Kontakt Database

Discussion in 'Kontakt' started by Frubbs, May 23, 2016.

  1. Frubbs

    Frubbs Ultrasonic

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    I've been a Kontakt user since v2.0 and I've never been completely enamored with the database, but like most users I was quite pissed when it was severely scaled down with v5.0 in order to conform to the Maschine database format. Now I find it nearly useless, and my work and my lib collection now are such that I need a good database more than ever. Why does the best sample program in the industry have the worst management function? Does ANYONE know of a utility or hack that can provide some usability to this beast? Specifically:
    - allow user-definable tags - the set they provide is laughable
    - mass tagging: let me quickly tag all my clarinet insts as clar, then a subset as Bb clars, then a subset as staccato, etc

    When I'm arranging and I have a need, I want to be able to search for "flute, alto, fluttertongue" or "sax, bari, rip" or "loop, pans, 130 bpm" and pull up anything that qualifies. Is that asking too much? I know I'm tilting at an old windmill, but I remain appalled at this shortcoming in a platform I otherwise really like, and I'm hoping someone has a solution.

    BTW, Chicken Systems Kontakt Assistant is way out of date, if it ever worked.
     
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  3. Lean

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    Not aware of any mass tagging item ASFAIK but I could well be wrong.

    You have to do it yourself I think. It is a long drawn out process but definitely worth doing as optimizing your databaase enhances your workflow in many ways.

    You basically need to assasign meta data which you can do in a variety of ways. NI libraries and some others are pre tagged but you can assign meta data to your third party libraries pretty easily.
     
  4. Lean

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    like plomerus said or maschine itself but as stated takes a lot of time :yes: The solution is to basically try not to simply just add a library & that's that. Optimise as you add a library and tag if required. Boring job but will save u a lot of time in the long run once you get a system going
     
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  5. Frubbs

    Frubbs Ultrasonic

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    It seems I'm condemned to spend my life in tagging purgatory. Thanks for the suggestions anyway.
     
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