Kontakt 4.0 Looks Cool If You Want Now

[garyb]

there you go, something to properly narrow one's mind, a decision engine. now we're talking.

if only they'd used urban beats...

[dawman]

Here's some of the possibilities of customizing skins in Kontakt 4.0.
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/montage.php

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[siriusbliss]

I still prefer the look of K3 over K4.
What's with the gloomy gray trend in GUI's these days?

Anyways, a great use of scripting is Gtak.
http://evenharmonic.com/products/gtak

Great development for us MIDI guitarists. (Don't have to load multiple instruments for different channels).

Greg

[dawman]

It's Bells and Whistles IMHO anyway.
I would rather spend time as a musician than an artist, and the 128MB Sideport RAM mobo I am still considering will work fine as long as the GUI's footprint isn't 3D or fancy schmancy looking.
Some guys like this stuff, personally I like everything LARGE. It really helps if you are using the stuff for gigging.
I still get a kick out the Receptor guys around town. Tiny LCD's and the usual VST load times that guarantee to empty the dance floor.
This is the main reason I am really getting into Modular and larger RAM amounts.
I need to load once....that's it.
Kontakt is a fine app for samples, and Modular is a snap because everything is loaded with the patch.
I love JBowen synths, but Solaris in hardware will replace the Scope Bowen synths, so everything from here on out is Modular.
I really need to learn SDK so I can build what I need.

[siriusbliss]

Yup, I'm only using Kontakt for some libraries that I have no time or chance of recreating in Scope.
Same goes for Omnisphere - which I'm barely using. (Anyone heard of a drinking game for every time someone hears an Omnisphere patch used in a TV commercial)?

Current trajectory for me is to go with laptop/Xite configuration for live gigs (and also live tracking). The rest will continue to be guitar/amp/effects.
No more VST's.

Greg