UVI Falcon And Friends – The Kontakt Killer?
Here is a nearly exhaustive hour exploring UVI’s offerings in sample libraries and their deep, powerful softsynth flagship. I chose Augmented Piano, World Suite, and of course Falcon to see what they’re up to. Time Stampz:
Augmented Piano: 6:23
World Suite: 13:26
Falcon: 27:21
Autosequenced world patch: 50:00
Crazy bowed string generative patch: 55:52
Conclusion: 56:36
@EricPeelMusic
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Can you make a video only about all the enveloping features of UVI Falcon? I'm wanting a bezier curve editor with handles instead of the limited and unnatural cubic curves in Kontakt. Not sure if Falcon has bezier curves.
@dirkschiller9060
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Love your playing!
@dirkschiller9060
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
9:04 ❤
@BeastmodeBeats
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
💯🤣🤣
@vacation_generation
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
BBC commentator approach to debate and discussion is so off the mark it's incredible. Their line comes across as anti-freedom of choice and free speech. If they carry on with this tone there won't be a BBC because a lot of people will just switch (I did years ago). But hats off to Konstantin, he's brilliant at arguing.
@Galawak
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
lol intro 😉 falcon yep 😉
@SongOfItself
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Watching this 5 years later because I'm trying to figure out if I want to buy Falcon (currently on sale), and I'd say that any decent synth is a Kontakt killer 🙂 except for a relative handful of unique made-for-Kontakt libraries (in my case, from Luftrum and a few other developers). And in that sense nothing can "kill" Kontakt, as long as developers keep making libraries for this non-resizeable archaic monstrosity.
Still not convinced about Falcon though – if PhasePlant added per-oscillator keygroups, it might just be the best middle ground for me. As an old-time coder, I'd love to try Falcon for the many sequencers (each could and should be a standalone plugin, I'd buy them all) and for the Lua scripting, but the layers – upon layers – upon layers design isn't giving me a "use me, I'm fun" vibe 🙂
@Chalisque
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
I've only just got Falcon. I've not tried Halion, but suspect things are similar there. NI have been lazy. Kontakt still feels like it did with version 2 15 years ago. You can do so much more with Falcon. Also, I'm loving Midi out. (I use Reaper, which means I can have multiple Midi out channels controlling multiple synths. And while the built in analog and wavetable oscillators aren't bad, being able to layer up Falcon's more sample-based oscillators with e.g. Serum, Diva, or Pigments, means that I can use Falcon as a single MIDI processor for all my synths. I'm especially stoked to get my hands dirty with the Lua event scripting.)
@kiillabytez
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Falcon's libraries weigh in at 1GB each on average, while Kontakt's weigh in at 40GB on average. You do the math.
@partlysimpson5154
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Does it have big sample libraries like Omnisphere?
@orphic-trench
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Can you load Kontakt libraries into Falcon?
@tekis0
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Smokin'!
@sustomusickillsyoutube
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
America likely doesn't have it's own folder because the vast majority of the instruments we use didn't originate here! Also, " a a a that's a lot of reverb" never change 😂
@tri-unetrl3966
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Man… I thinking about buying Falcon 2 or Vintage Vault 4, which is on sale right now for only 299!
Which one you think I should get???
@giovannividrio6260
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Literally uninstalled kontakt 7 for this 4 yr old video
@smokinjoe45
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
That last patch at 56:00 using the scripts was absolutely mind blowing!
@Rose_Arcana
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
The Travelers = Instant Deep Forest
@tomwatson7626
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Hi Benn, you mentioned it's possible to add soundbank presets into existing keygroups as an alternative to simply adding them into the multi as an additional program, is this correct? I've been trying to figure it out myself but no joy, would be incredibly useful if that's actually possible. Thanks!
@kadiummusic
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
I've had the UVI Workstation stuck in my DAW for years with no sounds and then today I got a free bundled UVI German Grand Piano with a Presonus Faderport, loaded it up and it sounded superb. Now I hear the Falcon calling me and you're not helping me! Only problem is we're not talking peanuts for AVI stuff, it's very expensive. I don't know why but I just don't like the Native Instruments model, seems like the Apple model were you have to totally commit to their product and buy into the whole concept rather than sharing it around. So I have a strong feeling Falcon might be the way to go later. Great video, love the dry humour, it's almost British! 😎
@netrodehuykafaka9729
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
31:00
@joegrant413
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Just got SonicPass and have enjoyed other videos from you, so it’s great to see this video posted !
@TJ-rf1xl
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
I just recently became a Falcon 2.5 user, and actually stumbled across this video when researching whether to add a second-hand license of World Suite 1 to my arsenal. Even though it has been upgraded to v2, v1 still seems like a great tool, so you made that decision an easy one for me!
@jasongorenstein411
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
So Funny awesome and i loved it!!!
@jparry1942
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Benn, promo laugh, "Robin Williams 2.0… cause there's too many predators waiting as beacons in the light these days."
@jparry1942
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
I. can't. Stop. laughing. I've run down decent size firestorms in initial attack and haven't been able to laugh for a long time. Got lyme's disease and had to reteach myself to speak in a basement in alaska with some vhs whirr going on. Inspired to throw down. I'm clay with too much water rn, but thanks. Brilliance takes endurance and stamina. There's no biological reason for a 24 hour sleep cycle.
@bandotrax
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
Brooo that intro was awesome!
@williammckinney3362
March 13, 2026 at 10:42 am
pop filter or move mic back a bit….just sayin…..
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