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Introduction
Gtak6 makes it easy to use Kontakt6 with a Guitar to MIDI
converter. It comes preloaded into copies of over 800
instruments from the Kontakt6 library, so you can load
these instruments and play them instantly without having
to change any settings.
Gtak6 makes Kontakt6 instruments understand all the
pitchbend information that Guitar to MIDI converters
send, so there is no need to use one instrument for each
string.
Gtak6 also lets you control how each instrument responds
to your playing, for instance, which strings and frets play
each instrument. Gtak6 provides a comprehensive pedal
control section and smart controller routing.
The supplied Kontakt6 library instruments have also been
extensively tweaked to make them work better with Gui-
tar to MIDI converters.
Note: we do not supply the samples from the
Kontakt6 library, just tweaked instrument
files. You must have the Kontakt6 library in-
stalled to use these instrument files.
This manual describes how to install and operate Gtak6,
and also how to use the Gtak6 instruments in the Kon-
takt6 library. You can probably figure out a lot about how
to use Gtak6 just by playing around with it. However, as
the library is so big reading through all of the section on
the library
will save you missing something interest-
ing.
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Requirements
Before starting you must have already installed Kontakt6
and its Instrument Library. See the Kontakt6 documen-
tation for details of how to do this. Make sure you have
installed any updates to Kontakt6 and the Library avail-
able from Native Instruments.
You should also be able to run Kontakt6, get MIDI into it
from your Guitar to MIDI converter and get sound out of
Kontakt6 to your speakers or headphones.
You do not need to know much else about Kontakt6 to be
able to use Gtak6. However, you should understand some
basic Kontakt6 terms such as:
• Instrument
• Multi
• Browser
• Database
These are all explained in the Kontakt6 manual, Section
6 “KONTAKT: The Big Picture”. The Kontakt6 manual is
available for download from the Native Instruments web-
site.
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