Komplete 14 adds Kontakt 7, expands bundle, but M1/M2 support is spotty — at a glance

KOMPLETE 14 is coming later this month, with a major software update to the KOMPLETE sampler following in October. That includes some major expansion to bundled tools, but still incomplete support for new Apple machines until late 2022 / early 2023. Here’s an overview of what’s new. What’s new KOMPLETE 14 is the first landmark […]

Finally, there’s a plastic fruit shaker instrument for KONTAKT – free today

It’s a wonder we ever produced music without it. But kids today are lucky – they can get a feature-packed KONTAKT instrument based on a fruit-shaped shaker. It appears to be free through today only, so hurry.

Peter Kirn - November 24, 2020

Here’s the biggest guitar in the southern hemisphere, in a free sample library

The remote town of Narrandera, New South Wales has its hemisphere’s biggest guitar – like “the guitar that ate Australia” big. And it’s already inspired plenty of free music, plus a free sample library you can download for yourself.

Peter Kirn - August 8, 2019

Free Snare Designer for Ableton Live, Logic, and Kontakt

Peter Kirn - November 2, 2018

New Massive, cheaper cost of entry, and all today’s NI news, explained

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2018

Mix Ableton and Maschine, Komplete Kontrol, in new updates

Peter Kirn - April 19, 2018

Output’s Analog Brass & Winds is an orchestral library for synth lovers

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2018

Sounds.com is a new cloud tool for loops and samples from NI

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2018

Get 3.7GB of drones for free, for Kontakt

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2017

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