iPad sampler · 2026
An iPad sampler that opens in Ableton.
KITE runs natively on iPad — MPC-style chopping, multi-sample mapping, a modular effect graph. When you're done, you've got a .kite file. Open it in Ableton or Logic and keep going — no export, no rebuild.
What you get on iPad.
Built for the iPad, not a desktop app shrunk.
Touch-first UI built for iPadOS, with ultra-low-latency audio.
Full multi-sample keyboard zones.
Stretch, pitch, and assign samples across 128 MIDI notes. Connect a class-compliant MIDI keyboard — KITE picks it up without driver installs.
MPC-style slicing.
Zoom waveforms with your finger and drop slice markers in seconds, then sequence the slices. Chop on the touchscreen without fighting the UI.
Patch effects, route between engines.
Route any sample to a dedicated channel, connect channels to dedicated effects. Multiple sampler engines run in parallel — true scene-graph routing.
Your iPad session as a desktop plugin.
The .kite file you saved on the couch opens inside Ableton or Logic — as a plugin, with every slice and patch intact. No export, no rebuild.
Lives in the storage you already use.
Saves through the Files app — iCloud Drive, Dropbox, On My iPad, anywhere. AirDrop the project to a Mac and open it inside the plugin. Stage Manager and Split View are supported for working alongside notes, browser, or a DAW companion app.
iPad samplers, side by side.
Three samplers running on iPad in 2026 — each strong in its own right. The differences are about which workflow they fit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Open the App Store, install, start making a beat. KITE Free is the whole chop workflow: loading and editing samples, chopping, the full mapping editor, the step sequencer, chaining patterns into Sections — and saving, opening and bouncing your projects. No time limit, no signup. KITE Mobile Pro, a $9.99 in-app purchase on your App Store account, adds the modular scene graph, the song arranger and unlimited engines and effects.
Yes. KITE ships a native iPad app and a VST3/CLAP plugin for macOS and Windows — plus AUv3 on macOS — that opens the same project file.
Yes. Save the KITE project file from your iPad — to iCloud, AirDrop, or any sync service — and open it on the desktop via the KITE VST3, CLAP, or AUv3 (macOS) plugin in Ableton Live, Logic, FL Studio, Bitwig, Reaper, or another compatible DAW. Samples, mapping, routing, sequences, and FX scenes all carry over.
Native Instruments has not released Kontakt for iPad. If you want proper multi-sample mapping on iPad — deep editing, a desktop plugin counterpart — KITE is the closest thing available in 2026.
No — KITE on iPad runs as a standalone app and is not planned to ship as an AUv3 inside AUM or other iOS hosts. On iPad, KITE is meant to be a self-contained beat lab rather than a plugin inside another host.
Yes. KITE supports class-compliant MIDI controllers on iPad. Plug in a keyboard or pad controller and play the mapped samples directly.
KITE — from chop to beat.
Chop on the iPad, save a .kite file, open it in your DAW at the desk. One project, everywhere KITE runs.