#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT 6 PLAYER UPDATE#
#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT 6 PLAYER FULL#
#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT 6 PLAYER SERIES#

So it's nice to see some newcomers that fall into the 'good' category. Kontakt's effects have always been aР’В mixed bag of the good and, frankly, the average. If you're interested in creating your own wavetables, Serum appears to be one of the most popular wavetable creation programs, along with Waldorf's Blofeld Wavetable Creator. The wavetable's starting point is also being modulated randomly with each new note triggered.Р”Р‡urther experimentation layering two or more together, assigning them to independent groups and assigning various forms of modulation to their wavetables' positions, adding envelopes, filters and LFOs, produced some great results - not quite identifiable, yet eminently musical and very usable. The wavetable position is being modulated by aР’В triangle-shaped LFO waveshaping (Form) is being modulated inversely by the same LFO, using the Bend waveshaping type. This example wavetable is not at concert pitch, so Tuning is set to -5 semitones to compensate.

Fortunately, free wavetables can easily be found online, so IР’В downloaded aР’В suite of them.

The results were not pretty, although I'm sure someone somewhere would love the strangled, unmusical noise it made. It relies on having some readyРІР‚вЂmade wavetables to hand, but as NI curiously don't include any in the package (why not?) IР’В experimented by dragging in an 'ordinary' guitar sample to see what would happen. Wavetable ModuleР”Р„ new component to the sample playback engine, the wavetable module expands Kontakt's potential for creating exotic and unusual synthesized sounds. However, anyone who creates their own sample material or simply likes to tweak and adapt (unlocked) existing libraries will find aР’В handful of welcome additions.

#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT 6 PLAYER FULL#

People whose use of Kontakt goes no further than loading and playing libraries exactly as they come out-of-the-box (be it in the free Kontakt Player or the full version) will probably view the new features as inconsequential and not be tempted to splash out on the full upgrade. Visually, K5 and K6 are completely identical - the differences, though not numerous, lie under the hood.

#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT 6 PLAYER UPDATE#

So is this update aР’В game changer for existing Kontakt users? Does K6 look any different - bigger fonts, cosmetic changes, or aР’В new colour scheme? Well, no. Perhaps this is the last wholeРІР‚вЂnumber revision of Kontakt as we know it, to be eventually replaced by aР’В completely reworked product under another name? This is not aР’В rumour, just to be clear - it's merely my febrile imagination running wild. Whether this suggests that subsequent updates will be incremental (and free) or that there will be future payable tipping-points is not clear. Although it's punted as 'Kontakt 6' by Native Instruments, the VST refers to itself in the plug-in list simply as 'Kontakt', with no number to signify the version. We exploreР’В what's new in the latest version of NI's flagship sampler.Р”Р„fter aР’В considerable wait and much speculation, version 6 has finally acceded to the Kontakt throne. Clicking on the AР’В or B waveform graphics presents aР’В drop-down list of over 100 waveforms to choose from. The Macro knobs control predetermined aspects of the sound depending on the currently selected snapshot, and are freely assignable to any MIDI controller.

#NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KONTAKT 6 PLAYER SERIES#

One of the new K6 Play series instruments, Analog Dreams.

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