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Keys are also usually limited to one per user and require you to register an account on the developer’s website.

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For this reason, free libraries may either be limited-time freebies - such as Native Instrument’s Christmas-exclusive Yangqin or In Session Audio’s Fruit Shake, which seems to pop up every November like an Animal Crossing holiday before disappearing again - or stuck in out-of-stock limbo, like many of Soniccouture’s freebies.

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The instrument can go out of stock if the developer runs out of license keys, further contributing to their rarity. That’s why there are so few free libraries on the market, and why most libraries belong to large companies and not solo developers. An official NI-licensed library will cost the developer back $250 license keys. Unfortunately, all these fancy features don’t come cheap.

…And most importantly, you can use libraries without a demo time limit.

You can save multis (.NKM) made out of library instruments and re-open them without issue.

You can save over library instrument patches (.NKI) and re-open them without issue.

You can save snapshots (Kontakt’s version of presets) for library instruments.

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They are also fully accessible to users without the full version of Kontakt. Licensed libraries get the royal treatment from NI, so they usually have integration with Komplete Kontrol (.nks) and are unlikely to throw the usual sample or script errors, as Native Instruments handles QA.

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For third-party libraries, you must download the files from the third-party website and then point Native Access to the parent folder. First-party NI libraries can be downloaded from Native Access directly.

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Using a Kontakt library, even a free one, requires a serial key, which you can register in Native Access, NI’s proprietary download manager. They have little banners that show up in the Library tab and are way more pleasant to navigate than an icky old file browser ( ´ ▽ ` )b. nicnt file and has been licensed by Native Instruments. The term “Kontakt library” is often thrown around to mean any old Kontakt-compatible instrument, but they are actually different! A true Kontakt library comes with a. So, other than the existence of the NICNT file, what’s the difference between a “library” and an “instrument?” Licensed Kontakt libraries (NICNT) You’ll find these in licensed Kontakt libraries.

This file contains info on the presets and parameters from your plug-in or Kontakt library for compatibility with NI Komplete Kontrol, an instrument preset browser/host designed for use with their MIDI keyboard line and Maschine hardware. The instrument can usually load and play sounds without it, but it’ll look ugly and probably won’t work properly.NKS Native Komplete… uh, let’s say Salad. Developers sometimes use these to bundle resources used by the instrument, such as GUI images, scripts, and IR samples. You can use these either to create “presets” by layering various sounds or to combine several instruments with limited ranges, so you have samples spanning the whole keyboard.NKR Kontakt resources. Loading this into Kontakt will load several instruments together. Load this into Kontakt to access sample mappings, parameter values, and scripts.NKM Kontakt multi.

This file does not by itself contain instrument data - it’s an XML file for library metadata.NKI Kontakt instrument. You don’t load it directly into Kontakt, but rather use it to register the library with Native Access, which allows you to select the library’s instruments from the Libraries tab in Kontakt. (I don’t know what “CNT” stands for - “content,” maybe?) This file only exists in licensed Kontakt libraries (more on those below). These can be converted back into.WAVs by resaving the instrument in Kontakts with the “Compress Samples” option box unchecked.NICNT Kontakt library. NCW Kontakt waveform, a compressed proprietary sample format. Some of the most common ones you’ll see are. Let’s talk about the difference between free Kontakt libraries and free Kontakt instruments, and how they each work in the free Kontakt Player.Īny Kontakt instrument may come with a variety of proprietary file formats. When you see a Kontakt instrument on one of those freeware VST lists, how do you know whether you can use it in your audio workflow? Kontakt instruments: Nearly every sample developer sells them! Nearly every Christian Henson gives them out for free! Native Instruments offers a free “Player” version of their Kontakt software, but half the instruments on the web claim to be incompatible with it anyway.

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