Microtuning in Kontakt - a new article
Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 4:20PM Kontakt is, of course, Native Instruments top of the line sampler. The full version of it has extensive microtuning facilities, but I haven't found any instructions all in one place, that tell you how to do the microtuning in it. So, at the urging of some friends, I finally got it together to learn how to do it, and I've written a small article that details how to do it - it's not a simple, intuitive process, but once you follow the instructions with this article, you'll be microtuning your samples in Kontakt in no time at all.
If you have any comments on the article, or even corrections, don't hesitate to get in touch (through the contact page on this website) and let me know.
For those of you curious as to what this sounds like, you can download HERE a 7 minute piece made with the Spitfire Solo Strings Virtuoso Violin and the Spitfire Masse Woodwinds Ensemble patch. The piece is algorithmic and interactive, made with MusicWonk controlling Kontakt, and uses a non-just non-equal-tempered scale made recently by Brian McLaren, based on the Gelfond-Scheider equation. Here it is:
McLarenGelfondSchneiderScale4-17notes
Scala version 2.42q Copyright E.F. Op de Coul, the Netherlands, 1992-2018
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0: 1/1 0.000000 unison, perfect prime
1: 170.718 cents 170.717780
2: 260.362 cents 260.362420
3: 346.323 cents 346.322900
4: 427.668 cents 427.667640
5: 505.207 cents 505.206960
6: 578.383 cents 578.382980
7: 647.951 cents 647.951420
8: 714.015 cents 714.014950
9: 777.081 cents 777.080640
10: 837.475 cents 837.474810
11: 895.287 cents 895.286510
12: 950.844 cents 950.843960
13: 1004.286 cents 1004.286320
14: 1055.760 cents 1055.759980
15: 1105.445 cents 1105.444810
16: 1153.488 cents 1153.488040
17: 2/1 1200.000000 octave
ENJOY!
