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# REPLAY: MONDAY MUSIC - Music, Musings and More - October 7, 2024 - Kontakt 8 + Porphyra, Video Synthesis, and more!
- URL: https://gerenm.mymagic.page/replay-monday-music-music-musings-and-more-october-7-2024-kontakt-8-porphyra-video-synthesis-and-more/
- Published: 2024-10-08T15:20:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T20:27:29.000Z
- Author: Geren Mortensen
- Tags: Music, Vidcasts, kontakt8, gerenm, eyesy, critter & guitari, sleepy circuits, entropy & sons, recursion studio, scene:saffron, saffron, scene saffron, Sonora Cinematic, porphyra, kontakt 8, Live 12, live jam, hypno, livestream, native instruments, jam, native-instruments, ableton, live, YouTube, #Migrated-1790799853699, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-30 16:24

It's Monday, and time for another Live Stream from the Disaster Room.

I picked up a new Kontakt 8 instrument called Porphyra which is the first third-party instrument designed specifically for Kontakt 8\. In addition to sounding great, it goes a long way to opening up Kontakt 8's sampling and synthesis engine to "the rest of us", which is pretty cool. It even allows adding your own samples and wavetables in custom presets.

I've also been playing around with some trippy video synthesis lately, as I've wanted to be able to add a little more visual interest during live jams and the videos that go along with new music releases as well as provide a better live chat experience. It's been an interesting ride so far. This also leads to a necessity for a video switcher/"mixer" with more inputs than my current ATEM Mini Pro.

Sorry that the audio levels are so low this week -- not sure what's up with that, since there really wasn't anything changed since last time -- I use the same project each week!

Rough timeline:  
[0:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=0s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Begin transmission  
[0:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=0s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Opening Jam  
[11:20](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=680s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Intro the show  
[13:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=780s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Social Ninja  
[14:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=840s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) What's in the jam tonight?  
[16:30](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=990s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) NI Scene:Saffron  
[18:20](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=1100s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Sonora Cinematic Porphyra  
[20:30](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=1230s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Porphyra quick tour and build a quick patch (I wish someone had told me my inset was covering part of the plugin, and that I need to keep stuff like that to the left part of the screen!)  
[43:10](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=2590s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Comparison to Arturia Pigments/Augmented  
[48:40](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=2920s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Porphyra caveats  
[52:25](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3145s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Modulation shortcoming workaround  
[56:25](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3385s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Saffron very quick tour  
[58:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3480s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Is Kontakt replacing Komplete Kontrol?  
[58:40](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3520s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Differences between running an instrument in Kontakt vs. Komplete Kontrol  
[1:02:30](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3750s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Updates to Kontrol S  
[1:04:40](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3880s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Planned video capability upgrades  
[1:05:15](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=3915s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) New switcher to be ordered (ATEM Mini Extreme)  
[1:11:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=4260s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Visualizers  
[1:14:10](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=4450s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Sleepy Circuits Hypno  
[1:16:50](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=4610s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio  
[1:18:45](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=4725s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Critter & Guitari Eyesy  
[1:21:25](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=4885s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) All are little Linux boxes running some kind of visualizer software  
[1:27:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=5220s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Possible new PTZ camera?  
[1:29:45](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=5385s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) NAB/AES this week in New York  
[1:31:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=5460s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Need to streamline the Stream Deck! Or I need a TV crew in here! Too many mistakes!  
[1:33:40](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=5620s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Adding live performance aspects to setup beyond YouTube  
[1:36:00](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=5760s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Let's make some music! G'night all!  
[1:36:45](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=5805s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) Closing jam  
[1:52:13](https://www.youtube.com/live/Zgjq0-9nwdI?t=6733s&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page) End of transmission

Links:  
Native Instruments: [https://www.native-instruments.com](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video%5Fdescription&redir%5Ftoken=QUFFLUhqbFV4U2tTOHdqTnRoc0tFeGNHY20wRVNQdDk0UXxBQ3Jtc0trV2FiTmh1XzVpN0dveHZoejkwa1QwY1NQMkJ0RFRlZnV5WE5LWkhSWjFfaGpuRF9nYmFlVjVBVnFMRFBReFNtZGxfTnBYaTl5NlJzNks1bXZVUzFVZnRlUnpHRWlPb0xLXzNrTjgwSnJPWG1pUFZ6Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.native-instruments.com%2F&v=Zgjq0-9nwdI&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page)  
Sonora Cinematic Porphyra (Kontakt 8 Instrument): [https://sonoracinematic.com/products/...](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video%5Fdescription&redir%5Ftoken=QUFFLUhqa2tnS2FsR0JaT0JfSFFqZWZocDRoZTg0YWhfd3xBQ3Jtc0trZDEtTFRwWVMwdnJTZEtiTVpaR0IxMV9hQldHelRXWGszMXZaWFhGQ01YendfS0JGanlJNjkwcjdrQ2JRSUFETVo4WWVLTTRfRVVwZ0FnTDZIUk1Qd3pWRjVmTGFkc1BJVUNwamVmbnZIQllzSUpsTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsonoracinematic.com%2Fproducts%2Fporphyra-hybrid&v=Zgjq0-9nwdI&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page)  
Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio: [https://entropyandsons.com/products/f...](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video%5Fdescription&redir%5Ftoken=QUFFLUhqbGstWmJ0ZjkxOXQ3TUdHdE9NVUlEU0pkRFlud3xBQ3Jtc0traW5PaE5yR3phc2UtU01Kdkk1cmdEd2NHZ1Z5TVlJWWpuRjlwVXB1ZUxZZ2Y1Z3ZpdnZrdU1qZURvdkl1SXVPbzRRZEtpV2RhcFFLdzR5MFJzakpORm1UdnAzbXZ5QUxDczJnVjQwaE9NRlFtT0Vjbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fentropyandsons.com%2Fproducts%2Ffr4xtal&v=Zgjq0-9nwdI&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page)  
Sleepy Circuits Hypno: [https://sleepycircuits.com/hypno](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video%5Fdescription&redir%5Ftoken=QUFFLUhqbEUwZ3BzT3dFWGpyRFN6Zk5vdk9VamJDcHVud3xBQ3Jtc0tsa200cUEzQmowNGdNR0JJeEsyQ2t5cFFOTzhvaENKbGpuRUtseTB3TmtoR2ZDczRKSE82SUpzRXF3azlIRzV2Mm5hRURJNXVrdFcxLS1YMHpFNm5CU04tOG0xSlhOZHJaSFRIakk1QjViemZJWmYxZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsleepycircuits.com%2Fhypno&v=Zgjq0-9nwdI&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page)  
Critter & Guitari Eyesi: [https://www.critterandguitari.com/eyesy](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video%5Fdescription&redir%5Ftoken=QUFFLUhqbFBrQ1gwSE5BcWgwdE1POVFtNmxncWVRUmNWZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuVmVaRHlXOHJCRjJMcTVmYnVuYk1SZGY4Tk05Z1Iya09uWVhmcmFMWGtqT1R5dzB0N0lHWDNSLURRdWxCdEFoU3BIaDI2cW0tVXA3Mm9VWHFZQXJjMFlndHU0UUphYlJMQjZIVEdvaUk4YXNoRmYzbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.critterandguitari.com%2Feyesy&v=Zgjq0-9nwdI&ref=gerenm.mymagic.page)

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