Kontakt Tutorial: How to Work with Hi-Hats
Last week, Jon Meyer released in his fantastic Soft Drums library (link below). In this video, I tinker with his samples–adding hi-hat “choke groups” to his kit.
Last week, Jon Meyer released in his fantastic Soft Drums library (link below). In this video, I tinker with his samples–adding hi-hat “choke groups” to his kit.
In this Kontakt tutorial, I show how to make mic level knobs using instrument busses.
In this video, I build an actual physical synth out of resistors, capacitors, and a 555 timer. I then sample it and turn it into a synthwave-inspired Kontakt patch.
In this video, I take some first steps towards coding my own arpeggiator script. I also show off the great arpeggiator script that comes bundled with Kontakt. Along the way, I turn some samples of a toy piano I sampled and turn them into a full-featured Kontakt library. The Toy Piano Kontakt library I made…
Have you ever had an audio file that contained a bunch of extra frequencies in it that you wish you could just remove? Spectral editing may be for you. In this video, I show how to use spectral editing to clean up a sample so that I can make a Kontakt instrument–but not just any…
In last week’s video, I recorded my own voice and turned it into a free choir library. In this video, I work with those same samples to add modwheel crossfades to the instrument.
In this video, I demonstrate two different approaches to adding simulated legato to your Kontakt instruments: SIPS and the Kontakt Factory Unisono-Portamento. In the process, I add new legato patches to the Box Cello sample library I released last week. The Box Cello library can be purchased here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/box-cello-kontakt/. The SIPS legato scripts can be…
In December 2018, I built a fully playable cello out of an old silverware box. I spent the month of January sampling the instrument. Now you can own the sounds of this unique instrument in a feature-packed Kontakt library. Introductory price: $20! Box Cello [Kontakt]
In this video, I show how to make release triggers in Kontakt. In the process, I create a full-featured Kontakt library out of the whistle from a Chantal tea kettle. The instrument that I make in the video can be downloaded for free here.
In this video, I show how to make custom, skinned knobs in Kontakt. In the process, I take a PVC shipping tube that was supposed to contain a cello bow and turn it into a Kontakt library.