macProVideo.com has released a tutorial-video about Native Instruments Kontakt sampler plug-in, called”Native Instruments 105: Exploring Kontakt” (ttp://www.macprovideo.com/tutorial/nativeinstruments105).

In this tutorial, composer and sound designer Scott Freiman shows you how to use Native Instruments’ Kontakt 4 sampler. Tips and tricks are scattered among this courses interactive tutorial-videos.

After a brief series of “getting started” videos, Freiman gets right into music making with Kontakt. He introduces Kontakt’s features. Topics include creating a database of your own samples, using Kontakt as a plug-in, automating Kontakt with MIDI, and getting the most from the Kontakt browser. The course also takes a detailed look at each of the sample collections that make up the Kontakt Factory Library.

This tutorial is priced at US$39.50 for the HD Download, which users can download to their computer and review anytime, or $25 for unlimited monthly access to the company’s Online Tutorial Library. Windows PC users may download the Windows version of this tutorials from the company’s parent site, NonLinearEducating.com .