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Version 2 of Kontakt Introduced NAMM
January 21, 2005
Kontakt 2 is the second generation of NI's flagship sampler. With a powerful new sampling engine, comprehensive surround integration, the unique Kontakt Script Processor (KSP), integrated convolution effects and unrivalled import capabilities, Kontakt 2 is more advanced than ever.
At the heart of Kontakt 2 lies a new sampling engine that offers 64-part multi-timbrality, allowing for the most complex arrangements even within a single instance of Kontakt 2. Multiprocessor support delivers up to 100% performance increase on dual processors systems, while Altivec optimization gives a further performance boost on Macintosh computers equipped with G4 and G5 processors.
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The Kontakt Script Processor (KSP) is a powerful feature that outfits Kontakt 2 with an unlimited range of sophisticated performance features. KSP is a fully programmable processing engine that transforms and generates MIDI and control events on the basis versatile yet easy-to-learn script language. A KSP module can be an arpeggiator or a step sequencer, a MIDI recorder or a chord generator, a virtual guitar or a harp simulator, or whatever the user wants it to be -- complete with definable on-screen-controls. Kontakt 2 ships with a large assortment of pre-programmed KSP modules that can be used out of the box as well as modified according to individual needs. The NI website will also host a special KSP User Library where Kontakt 2 users will be able to freely trade their custom-programmed KSP modules.
...[info about Kontakt 2's reverb and dsp proccessing technology here]...
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The user interface of Kontakt 2 is also greatly enhanced, featuring a new "Multi Browser," a multi-channel-capable loop editor with improved loop slicing, an extended mapping editor with list view and sample replace function, an enhanced group editor, multi-effect-modules for easy effect combinations, and an on-screen-keyboard.
...[info about various minor impovements here]...
...[info about pricing and such here]...
8 Comments:
Wurd up.
Everyone's a voyeur as they're watching me watch them watch me right now:
http://profiles.myspace.com/users/14354681
That reminds me of the story of the fractal masturbator.
The only way he could masturbate successfully was by watching video tape of himself masturbating.
The problem was how to get started... you see he couldn't masturbate until he had filmed himself masturbating, but how could he do that if he didn’t already have a film to begin with.
That's where the wizards at ILM came in. He paid them top dollar to create a computer generated sequence of himself masturbating. He then watched the animation and filmed himself masturbating to it.
From that day forward he was set to go.
He kept adding layer upon layer, and every time it got a little bit sweeter.
Now... you might think that information from say 200 layers deep is not even relevant anymore because it has become smaller than a single pixel on the TV, but remember that the changes filter through every generation because he reacts to the previous generation every time.
You can express this relationship mathematically as follows.
P(t) = F( P(t-1), ... )
Where P(t) is his pleasure function at any given iteration t which can be written as function of his pleasure at the previous iteration t-1 in addition to myriad other non-linear variables which I won’t go into here for the sake of brevity.
Suffice to say that we should make a video short about this story.... and then masturbate to it.
couldn't our narcissistic voyeur get started by viewing the viddy of himself as recorded in real-time? or is simultaneity insufficient for his purposes?
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That is a very viable solution.
However, for the sake of making a more ridiculous story I decided to forego the simpler plan an concoct the more circuitous CG masturbation solution.
Now what I have to do is make up a reasonable excuse why he wouldn't just go for the real time route...
Maybe he needs to see the analog artifacts and degradation inherent to the video taping process in order to reach climax. That’s why he doesn’t use DVDs because he’s from the old school and the only thing that really gets him going is a noisy uncompressed video signal.
Another possible reason is that he may need to perform some post-processing on the video before he can use it... for example editing out the boring stuff, creating a custom soundtrack, applying some video filters and star wipes, venetian blind dissolves etc. Without the extra bells and whistles he just can’t achieve the lasting erection he needs.
I hope that I have elucidated the issue sufficiently for your purposes.
BTW, I deleted my last comment due to rampant spelling and grammar errors. You are reading the cleaned up, not so retarded version.
You need to post more stuff so that I have something to read.
Remember our plan to convince a man that he has telekinetic powers by faking it for his benefit? Once he has surpassed the barrier of doubt we can remove the simulation and he might then exhibit powers in the real world.
And to bring up another conversation from last weekend: The progress of our logical reasoning may not be approaching some pure notion of truth. Since all of our thinking is bound by the parameters of this reality, it may be impossible for us to comprehend certain, higher truths.
For instance... God, a.k.a. Scott Bakula.
Why did this thread die?
It was so exciting and it was really going places.
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