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 Native Instruments Production Software Guide

Native Instruments Production Software

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 2  

    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


     

    • REAKTOR 5

    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

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    • KONTAKT 2

    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

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    • BATTERY 2

    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™