Kompakt (software)

Kompakt is a discontinued[1] feature-limited version of Native Instruments' Kontakt software sampler.

It features a large sample library containing samples of a range of acoustic and electronic instruments, and a number of performance controls. It also allows the user's own patches to be created and samples mapped across the keyboard using a basic drag-and-drop technique, however there is no capability for editing patches - as such Kompakt is best-suited as a performance instrument for playing predefined sample libraries. Kompakt is not compatible with Intel Macs.[2]

Kontakt

Kontakt is Native Instruments' flagship software sampler and one of the leading software sampling applications on the market.[3] First introduced in 2002,[4][5] Kontakt works as either a stand-alone application or as a plug-in on both Mac and Windows platforms.[6] Kontakt combines sampler functionality with elements of synthesis and effects.

Kompakt

Kompakt is a sampler-based synthesis application. It allows a user to load software instruments (or patches) into memory to be played back through a MIDI controller. Each instance of Kompakt can load up to eight instruments at a time. Instrument patches can be modified and saved for use later. Kompakt similarly allows the user to work with multis, which are files defining a group of instrument patches. Kompakt allows the user control over the sound of the instrument by means of a set of controls. Some of these include envelopes, LFOs, filters and effects, and other such controls.

3rd Party Libraries

Many third-party manufacturers program software sample libraries, and Kontakt features the Kontakt Script Processor (KSP) and Creator Tools to help users of the software and sample library developers create their own instruments that utilize the Kontakt sampling and synthesis engine.[7][8] By utilizing KSP, sample library developers can create instruments that can be played and controlled via Kontakt.

Through Native Instruments, one can buy sample libraries that include a special version of Kompakt, called the "Kompakt Player," to work with the sample libraries. An obvious advantage of this is that one need not buy a full sampler in order to play the samples, but instead has the full capabilities of playing the sample library through the Kompakt player once the library is installed. Third-party sample manufacturers normally bundle their libraries with a customized version of a sample player optimized for that library. ins a special GUI and is optimized for use of that library.

References
  1. KOMPAKT discontinued? at Native Instruments Knowledge Base
  2. "Intakt & Kompakt Instruments". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  3. "The 16 best software samplers in the world today". Music Radar. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. "10 Years of Native Instruments". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. "Native Instruments Kontakt". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. "NI Kontakt 6 comes with new instruments and makes it easier for developers to build their own". Music Radar. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  7. Pitman, Toby. "Using Scripts in Native Instrument's Kontakt". Ask.Audio. Ask.Audio. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  8. Mangus, Nick. "Native Instruments Kontakt 6". soundonsound.com. SOS Publications Group. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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