Kontakt is described as 'With KONTAKT, you can sound like a snare drum, a symphony orchestra, or anything in between, from a universe of sampled instruments. It’s a simple sampler when you want it to be, and a deep sonic scripting laboratory when you need something more' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Kontakt for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Kontakt alternative is Carla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kontakt are LinuxSampler, Grace Sampler, HISE and Soundplant.
Carla is an audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats. It has some nice features like automation of parameters via MIDI CC (and send output back as MIDI too) and full OSC control.
LinuxSampler - free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features.
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HISE is a cross-platform open source audio application for building virtual instruments. It emphasizes on sampling, but includes some basic synthesis features for making hybrid instruments as well as audio effects.
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Soundplant is a digital audio performance tool that turns the computer keyboard into a versatile, low latency sound trigger and playable instrument. Via drag-and-drop, easily assign sound files of any format and unlimited size onto 72 keyboard keys, for hours of...
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Koala is an audio sampler that allows to record anything with your microphone instantly, then use the samples to create beats, add effects and create a track.
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The Decent Samples plugin is a FREE sample player plugin that allows you to play sample libraries in the DecentSampler format (files with extensions: dspreset and dslibrary).
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Pianoteq is a virtual piano that runs on your computer. Celebrated for reproducing with an unprecedented realism the behaviour and the sound of the acoustic piano, it offers superb dynamics, natural resonances and unique physical parameters.
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The intersection of sampling and synthesis. Falcon is a virtual instrument with 15 oscillators including analog, FM, wavetable, granular, … , 80+ effects, powerful modulation generators, scriptable event processors and more. Load as a stand-alone software or a DAW plug-in.
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