The 7-year wait is over: NI Kontakt 6 has landed with new instruments and effects

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Long awaited and perhaps overdue, Native Instruments has finally announced the immediate availability of Kontakt 6, the de-facto industry standard sampling platform. So, what’s new this time around? If you tend to use Kontakt mainly as an instrument host, you’ll be thrilled to know that version 6 expands the factory library with three new sampled […]

AKAI opens up MPC 2 for use with third-party controllers with 2.2 update

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Big news from AKAI! With the release of MPC 2.2, owners of non-MPC hardware keyboards and controllers will be able to use the MPC 2 software natively. The update includes pre-made templates for popular third-party controllers alongside a MIDI Learn feature. Both global software functions and automatable parameters (like volume, pan, etc) can be mapped […]