Oooh, Live's gonna have competition from Native Instruments!

GiveMeSomeRamenBitch! · Post by **GiveMeSomeRamenBitch!** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 2:25 pm

I'm not affiliated with Native Instruments(Live is the 1st and only music software I've ever paid for), BUT I thought this looks good, at least the competition will probably make for a better product for us users. Anyways...
http://www.nativeinstruments.de/index.php?id=intakt_us
INTAKT is a state-of-the-art sampler specifically designed for rhythmic loop playback, manipulation, and mayhem. INTAKT’s convenient one-screen interface features tremendous sound shaping abilities without disrupting the creative flow. Using multiple algorithms, INTAKT automatically syncs to tempo, while an outstanding library of loops from Zero-G and East West provides sample source material for nearly any musical style. Naturally, INTAKT provides a wealth of sound shaping options, including a first-class multimode filter, an envelope follower, two LFOs, effects, and more.
INTAKT features three sample playback algorithms to ensure maximum sound quality for a variety of source material.

Using an advanced peak-detection algorithm, the Beat Machine divides the imported audio into individual hits. Each hit can have individual settings for pitch, playback direction, pitch envelope, amp envelope, distortion, delay, and more. A MIDI file can be easily exported so that groove, accent, and feel can be manipulated in any host sequencer. The Beat Machine can directly open REX files which already contain marker information.

The Time Machine time-stretches or compresses the sound in realtime. By first analyzing the source sound, Time Machine can dynamically adapt itself to a wide variety of source sounds, from sustained vocals to polyphonic percussion.

The Sampler mode plays back the source sound like a standard sampler, by linking pitch with time. INTAKT uses a sophisticated interpolation to ensure the highest sound quality, even with extreme pitch shifts.

Not only does INTAKT sync, stretch, and pitch, but it filters, effects and modulates as well. A powerful sound-shaping filter, flexible envelopes, syncable LFOs, and distortion, delay, and lo-fi effects inject energy and life into any loop. Since INTAKT is based on the KONTAKT engine, working with INTAKT is fast, easy, and sounds great.

World-Class Library

Zero-G and East West, the world’s two leading producers of professional soundware, have compiled a breathtaking library of thousands of loops covering a broad range of pop, hip-hop, and electronic styles. Acoustic drums, ethnic percussion, vintage jazz kits, and rhythmic guitars have been meticulously recorded in the world’s finest studios and are ready for any production. Powerful drum and bass, kicking techno, driving funk, and the latest in synthetic rhythms give INTAKT’s Library a stunning breadth and modern edge.

ti · Post by ti » Tue Feb 04, 2003 4:14 pm

intakt is just a ripoff of phatmatik, which has been out for a year or so. i bet intakt will even use more cpu than phatmatik, therefore making NI another microsoft "me too" type company, mediocre copying of other ideas and swallowing up competition in the process. anyways, its just for chopping up loops , its sort of a realtime recycle, it doesnt overlap with LIVE if you ask me, since live can not slice up loops by hitpoints yet. live is more of a 'audio editor with cool gui' and if you ask me, using intakt would be complementary to live and the two would serve well to cover 2 areas at once...

Stubby · Post by **Stubby** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 5:15 pm

I agree, Intakt looks like it would be good to process your beats with and then throw them into Live, but Live is So good I'm going less and less out of it to process loops, Live is one of those few programs that directly rewards you for the time you invest in it. I love it love it love it to death.
I like native instruments but they are not the innovators that the music community thought they would be. in other words, their second album wasn't as good as their first, but they are still talented, but this intakt type stuff wasn't really needed.

now melodyne, thats the one to watch out for, if they ever bring those prices down. that program is just sick

EDoo · Post by **EDoo** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 9:26 pm

I agree! If Live ever "fused" the capabilites of Celemony's Melodyne into the Live framework, it would be the most incredible application ever created.

Satellite Splinter - http://www.ampcast.com/satellitesplinter

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 10:14 pm

i just look forward to reaktor 4.0 osx. wonder if i'll be able to run both at the same time on my g3 ibook and my g4 emac without it all flipping out...?

David Abraham Fenton · Post by **David Abraham Fenton** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 3:53 pm

I'm curious about intakt because it will have the ability to run integrated as a VSTi. I don't yet see any mention of realtime contextual preview like Live, Sonar and ACID have...but it's there I'm sold.

-david abraham