Affecting Pitch of Samples Without Changing Playback Speed in Kontakt - Creating Tracks
There are a few ways that you can go about doing this, but this is the fastest way for most people to affect the pitch of samples without actually changing the playback speed of those samples at all. Normally, when you bring a sample into a sampler and set it up across several notes, it allows you to play that sample back at different pitches. But it also forces a change in the playback speed of the sample. So this quick fix will be a big saver of both time and frustration for a lot of people out there.
We chose to use Native Instruments Kontakt as the sampler in this lesson because it is a universal (you can use it on both Windows PCs and Macs alike) solution and you can grab a copy for free from the Native Instruments website. To import a sample into Kontakt, you can simple use a drag n' drop method for the fastest results. Kontakt will create the new instrument for you instantly! From here there is really only one more thing you need to do.
Click on the configuration wrench at the upper-left corner of the new instrument that was just created. This will show you the back end of the sampler instrument where all of the controlling parameters and options can be found. Now it is just a matter of selecting the sampler playback mode you want to run Kontakt in. If you are wanting a simple pitched version of your sample without change in speed you can select any of the Time Machine modes. If you would like to also add the harmonic qualities heard in the video tutorial, simply set the playback mode to Tone Machine. That's it!
Cheers,
OhmLab