The patches contain some of the most realistic True Legato ever created for soloistic string writing.Ī comprehensive collection of tempo-locked runs, scales and rips recorded at the MGM Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.Ĭinesamples Tina Guo Acoustic Cello Legato The result is a string library that is easy to use, composer-friendly, with unparalleled recording quality.ĬineStrings SOLO is a deeply sampled solo strings virtual instrument recorded at the world famous MGM Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. This Kontakt library was designed by composers, for composers, with direct feedback from the film music community during its development. We’ve put together a list organized by manufacturer with some of their best libraries: If you’re looking for some of the best Kontakt libraries out there, then you’ve come to the right place! We took the time to test and compile some of our favorite Kontakt banks, made by some stellar companies. Kontakt is one of the greatest tools in a producer's arsenal for getting rich, organic sounds.īut with SO many companies and Kontakt libraries, it’s difficult to figure out which ones are the best. To balance load among available cores we have to use several Kontakt plugin instances and assign each to a separate channel strip (run in a separate thread, and threads are distributed among cores).In 2022, finding the best Kontakt Libraries is no easy feat. We can confirm that the mixer sluggishness and key focus issues have been addressed by apple.
We highly recommend to upgrade to Logic 9. The overall performance has incredibly improved compared to any former version, including K2. Let me tell you that K35 works great in Logic8, as well as in L7. The performance of Kontakt 3.5 (and then Player) seems greatly better, and even more if using Logic 9 : nki instruments from that library using the disk icon, LOAD option (browse to the nki file).
Update : Kontakt 2 library indeed can’t appear as a library tab in Kontakt 3.5 Player (it seems it can be converted to K3 format using the Batch Resave option in Load/Save menu), however we can load individual. Note : the Kontakt 2 library isn’t listed in found libraries, and adding it manually through Add Library button does not work (No Library Found message). However on that configuration only two convolution reverbs are provided (the whole were available in Kontakt 2, despite many leaded to latency problem/distorted sound).
A 650Mb demo library, KONTAKT FACTORY SELECTION, is available for free (brings sounds from the full Kontakt 3.5 library).Ī 1,8 Ghz G5 or Intel is stated as minimum requirement (on OSX 10.4 or 10.5), but finally it works fine on a G4. In the Player mode we still keep the Library Browser feature (introduced in Kontakt 3), that allows to browse and combine in one place libraries in Kontakt format, the new convolution based effects, and a better management for libraries that were based on the old Intakt (better slice management – was problematic in Kontakt 2) and Kompakt.įinally we can expand the libraries by buying new content through download. It is based on the Kontakt 3.5 engine (that was released recently) and even offers the full editing features for 30mn sessions. NI provides Kontakt Player 3.5 for free at download (375 Mb). Korg iM1 / Midi LE / Midi Monitor / USB.