Groups allow zones to use a common signal path, they allow you to define the conditions in which zones will be played, they allow you to adjust the zones voice allocation and they provide a way to edit multiple parameters at the same time.
When you create zones they are all in the same group by default. If Kontakt is not responding, make sure that your mid controller is setup properly in Kontakt or in your DAW. You should now be able to play the samples by pressing the corresponding notes on your midi controller. Tip: Enable ‘Select Zone via Midi’ to select the active zone with your midi controller and to change the velocity range, shrink or enlarge the zone vertically. You can also change the root by selecting the zone and dragging the highlighted key to the desired root note. Tip: When dragging multiple samples, the sort order of samples in the browser will determine the order in which corresponding zones will be created.Īfter you create your zones, you can edit the keyboard range by shrinking or enlarging the zone horizontally. If you move your mouse all the way to the top of the grid, samples will be layered in overlapping zones that span the whole key range. And just like single samples, mouse position will determine the size of each zone’s key range. If you drag multiple samples into the zone grid, a corresponding number of zones that evenly divide the velocity range on that key will be created. If you move your mouse upwards, it will will gradually enlarge the keyboard range of the zone until it spans the entire keyboard when you get to the top of the grid. If you move your mouse all the way to the bottom of the grid, a zone will be created on a single key. If you drag a single sample into the zone grid, a zone that spans the entire velocity range and on one or more adjacent keys will be created. Tip: You can also drag samples from explorer (WIN) or Finder (Mac). If you want to cancel, just move your mouse outside the mapping editor and release the button to cancel. When you release the mouse button, the zone(s) will be created. A highlighted region will tell you where the zone will be created on the keyboard. Drag the sample into the Zone Grid of the Mapping Editor. And in the browser, navigate to a folder with some samples you want to add to your instrument. Now let’s add some samples to our new instrument.Ĭlick on the Mapping Editor button to open the Mapping Editor. Once opened, you can create an instrument by double clicking or dragging a sample from the Kontakt browser,ĭragging a sample from your desktop into the empty Kontakt rack or Files>New Instrument (in Kontak’s Main Control Panel).Ĭlick the instrument edit button (wrench icon) to enter rack instrument edit mode. In today’s tutorial we will talk about creating Kontakt Instruments for Beginners, creating and editing zones, creating and editing groups and using Instrument InsertFX.įirst, open Kontakt in standalone mode or add a instance of Kontakt in your DAW.
But instruments are also made up of smaller pieces called groups and even smaller are the zones. So it probably installs/doesn't-install the 64bit vsts based on whatever it's sniffed out about your machine.Instruments in Kontakt are the basic building block of all sound in Kontakt and there are many ways to create them.
However, I suspect it does not ask about such things when you install Native Access, because I never would have told it "yes, please install 32-bit vsts", yet there they are. But that's entirely conjecture on my part, and I'm not going to uninstall all my NI crap to find out.
If you are running a 64bit OS but Native Access is not installing 64 bit plugins, I suppose it's possible that when you installed Native Access it might have asked which subset of possible plugin formats (32- or 64-bit vst2, vst3, aax, etc.) you want to use, and saved that as the default for all product installations.
If not, are you even running a 64 bit version of Windows 10? (See Settings | System | About under the gear icon in the start menu.) If you're running a 32-bit Windows, then obviously you can't use 64-bit plugins. On my system, I have a directories VSTPlugins 32 bit and VSTPlugins 64 bit under C:\Program Files\Native Instruments - which Native Access created by default, without me ever telling it anything, back when I installed the NI stuff on this computer, and when I reinstalled Kontakt 6 Player it correctly dropped a Kontakt.dll in each of those subdirectories.Īre you saying you don't have a VSTPlugins 64 bit subdirectory at all? Indeed, it never asks what type(s) of plugins you want, it just does what it does. Just for the hell of it, I uninstalled Kontakt 6 Player, and reinstalled it.