The KODA sampler is a platform for developing sampling libraries and virtual instruments.

These are its main features:

User Interface (UI):

- Many functions are integrated into the UI and do not require scripting.
- It manages microphone positions and round-robins within a single area, without the need for scripting. This allows parameters to be applied to all microphone positions simultaneously.
- The screens are dynamically resizable and can be detached for use in separate windows or on a second screen.
- It includes a minimap to facilitate navigation in large mapping windows.
- The UI design is done using Figma, allowing developers to design the interface visually without scripting. - The UI elements are resizable vector graphics.
- It offers animated transitions between instruments in the sidebar to improve workflow.

Sample Editing:

- It has a DAW-style lane editor for editing samples on a timeline.
- It allows you to move, add fades, trim, and edit the content of clips.
- It facilitates editing legato samples by joining initial legato clips with sustain samples.
- It allows you to have multiple clips in the same lane and crossfade between them.
- It includes an undo/redo functions.
- It allows you to easily reorder or delete round robins by zone.

Effects and Routing:

- It offers a routing page for adding insert effects such as reverbs, delays, convolutions, stereo wideners, limiters, and equalizers.
- It supports C major, a DSP scripting language that allows developers to create their own custom effects, such as reverbs, guitar fuzz pedals, or even autotune effects.

Advanced Features:

- It is multitimbral, allowing multiple instruments from different libraries and developers to be loaded simultaneously.
- It synchronizes delay compensation, aligning the pre-delay values of all instruments loaded in an instance so they are in time.
- It automatically assigns key switches to each articulation in the articulation group, without requiring any coding. The order of the key switches can be changed simply by reordering the articulation list.

KODA is still under development and new features are being added. A beta version is expected in 2 or 3 months, which can be accessed by registering at https://kodasampler.com.

 

Does it natively load Kontakt libraries?

 

Why would it need to load kontakt libs? Kontakt is still there to be used whether NI is there or not. Goes for all the kontakt libraries we current have also. Just because the dev is gone the stuff still works as good as it always did.

 

Last edited: Jan 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM

Well that's pretty great timing for this announcement for them..!

 

I wonder how it compares to HISE, a really cool open source sampler that several commercial companies are already using.

By the way, that CMajor language is the current main project of JUCE and Tracktion creator, Jules Storer. First known as SOUL, that didn't work out and perhaps due to SOUL sponsors IP copyrights they had to change the name.

 

There is no way another Sample could reach Kontakt.
No one will rebuild their libraries for another sampler.
HALion tried it, but it's far beyond Kontakt.

 

Maybe so but Halion is a beast loads fast and sounds great.. no long loading and have to patch save.

 

I dont think kontakt is going anywhere, its too large of an ecosystem. Somebody will keep it running. Hopefully somebody that knows what they are doing. That being said, if for some insane reason Kontakt did completely go under, it would work until it doesnt. Cpu architecture changes, OS updates, DAW updates etc.

 

Might be true. But the fact is it will never reach an industry standard.
But there are definitely better sampler than Kontakt.