Leap is an ultra-fast and playful way to play and manipulate loops. Spark fresh ideas, sprinkle in expressive performance effects, or just jam. Breathe new life into your sample collection or try something totally fresh with our new Leap Expansions series, starting with 12 curated packs for specific genres and styles.
Circular begins with a single note, but it never stays there. It moves, shifts, and evolves into a living, cinematic sequence. With four fully independent layers, each step becomes a canvas — modulating pitch, filter, and effects in real time. What starts as a simple sketch quickly transforms into a motion-rich score, giving you the speed to compose fast and the depth to create something truly your own.
Chordless is a deeply-sampled Kontakt instrument built from the original 1981 Suzuki Omnichord. It offers authentic lo-fi textures, tape-recorded samples, and a comprehensive creative toolset designed for modern production workflows. Chordless delivers the authentic sound and versatility of a vintage Omnichord, enhanced with modern features and tape-recorded charm, suitable for composers, producers, and sound designers across multiple genres.
What’s Kontakt 8 all about, you ask? Well, step right this way! NI expert Eli Krantzberg will provide comprehensive answers to that question in this extensive video tutorial series! Whether you’re just starting out or want to learn about the new instruments, new features, or simply workflow improvements and enhancements, it’s all here! After watching this Kontakt 8 video course, you can rest assured knowing you’ll be taking full advantage of everything Kontakt 8 has to offer! These Kontkt 8 videos are designed for new users. To begin, Eli provides an overview of the new default interface view of Kontakt 8, including the new tools and other main elements. He also shows you how you can use the new Side Pane feature to search, browse, load/save presets, and more, which is incredibly convenient. Eli then demonstrates the new integrated functionality of the browser, which unifies your entire Kontakt library into one searchable location. Next, you’ll explore the new Chords tools, which allow you to play chords on a Kontakt instrument by pressing a single key, and see how Eli uses them to generate and modify chords behind an acappella vocal. Then see the new Phases tool in action, which, similarly to the Chords tool, allows the triggering of phases with a single key. Eli continues by demonstrating how to combine both tools to create parts and generate new ideas.
Leap Expansion for Kontakt 8. Warm vinyl textures, smooth jazz melodics, and laid-back drums far late-night lo-fi hip hop beats.
With Scene: Lotus, each sound tells a story. From the breathy shakuhachi and hichiriki to the delicate plucks of the koto, this compact scoring palette brings to life timeless instruments from Japan. Blend these with orchestral swells and radiant synths, using the XY pad to morph between textures and effects for evolving cinematic soundscapes that transition from serene to intense.
Conflux is the first in a new breed of Kontakt instruments for experimental sound design. Layer organic and synthetic samples and add dynamic movement to static sounds in real time, with original PPG wavetables and techniques like FM, Phase Modulation, and Ring Modulation.
