Where is Kontakt 7 dll?

Mike Garry
Mike Garry Member Posts: 10 Member
edited October 2024 in Kontakt

I've just downloaded and installed Kontakt 7 without any problems. But when I try to add VSTi (in RealBand or any DAW) I can't find the dll location.

I assumed it would be in C:\Program Files\Native Instruments\VSTPlugins 64 bit where Kontakt 5 and Kontak6 DLLs are. But it's not.

Can anyone help?

Mike

PS Kontakt 7 is visible and seems to work fine as a standalone.

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  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,433 admin
    Answer ✓

    Kontakt 7 is VST3 only so you will find the plug-in here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. As @BroncoBilli said.

    @BroncoBilli Yes, only the new browser of Kontakt 7 is resizeable. I'm not sure what feature you mean with Ableton.

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  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,654 mod
    edited October 2022

    It should be in your VST folder!

    This is the folder where you put all your other VST instruments. Usually it is on those locations:

    C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins

    C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins

    C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase\VSTPlugins

    Unless if Kontakt 7 is now only VST3 (I don't own Kontakt so i don't know), so in that case, there are no .dll files, only .vst3 files in directory C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

  • Mike Garry
    Mike Garry Member Posts: 10 Member

    I have RealBand (PG Music). I'm not sure if it accepts VST3?

  • Monochrome
    Monochrome Member Posts: 1,409 Expert

    Never heard of RealBand before, but you're probably better of contacting them.

    Though some posts suggest that it does not support VST3.

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,654 mod

    Mike Garry, Monochrome the guy is looking for .DLL files...

    VST3 files are NOT .DLL files 😋

  • BroncoBilli
    BroncoBilli Member Posts: 3 Member
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/34994#Comment_34994

    Hm. I'm pretty sure they are DLL files. If they're not dll files, what are they? They need to be NAMED .vst3, it's true. That's like confusing a category of thing ("humans") with their "last name", I think.

  • BroncoBilli
    BroncoBilli Member Posts: 3 Member
    edited October 2022

    That IS the answer, though. it's in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3.

    Trying to figure out how to use the BROWSER drag-and-drop the instruments to Ableton. Where is a video on that? Sad VST3 interface is pretty much non-resizable.

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Administrator, Customer Care Posts: 14,433 admin
    Answer ✓

    Kontakt 7 is VST3 only so you will find the plug-in here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. As @BroncoBilli said.

    @BroncoBilli Yes, only the new browser of Kontakt 7 is resizeable. I'm not sure what feature you mean with Ableton.

  • dacian
    dacian Member Posts: 1 Newcomer

    I have same problem. i cant find it in akai mpc beats. since I'm not a Fl studio user due to its crazy price. i only use akai mpc beats. it doesnt support vst 3 and the other vst like 64 and 32 is not there. can any one help me to get the 32 and 64 vst files?

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,654 mod
    edited June 2023
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/79055#Comment_79055

    32bit is dead, long long ago, you have to move on... almost no one creates 32bit versions anymore.

    Also, as the admin mention few comments above, Kontakt 7 is VST3 only. Thus, .dll, simply does not exist! The only thing you can do, is to find an older version. ...or to update

  • JesterMgee
    JesterMgee Member Posts: 3,253 Expert
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/79055#Comment_79055

    There is no longer 32bits of much of anything.

    As mentioned above:

    Kontakt 7 is VST3 only so you will find the plug-in here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3.

    So Kontakt 7 is only VST3 compatible, no VST2 and if your program does not support VST3 then you cannot use Kontakt 7 without using something to wrap the VST3 into a VST2 container.

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