Loading my product in Logic Pro X
Loading your Audio Imperia library in Logic Pro X is a quick and simple process. For this demonstration, we’ll start in an empty Logic project.
Once in your empty project, click the ‘Details’ dropdown whilst selecting to create a new MIDI Software Instrument track.
Once the Details area is open, click the dropdown to select the Kontakt plugin for your track.
Depending on what version of Kontakt you have installed you may see a different name.
All Audio Imperia libraries can be used on Kontakt 6 (name: Kontakt), Kontakt 7 or Kontakt 8.
Click the stereo version of the plugin and you will see the plugin be selected. You can now press ‘Create’ to make your new track with Kontakt loaded.
Opening your product in Kontakt
If you don’t see the Kontakt plugin window open straight away, navigate to the track ‘Inspector’ area on the left hand side and click the plugin name, highlighted in blue.
You can know which version of Kontakt you have loaded by the name of the plugin loaded.
- Kontakt 6 will show as ‘Kontakt’ within Logic.
- Kontakt 7 will show as ‘Kontakt 7’ within Logic.
- Kontakt 8 will show as ‘Kontakt 8’ within Logic.
Toggle on the browser on the right using the dropdown here. You will need to enable “Browser”.
Now, on the left hand side click ‘Libraries’. You will see your Audio Imperia products here. Clicking ‘Instruments’ will show the various folders you can use to load your sounds.
Virtual instruments show as .nki files. Double clicking one will load it into your rack on the right hand side.
Highlight the LIBRARY button in Kontakt’s header and click the Instruments tab:
The Library Browser displays all Kontakt libraries that are installed. Scroll through the browser and click the picture icon for your library. This will display a list of instrument presets on the right.
Clicking once on a preset will activate a preview. Double-clicking the preset will load the instrument.
To load an instrument using the Library browser:
Highlight the LIBRARY button in Kontakt’s header and click the Instruments tab:
The Library Browser displays all Kontakt libraries that are installed. Scroll through the browser and click the picture icon for your library. This will display a list of instrument presets on the right.
Clicking once on a preset will activate a preview. Double-clicking the preset will load the instrument.
To load an instrument using the side-pane browser:
In the side pane on the left, make sure that the Instruments category is selected (this should be the case by default), otherwise click Instruments to select that category.
You can now navigate and select your product’s artwork tile.
Click on the arrow icon (>) in the top right corner of the instrument’s artwork to load the instrument and its first preset.
Alternatively, you can click the instrument’s artwork to display the list of its presets.
Clicking once on a preset will activate a preview. Double-clicking the preset will load the instrument.
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