SOUND ON SOUND
We explore what's new in the latest version of Native Instruments' flagship sampler.
Electric Sunburst delivers highly polished Les Paul-style electric guitar performances via a Kontakt front-end...
With the world in the grip of a ferocious heatwave all summer, the air con must have been running full blast...
Recording a library of acoustic guitar samples highlighted the importance of repeatability, blind testing, small lasers and double‑sided sticky tape.
Virtual analogue plug‑in synths are now common, and as DX‑style FM was the next great leap forward for real synths, a virtual FM synth was only a matter of time. So how does FM7 measure up to the original DX?
Although Native Instruments' Reaktor has offered sampling options for some time, it's taken the company a while to produce a dedicated software sampler: Kontakt. Can it make headway in what has become a crowded market?
As of Q2 2018, key effects manufacturers, including Waves, Softube, Eventide, and Sugar Bytes will adopt the Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) format, with dozens more planned for 2018...
Are the Maschine 3 and Komplete Kontrol 2 enough to keep NI at the top of the integrated controller/software game?
NI describe Thrill as a “cinematic tension performance instrument”...
Native Instruments have today announced a major overhaul to both their Maschine and Komplete Kontrol S...
