![]() You can determine the size of the grain stream with the “Grain” knob in milliseconds, or adjust the “Smooth” knob in order to reduce artifacts by crossfading grains into each other.Īlthough Time Machine is more ideal for granular applications, Time Machine 2 and Time Machine Pro focus more on preserving the quality of playback with improved time/pitch-stretching algorithms offering controls for more accurate transient detection, which of course will be significantly more CPU intensive. With this control at a very small value or even turned all the way down, the sample engine cycles through the grain stream repeatedly. In Time Machine Mode, you can slow down or speed up the sample (independent of the pitch) with the “Speed” knob. This is where Kontakt really goes above and beyond typical sample playback. In a granular context, this is what sound designers often refer to as a “grain stream”. The results may become harsh and “grainy” the further you travel away from the root pitch as a result of the sample being quite literally stretched apart, producing gaps in between each individual sample that become more and more noticeable. This “real-time stretching” algorithm lets you play rhythmic content up and down the keyboard while preserving the dynamics of the original. My personal favorite definitely has to be the Time Machine mode, available in three different flavors, including Time Machine 2 and Time Machine Pro modes.Īll of these allow you to change the pitch of a sample without affecting the playback speed. Under the hood, within the “Source Module” at the very beginning of the signal chain, there are six “playback modes” that process audio differently, the first being a traditional “Sampler” mode that plays back audio from memory, though “DFD” (direct from disk) mode is a far more practical way of streaming audio from disk in real-time without the computational expenditure of loading all sample data into RAM. In this review, we’ll be going deeper into the sample engine to really explore the sonic possibilities that will open up to you with a marginal amount of research and a much-advised spirit of adventure. It fulfills that purpose in more ways than I care to mention, but there’s more to Kontakt than you might think. I used to view Kontakt as nothing more than a great big environment for multi-sampled instruments. ![]() Product page: Native Instruments Kontakt ($399) ![]() That being said, you might be wondering why (years after its initial release) a Kontakt review needs to exist, aside from the fact that Bedroom Producers Blog hasn’t reviewed it yet, even though we publish news of free and also commercial Kontakt libraries on a semi-regular basis (Don’t believe us? Well, here’s your proof!). ![]() During that time, it has been showered with high praise and deservedly so. For well over a decade, producers, sound designers, and professional mix engineers have made expert use of it. ![]()
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