Native Instruments Production Software
Guide

The Native Instruments Production Software Guide is a
comprehensive guide to help you with the killer production
software that providess monster synth programs and drum
machines.
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Reaktor 5 - Kontakt 2 - Battery
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Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Who Is Native
Instruments?
To put it to you real simple Native Instruments
is the company that pretty much pioneered software synthesis.
They are the market leaders and hold a key position in the
market for music and audio software and has held that position
since 1996. The company has developed crazy software tools for
musicians, producers, sound designers and DJ’s. The result of
such products are astonishing! If you are looking for that
Lil’ Jon synth sound it can be found using one of the
software synthesizers from Native Instruments.
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Reaktor 5 is the most powerful production
software product that Native Instruments offers. The software
brings dozens of new features and sonic possibilities to the
table. With Reaktor 5 you will be able to take all audio
applications you need to produce and grab them from one place.
You will get an array of instruments so it doesn’t matter if
you are a musician, producer or a sound designer.
If you are like me and you want a distinctive
sound you will take advantage of the open engine architecture.
Internationally known artists and designers have contributed to
the extensive library of presets and instruments so you will
not lack the sonic pristine sound that you need to rock!
Reaktor 5 has a large collection of hundreds of sound and was
developed as a complete studio environment. You will love
it.
Native Instruments Reaktor
5
-Main Features
- Completely modular, real-time sound synthesis, sampling
and effects software
- Huge collection of unique instruments and sounds
- Preset morphing and preset randomization
- Pre-designed building blocks for easy construction of
individual instruments and effects
- The latest, high-end algorithms deliver pristine,
top-quality sound
- REAKTOR Core Technology allowing low level, custom
module design
- New modules including anti-aliased oscillators,
over-sampled structures and high-quality interpolation
delays
- New Interface and 'skinability' of all instrument
control elements
- Multi-breakpoint envelopes with slope control, tempo
grid and looping
- Live sampling and effect modules with
auto-normalisation and tempo-synchronous beat juggling
System
Requirements
- Mac OS 10.2.6, G4 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM
- Windows XP, P III 1 GHz, Athlon XP 1.33 GHz, 512 MB
RAM
- REAKTOR only runs on processors supporting SSE or
AltiVec.
Recommended
System
- Mac OS 10.3 or higher, G4 1.67 GHz, 512 MB RAM
- Windows XP, P4 2 GHz, Pentium-M 1.5 GHz, 512 MB
RAM
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Kontakt 2 is the flagship software sampler from
Native Instruments. It’s a real Bad Boy. The package includes
over 15GB of samples that are compatible with virtually every
sample library format. Forget about what you might have heard.
No other software or software sampler offers a more
comprehensive set of features, performance or high
compatibility than Kontakt 2. This piece of production software
gear is to die for. I use it over my MPC 1000 when I traveling
to remote studios with my laptop! Check this out…Kontakt 2 has
5 different sampler modes which include classic sample playback
to real-time pitch shifting and time-stretching. You can really
dirty things up with the 30 filters it provides.
Surround Sound is popular due to the technology
of digital dolby and speaker setups now days. Not to worry
here…Kontakt 2 offers up to 16 channels of enveloping and
spatial manipulation for that. If you are use to drag and drop
features you will love the way Native Instruments developed
Kontakt 2. You can drag and drop the various effect filter
modules, surround panner and modulators into your virtual rack
and create your own crazy individual instruments!
Native Instruments Kontakt
2
-Main Features
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
- New -192 KHz, 32-bit sample engine with 64 fold
multi-timbrality and unlimited voices
- New -Sample library with more than 15 GB
- New -Brand-new, intuitive user-interface offering
dozens of innovative features
- New -Advanced surround sound features allowing up to 16
channel mix-downs
- New -KONTAKT Script Processor for profound engine and
feature customization
- New -Convolution effect adds real-life reverb
characteristics or special effects to the sound
- 6 different sample modes: Classic, DFD, Tone, Time I
and II as well as Beat Machine
- New -Detailed browser functionality affording a concise
overview of essential information
- New -Universal Import ensures compatibility with
virtually every sample and library format
- New -Vast selection of effects, filters and modulators.
Convenient Group, Mapping and Loop editors for easy use of
zones and slicing loops
Import and
Compatibility
- GigaStudio™,
- Akai™,
- S-1000™,
- S-3000™,
- EXS24™,
- HALion™,
- AIFF,
- WAV,
- .S™,
- .SND™,
- Emu EOS™/E4B™,
- EMU™ E3/ESi™,
- SoundFont2™,
- REX I & II™,
- ACID™,
- Apple Loops™,
- Roland S-5x, S-7x™,
- Akai MPC™,
- Akai S-5000/S-6000™,
- MachFive™,
- Reason NN-XT™,
- LM4™,
- LM4™,
- MKII,
- SDII™ (Mac) ,
- Unity™,
- Akai MESA™,
- Pulsar™ + STS™,
- Ensoniq™ EPS/ASR™,
- Kurzweil™™,
- Reaktor™ Map,
- KOMPAKT™,
- INTAKT™,
- KONTAKT 1.x™,
- BATTERY 1 & 2™
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
System
Requirements
- Mac OS 10.2.6, G4 800 MHz, 512 MB RAM
- Windows XP, Pentium III 1 GHz/Athlon 1.4 GHz, 512 MB
RAM
- DVD Drive
Recommended
System
- Mac OS 10.2.6, G5 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM
- Windows XP, Pentium IV/Athlon 2.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Native Instruments Production Software
Guide
Okay so you want to swing drums like Timbaland
and you don’t have the loot for an MPC 2000, 1000, 3000 or
4,000…lol. No problem! If you have a computer you will kill
your average MPC user (I Stress Average). Battery
2 is a killer drum sampler that allows for creation of finely
tuned percussion elements in any type of production.
The software comes with 3.5GB worth of drums
and percussion sounds as well as the compatibility to many
sample formats available on the market.
If you want that customed drum sound i.e. “The
Neptunes” simply load your various sounds into 72 sample cells
and create whole new drum kits in a matter of seconds.
You cannot do that with an MPC.
Sculpt your drums sounds with Battery 2’s
comprehensive set of powerful compressors, filters, saturation,
bit-reduction and modulation including freely assignable
envelopes and LFO’s.
Native Instruments Battery
2 Main Features
- Fast, powerful and intuitive drum sampler based on a
next-generation sample engine
- Fast and direct access to wide range of sound
parameters for each individual cell.
- New: Up to 72 sample cells for large and versatile drum
kits
- Variable cell matrix size to match individual
requirements
- A filter section for each cell with 15 individual
types
- A powerful compressor for every cell with optimized
presets
- Extensive modulation options including a freely
assignable envelope and LFO for each cell
- Mapping editor managing 128 sample-layers per cell
- Up to 16 mono and 8 stereo outputs, 256 stereo voices ,
32 Bit internal resolution
- Over 3,5 GB of professional drum and percussion
samples
System
Requirements
- 10.2.6, G3 500, 256 MB RAM
- Windows XP, Pentium III/Athlon 500 GHz, 256 MB RAM
- DVD Drive
Recommended
System
- 10.2.6 +, G4 733, 512 MB RAM
- Windows XP, Pentium / Athlon XP 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM
Interfaces
Audio Units™, VST®, RTAS™, DXi™, ASIO®, Core
Audio™, Core MIDI™, DirectSound™
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