Ocean Swift Releases Sample Tester, a Free Sampling Tool for Kontakt Player

Ocean Swift has announced the release of Sample Tester, a free sampling tool for the Free Kontakt Player.

Designed as a compact, zero-friction utility, Sample Tester is built for anyone working with oscillator-style samples. The idea is to provide a quick and easy way to audition tonal or looped material. Users can drop an audio file into the instrument and immediately play it polyphonically to hear how it behaves in a musical context.

The instrument can automatically detect the root note of a sample, or it can be set manually. It also provides on-screen MIR-derived metrics like pitch, peak, RMS, and loudness at a glance. You can toggle between streaming the sample directly from the disk or using Kontakt's Time Machine Pro algorithm to hear how it responds to time-stretching.

Ocean Swift says:

Ocean Swift Sample Tester is a FREE Kontakt Player NKS, compact, zero-friction tool for anyone working with oscillator-style samples. Drop a file in, play it polyphonically, and know immediately how it behaves in context. The instrument detects (or lets you set) the root note, reports MIR-derived metrics at a glance, and lets you hear the sample either streamed directly or stretched with Time Machine Pro – so you can decide what belongs in your kit, SD card, or Eurorack module. It is designed as a companion to our Spectral Oscillator Toolkits – and equally useful for any tonal or looped material.

Key Features:

• Drag and drop loading for immediate auditioning.

• Root note can be set manually or via automatic MIR detection.

• On-screen MIR readouts: pitch, peak, RMS, and loudness.

• Engine toggle: compare Direct From Disk vs. Time Machine Pro stretching.

• Amplitude envelope with one-click shapes: Perc, Bell, Piano, Lead, Pad.

• Polyphonic playback to hear tuning and chords in context.

• NKS & NKS2 mappings for hands-on control in Komplete Kontrol/Maschine.

Price and Availability

Sample Tester is compatible with the free Kontakt Player and is available now at no cost.