jbow
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I see what you MEAN....
I got NI Kontakt Full during the half off sale. I've always used Rapture Pro and DIM PRO. All I can say is WOW, especially when it comes to the horns.. and really everything. IT sound's SO good. I can see I will be waiting for a sale on Komplete!!
Rapture has some nice arps and synths, the pianos aren't too bad and some of the basses are OK but Kontakt is in another league. I almost didn't buy it. I am SO glad I did!!! IF you, like me, don't know... you need to find out!
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 08:41:21
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There are a lot of great libraries for it too. Its the most supported sampler around.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 09:29:43
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+1000 I don't think I've had one project without Kontakt since purchasing it. The delivered content is good - I tend to exclusively use Vintage Organs and Session Brass for those instrument tracks, and also quite a few others along the way. But the biggest thing for is the pure quantity of available libraries, many of them free or very inexpensive. It's like a sample playback toy store.  And FWIW, I would certainly recommend Komplete too for sheer variety.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 09:37:15
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And you're still just exploring the factory content, which is widely regarded as being rather weak. Many Kontakt users never even use it, because for every category of instrument in there there are third-party alternatives that are vastly superior. Get your wallet ready.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 09:52:48
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Groove3 has a very good video on it. Even though the video is based on Kontakt 4 almost all of it is relevant to K5. January is a good time to get a month for $15 and hunker down and stay warm and learn some stuff too. Have fun.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 15:58:21
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It's worth doing a course or reading the manual on how to create your own instruments too, because it's fairly easy and you can make use of those raw sample sets you may have lying around.
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stevec
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 18:30:50
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Hmmm... that is something I've never done. Thanks, Sharke, there goes a few (hundred) hours.  
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/17 23:10:22
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Enjoy schweet Kontakt, Julien!
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/18 00:13:53
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I know there are easier ways to load samples onto keys (heck you can even do it with Session Drummer) but Kontakt is unbelievably flexible and powerful when you look into the key mapping, sample grouping and the extensive effect processing.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/18 06:18:19
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I have been trying to dig out the thread with lists of free and low cost libraries but its proving hard to find. Here are a few off the top of my head. At the very least it will give you an idea of the breath of stuff available. Hollow Sun - the Novachord stuff in NC346 is of particular note. Bolder Sounds - lots of off the wall stuff. Music Maker v4 is probably the highlight here, but the Tibetian Bowles are alos very good. Soniccouture - I love their RMI Rocksichord, the concert Kazoos may be a bit of an acquired taste. Analogue Drums - Big Mono is a great drum kit! Soni Musicae - for Harpsichords, bells, acordian and a rather wonderful house organ.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/18 14:35:49
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/19 02:02:41
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S.L.I.P.
http://www.indiginus.com/
Light on your wallet, big bang for your buck!
Yup - +1 for Indiginus Julien. One of his best releases was not that long ago - the Renaxxance Nylon String Guitar - really nice, right out of inside the box. Another is Aria Sounds. http://www.ariasounds.com/kontakt_instruments.html In mid 2014, I bought K4 off KVR for $120. Then, last December, I upgraded to K5 for $49.99. As stated above, I use K4 or 5 [or usually both] in every song now, and I'm starting to wonder how I ever did without it [them]. Others I use are NIs Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass and Session Strings. You may even get these and many others included in Komplete for an upgrade price close to buying them alone, which is what I should have done.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/19 10:59:13
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Big Indiginus fan here. I've got most of the catalog - and actually use them on a regular basis. Including his oldest product, the Acoustic Guitar Collection (AGC), still my favorite for general-purpose acoustic guitar. Solid State Symphony is the only Kontakt library I play in real time just for fun. Great compositional tool. I reviewed three of them here, from the angle of libraries that are both cheap and useful. So many cheap libs are stripped-down one-trick ponies. At the end of that article I listed some other vendors who also offer useful instruments for cheap such as Wavesfactory, Bolder Sounds and Sampletekk. That was written over a year ago, though, and I could easily double the length of that list today.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/19 22:40:12
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"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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jimusic
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/20 16:45:11
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Check VST buzz..... free libraries are good quality...
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/20 16:57:34
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Above all, don't forget that schweeeet bigcatt stuff.
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Re: I see what you MEAN....
2015/12/22 22:56:08
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I really need a GREAT solo violin
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