98 Results for "kontakt"

Is Native Instruments in trouble?

According to disgruntled employees, Native Instruments is haemorrhaging staff and closing down parts of its business - while Behringer throws out a safety net. It's all a bit nuts, to be honest.

BASSYNTH: filthy, gritty and epically modern bass making soft synth

An "entirely new bass engine" built in the familiar Kontakt Player with 11GBs of sampled synths, brass, strings and basses from all sorts of places in 4 layers with effects and masses of modulation.

Best free plug-ins this week: Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, SP22

This week, we have two awesome free sound libraries for you, as well as an unconventional sample recorder / editor. Check out Hand Bells, Vos Contemporary, and SP22.

Native Instruments debuts Komplete 12 and new Collectors Edition

Native Instruments create the biggest bundle of instruments and sound library in the world with Komplete 12 Ultimate Collectors Edition. There's a regular version too all featuring Kontakt 6 and Massive X

DRONAR Master Edition gives you 50GB of Gothic Instruments cinematic spookiness

Gothic Instruments have bundled together 8 of their most atmospheric DRONAR instruments into a singular, improved and yet familiar interface so you can go to town on creating the most awesome of sonic ...

Stradivarius EKO: Haunting vintage string synthesizer comes to Kontakt

A splurge of string synths appeared in the 1970's after the success of the Solina Strings. The EKO Stradivarius was one of the more obscure but favoured by Vangelis for its spooky and atmospheric tones.

Spitfire Audio will set free its Labs sample libraries, Kontakt no longer required

Spitfire Audio announced its Labs sample libraries are going free in the near future. Formerly Kontakt-only, they will be breaking free of the Native Instruments sampler with the addition of a custom plug-in.

Output’s new Analog Brass & Winds instrument: “Next level air”?

We're pretty sure Output's new baby is capable of some bad-ass sounds in the right hands. Remember Nine Inch Nails' Capital G? Yeah, that's what distorted brass can sound like!

Console Y brings an expanded Ensoniq ASR-X to life

Puremagnetik release Console Y, an expanded library of the Ensoniq ARS-X across Ableton, Logic and Kontakt formats, but only in their Spark subscription service. Does $8 a month work for you?

The Morphologist and DR.110 REDUX drum machine from Sound Machinery

New kids on the block Sound Machinery launch their first two products for Kontakt, The Morphologist synthesizer and DR.110 REDUX. And to celebrate you can have the drum machine for free.

Free Plug-ins This Week: Grab a modulator and an atmospheric Kontakt instrument!

Looking for those sweet free plug-ins? We got 'em here! This week saw the release of two fantastic tools - the FreeMod modulation VST/AU plug-in by Audiority and the free version of DRONAR, an atmospheric...

Get instant atmospheric generation with Dronar Free Edition

Need some drama in your life? How about 3.7GB of free evolving and modulating sonic soundscapes taken from the Dronar series of atmospheric generators?

Coming soon from Output, a new product that doesn’t make any sound!

Output, makers of crowd favorites like its Movement and Substance engines, is teasing a brand new product that's supposedly coming soon. All we know it's that it's not another engine, or anything that makes ...

NI releases Thrill, a scarily priced spooky sound generator

A new VSTi producing suspenseful soundscapes and FX, Thrill uses the Kontakt 5 sampler and sports a huge 30GB library as well as a neat GUI - but unfortunately also a frighteningly high price tag.

Invasors for Kontakt: Analogue-inspired synthesis done right

Invasors brings the feel and sound of analog hardware into the Kontakt software interface giving an enjoyably tweakable and inviting sound making experience.

Sample Logic brings dynamic rhythmic sequencing to Kontakt with Rhythmology

Get your groove on with the dynamic sequencing of 4 loop engines, effects and mixing in Rhythmology. But is it more than a loop library?

Get angry for free with BeatBox Beast Kontakt library

Beatbox Beast is an angry bunch of samples taken from the mouths of the young and talented. It's free or for a €5 no-brainer you can get the full version.

Revolution: 14 iconic drum machines in one virtual instrument

All the classic drum machines packed into a single Kontakt based virtual instrument. Revolution certainly covers all your bases... and snares, hit-hats etc.

Kinetic Treats: free toys from Native Instruments

Kinetic Treats is a fun and joyful free gift from Native Instruments along with £22 to spend in the store.

Recreate Bohemian Rhapsody with Freddie Mercury’s favourite piano

The grand piano owned by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury has been lovingly captured and turned into an amazing virtual instrument for Kontakt.

Wave Alchemy tease “Revolution” drum VSTi

Slated for a Christmas release, this new virtual drum machine has just been teasered on Facebook - and certainly looks the part...

Impact intros Sonic Ocean sound design instrument

Sail away on a Sonic Ocean of granular flow and evolutionary currents with this boutique sound design instrument that also donates to the Clean Water Fund.

Virtuoso Ensembles: The playable orchestra from Kirk Hunter Studios

Virtuoso Ensembles maps sections of instruments across your keyboard for a very customisable and playable orchestra.

Dark Matter: Unsettling sounds from String Audio

Dark Matter is chillier than the icicle hanging from an alien monster's beard who is about to jump out at you from behind a disturbingly shaped landscape dripping with the terrors of a thousand haunted worlds.