Elektron Musical Instruments

I set up Kontakt on my dedicated Gigastudio box last weekend to
demo it --and WOW!

The interface is stellar. Didn't even need to look at the
documentation. The process of creating instruments and multis is
incredibly fluid [the need to use a seperate and very poorly
designed app to build your instruments in Giga has always been a
strike against it]. The filters sound great, and there are more
of them. The sound editing and effects are all right in front of
you, and you build these into your instruments almost modularly.
For serious sound designers, the modulation matrix is as flexible
and simple to use as a good synth... If it holds up in some
stress tests, I'm a convert. Cross-grade here I come.

I had actually veered away from doing serious sampling work
becaues Giga was such a PITA. Kontakt is totally refreshing in
this regard. Kudos to NI.

Oh, and sequencing it with the MD is pretty cool too. ;] -E.

: -----Original Message-----
: From: Jeff Storm [mailto:jstorm@...]
: Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:29 PM
: To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
: Subject: Re: [elektron] OK... Help to make a choice
: between Rack Attack
: and MachineDrum
:
:
: I think gigastudio is lacking in the sound design
: department.  I think Kontact would be a better
: solution unless you need authentic sounding
: instruments.  Either way a good computer is a must.
: If you really want some hardware you might want to
: look into a kurzweil k2500 or k2600.  The prices have
: really come down and these are very deep instruments.
: They would keep you busy for a long time.  We all have
: different ways of working no one way is right or
: wrong.  Try and find gear you are comfortable with.