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Quick Sample Exchange in Kontakt

Ame one — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:15:52 +0000

The buttons to the right of the sample name (highlighted in orange) in the Mapping Editor allows you to switch a zone’s sample for the next sample in the folder that it is located in. Pretty good for exchanging drum sounds, etc.

How to create a mono channel in Kontakt 2/3

Ame one — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:40:26 +0000

I got an email today that asked how to do this so here’s a quick tutorial that I wrote. 1. Open the output section in Kontakt by clicking the output button on the top. In Kontakt 3 it’s the button with 3 sliders on it.� 2. On the ouput section on the bottom click “add [...]

Parallel Compression

Ame one — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:27:10 +0000

Today we are going to discuss parallel compression (New York compression). I’m a pretty big fan of this technique. The main reason I’m a drummer and I like to beef up the drums with it.� What is parallel compression? The simplest way to describe it is, mixing a compressed signal with it’s dry source to [...]

How to set a compressor

Ame one — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:40:41 +0000

When I used to live in Hawaii, there was this certain drum n bass dj who came up to me and asked, “What setting do you use when you use a compressor?” I responded by saying, “Well it all depends on what I am compressing.” He then seemed rather irritated that I didn’t divulge some [...]

How to use Kontakt 3 in Logic Studio

Ame one — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:03:37 +0000

Logic 8 has made it easier, to use multi-timbral and multi-output instruments. You no longer need to open up the environment to route and create auxiliary channels in order to use multi-out plugins. This tutorial assumes that you know how to load samples in to Kontakt 3 and assign the sample to the different outputs [...]

Missing EXS files after Logic Studio Upgrade

Ame one — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:32:51 +0000

Apparently this is a common problem. After upgrading Logic from 7 to 8, things get broken. During the upgrade things get moved around and because logic depends on a lot of garageband content, some of these files ended up missing. I looked for some way online to fix the problem. Most said to reinstall Logic or to use a program called pacifist to dig out the needed files from the

Logic Studio Presets

Ame one — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:36:30 +0000

Apparently Logic Studio has some new presets. However, Apple also removed many presets that were in Logic Pro 7. I spent the morning moving presets around and installing new (old) ones. If you have any presets saved, you will most likely have to move them to the new installation. You can find them in MAC [...]

Installing Logic Studio content to another location

Ame one — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:18:20 +0000

Being that I don’t have negative hard disk space, I needed to find a way to install the Jam Packs and other audio content to an external drive. I figured that maybe all I would need to do is just put in the Jam pack discs and it would let me install. Wrong, all I [...]

How to setup Kontakt 3 in Logic Pro 7

Ame one — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:14:24 +0000

I had a bit of hard time figuring out how to get Logic 7 and Kontakt 3 to work together. It all came down to just setting things up right. This is something I never really had to deal with when I was using Cubase. In Cubase you just select your VSTi and it automatically [...]

Native Instruments Kontakt Sampler

Ame one — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:57:10 +0000

Native Instruments Kontakt Sampler I noticed that I get a lot of visitors coming to my website looking for information about Kontakt. I present to you answers to many of the search queries about Kontakt 3. At the bottom of the page there are links to some useful websites. Kontakt library vs EXS24 Kontakt can [...]

Quick Mastering Tips

Ame one — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:08:35 +0000

Here’s tip for quick mastering. This is for when you want to get your track hot and nothing really else. Here’s a couple of examples as to why you would want to use this technique; You want to show it off at a party, radio, djing, etc. 1. Import your stereo mixdown into your favorite [...]