Kontakt
Everything published on Viyolens under Kontakt — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Native Instruments Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Kontakt, Reaktor, Massive, Komplete, Maschine, Traktor: here's what actually sits inside the Native Instruments ecosystem, and how it fits together.
Spitfire Audio Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Spitfire Audio has quietly reshaped what a bedroom composer can get from a laptop — here's how its libraries actually work.
The Best Virtual Instruments for the Money
The best virtual instruments don't have to cost a fortune — the free tier is genuinely excellent. Here's where each price bracket actually delivers, and where the law of diminishing returns kicks in.
Common Kontakt Mistakes to Avoid
I've made every one of these Kontakt mistakes myself, usually at 1am. Here are the ones I see most often, and the fixes that actually stick.
Native Instruments Komplete for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Native Instruments Komplete can be overwhelming for new users. Here is a practical guide to getting started with the bundle from day one.
Kontakt Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Kontakt isn't just a way of triggering samples — it's a full instrument-building platform. Here's what it does, the shapes it comes in, and how to get comfortable with it fast.
Kontakt: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Buying Kontakt isn't as simple as clicking add to basket — half the time you don't even need the paid version. Here's how to spend your money well.
Common Native Instruments Komplete Mistakes to Avoid
New users of Native Instruments Komplete make predictable errors. Here are the most common, and how to avoid each one.
Virtual Instruments: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The range of virtual instruments available is enormous — and buying wrong means money spent on something that sits unused. This guide tells you how to choose the right type for your actual needs.
The Best Kontakts for the Money
There's no single best Kontakt purchase, only the best one for the music you're actually making. Here's how the value breaks down by budget.
Common Native Instruments Mistakes to Avoid
NI's ecosystem is brilliant once you know how to drive it. Here are the small habits that cause most of the real headaches, and how to sidestep them.
Kontakt for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Kontakt looks intimidating from the outside, but you don't need to understand any of it to get a lovely sound out of it today. Here's the gentle, step-by-step start.
Native Instruments Libraries for Beginners: A Complete Guide
A patient, step-by-step guide for complete beginners: the key terms, your first install, and building confidence one session at a time.
Spitfire Audio: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Try before you buy, know your use case, and check your system first — the sensible order for choosing a Spitfire Audio library.
The Best Native Instruments for the Money
The best value in NI's catalogue isn't the biggest bundle. Here's the honest rundown, picked by use case, of what genuinely earns its price.
Native Instruments Libraries: A Complete Guide
Kontakt, Kontakt Player, Komplete and Leap Expansions explained in plain English — what Native Instruments libraries actually are and how they fit together.
Native Instruments Libraries: A Complete Buyer's Guide
The checklist to run through before buying: compatibility, system requirements, licensing and whether you need a bundle at all.
The Ultimate Guide to Native Instruments Digital Piano
Native Instruments digital pianos are software libraries, not hardware keyboards. This guide explains what they are, how to use them, and which piano library suits your musical genre.
Native Instruments for Beginners: A Complete Guide
You don't need to understand the whole Native Instruments catalogue to get started. Here's a calm, step-by-step way in.
Native Instruments: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Komplete comes in four sizes before you even get to Maschine or Kontakt libraries. Here's what to actually buy, not what marketing wants you to buy.
A Guide to Native Instruments Komplete
Native Instruments Komplete is the most comprehensive music software bundle in common professional use. Here is what it contains and how to choose the right edition.
Common Native Instruments Libraries Mistakes to Avoid
The setup and buying mistakes that catch out users of Native Instruments libraries most often, and exactly how to fix each one.
Common Spitfire Audio Mistakes to Avoid
Every mistake here is one I've made myself while getting into orchestral libraries — learn from the nonsense so you don't repeat it.
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Kontakt
A powerful sampler and instrument host used for libraries, composition and advanced sound design.
Native Instruments
Discover Native Instruments’ software, virtual instruments and creative tools for production, sound design and live perf...
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Native Instruments Digital Piano
Find Native Instruments digital piano options for studio integration, expressive playing and flexible modern workflows.
Native Instruments Komplete
native instruments komplete is a versatile production bundle of instruments, effects and libraries for writing, scoring...
Native Instruments Libraries
native instruments libraries deliver sampled instruments and sounds for composition, arrangement and professional music...
Spitfire Audio
Spitfire Audio offers cinematic sample libraries for orchestral writing, scoring and richly detailed music production.
Virtual Instruments
Software instruments for composing, producing and arranging music across every genre.
