

It is little wonder that the library is so large it contains 14 velocity layers of 24 bit sampling.

This deeply-sampled, 24 bit library is comprised of 15GB of exceptionally well-recorded samples ( Don’t worry, NCW compression has it shrunk down to just under eight GB). One of my own personal all-time favourites is PrecisionSound’s “ Dusty Electric MKII”, a terrific Rhodes Mark II sample-set.Īt present we are dissecting one Kontakt-powered sample library with inherent sound quality that is truly capable of making a player’s jaw drop SonicCouture’s “ EP73 Deconstructed”. For that matter, the classic keyboards which are bundled with the 27GB Native Instruments “Factory Library” are also excellent performers. The “ Scarbee Vintage Keys Collection” is strong and very authentic-sounding.

Many vintage keyboard sample-sets and libraries have been produced for the Kontakt platform. There are other samplers, but feature-for-feature, Kontakt is the champion. Not many would argue against the statement that Native Instruments’ “ Kontakt” has become the industry-standard sample engine.
