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Heads up - the updates to Noire and Ethereal Earth require Kontakt 8.6
If you only have Kontakt 7, don't update the Noire and Ethereal Earth libraries or they won't work!
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Session Guitarist updates and compatibility with Kontakt 7/6
Hey everyone, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Session Guitarist series, there was an update for all the libraries, with the MIDI drag’n drop feature, updated riff and phrase modes, and NKS2 support. Unfortunately for those who were using these libraries with Kontakt 7 or 6, this breaks compatibility. For those who…
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Previous versions of recently updated Kontakt libraries / compatibility with K6 older libraries
Hey all, There are a lot of recent updates for Kontakt libraries to port those to 7.6 and taking more advantage of the MK3 keyboard new possibilities. Some of you expressed the need for previous versions as you do not wish to use Kontakt 7 for various reasons. Here are the installers for those libraries. Let us know if you…
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3rd party library not showing library title
When importing one of my 3rd party libraries it appears as “Instrument” instead of Audiothing Bells. Same behaviour in Kontakt 7. New pc but same External HD so it’s a new thing. Just get used to the alphabetical nature of the browser. Following all the standard ways of importing these libraries and images btw. Thanks in…
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Kontakt 8 crashes if a particular library is loaded AND my S61 Mk3 keyboard is on
I hope somebody can give me some guidance on the following problem: I have Kontakt 8, a S61 Mk3 keyboard, a Windows 11 PC and a number of Kontakt Player and Full Kontakt only libraries. Everything works fine except for one particular full-Kontakt-only library (Impact Soundworks Django Guitar) which causes Kontakt to crash…
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Reseting Kontakts CC's
For a long time I was having trouble with my MIDI controller and Kontakt and had to set my CC's to 00 modulation 01 vibrato 06 expression. Then I couldn't use the mod wheel on my S88 and after I got that fixed (actually I don't know how that got fixed) I want to reset all my CC's back to the typical 01 modulation 11…
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Is there a different way to load samples in Circular? Seems impossible in Mac + Ableton
I'm trying to load samples in Circular which I am using as an Ableton plugin. The way to load samples as stated in the manual is to drag and drop them to a certain area in Circular. The problem is that this is impossible when running as an Ableton plugin. As soon as I bring the Finder window up front, the plugin…
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Updating Kontakt from 8.1 to 8.9 destroys all instances of VST3 in Ableton
If I have a project saved in which I used Kontakt version 8.1, and I update kontakt to 8.9, reopening ableton sessions will result in the previously saved instances not being found. In other words, it will give the "VST3 cannot be opened" error. When Kontakt was updated to 8.9, it must be showing Ableton a different plugin…
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Newbie question about Leap Soul Choir
Not sure if this is the right place for this - total newbie here. I got the Kontact Player included with a MIDI controller. I bought the "Leap Soul Choir" expansion and got it loaded. In my DAW (Using Cakewalk Sonar) when I bring the Soul Choir up in the Kontact Player, it plays the "kits" different sounds on different…
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Dopamine release - graphic design quality at NI still lacking
Come on NI, where is the graphic design quality control? This looks very third party lower quality and not AAA sample library instrument from Native instruments. Has an educated professional graphic designer made a passthrough on this instrument or did the third party developer do it themselves? I've seen many of the…
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Can't find the .dll for Kontakt 8 anywhere
Can't find the .dll for Kontakt 8 anywhere in the folder is this normal or that is why it is not working in my DAW🤔
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pal.db
Hi everyone, Could it be that having OneDrive active causes problems with the pal.db file? I had a similar error message and paused OneDrive. I haven't received any further error messages since. Warm Regards P.s.: Got this Error, during Batch Resave
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Loading Time
Hi there @all, which Step would be fine, to reduce the Loading Time of Kontakt´s Intruments, regarding 8Dio Plugins? Thanks for understanding! Best Regards
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Multiple MIDI Controllers and Channels with Kontakt 8
I set up Kontakt 8 to play live with a Yamaha CHX-1 organ as MIDI controller and Xotopad app to automate volume ON/OFF for instruments in the rack. Xotopad works great using LOOPBe1 on same laptop as MIDI B controller and Yamaha organ as MIDI A controller. I have Kontakt instruments set to either MIDI Ch1 or MIDI CH2 for…
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Can KSP/scripting cause mem issues and increasing latency when playing?
I had asked questions about this before but never resolved. Im using these instruments again lately; I think I wrote them in 4, ported them into 5 etc 1. When opening the instruments and start playing, all is fine 2. As I play for a while, it starts missing notes, has a weird latency that gets worse and worse until its…
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Connecting Midi keyboard
Hi all, I've switched to a new computer, and have managed (with your help) to access the libraries on my external drive. The question now is, how do I get Kontakt to hear my MIDI controller? I'm on an Arturia KeyLab 88. In KL I've selected DAW, rather than Arturia, but I don't see where or how to get K to connect to it. K…
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External HD?
I had K on my other computer, connected to an external HD. I want to set this up on my new computer. The HD connects but I don't know how to get K to find the files. Also, I don't have K installed on this computer, yet. There used to be a free version. Is that the one I want, or should I download a different one?
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Issue with Session Horns Pro and Pitch Bend (KT-11491)
Hi I'm having this issue - while loading Session Horns Pro any of presets while moving my pitch band to control doits or falls it also change my note pitch as it would do when it work like regular pitchband. It worked just fine as supposed to a few days ealier. I don't remember any recent update so I think I did something…
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Property Name Doesn't Populate on Ableton Live Reload
Difference in behavior between AU and VST3… why? See: Note, the parameter names don't show up when using VST3.. but seems to work fine w/ AU. Consistent behavior across the instruments I've tried. See: Update to this…. any update from NI?
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Hello, friends. My question is, why can't Pro Tools detect Kontakt 6 (older files)? It only detects
Hello, friends. My question is, why can't Pro Tools detect Kontakt 6 (older files PT)? It only detects Kontakt 7. Pro Tools does not see Kontakt 6 player, Kontakt 8 player!!!
