The Flagship Sampler with a Vast Ready-to-Play Instruments Library
Kontakt 3 builds on its reputation as the
industry standard for professional sampling. The outstanding audio
engine and state-of-the-art modular architecture provide unlimited
sonic potential for your music. Universal file import ensures global
compatibility.
A huge sound collection connects you to a
multitude of instruments, and the reworked interface makes playing and
tweaking them effortless. Kontakt 3 is the premiere sampler for artists
and producers from across the musical spectrum.
The Instrument Collections
Band
This collection contains all standard band
instruments found in genres like rock, jazz, funk, pop, r'n'b and
hip-hop. It covers among other things, e-guitars, basses, acoustic
drum-kits, a drawbar organ and various e-pianos. A highlight for sure
is the extensive brass section, in which both solo instruments and
complete horn sections are contained.
Orchestral
The complete Vienna Symphonic Library Orchestra
from Kontakt 2 was revised and has been supplemented by many further
NI-produced instruments. The immense variations in sound and
articulation has been ensured by several special functions: Typical
instrument playing techniques / articulations can be recalled live
(e.g. staccato, tremolo, sustain, fortepiano) while the convolution
effect precisely reproduces real concert rooms acoustics. A new legato
mode, an equally ingeniously yet simple Harmonizer, as well as a MIDI
filter for the automatic production of certain kinds of scales
("Constrain to Scale") give completely new possibilities for creative
production.
World
The much-requested World Collection contains
many exotic instruments from all over the globe - uniting some of the
world's most different musical cultures. Flutes and reed instruments,
bagpipes, plucked instruments and percussions generate a global pool of
unusual sounds, offering unequaled creative opportunities for the
producer.
Synth
In this category you will find the full range
of contemporary synth pads, basses, leads and drum kits at your
disposal. Since each synthesizer type possesses its own Performance
View (see below), you have the possibility of accessing in seconds the
important parameters and tweaking the sound to your desire.
Additionally this column contains an integrated drum computer for the
synth drum kits - packed full of grooves from the go!
Vintage
The Vintage Collection handles the legendary
sounds of analog synthesizers and keyboards. Also included are drum
machines, organs and string synths from the seventies, and the
signature digital devices of the eighties. Only the original hardware
was used for the sampling. The directly sampled raw sounds therefore
carry all the character (and peculiarities) of the original material.
The unique "Electronic Toys" - section require special attention - a
creative playground beyond compare full of quirky electronic toy
keyboards.
Urban Beats
The Urban beats collection contains 50
ready-for-action drum loop production kits. Each production kit
consists of a complete drum loop, single loop tracks (snare, hi-hat
loop etc. separated) and the individual slices. Therefore you can vary
and add accent to your loop with only a few keys. All contained loops
have been exclusively produced for Native Instruments and are contained
on no other sample CD.
Features
- Six Instrument Collections – over 33 GB of sounds
- Ready-to-rock "Performance View" for each of the 1000 instruments
- Reworked Wave Editor with tools for intuitive looping, slicing and editing
- Freely drawable envelopes per sample
- Improved navigation: Modulation Quick-Jumps, Instrument Navigator
- Over 18 high-end effects
- Enhanced workflow for Scripts with tabbed views
- Universal Import of virtually any sample format
- MIDI loop drag & drop into host application
- New Info Pane in the GUI, seven tutorial videos
Import and Compatibility
- EXS-24™
- KOMPAKT®
- Akai™ S-x000/Z8
- BATTERY®
- GigaStudio™
- INTAKT®
- Apple Loops™
- Reason™ NN-XT
- REX™ I/II
- HALion™ 1/2
- REAKTOR®
- ACID™ WAVs
- Emu™ EOS/ EIV/ EIII/ Esi/ Emax II and many more
Interfaces
- Stand-alone
- VST®
- Audio Units™
- RTAS® (Pro Tools 7)
- ASIO™
- Core Audio™
- DirectSound™
System Requirements
Mac
- G4 1.4 GHz or Intel® Core™ Duo 1.66 GHz
- 1 GB RAM
- 300 MB free disc space
- 34 GB for complete installation
- DVD drive
PC
- Windows XP or Windows Vista (32 bit)
- Pentium or Athlon 1.4 GHz
- 1 GB RAM
- 300 MB free disc space
- 34 GB for complete installation
- DVD drive