Smaller 909 manual : S909 All
S909 All
This Kontakt program contains all drum sounds, the entire sample library. It is a "multi instrument" (.nkm file). Each drum has it's own instrument, and it is possible to set the volume, pan and output for each drum. It looks like this:
Each drum is played with a single key (the hi-hat with two keys). To change the key, press the "Set key" button at the bottom right of each instrument, then press the key on your MIDI keyboard. The drum will now play on that key.
Kontakt multi instruments like this load an output configuration. The output configuration might not be what you want (it's a single stereo output). There are (at least) two ways around this:
- When you load a multi instrument, Kontakt will ask if you want to "Replace Multi (pressing "No" will merge in the new instruments)?". If you press "No", your current output configuration will not be replaced. (Also any instruments you have previously loaded will be kept). The bad thing is that each instrument might be assigned to a unique MIDI channel, and you have to set all instruments to respond to the same MIDI channel manually (change the "Midi Ch", below the instrument name).
- If you have Kontakt 4.2 or later, the output section has a "Presets / Batch Configuration" menu. In the "Batch functions" submenu in this menu, the "Clear output section and create one individual channel for each loaded instrument" does what it says and can be quite useful.
S909 All Bass drum
S909 All Crash
S909 All Handclap
S909 All Hi-hat
S909 All Ride
S909 All Rimshot
S909 All Snare
S909 All Tom 1 low
S909 All Tom 2 mid
S909 All Tom 3 hi
These are the individual instrument programs from the "S909 All" multi instrument. You can use them to create your own drum kits with fewer drums or multiple variations of the same drum. After you load them, you might have to change the "Midi Ch" so that they all respond to the same MIDI channel.
Smaller 909 manual : S909 All