Void & Vista have introduced Folds, a new virtual instrument for Kontakt Player that’s based on the human voice.
Folds combines evocative performances by male and female vocalists; processed, designed and re-synthesised multi-layered vocals for other worldly textures; and basic waveforms and noise, to provide a rich set of options for sound design.
It’s built for Native Instruments free Kontakt Player, and is compatible with all major DAWs, including Ableton Live, Logic and Garage Band, ProTools, Cubase, Bitwig and others.
Features:
- Over 300 snapshots
- 4.5gb samples
- 32 Sound Sources
- 2 layer sound design engine
- User impulse response import
- NKS 2 / Kontakt Player Compatible
- VST, AAX & AU
- Kontakt 7.7.0 or higher
- macOS 11 or above
- Natively compatible w/ Apple Silicon
- Windows 10 & 11
- Download & install via Native Access
Folds Walkthrough Video:
Pricing and Availability:
Folds is available for $132.80 with discount code FOLDSLAUNCH20 through May 8th (normally $166 USD).
Am I the only one who thinks Kontakt is a bitch?
I tried several times to download and install the free version to try out some Kontakt-based plug-ins, or whatever they may be called.
Every time I found myself puzzled by the UI, to the degree that it put me off, and made me uninstall the whole suite.
Now, for me, anything Kontakt-based is contaminated to me, and inconsiderable.
Pity, because Folds looks interesting.
Kontakt is the easiest VST to use, what are you talking about?
I’m with you, sadly. NI made themselves very difficult when I first got into software synthesizers. They really need a proper customer service module. They offer many intriguing tools, but internally, they’re a total PITA. It became a permanent deal breaker after the third installation cyclone. NI is on my no-fly list of 5. Life is too short.
> my no-fly list of 5.
Okay Dave, you put it out there so I’ll bite… What are the other 4 and why?
(aside: and i have similar feelings regarding NI usability, but there are several of their products — e.g. Reaktor, Spectral Delay, Kore — that are just too good to give up.)