Wood Wind is a Kontakt sample instrument of Japanese forest winds.
Wood Wind is playable using Kontakt 5.8 and above.
To download Wood Wind, simply click on the green Code button above and select Download Zip.
Double-clicking on the .nki file will open the instrument in Kontakt.
To add Wood Wind to your Kontakt library, follow these instructions taken from Native Instruments' support website:
- Open KONTAKT 7.
- Make sure that you have selected the new Library Browser. You can toggle the view with the Library Browser button in KONTAKT's header.
- Click the cogwheel in the bottom left to open the Import Content window and click Add. Note: Select the Custom Libraries tab if you want the Library to appear with the regular Factory content. Click the User Presets tab if you want to add it to the User Library.
- Navigate to the Library's folder and and confirm your selection.
- Click Close.
- The Library now appears with a folder icon in KONTAKT's Browser. Click the Library's icon to show its instruments:
- If you want to remove the Non-Player Library from the Browser again, click the cogwheel in the bottom left, select the Library and click the Remove button.
Pressing middle C on a MIDI keyboard, or clicking the C3 key on the Kontakt keyboard below the Wood Wind UI, will play the wind recordings at their recorded pitch and speed.
Using the modulation wheel on a MIDI keyboard, or the Strength knob on the instrument's UI, will alter the intensity of the wind.
Using keys lower than middle C will play back the samples at a lower pitch and speed. Using keys higher than middle C will play back the samples at a higher pitch and speed. This allows you to achieve different flavours of wind, using the same samples. The samples start to fall apart at more extreme pitch shifting, but may still be useful for experimental uses.
The recordings were made in the forest on the slopes of Kitayokodake, an active volcano in Nagano prefecture, Japan, during a residency with Terry Riley.
The recording setup was left in a tree for 24 hours, enabling it to capture undisturbed wildlife. The 24 hour recording contains lots of material, only a tiny fraction of which has been used in this sample instrument.
