ArticStorm is right.There isn't any real replacement to NI Kontakt for the moment.Motu's MachFive 3 comes close...maybe .

 

Right, but very useful libraries, so what's the other vst that can do this, I'm thinking of all the orchestral libraries for instance, and a lot more things.
But to read loops and chop them, there are already other options, but for sensitive, multi-articulations libraries ...

 

It's unfortunate but at the moment, Kontakt doesn't really have any serious contenders.

It's also a pity that Tascam decided to shut down Gigastudio because this latest had a great potential for evolution.

 

most people definetly forget that every Sample Player has it pro´s and cons

its simple wrong it depends on many things , on music genre or what you want to do in general

i agree that kontakt has the most 3rd Librarys

 

Then which alternative(s) would you suggest?

 

The 80's

 

Yep!
We were happy if we could afford an Ensoniq Mirage at all, a piece of cr*p by today's standards, but one of the first "budget" machines that could SAMPLE.
Times change. Who would even fire up 112dB Morgana today?

 

so lets give all the power to NI !!!!! centralized power even simple things like sounds , thats a great plan no dont support any alternatives just submit and conform because NI rules the sample industry most major release are for NI products , what could go wrong absolutely nothing , just hand over around 500 dollars for one program and maybe 2 packs , excellent choice ....

 

A few years ago I bought Kontakt 3; a few months later came the version 4 and any new libraries no longer worked with v. 3; then I bought Komplete 6 with Kontakt 4, and for a while things went well, then went out the version 5 and again all no longer worked with the new libraries. So I got bored and I stopped buying Kontakt. Now I'm using the 5.5.0 ckd version, but soon will come a version 6, which will make us again sleeping sleepless nights in fear of losing all our love libraries. It 's definitely the most powerful sampler, but the NI tend turning users from musicians into mad followers of the company. It would be good if the libraries developers thought more artists and fewer companies.
During this time I collection soundfont files. They never age and can be used with any player, some of which are beautifully simple. With a wise effects chain to obtain a great sound. I'm starting to think about returning to this practical format...

 

I miss my Casio FZ1

But It's a good moment for competition to come with some stunning Sample player with good libraries.

 

Please check out UVI's Falcon. I've been converting all of my self made Kontakt libraries to Falcon.
Falcon also open MOTU Mach 3 & all of UVI libraries

 

UVI Falcon = 349,00 euros, no try before you buy ...

And their libraries are equally protected, so it's not the alternative we are looking for.

 

Last edited: Sep 28, 2016

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