How to create and save your own sample instrument in Kontakt?
Creating:
- Use the File > New instrument button to create (right panel)
- Hit the ‘Toolbar’ icon, left of the new instrument
- Select Mapping Editor
- Select and drag all the samples from the left Browser into the Mapping Editor, keep your mouse click down, and drag UP and DOWN to determine how many keys/zone to cover for each WAV. (looking at Tips below, you should create a folder for your instrument and for the WAV files, add a ‘Samples’ behind. i.e. ‘Jeric Darker Me Samples’)
- Toggle the Keyboard button at the Right panel > Top row of icons to see clearly where each key is at.
- Saving as (Patch + samples + use default sub directory)
- Not compressing for now, although early research says it loads faster (research says we can uncompress later but need to figure how in the future)
- Not creating monolith for now, for future convenience? Need to figure if we can unmonolith.
Saving:
http://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/knowledge-base/show/1034/where-should-i-save-my-custom-kontakt-5-instruments/
Consider clearing Database / check for duplicate files / instruments, especially if you had older Komplete and new ones
Tips:
Creating my own instrument set/pack for this song. Kontakt has a default behavior of -6db on new instrument load, so before creating, remember to AMP +6db volume for an instrument at Kontakt Tool (box/button/toggle) > Amplifier section. (Volume + Pan area orange knobs)
– Added woodblock reverb new instrument into Jeric instrument pack. It is a percussion with EQ, Dubstation (delay), and Reverance Reverb eq.
Export the sound wav, and paste into Jeric Custom Sounds > Jeric Darker Me Samples.
Drag the wav into instrument editor in Kontakt.
Instrument should be 6.0 Volume at Instrument Edit Mode > Amplifier. (Kontakt automatically -6.0 for all instruments in settings..)
Remember to save, Kontakt > Files > Save as..