NI Kontour - Synth Engine Tips and Tricks

In this tutorial, we look at the Synth Engine section of NI Kontour. The Synth Engine section being the part of the signal flow that is generating the tones inside of Kontour.

If you missed the First Look Video for NI Kontour last week, make sure to check it out!

In this tutorial, I wanted to look at the Synth Engine section of NI Kontour. The Synth Engine section being the part of the signal flow that is generating the tones inside of Kontour.

In it, there are a two oscillators and a host of other phase modulation controls as well as shaping distortion effects. The Shapers and Phase Modulators are integral parts of Kontour’s signal flow. This is why Kontour is capable of numerous types of sounds. It does only use Sine waves, but because of the extensive shaping options, you can create really thick and gritty tones.

If you’re not familiar with what a Waveshaper is, it’s essentially a type of distortion based synthesis that introduces new harmonics and content produced from simple tones by altering the shape of the waveforms.