KONTAKT: Advanced Instrumentation and Sound Design

2h 42mAdvanced2015-07-24

Authors

Evan Sutton

Music Producer, Engineer, Composer, and Sound Programmer

Course details

A versatile and cutting-edge sampler, KONTAKT is capable of bringing the sounds you can only imagine in your head out into the real world. In this course, Evan Sutton teaches advanced techniques for customizing instruments and creating sounds with KONTAKT. He shows how to load and route instruments in the Multi Rack, customize sounds with FX and modulation, time stretch audio, and sync and slice loops. Plus, learn how to work with automation and save and archive your sounds.

Learning objectives
Loading and routing MIDI
Multi-output routing
Customizing with audio FX and modulation
Time stretching audio
Layering groups
Instruments and buss FX
Looping
Resampling and customizing instrument
Audio editing in the Wave editor
Automation

Skills covered

KontaktVirtual InstrumentsNative InstrumentsAudio RecordingAudio and MusicAdvanced

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Advanced Instrumentation and Sound Design in KONTAKT

04 - Loading and routing MIDI in KONTAKT
05 - Advanced realistic instrumentation examples
06 - Multi-output routing in Logic
07 - Multi-output routing in Ableton Live
08 - Basic customization using audio FX and modulation
09 - Time stretching - Precision and destruction
10 - Layering multiple groups and customizing an instrument
11 - Instrument and buss FX
12 - Importing and tuning raw audio
13 - Looping in the Wave Editor
14 - Advanced resampling and instrument customization
15 - Loop sync and playback
16 - Loop slicing and multi-group customization
17 - Advanced enveloping techniques
18 - Audio editing in the Wave Editor
19 - Using factory scripts
20 - Automation in Logic
21 - Saving and archiving

Conclusion

22 - Next steps