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A little to steep. So I pulled the trigger and upgraded. I've had K5 for a long time and so far I haven't seen a need to upgrade. Do you think we should? You made a great purchase. There are some free libraries out there, and the ones that come with Kontakt are a good starting point. Do a Google search for the following search terms, and you will see a bunch of links to free Kontakt libraries: free Kontakt libraries.
Here are some links to a bunch of free Kontakt libraries, to give you an idea of the kind of things out there:.
Do not limit yourself to the above - just go look for free libs, and you will find a bunch of them - I have just shy of of them. Anyways, here is a good helpful practice: Click on Batch Functions, then on the option to clear the output section and create a separate stereo output for each loaded instrument. THEN, what I do is to rename each output in the output section, to a more concise name than it gives them.
So, instead of leaving it as some long garbled instrument name for the grand piano instrument I loaded, I rename that output channel to simply say Piano, and same with the other output channels. It just looks better that way. Leaving the max number of instruments for a single Kontakt instance at , and that issue does not occur. I found that I can add any of my free libraries or even the paid ones that still do not display like the ones that come with Kontakt - anyways, I can add whichever of my additional libraries I choose, to end up being accessed through the factory-supplied libraries in their default display list.
What you do to make this happen: Scroll down the list of factory included libraries, until you get to the Kontakt Factory Library, then click on the little arrow to the right of the 'Instruments' tab that is right below the icon with Kontakt Factory Library - this will open a little drop-down menu. Click on 'Open Containing Folder', and it opens up the folder where all of the Kontakt Factory Library instruments live.
Double-click to get into the Instruments folder, and you will see folders, such as: Band, Choir, Orchestral, etc. Then, add a new folder within that list of folders - I suggest calling it User Libs. While I have owned most of the Komplete series, going back to Komplete 3, and am now running Komplete 8 Ultimate, with additional updates but not the Ultimate versions , of Komplete 9 and Komplete I did not see much of a reason to keep paying the extra money for the Ultimate versions, and even the regular Komplete versions did not really offer any new instrument upgrades.
This is a quote from a KVR site post about what's new, with Kontakt 6 their spelling below - not mine :. Each offers eight intelligently mapped macro knobs giving you a wide-sweeping, intuitive range of control. Creator Tools: A a standalone application designed to improve the workflows of library builders and instrument creators. It consists of two elements: A Debugger, for identifying and fixing problems in KONTAKT script, and an Instrument Editor, which can load and run Lua scripts to automap samples, duplicate and batch rename groups, and copy settings from one part of an instrument to another.
I made the decision to go ahead and grab Kontakt 6, and am quite happy with it. They don't release whole version-level upgrades to Kontakt very often, so I deemed it worth grabbing. That said - there is nothing wrong with Kontakt 5, either. This does come with a few noteworthy differences.
For starters, in Kontakt Player, you only get access to 50 instruments. This offers you a sound library of around MB. With Kontakt Full, you receive over 1, instruments, making up 55 GB of sounds. Another major difference between the two is visible when you compare the creator tools included. In Kontakt 6, there is an extra standalone application added that you can use to streamline the instrument creation process. Also, you gain full access to extensive instrument editing, an integrated sample editor, several standalone high-end effects, Kontakt Script Processor Editing, and 57 high-quality filters.
In order to promote Kontakt Full, when you install and start using Kontakt Player, the main features of the industry-leading software are activated. However, you can only use them with limitations. The limitations you should be aware of are the following:. When you want to use Kontakt Player, it is recommended to take advantage of the Komplete Start option by Native Instruments. This is because it gives you access to 9 sampled instruments for free:.
Besides these, you can find some free Kontakt Player libraries. However, they are more difficult to locate because they would need to be approved by Native Instruments, which is only possible when the creator pays for it. Some examples of such libraries are:. Arcane — A collection of esoteric and mysterious sounds. Half of them are available for free.
I did this the last time this offer came out. Here's how it works: If you have any third party Kontakt Player library I have a few of these , then you qualify for a "Crossgrade Discount.
You'll need to log in so that they can see that you do own a qualifying library. Then for "Version," select "Crossgrade. Log into above link, select crossgrade from drop down box and you should not see "None of the qualifying products are registered to your account" but rather some text like "your Arcana registration qualifies you for crossgrade".
NI Vouchers are, for all intents and purposes, useless. They are only valid on FULL priced products. Thank you, yes. I'm vaguely aware of that forum, but I can never find it. It's not apparent from the header navigation how to get there. If you have a qualifying Kontakt library, even from 3rd-party vendors such as Realitone, which plays in the Kontakt Player, for example , you can get the discounted price to BUY full Kontakt 6. DrumMic'A library and Embertone Arcana were already mentioned, but there's a few more options:.
Going to check them out and add them to the Freeware Instruments thread. I'm a beginner and so far I mostly use free plugins.
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