![]() It will also spit out a MIDI file that plays the pieces in their original form. In addition to these sample players, Beat Machine allows you to slice rhythmic material (like a break-beat) and map the pieces across the keyboard. Recent releases of Kontakt have also included Time Machine 2, a further- developed version of Time Machine. I'm not sure I've seen anything quite like it before. I was pretty impressed with the sound and usability of this module. It allowed me to get it sync'ed quickly, with few digital artifacts. I found this really useful when I was trying to sync a long horn sample to a song, and their tempos differed by 15-20 BPM, and they were in different keys. This module is also based on granular synthesis, but it is designed to alter the time of a sample, independent of pitch. Time Machine is great for working with tonal audio (as opposed to more percussive, atonal stuff like dirty drums and loops). Next is my favorite (and what I consider the most interesting sampler module included), Time Machine. Second is Tone Machine, a granular synthesizer that impresses tonal info onto the sample, independent of speed. It plays the sample back and changes the pitch without changing the duration. ![]() One is a "regular" sample player, which works much like you would expect a sampler engine to work. Kontakt allows you to choose from one of five sample sources (playback engines with different characteristics) when setting up an instrument. Having used most of the competition (EXS24, MachFive, SampleTank, etc), Kontakt seems to allow easier and faster auditioning and tweaking of samples, and it provides tons of flexibility. NI touts Kontakt as the most advanced software sampler ever, and I am inclined to believe them. ![]() After reading John's review of various software samplers in the last issue, I thought I'd give my opinion as to what's happening in the soft-sampler scene.
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