Posts with tag kontakt

Review | May 25, 2015 by Lynda Arnold

Are you in the market for a unique Kontakt vocal library, suitable for any world music genre? Lynda Arnold finds out if Rast's MidEast Vocals can compete with the established big boys in the industry.

Review | May 21, 2015 by Hollin Jones

Are you looking for a truly great collection of instruments for scoring any kind of TV, game or movie project for under $300? SONiVOX listened and then came The Film Score Companion.

News | May 18, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

MODWHEEL's new release is THE HUMDRUM HUMDRUM '" the Calfskin Drum Set for Native Instruments' Kontakt bringing creative drumming to your music studio setup.

News | May 05, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

The good folks over at Heavyocity are offering a big (up to 50% discount) sale on their award-winning instruments for 5 days only. That includes AEON, DM-307, Monoboy, BitRate II, and Ensemble Drums.

Tutorial | Apr 17, 2015 by Peter Schwartz

When it comes to building a MIDI Orchestral template (or any style in fact) in your DAW, is it worth the time & effort building a template that could end up being temporary? Peter Schwartz finds out.

Review | Apr 07, 2015 by Lynda Arnold

If anyone can take high-quality, organically sampled world instruments and give them a cutting-edge breathe of new sonic life, it's Sample Logic. Lynda Arnold explores Bohemian and is impressed.

News | Apr 03, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Don't be fooled thinking Sample Logic's new release, Bohemian, is only for new age music. The collection of exotic, traditional & morphed instruments in this Kontakt library are incredibly inspiring!

Review | Apr 01, 2015 by Matt Vanacoro

Fresh of the back of their unique and successful REV Kontakt instrument, Output have released Signal, an incredible "pulse" synth with an equally impressive GUI and sound palette.

News | Mar 19, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Coming soon is a new Kontakt instrument from Wide Blue Sound called Orbit and it promises a "fresh new approach to musical sound design". Intrigued? So are we.

News | Mar 19, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

It's coming on 31st March, 2015 and is described as an "engine"... if it's anything near the quality of REV, Output will make a lot of producers very happy indeed.

Review | Mar 13, 2015 by G.W. Childs IV

Enter a world of beautiful and terrifying sonic soundscapes with Siren Audio's granular synth, Generative 2. Does this atmospheric synth press all of G. W. Childs' buttons? Find out in our review.

Review | Mar 03, 2015 by Noah Pred

Premium sound library creators, Spitfire Audio, have brought the best of David Fanshawe's world field recordings from the '60s onwards into an incredible Kontakt library for all of us to enjoy.

News | Feb 19, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

Designed for score composers of "any skill level" NI's new Emotive Strings Kontakt instrument has an easy to use interface with flexible results and features live-recorded legato string phrases.

News | Feb 11, 2015 by Rounik Sethi

The Tack is a recreation of the 'Mrs Mills', a tack piano from Abbey Road Studios with which The Beatles, Elliot Smith and many others recorded some of their tracks. Now available for Kontakt.

Tutorial | Jan 28, 2015 by Hollin Jones

It's a fact. Sample libraries are getting better and more realistic and expressive, but that means they're also getting bigger too. Here's some tips on how to manage big libraries from Hollin Jones.