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NI Intakt released
8th November 2003
Native Instruments Intakt loop sampler is now available.
Intakt combines beat slicing, time stretching and a classic sampler mode into a complete loop workstation: slice, stretch, compress, effect and modulate sliced grooves into powerful new rhythmic creations. Intakt includes a 1.2 GB library, full of drum and instrument loops drawn from the award-winning libraries of Zero-G and East West and optimised by Native Instruments sound designers to take full advantage of Intakt's features.
Intakt is available for Windows and Mac OS X as a VSTi, DXi, AUi and RTAS plugin for $199, Kontakt owners can cross-grade for $99.
Features:
- Based on the Kontakt sampling engine -- up to 128 stereo voices, professional sound quality with 32 bit processing, up to 96 kHz sample rate support.
- Three sampler-modes: Beat Machine with ISE (Individual Slice Edit), Time Machine and Sampler mode.
- Easy synchronization of loops to MIDI tempo.
- Modulation section provides AHDSR envelope, two individual LFOs, envelope follower and a DBD pitch envelope.
- Integrated effects: Group filter including low-pass, high-pass, band-reject or band-pass modes, global filter, lo-fi, distortion, delay.
- Easy and intuitive user interface and file browser.
- MIDI file export.
- Total Recall.
- Includes an 1.2 gigabyte loop library by Zero-G and East West.
Sample Format Import and Compatibility:
- Kontakt
- REX
- AKAI S-1000/S-3000
- SF2
- EXS24 / EXS24P / EXS24mkII
- BATTERY
- SDII
- LM4
- AIFF and WAV from 8 to 32 bits / 44.1 – 96 kHz
BTW A v1.0.1 update has already been released, which appears to actually add several of the features listed above! Read the change list here.
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