Leap User Library: Discover and share custom kits for Kontakt

Kaiwan_NI
Kaiwan_NI Administrator Posts: 2,866 admin
edited December 2024 in Kontakt
Kontakt 8's Leap custom kits

Create your own Leap kits and explore others' creations in Kontakt 8.

Leap User Library now open

Leap, included in both the free and full versions of Kontakt 8, is your ultimate tool for manipulating samples, building fresh beats, and creating custom kits from your own sounds.

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-8/

Chances are, you probably have sample packs gathering dust somewhere on your hard drive. Leap is the perfect way to breathe new life into them. And now, by popular demand, we’ve launched a dedicated space where you can share your custom kits and download creations from other users.

We want to hear what wild, obscure genres you can dream up and share with the community. 🪄

How to make a custom Leap kit

Check out the detailed guide below for step-by-step instructions. All you need is the free Kontakt 8 Player or the full version, and your collection of sounds.

https://blog.native-instruments.com/leap-kit-with-kontakt/

How to join

  1. Create your Leap kit: Use Kontakt 8 to design your custom kit and save it as a .nkl file on your computer. For more details, see the manual here.
  2. Upload your kit: Use a file-sharing service like Google Drive or Dropbox to upload your file.
  3. Share on this thread: Post a comment with a link to your kit, and add a few words about the sound pack. Tell us about the genre, the vibe, or your inspiration.
  4. Explore and remix: Download kits shared by others, experiment with their loops, and create something entirely new.

Have fun!

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  • Vagus
    Vagus Member Posts: 493 Guru

    Awesome. Now to find the time to make those kits!

  • MaikR
    MaikR Member Posts: 338 Pro

    Can we install the free version of Kontakt 8 next to a full version 7 on our systems to explore what was made with version 8, without losing connection to version 7 for other libraries…?

  • donmaddonald
    donmaddonald Member Posts: 235 Advisor
    edited December 2024
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200674#Comment_200674

    yes you can I did the same, even tho I didn't have time to plat around with k8 yet.

  • LostInFoundation
    LostInFoundation Member Posts: 4,523 Expert

    Is it not messing up things when opening older projects with K7 instances?

  • MaikR
    MaikR Member Posts: 338 Pro
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200814#Comment_200814

    Do you mean you’ve installed it but didn’t open it…? Did you test if K7 is still used as the instrument of choice when loading for instance a Live project that uses 7 instead of 8?

  • MaikR
    MaikR Member Posts: 338 Pro
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200831#Comment_200831

    Exactly, that’s what I want to make sure, because I thought this problem with K7 wasn’t solved with K8. But I’m also not sure.

  • MLARS
    MLARS Member Posts: 147 Pro

    Custom Cover + Graphics settings and upload needed.

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,133 mod
    edited December 2024

    I really hope that this thread will be a real Leap User Library and not just another endless debate with comments upon comments…

    So far i see nothing at all… Can i suggest, if you please to ask questions on other Kontakt threads?
    I would love to participate, in fact, i saw this thread in the morning and, instantly, i spend almost 5 hours to create my very first Leap kit!

    It's was a quick job and it is not perfect… I need to work more with bpm sync or better, to re-work some old samples so their length fits (its a drum kit that i used in my older productions), but i was very happy about it! Actually it took me lot more time to create full graphics (cover, NI Resources) and NKS than to create the kit itself.

    Finally, i came here to upload it, then i saw 7 new comment and 0 new kits and… eh, i totally lost my motivation…

    So, dear fellow co-members… can we keep it creative?

    What is the point to spend hours to create something nice and the next day to see it hidden behind 2 pages full of irrelevant comments? How many people do you think that they read older pages?

    Also, if you like something then, vote it up! instead of adding 50 "thank you" comments. "Vote up" is a real, practical reward (even if it hasn't any bonus). "Thank you" is just blah-blah.

    Personally i think that this is not the right way to do this, just on a simple thread. To last (and not lost) it has to be done in the same way as the Reaktor User Library, or at least, as a sub-category, such as the NKS User Library or the Traktor Mappings. Each new kit in its own thread. 🙏

  • js0125
    js0125 Member Posts: 1 Member

    Relying on this thread as a user library seems like a an inconvenient, and quite honestly, lazy solution. Are there plans for an alternative source in the future?

  • Psyearth5
    Psyearth5 Member Posts: 339 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200928#Comment_200928

    You wrote everything that is trending but it's bad because it's Decay.

    Don't care about comments but rather about how to do and I guessing from what you wrote that you are interested so just do it.

    I will try to do something my own recodings and samples I design using Resampling techniques in Maschine Samplers creating so far impossible to repeat or just authentic sounds with sonic details.

    I see that just like the decision to be an Artist and everything on the way up to first Release. It's not just a music and even less abou sound quality. It's about announcement, introducing to the first potential public and always looking for a new people, additional information about project, naming is also crucial and graphic design for the Art Cover. Luck and believing.

  • corbo-billy
    corbo-billy Member Posts: 107 Helper
    edited December 2024

    Can we insert a personal Wallpaper like for Kontakt Instruments with an image?

    I feel like it's even more complex than with the KSP.

    Can't we have this data on an external HD?

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,133 mod
    edited December 2024
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200945#Comment_200945

    I have found a graphic bug in the NKS version (Kontakt Instrument / .nksn), on both Maschine and Komplete Kontrol, so i suggest you to not use it until we found a solution.

    It looks like this.

    εικόνα.png

    I have tried to put the resources in 4 different locations (factory, user folder, content and custom) but it never works. So, i consider it as a bug

    Just use the Leap Kit version from within Kontakt. The only difference from the NKSN version is 2 tags (drums, digital drumkit etc, which you really do not need them, since it is obvious what it is).

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,076 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/201242#Comment_201242

    It's not just a graphics bug, the macros also do not work properly - I had reported that already. For me the graphics cleared up on reloading though

  • donmaddonald
    donmaddonald Member Posts: 235 Advisor
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/200837#Comment_200837

    yes it all works fine for me, when I load old projects are always with K7 and I can use K8 when I want.

    I did test it now, and it all works as it supposed to. (for me at least)

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