Native Instruments Kontakt 3.5 (Mac/Win) Review

Thursday, 05 November 2009 14:43 News Common

A new dawn for virtual sampler-based production has arrived with the release of Native Instruments' Kontakt 3.5. Its completely rewritten sampler engine gives a huge performance boost and lets you gain access to 32 GB of RAM.

A number of other important functions and enhancements add to Kontakt 3.5’s appeal. These include full browser integration with Kontakt Player, a MIDI Learn function for all sliders and knobs, individual bypasses for effect slots, scripting for aftertouch interpretation, true multiprocessor support in stand-alone mode, support for Pro Tools Leopard (7.4.2), and reduced sample-loading time and memory usage for DFD (Direct From Disk) mode.

Kontakt 3.5 is a free update for owners of Kontakt 3 and higher. Kontakt 3.01 was reviewed in the March 2008 issue of EM. For my review, I’ll talk about Kontakt 3.5’s new features. I tested Kontakt 3.5’s stand-alone version and the AU plug-in in Digital Performer 6.02 using an 8-core 2.8GHz Mac Pro loaded with 6 GB of RAM and running Mac OS 10.5.4.

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