The best sampler with an amazing library 
by Willem from San Diego, December 2007

I bought Kontakt 3 in October when it first was released and I am so happy with this product. It comes loaded with features and the Library that is included is marvelous. You have everything you need to make any kind of music. The best feature for me, is that it loads almost any kind of format and thus Kontakt 3 is the all-in-one solution to all your music needs.ONE IMPORTANT THING: If you buy this and it seems that your CPU gets pushed to the max and overloads with just 2 or 3 instruments and you get sound crackles and drop-outs, then here is the answer.Considering that you have a fairly good computer with 2 or more Gigs of RAM and good size hard drive as well as a good sound card, with support drivers, you will want to take note of the following:All NI Kontakt 3 instruments has automatic build in convolution reverb, which takes up a lot of processing power. Kontakt 2 instruments did not have this feature automatically assigned. If need be, you have to disable this feature and your playback problems will be solved. No more CPU overloads or crackles and drop-outs. You can assign reverb in many other ways. The inclusion of World Instruments like the Duduk, Celtic Flute and Bag Pipes is more than I could ask for. So is the Vienna Symphonic Library which contains world class symphonic instruments. Each instrument is superbly created, sampled and sounds so realistic. It is now up to you and your imagination. If you are new to sampling, then there is still a steep learning curve if you really want to get down into all the technical side of scripting, editing, looping and sound mapping.So buy this, install all the updates for it, and you will be one happy camper. A definite must for all musicians, samplers and digital musicians. Considering what you get in this product, the price is really not that bad.

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