A few questions about Kontakt...

[haujobb]

First question is for tweak:

I know you said that you could convert EMU samples in order to open them with Kontakt, but how well would it preserve the settings on your sample cd's? I want to buy a couple because the sound bad-ass but I'm worried that they won't sound right after being converted for Kantakt.

Also, if anyone could answer this. Would saving up for Battery essentially get me the same features that you get in Kontakt or is there something I'm missing?

Thanks guys.

[Oldhippy]

I know the first question was for Tweak, but I will try to answer both to the best of my knowledge.
I am running Kontakt 2 in Logic on an Apple G5.

Kontakt can and will translate very well you can even do a whole disk. Make sure you have all the updates though as early versions the translations were hit and miss.

Battery is the drum sampler for all of your drum sounds.

I hopr that helps.

[Tweak]

Kontakt does emu pretty well. If the cd roms you have don't use filters heavily and don't use the more esoteric EOS parameters, it will come out pretty good. Don't expect perfection. The keymaps are nearly always right on. Emu has some 50 odd filters that have no direct equivalents.

Battery 3 is quite powerful though. It won't import all the formats Kontakt does, and does not have the wealth of programming options. Its not designed for synthy stuff, pianos, etc. Mainly drums and one shots. But Battery 3 can loop, use groups, filters, effects--it has really grown.

[haujobb]

Thanks, that's pretty much what I thought but sometimes the manuals aren't too clear and you need a real comparison.

[haujobb]

Tweak, if I may ask you another question. Do you think that Kantakt can provide an accurate interpretation of your sample cd's. I know that you mention that you use alot of filters and I don't want to lose too much of the effect.