Native Instruments on Wednesday announced the second generation of its platform for software-based instruments. Kontakt Player 2 adds new features and builds on existing technologies that the company ...

Native Instruments has worked with German musician, pianist and composer Nils Frahm, to create a new Kontakt instrument called Noire. The piano in question, a nine foot Yamaha CFX grand, was ...

Version 8 takes Kontakt out of the shadows of your instrument collection and puts it right up there front and centre as a performance tool and ideas generator. It is pricey, though, so make sure you ...

Native Instruments has introduced Kontakt Player, a free software instrument based on its Kontakt 3 sampler. It offers universal playback for available Kontakt libraries and forms the basis of a new ...

Spitfire Audio’s The Grange is a sample-based virtual instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt Player platform, that captures three legendary drummers: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith; Queen’s ...

Mobile music-making apps like Amplitube and GarageBand have proven themselves to be popular, powerful and versatile additions to the digital toolbox of both bedroom enthusiast and professional alike.

Native Instruments’ original Massive synth was always going to be a tough act to follow. Released in 2007, Massive became one of the best selling and most influential software instruments of all time, ...

Output first made a name for itself with meticulously sampled software instruments like Analog Brass & Winds and Exhale, that made use of Native Instruments' Kontakt Player. The company even got into ...

This library sports over 1,000 instruments and multis, starting with bizarre, dark, euphoric, spiritual, electronic sounds and more. Cinematic Guitars is targeted to film, TV, game, and electronic ...