Marshall Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Just picked up the full version of Kontakt on a crossgrade deal for €124 and am aware that one of the benefits is the availability of relatively cheap third party libraries. Are there certain developers you'd recommend for such goodies? Edited September 3, 2021 by Marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) SampleTekk, but look for the 80% or 90% off sales to load up, Edited September 3, 2021 by ALC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 There's a LOT of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 21 minutes ago, cclarry said: There's a LOT of them! Come on Larry, give us a clue where to start!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Some of my favorites, though not all "cheap" 8DIO - Sale right now and a Insolidus Choir ($498) free if you spend $198 Wavesfactory Keepforest Sample Logic SoundIron Impact Soundworks Frozen Plain Best Service Zero G There a ZILLION freebies out there too! Edited September 3, 2021 by cclarry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Freebies https://impactsoundworks.com/products/category/free-instruments/ https://soundiron.com/collections/free https://keep-forest.com/store/free https://www.wavesfactory.com/free-kontakt-libraries/ https://frozenplain.com/product/music-box-suite-free/ https://free-drum-kits.com/sennheiser-drummica/ https://8dio.com/instrument-category/on-the-house/ Edited September 3, 2021 by cclarry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Maffris Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Dont' forget my favorite, Orange Tree Samples. And so many others...oh, wait...you said "cheap," they are not, unless you get one of their deals and build up "orange slices" discounts, plus their annual group buy--which has recently ended for this year. Maybe Black Friday will bring some bargains. The quality is outstanding; I think it's well worth it. Edited September 3, 2021 by Dave Maffris added info 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Something also to be aware of... The CHEAP Libraries are not "Player" compatible, and therefore will NOT show up on the Library tab. You'll have to navigate to the files using Windows Explorer or through the browser in Kontakt. Kontakt Player Libraries are more expensive, as the Dev has to pay a larger fee to NI, but they WILL show up on the Library tab in Kontakt. They usually tend to be "better" also. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 8DIO, who are relatively expensive, do not show up on the Library tab either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Hollow Sun. Synths and classic keys Hideaway Studios. Synths. Sonokinetc has some excellent free stuff amongst the higher end libraries Bolder Sound for cheap and some free folk type instruments. Indignus has some good low cost stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On the topic of full Kontakt libraries not appearing in the graphical libraries tab, it's well worth familiarising yourself with the "Quick load" panel; it's like setting up bookmarks in your browser. Once you get your libraries bookmarked there, it's actually more convenient than to scroll through a long list of player-compatible libraries and its a million times easier than browsing your hd to find the library each time you want to use it. I have only been collecting Kontakt libraries for a short while, I don't have a huge number and I categorise mine by company name, then library name, and then I have the instrument and any snapshots in the next level down. At some point it might be worth organising them by instrument type. The great thing is there's nothing stopping you from having kontakt libraries categorised in more than one way if you like, so I could add a second set of category folders in addition to the company name ones. Another tip is I have found some larger full Kontakt libraries can be slow to load initially. There's a "batch re-save" feature that helps Kontakt avoid having to search for files during loading, which can speed the initial load time before the library UI appears from as long as a minute, down to a few seconds. Not every library needs it, but for those that take a minute to load its a real disincentive to use them. After batch re-saving, they load much faster. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Klang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Here's a little free .nki that @huskerput together recently, as we were joking about crickets on another thread. He needed crickets for an ambient piece he was working on. Full Kontakt required! crickets.nki Edited September 3, 2021 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 There have been several threads, all well buried now. It may be worth looking through the free instruments thread, there may be some reccomendations in there amongst the free VSTis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Here's a walkthrough...just for information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezza Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I've got Komplete ultimate 13 and while there are a lot of synths/synth instruments in there, every one of them seems to have a different interface. Sometimes I think it would have been better from a workflow perspective to just get one really good synth and meticulously learn how to use it. It's a bit tiring to be confronted with completely different GUI's every time I want to search for some sound for projects. The presets are no help at all, just a barrage of totally different sounds. I've always had that problem with synths though. The other VST instruments like sample based libraries are fine, theres not so much going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 UVI. EastWest Play. Orchestral Tools Sine. Best Service Engine. Recent Spitfire. Pretty much all other sampled instruments are Kontakt, right? Anyway, check out these freebies: https://vstbuzz.com/freebies/ There's really no kind of instrument that you can't get for free with Full Kontakt. Like, for example, you can't get ALL the world instruments for free. But you can put together a nice collection with freebies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 There's this one also https://www.pianobook.co.uk/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude77 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 This guy does some very inexpensive Kontakt libraries. They aren't usually as detailed as the more expensive ones, but are still quite useable. He also had a jillion different types of irs (reverbs, mics, tubes etc). https://pasttofuturereverbs.gumroad.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin H Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 If you are interested here is a thread about the worst hehe (very subjective of course) https://vi-control.net/community/threads/most-disappointing-library-purchase.68896/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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