Rigid Audio has announced the release of a software application that allows anyone to design, create and develop instruments for the Kontakt sampler by Native Instruments without the need to write a single line of code.
Kontakt GUI Maker (KGM) lets you visually arrange control items on screen, change their properties and assign actions.
Once you are ready to test your project, you can hit the compile button and watch your project inside a premade Kontakt instrument. This premade instrument has everything already set up to get the user started. There are sixteen available sample layers (groups) and all the bread-and-butter effects, modulation routings, filters and equalizers as well.
KGM comes with a factory library of 200 royalty-free knobs, switches and background images that can be used freely in any personal or commercial Kontakt project. You can also import your own PNG image files via drag-and-drop.
Kontakt GUI Maker features
- Includes ~260 actions that can be assigned to any control items that should alter Kontakt instrument functions and properties, including but not limited to switching panels and wallpapers, toggling effects, modifying equalizers, changing volume and filter envelopes as well as triggering keyswitches.
- Each control item can have up to 5 distinct actions and can be modified in terms of position, color, automation, labeling and more.
- Modify knob scaling curves for each assigned action to e.g. invert a knob or make it do custom things.
- Access to over 25 pre-setup Kontakt effects which can be assigned to any knob.
Available for Windows 10 and 11, Kontakt GUI Maker is on sale for the intro price of $59.99 USD until April 30th, 2024 (regular $79.99 USD). The software requires a native screen resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 6.8.0 or higher.
The software is available to purchase at the Rigid Audio store and from Plugin Boutique.
