Chapter 1: Getting Started
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Kontakt Overview (9:23)
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Instrument Header Basics (6:46)
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Architecture Basics (8:53)
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Instrument & Edit Mode Headers (9:15)
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Instrument Options (9:14)
Chapter 2: Tips and Tricks
Chapter 3: Advanced Control
Chapter 4: Routing Revealed
Chapter 5: Advanced Editing
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The Group Editor (12:11)
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The Mapping Editor Pt. 1 (8:25)
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The Mapping Editor Pt. 2 (10:05)
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Wave Editor Controls (9:32)
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The Grid Panel (7:43)
Chapter 6: Working with Loops
Chapter 7: Working with Groups
Chapter 8: Using Effects
Watch DAW guru Eli Krantzberg break down one of the most vast and powerful soft samplers ever made, Native Instruments KONTAKT. From beginning to end, it's all here, waiting for you to use to get the most out of Kontakt.
This in-depth series is for beginner to intermediate users of Native Instruments KONTAKT and dives deep into its powerful features and functions. Discover how to easily navigate its windows and menus, load and create patches and parts, use effects, import and convert 3rd party libraries, advanced usage techniques, tips and tricks and much more.
If you want to get the most out of Native Instruments KONTAKT, stop right here."KONTAKT Explained" will allow you to use Kontakt like a pro, making your music and productions bigger and better. Checkout "Kontakt Explained" today.
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Reviews
Submitted 2 weeks ago
Amazing
Amazing. Really good. Got me right into the machine.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase
Submitted 6 months ago
Excellent.
Great in-depthview of the instruments edit features.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Cakewalk Sonar, Pro Tools, Samplitude
Submitted 6 months ago
Eli Krantzberg is the best!
Eli is always so clear, creative in his examples and engaging.
Submitted 1 year ago
Thorough Explanations
In depth explanation of Kontakt and its many functions and capabilities.
I am a: Semi-Pro
Submitted 1 year ago
Excellent- needs a few additions or a different course with differnt emphasis
Excellent tutorials- particularly for soundscaping. We need some help in the area of songwriting with Contact. Some of us do not do soundscaping or programing on the level he describes here- even though it is completely legitimate to educate to this level. But some of us are working songwriters and composers not programing geeks, and we need some different kinds of practical tutorials for the creative types.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Logic Pro
Submitted 1 year ago
From the surface to deep functions!
Great tutorial, told me what I needed to know: how to grab a bunch of samples and have them automatically mapped into a patch and save it!
I am a: Semi-Pro
Submitted 1 year ago
Because There's Always Eli !!
I was like..."Yes" when I discovered this course was delivered by Eli Krantzberg. Somehow, life is so much easier under his instruction. Highly recommended.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, FL Studio, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
Submitted 1 year ago
Great stuff
Most of the bases are covered, with the exception of the script editor.
I am a: Hobbyist, Producer, Beat Maker, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase
Submitted 1 year ago
Very Helpful
Really gets to the detail needed to use the plugin
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar
Submitted 1 year ago
kontakt
get there faster
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Ableton Live, Cakewalk Sonar, Reason
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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Maestro 2 is Apogee's flexible and powerful OS X Mixer software solution that's included with all Apogee interfaces. Studio master Eli Krantzberg shows you everything you need to know about Maestro 2, as well as how to get the best performance out of your Apogee interface and improve your workflow.
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