KONTAKT
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Native Instruments Kontakt Sampling
Software for PC and Mac
KONTAKT was designed by Native Instruments to be the most powerful
sampler ever created. KONTAKT fuses an innovative design with
an advanced sampling engine. The result is an inspiringly fast
and intuitively flexible sampler with exceptional sound quality.
In addition to supporting all the standard sample playback and
manipulation abilities of its hardware and software predecessors,
KONTAKT adds several technologies to give sampling a new dimension.
Realtime time-stretching and resynthesis, graphical breakpoint
envelopes, an integrated loop editor, analog-modelled filters,
visually displayed modulation, and breathtaking efficiency create
a sampler with the power to realize the most ingenious ideas.
An outstanding sample library containing more than three gigabytes
of sounds in various styles and categories is also included.
Features
High performance audio engine with dynamic resource allocation
Up to 256 stereo voices, 16-part multitimbral, and 32 outputs
per plug-in, 16 per standalone instance
Supports Direct From Disk Playback (DFD extension available via
download)
Realtime granular time-stretching and resynthesis
Full Drag and Drop sample management
Graphical display for convenient sample mapping and setting of
key ranges, up to 128 velocity layers
Integrated EQ, delay, reverb, and waveshaper effects
Adaptive GUI shows only the active parameters
17 different filter types
Comprehensive modulation capabilities with graphical displays
Unique tempo-synced step-modulators, LFOs, and multi-stage envelopes
Integrated loop editor with waveform display, support for 8 loop
points
Includes more than 3 gigabytes of professional license-free samples
Architecture and Engine
KONTAKT’s advanced design and dynamic resource allocation
ensure that its audio engine is always running at optimal efficiency,
for up to 256 stereo voices per instance on a standard computer.
The semi-modular architecture of KONTAKT’s audio engine corresponds
exactly to its on-screen layout. Filters, effects, and modulations
can easily be added with one click. If an audio-process is not
active, it is neither displayed on the screen nor calculated by
the CPU.
Unlike a conventional sampler, where pitch and length are always
linked, KONTAKT’s integrated granular resynthesis engine
frees you to compose with pitch and timestretch independently.
KONTAKT can play back each sample in one of three modes: classic
mode, Time Machine mode, and Tone Machine mode. The Time Machine
allows real-time manipulation of length, pitch, and formant. The
Tone Machines imprints a playable pitch onto the sample and maintains
the same length across the keyboard.
The comprehensive filter section offers 17 varieties from analog
lowpass and highpass to exotic sound-design filters. A broad range
of insert and send effects, including EQs, waveshapers, delays,
and reverbs, are available to position the instruments in the
mix. All effects are inherent parts of the instrument, regardless
of how many instruments are playing at once.
Supported Sample Formats
KONTAKT is able to load nearly any sample library format: AKAI™
S-1000/S-3000, Gigasampler™, SF2™, HAlion™, EXS™,
SDII™, BATTERY™, LM4™, AIFF and WAV from 8 to 32
bit.
