6.1
Drum kits
The Kontakt6 library’s drum kits and Urban Beats instru-
ments contain a pattern based sequencer called either
Drum Computer
or
Groovebox
(they are both the same
thing).
To see the control panel for them click the
Drum Com-
puter
or
Groovebox
tab.
See Native Instruments’ Library Script Manual for more
details on using the
Drum Computer
. Basically there are
12 tracks and 12 patterns. You can choose the note each
track plays and program your own patterns.
We have configured Gtak6 in these instruments so that
the 12 patterns of the sequencer map to notes on the low
E string (using the transpose settings in the Gtak6 Config
Panel). We have also modified the script so that playing
the open string stops playback. Playing a note on frets 1
to 12 starts patterns 1 to 12 playing (playing the same note
again is another way to stop playback). Playing anywhere
else plays single drum hits.
Note that the patterns continue to play after the note has
finished because we have set the “Latch” button on the
Groovebox
tab. If you want the pattern to stop as soon
as the note finishes you can turn the “Latch” button off.
When running Kontakt6 standalone you can
set the tempo of the played patterns by
clicking on the Metronome/Tuning fork icon.
When running as a plugin the tempo is set by
the sequencer.
You will find instruments with
Drum
Computer
or
Groovebox
in the following sections:
•
Urban Beats/
•
Vintage/Drum Machines/
•
Band/7 - Drum Kits/
•
Synth/6 - Synth Drums/
The Urban Beats instruments also have a tab
that plays loop presets. We have not mapped
these presets to any particular position but
you can play them using the notes from C3 up-
wards.
Our version of the Loops script has only 11 pre-
sets because we use the 12
th
note to stop the
Groovebox playing.
6.2
Master FX
Instruments in the
Urban Beats
collection also have a
Master FX section which lets you set 12 presets for the
Instrument’s master effects. This gives you instant access
to a range of effects such as delays, filter and saturation.
We have configured Gtak6 in these instruments so that
the 12 presets map to notes on the A string (using the
transpose settings in the Gtak6 Config Panel). Playing the
open string sets the default preset. Playing a note on frets
1 to 12 selects preset 1 to 12.
6.3
Key switched instruments
Some of the instruments in the
Orchestra
section can
change articulations (such as staccato or pizzicato) using
key switching. This means that when you play a particu-
lar note the instrument switches to a different articulation
and all the following notes are played with that articula-
tion. See the Overview section of the Kontakt6 Library
Manual for more information on Keyswitching.
The articulation can also be chosen from the selection in
the Instrument tab, in the example above
Staccato
has
been chosen. The Instrument tab also lets you unload
any articulations you are not using to save memory (in
the example above
Tremolo
and
Pizzicato
have been
unloaded).
In the Gtak6 versions of these instruments the
keyswitches all start at the same note (D-2).
We
have also provided copies of all of these instruments
set so that notes on the low E string are transposed to
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