Kontakt for Composers: 21st Century Sampling Setups

Join us on for an in-depth look at the premier sampling platform in the composing world today, Native Instruments’ Kontakt is part of nearly every composer’s modern rig, and with thousands of sample libraries available, it offers an unprecedented variety of sonic possibilities for all kinds of music genres, from orchestral to electronic and everything in between.

Veteran composer and Kontakt user David Das will outlay Kontakt’s interface, showing how Kontakt is used in practical, real-world composer setups, then delve into Instrument Edit mode, showing how instruments are put together and how you can create your own instruments or tweak existing instruments. He will also focus on advanced composer needs, such as building templates, integration with Vienna Ensemble Pro, working with major third-party libraries and designing large multi-computer Kontakt setups.

David Das is a prolific composer, producer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. His experience covers a vast range of visual and performance media, from feature films, TV shows, cartoons, commercials, trailers to modern music production, choral and orchestral writing/arranging, and more. David has worked on projects for Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, CollegeHumor, Funny or Die, DirecTV, Dreamworks, Fremantle Media, Intel, BBDO, HBO, PBS, TLC, Telemundo, Weight Watchers, Coca Cola, Hal Leonard, and many others. He has composed music for dozens of TV shows, scored films (such as Lionsgate’s 2014 feature thriller “The Appearing”), and written and produced songs for numerous pop, rock, R&B, soul, and indie artists.

David is a board member of the Academy of Scoring Arts, and is also actively involved with the Society of Composers & Lyricists, BMI and PMA.