Kinetic Metal

Ive owned Kinetic Metal for a few years now, having purchased it as part of (if I recall) Komplete 12. Maybe 13? This review is for the product as it was around 2021 - before NI became a shadow of their former selves post private-equity acquisition.

This product is one of my favorite modern offerings from NI (Ive been their customer since around 2003) in the category of kontakt instruments. This instrument is fun to use and creates many gritty, crunchy, ringing, metallic foley-sounding tonal sequences and textures that range from psychedelic to industrial, and its easy to create movement and transitions using the default macro mappings.

In a sea of uninspired, forgettable, low-value sample instruments, also from Native Instruments and 100s of others, this (along with Kinetic Toys) is an inspired, interesting, useful instrument. Not sure why it just showed up on KVR.