KVR Audio

RexXx · Post by **RexXx** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:02 pm

NAMM 2026

KODA Sampler:
https://kodasampler.com

enCiphered · Post by **enCiphered** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:13 pm

Impressive! This might finally push Kontakt out of the spotlight. Makes it feel dated in nearly every area.

sellyoursoul · Post by **sellyoursoul** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:21 pm

Looks really nice. It would be good to hear something about licensing and their business model.

hey212 · Post by **hey212** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:54 pm

Timing is everything.

Dirtgrain · Post by **Dirtgrain** » Wed Jan 28, 2026 12:11 am

enCiphered wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:13 pm Impressive! This might finally push Kontakt out of the spotlight. Makes it feel dated in nearly every area.

Too soon, man, too soon.

bermudagold · Post by **bermudagold** » Wed Jan 28, 2026 2:24 am

was coming to make this thread lol...I love independence, tx16wx and MSF...i like shortcircuit, renoise, wusik, highlife/bliss for different individual reasons...I don't mind using any of the big boys structure, halion, falcon, and kontakt, as quirks and holes aside, they can all get the job done...I liked the spirit behind maize and hise...but based on realitone's track record and the modernity of what looks to be coalescing here,...this looks like it has real potential to be the most exciting thing in samplers for a long while...spectrasonics and mntra and 8dio could have had a big head start if they had just opened their players like folks asked cause they're all already full of forward thinking...we'll see if this pushes them over the edge

I see soniccouture, soundiron, and Joshua Bell, are already on board...realitone and Javelin audio of course...and I saw ocean swift inquiring on YT...interesting

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:49 am

No mention of supported OSes. I would sure love native Linux support.

robisme · Post by **robisme** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 6:14 pm

audiojunkie wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:49 am No mention of supported OSes. I would sure love native Linux support.

That would be a dream, let's hope.

Songwriter101 · Post by **Songwriter101** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:07 pm

Looks good. Keep 'em coming.

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:31 pm

robisme wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 6:14 pm
audiojunkie wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:49 am No mention of supported OSes. I would sure love native Linux support.
That would be a dream, let's hope.

Agreed! Linux needs more than anything access to real / acoustic deeply sampled instruments. This would be a godsend for every Linux audio user! I didn't see any link for communicating with them, otherwise I would have already been writing them.

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 7:50 pm

I've been doing some research, and here is who I believe is the company behind the KODA Sampler:

Realitone

Realitone was founded in 2007 by composer and songwriter / producer Mike Greene. We make sample libraries.

realitone.com

Realitone
1119 N. Las Palmas Ave
Hollywood, CA 90038
United States

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jan 29, 2026 8:09 pm

Actually, Steven H. is the principal developer, he used to work for 8Dio/worked on Soundpaint. After quitting, he started working on Koda, and Mike Greene/Realitone jumped at a later point as an investor only - not as owner.

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:17 am

EvilDragon wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 8:09 pm Actually, Steven H. is the principal developer, he used to work for 8Dio/worked on Soundpaint. After quitting, he started working on Koda, and Mike Greene/Realitone jumped at a later point as an investor only - not as owner.

Nice! Do you know how we can reach Steven H.? We need to request Linux support.

Edit:

"The Koda team is Steven Harbor @StevenH (the creator of this sampler), @Jdiggity1, @Land of Missing Parts, and a few other people."

https://vi-control.net/community/thread ... er.169859/

Time to contact Mr. Harbor!!

paulbreeze · Post by **paulbreeze** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:27 am

Steven Harbor
https://vi-control.net/community/thread ... er.169859/

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:43 am

paulbreeze wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:27 am Steven Harbor
https://vi-control.net/community/thread ... er.169859/

Thanks! It looks like we found it at about the same time.

KODA Sampler - coming KONTAKT alternative?