Kontakt & The Power Of Samples

UNITED POP Amsterdam
Q-Factory, Atlantisplein 1
NL-1093 NE Amsterdam

Saturday, 30 November 2019
13:00‌ ‐ 17:00‌

€ 49

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Kontakt & The Power Of Samples

Looking for a very powerful creative tool to help you compose and produce music, design and shape sounds, or perform live? Get to know Kontakt, the industry standard software sampling software by Native Instruments. Unlock the power of this versatile program during a 4-hour hands-on workshop and get inspired!

Kontakt offers a huge amount of the highest quality sampled real instruments, synthesizer emulations, sound design tools, drum machines and more.

It also allows you to make your own unique sample-based instruments from scratch, get creative with loops, sample chopping, built-in effects, scripts and more!

Content:

  • Introduction (what is a sample, what is Kontakt, different ways to use it)
  • Getting familiar (navigation, which button does what, trying various instruments)
  • Diving in (creating your own instrument, playback modes, layering, multis)
  • Designing and shaping sounds (effects, modulation, looping, chopping samples)

Learning objectives

  • Understanding what sampling is and how Kontakt works
  • Learn how to use it creatively in your music
  • Getting to know some of the many options in Kontakt to add interest to your music or inspire you

About the speaker

Jeroen van Olffen

Jeroen van Olffen

Music producer, composer, musician

References:
Jeroen van Olffen (aka Jay.Soul) has 20 years experience as a professional music producer and Logic user and is a lecturer at UnitedPop since 2017. He is very excited to share his knowledge with you in this UnitedPOP workshop and get you started creating your own music in Logic Pro X.

Jeroen is a veteran producer, musician and composer from Amsterdam, specialised in beats-based music with tons of soul. His tracks have been released on labels such as Rush Hour, Dox Records, Bagpak Music, Believe Digital, etc. His collaborations include: AM444 (CN/NL), Justo The MC (US), Matthieu Chedid -M- (FR), Huub van der Lubbe (NL), Giovanca (NL), Corey (NL) and Michael Franti & Spearhead (US). Additionally his songs and beats have also been used in: Hollywood & indie films, a major video game, dozens of TV shows and international commercials, high-end fashion videos, documentaries etc.

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