Arpology, recently announced by Sonic Faction, is available for download today. A virtual instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt, Arpology is dedicated to arpeggiated/sequenced instruments. The core of Arpology has been designed around Sample Logic’s Step Animator – a step sequencer and arpeggiator, combined into a single engine for animating complex melodic and rhythmic patterns on… Read More Arpology ‘Sonic Animation Tool’ Now Shipping
Sample Logic today announced Arpology, their new virtual instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt. According to the company, Arpology is the world’s first virtual instument dedicated entirely to arpeggiated/sequenced instruments. Sample Logic describes Arpology as employing “an entirely new approach” to step sequencing. The core of Arpology has been designed around Sample Logic’s new, powerful “Step… Read More Sample Logic Intros Arpology ‘Sonic Animation Tool’
Wave Alchemy recently announced the release of a free, ‘slimmed down’ version of their forthcoming Digital Revolution instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt. Powered by ‘Revolution Engine’ technology, the newly-relased Digital Revolution SE demo and forthcoming Digital Revolution virtual instrument spotlight vintage digital drum sounds from the 1980’s: “We have faithfully captured the unique sound of… Read More Wave Alchemy Spotlights ‘Vintage’ Digital Drum Sounds With ‘Slim’ Version of Upcoming Digital Revolution
Output, a Los Angeles-based music software company is opening its doors Nov 12, 2013 and launching REV — calling it the world’s first collection of instruments, loops, rises, pads, pulses, swells and more — all in REVERSE. Released in partnership with Native Instruments, REV is built within the Kontakt engine and is installable through the… Read More Output Launches New Company, New REV Collection For Kontakt
Native Instruments this week introduced Kinetic Metal, a new instrument to help producers and sound designers create “ethereal sound beds, shifting textures, and delicate, tonal percussion.” Comprised of over 200 multi-layered patches running in NI Kontakt 5*, Kinetic Metal combines sampled “unconventional” metal objects with artificial waveforms. The result is a broad range of atmospheric… Read More NI’s Kinetic Metal Puts Cauldrons, Typewriters, Swords In Motion
Native Instruments today released Drum Lab, an “advanced drum layering instrument” with an intuitive workflow designed for fast results for use with their Kontakt 5 Player (included in free Komplete Players), or Kontakt 5. Drum Lab combines acoustic and electronic drum samples with a “groove library” of over 900 patterns for fast groove production. Drum… Read More Native Instruments Introduces Drum Lab
Realitone has released Realibanjo, a banjo sample library for Kontakt. Realibanjo features a Pattern Player, as well as animated graphics, something you don’t see very often (maybe never?) in a sample library. “The first thing everyone asks us about are the graphics,” note Realitone’s Mike Greene. “We designed the GUI with a static cartoon banjo player… Read More RealiBanjo, Because Everyone Needs A Little “Yee-Haw” Sometimes
SampleScience has released 5 free Kontakt instruments. You can audition and download them here:
8DIO has released a free virtual instrument for Kontakt, Glass Marimba: Glass Marimba is 8Dio’s final and freebie release of 2011. This gorgeous deep-sampled instrument contains over 2000 samples and is our way of thanking you all for a crazy year. The glass marimba has been a frequently requested instrument, so we thought it would… Read More Free Virtual Instrument – Glass Marimba For Kontakt
Hardball Records has released a free sound bank, Hoover Sound Bank, that features sounds of the classic Roland Alpha Juno 2 synthesizer: This is exactly the same synthesizer that created the original Hoover sound, patch called “What The”, originally created by Eric Persing for Roland Alpha Juno. Juno 2 is just an upgraded version of Roland… Read More Free Alpha Juno 2 Hoover Soundbank For NI Kontakt & EXS-24
