Kontakt making samples quiet

[hideouz]

Whenever I load a sample into Kontakt 4 it goes a lot quieter than it originally was, what's the reason for this?

Thanks in advance

[Depone]

By default the vol is set to -6. Bring that back up-to 0

[hideouz]

lol! thanks a lot



edit: it's still not exactly the same as the sample do you think it might have something to do with kontakt making it mono? because it sounds like it's missing the dimension expander from massive.

[antics]

Is it using a velocity lower than 100?

[hideouz]

No it's on 100 I think the volumes there but it's missing some elements that the original sample had..

Think it could be dimension expander, does Kontakt let you have stereo?

[amidoinitrite]

does Kontakt let you have stereo?

yes!

[Ldizzy]

did your sample play properly after bouncing...

i often made the mistake of bouncing to mono... the wondered if kontakt was a whack program. its not

[shaneynclan]

kontakt is one of the best samplers i've ever used.

[Pedro Sánchez]

kontakt is one of the best samplers i've ever used.

[Nyyx]

OK so I'm having basically the same problem, except that the volume is so extremely low that it is almost inaudible. The db is set at zero, and all that jazz. I can't figure out how to fix it. Any ideas as to what could be wrong??

[Nyyx]

HELP! Prease.

[amphibian]

the biggest problem I've had with kontakt, is that any file I export from ableton live, simply will not load up in kontakt 4. No errors, nothing - just an empty instance of kontakt. Haven't been able to use it since I bought it over 6 months ago =\

[mbietenholz]

OK so I'm having basically the same problem, except that the volume is so extremely low that it is almost inaudible. The db is set at zero, and all that jazz. I can't figure out how to fix it. Any ideas as to what could be wrong??

Try hitting the "play" button in the "looping editor" pane - this plays back the raw sample before it gets processed by Kontakt. Kontakt's modulation capabilities are very extensive, so all manner of things could be happening to your sample before it hits the Kontakt outputs (filters, insert-effects, envelope, volume modulation by midi CC's etc etc). Each zone has its own volume (set in the "mapping editor"). Then each group has a volume control ("Amplifier" section of group), this volume can be automated. The output of each instrument can then be routed through instrument-level insert effects. Finally, the individual NKI outputs also get routed to an output mixer on Kontakt.

Kontakt has a lot of possibilities - unfortunately, that also means a lot of possibilities for things to go not quite as you intended

The reason why the default is -6db, btw, is so that it doesn't immediately pin the meters when you are playing several instruments or just several notes simultaneously using the same instrument.

[Nyyx]

Ok so I found something. The samples that have a 24 bit resolution are the ones that are playing back extremely quiet. I found some that I had re-sampled as 16 bit a while back and they play back at a proper volume. So I'm confused.....

[amphibian]

Odd. I wonder if that's the problem I'm having with my files not playing at all? =\ Mine are 24-bit I think and it just doesn't seem to load the file, period. But only stuff exported from ableton live.