Since the Pro version is pretty expensive, it would be quite nice to start out with the Intro version and then upgrade down the road. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.
Normally the plugin state should be the same.
So it should work with version 11.
But to be sure you should contact Narf
I think “Pro” is what used to just be called “V Collection”.
I think “Intro” is what used to be called “Analog Lab” (?)
So, I think “Intro” will not be sufficient.
But, let’s see what others say…..
Jeff
Im not sure what the Intro version of the collection is, but if you mean Analog Lab then no, it’s not worth getting if you plan on using Narf stuff.
Pretty sure X or 11 will new fine. The Narf stuff uses custom presets I believe, so those will get loaded in to the rackspaces.
I run GP5 with Arturia V Collection 11 Pro and all three NarfSounds 80s packs, and everything works really well! The differences between Intro and Pro are described here - the main thing (besides the price 
) is the inclusion of 10 virtual instruments vs. 45. Depending on which Narf Rackspace you’re using, an instrument might not be available in the Intro version, not sure if/how many of the Pro ones are required, but those 10 “overlapping” instruments should be identical in both. (Some of his Rackspaces also use other plugins like BlueArp and effects from Kilohearts Essentials, but those are free to download.) The good news is that Arturia has discounted sales pretty regularly, sometimes up to 50% off, so keep your eyes open!
On a side note, I’m seriously considering getting an Arturia Keylab 88 MK3 to replace my aging Nektar LX88+, but that’s for another thread. 
Thank you very much for the info. I heard Black Friday Arturia usually has sales so I may hold off until then. I wonder if I paid full price for intro version now, if the price to upgrade would be good during the sale??? I’ll be watching for the other thread on the keyboard upgrade….
I purchased all 4 of Francis’s NARF sound libraries. When Francis played them on the video they sounded fantastic and the CPU utilization seemed reasonable.
I have a Windows 10 i5 PC with SSD drives. On several of the NARF RaceSpaces I have tried, I am immediately getting to 100% CPU. I hope this is something that I am doing wrong. David used to have a guide to fixing this type of problem … Can someone point me to it plz?
NARF soundsets can be CPU hogs. I have needed to tweak a few songs to make them work in a pretty robust laptop.
One easy step you should look into is setting up widgets to bypass plugins that are not being used in a particular variation. You can also look into reducing polyphony in some cases.
Died in My Arms sounds amazing, but the Arturia DX7 clone pushed it over the edge. I decided that that particular synth was really not doing that much anyway, so I just deleted it (the main breathy sound is most important). (I still get compliments on how I nail the sound of that one).
Jeff
I guess your machine might not be powerful enough to handle the CPU load which is caused by the Arturia plugins (or even more some combination of multiple Arturia plugins).
Also you should be way more specific with your information regarding your computer’s specs: Helpful would be: exact processor type, base frequency, size of RAM, audio buffer size, sample rate… this all has massive influence on the audio performance of your computer!
The above quoted information is just like:
“I have a red BMW 4 cylinder with Diesel engine - why can’t i pull this huge caravan?”