In this Kontakt tutorial, we show how to make mic level knobs using instrument busses.
The samples we worked with in this video are from the free Box Violin Harmonics library we released last week.
DOWNLOAD THEM HERE
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Free Sample: Box Violin Harmonics (Kontakt, Ableton Live, SFZ)
Experiment: Can you make reverb out of party balloons?
In this video, we make a functioning reverb unit out of stuff we bought at the dollar store: party balloons, a plastic container, and some tiny speakers.
Presenting “Analog Coast” – A Synth Plugin for Synthwave Producers
Analog Coast is a virtual analog synth built expressly for use in retrowave / synthwave tracks. We’ve gone out of our way to fine-tune the oscillators, chorus, and filters to work well for that sound.
Buy it here
So…we made another violin?
In this video, Dave Hilowitz builds a violin out of a paintbrush box he found at a craft store.
Video: I Built a Violin (in my Airbnb)
For the next few months, I’ll be living in London. The thing about taking long transatlantic trips is that at some point you start to miss your physical instruments. Lately, I’ve found myself missing my violin which I had to leave back in Philadelphia. My solution? Build a new one right here in my Airbnb.
Video: Let’s Build A Synthesizer! + FREE Kontakt Library
How to Make Balloon Drums + FREE KONTAKT & SFZ SAMPLE LIBRARY
In this video, Dave Hilowitz shows how to make drums out of regular, run-of-the-mill party balloons. As a bonus, we’ve sampled some of our balloon drums and turned them into a free Kontakt / SFZ instrument.
Kontakt Tutorial: How to Make an Arpeggiator (sort of) + FREE TOY PIANO KONTAKT LIBRARY
In this video, I take some first steps towards coding my own arpeggiator script. I also show off the great arpeggiator script that comes bundled with Kontakt. Along the way, I turn some samples of a toy piano I sampled and turn them into a full-featured Kontakt library.
The Toy Piano Kontakt library I made in this video is available for free here.
At one point in the video, I reference a video about round robins that I made a while back. You can watch that here:
I also mention Big Bob’s fantastic Ultra TKT script, which is available here: https://nilsliberg.se/ksp/scripts/utkt/utkt.htm
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See you next time!
– Dave
Kontakt Video Tutorial: How To Remove Unwanted Frequencies + FREE Kontakt Library
Have you ever had an audio file that contained a bunch of extra frequencies in it that you wish you could just remove? Spectral editing may be for you. In this video, I show how to use spectral editing to clean up a sample so that I can make a Kontakt instrument–but not just any instrument:
A few weeks ago, Christian Henson announced a competition: he challenged the internet community to try to turn two oddball samples he’d recorded into true sample-based instruments.
So this video serves two purposes: it’s both a quick introduction to spectral editing as well as my entry into Christian Henson’s Rusty Gate sample competition.
Here’s a link to the free sample (Kontakt 5.3 or higher).
Here’s a link to Christian Henson’s Rusty Gate Sample Competition.