Setting Up a Kontakt Player Instrument (Pedal Steel) for First-Time Users

Learn how to set up Pedal Steel from the very start! This video is for absolute beginners and assumes you do not have Pulse Downloader, Kontakt Player, or Native Access. Composer Yousef Mousavi will take you through EVERY step of the process, from completing checkout on the ISW site all the way to running Pedal Steel in your DAW or in standalone mode.
0:17 Completing Checkout
1:07 Checkout Completed with Product Code
1:25 Downloading Pulse Downloader
1:36 Email Receipt and Account Area
2:01 Installing Pulse Downloader
2:24 Signing in to Pulse Downloader
3:01 Downloading Pedal Steel with Pulse
3:32 Selecting a Download Location
3:59 Pedal Steel Download Completed
4:11 About Kontakt Player
4:56 Downloading Native Access
5:13 Downloading Kontakt Player with Native Access
5:47 Registering Pedal Steel in Native Access
5:56 Connecting Pedal Steel in Native Access
6:25 Opening Kontakt Player
6:56 Configuring Kontakt Player Settings
7:35 Connecting MIDI Controller to Kontakt Player
7:48 Opening Pedal Steel in Kontakt Player
8:22 Pedal Steel Opened!
8:35 Using Kontakt Player in Your DAW as a Plugin
8:58 Basics of Using Pedal Steel
10:06 Poly Legato Mode
10:46 Harmonized Mono Mode
12:23 Using the Harmonics Articulation
12:36 Pitch Bend and Vibrato
12:52 Changing Volume
12:56 Enabling the Kontakt Player Keyboard
13:03 Loading Presets
13:31 Conclusion
A beautifully expressive and highly playable virtual Pedal Steel guitar, created by Dimitris Plagiannis & Impact Soundworks for Kontakt Player (VST, AU, AAX plugin!) Now available: impactsoundwor...
In this video, we'll demonstrate some of the key features of the library such as the different voice modes, auto-vibrato, and Console FX rack & mixer. You'll see in real time how beautiful harmonized melodies can be played with no overdubs in a single Kontakt instance!
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