TEMPO SYNC ANYTHING IN KONTAKT

Nearly all of Kontakt’s time-based controls can be tempo sync’d to your sequencer by any beat division you could want.

What do I mean by this?

By default Kontakt is going to show controls labeled “Frequency” and “Speed” in hertz (Hz). “Frequency” controls are found in LFOs while “Speed” controls are found in modulation effects like chorus, flanger and phaser.

Frequency and Speed

Other time-based controls like envelopes and delay times will display their values in milliseconds (ms).

Kontakt Displays Millisecond Increments on Modulation Effects and Envelopes

But switching these to tempo sync is not difficult at all.

Controls labeled “Frequency” or “Speed” can be switched by left clicking on the letters “Hz”. This exposes a menu of beat divisions. You can select any division you like. Then the knob becomes a multiplier of your choice.

Left Clicking on Hz or Ms will Display Note Values

For example, if you select 16th notes, 1 equals one 16th note, 2 equals two 16th notes, which makes an 8th note, 3 equals a dotted 8th note, 4 equals a quarter note, and so on…

EXAMPLE: "4" x 16th notes = Quarter note

Time based parameters that use milliseconds can be sync’d similarly by clicking on the ms.

There are a few exceptions to this: compressor attack and release controls, and reverb pre-delay times will only work in millisecond values.

In our Fluid Harmonics library we offer the choice to use the default behavior (Hz or ms) or to tempo-sync these controls by clicking the metronome button and then selecting the beat division of your choice.

Fluid Harmonics allows tempo sync via the Metronome Icons