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Stop all the clocks...or rather, throw them into one huge, epic sounding library! We're sure that is how the Keepforest board meeting went that! Watchkeeper is a huge cinematic instrument that combines the hard hitting Keepforest sound design with kinetic clocks in all shapes and form. With...

Audio Imperia have once again teamed up with Performance Samples to bring us Dolce, the romantic chamber string ensemble. With echoes of classic 50s Hollywood era scoring, Dolce is lush, detailed and emotive. Featuring eight velocity layers with up to eight round robins, Dolce is sweet...

To continue his amazing Ethera Gold series, scripting and sound design master, Stefano Macarelli brings us Prometheus. This release, in conjunction with Zero-G Sample Libraries. is all about cinematic folk male vocals. But not just the expressive true legato that the series is famed for. Here...

Hi all, I just bought a used seaboard block. Are there any seaboard mapped kontakt libraries out there from users that I could download? I was wondering wether there is a community out there (my google search wasn't successful...). Or does anyone care to share? It would be much appreciated...

I was listening to some Gibran Alcocer songs and I really liked the piano he uses. What VST was used in these songs? And how could I configure one to sound like his? "Idea 10": "Idea 1":

Over several years, Cinematique Instruments have shown time and time again that they craft beautiful libraries that are full of character, nuance and detail. Their Symphonic Vertigo collection contains violin, viola, cello and flute instruments along side ensemble strings. This collection is...

Fracture Sounds make incredible pianos. With the Midnight Grand and Woodchester Piano being popular go to pianos, Fracture Sound present us with Spotlight Piano. A concert hall sampled Steinway D Concert Grand which sound beautiful, exquisite and is perfect for modern cinematic scoring...

Hi, I am working on a Kontakt instrument which is based on some old analogs that I have, and I own some other Kontakt instruments that have waveform selection (e.g. square / triangle / saw etc). I'm confused about how this would be implemented in Kontakt. I understand that Kontakt has a...

Cinematic Alpha are back once again with a library full of celestial and evocative plucks. With their unique DOVinst technology, these plucks will fit any cinematic situation you can throw at them. From master of sound design, Andrew Fly, Cineplucks is another fine instalment of the...

I'm Triggering Cremona String Library from Digital Performer via Kontakt. The double stops are hit and miss. I'm currently programing a string quartet arrangement and the Strad violin is being temperamental. I'm currently using the Marcado Articulation. Sometimes it will give me two...

Any one still using MacPro 5.1 for film scoring?, if you do, please post your specs, and if possible, your template specs. Here are mine: MAC PRO Early 2009 (now 5.1) 2 x 3.46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Radeon RX 580 8 GB (4 monitors) 96 gigs RAM 2tb NVME for samples 500gb SSD for OS Two 2tb HD...

We are proud to announce our new flagship piano – a world-class concert grand captured in stunning detail in a concert hall, with all the nuance and detail Fracture Sounds is known for. This piano will feel right at home in your template, whether as a workhorse piano for scoring and sketching...

Hey, I'm new here! I'm building a sample library that has keyswitch notes to change between groups. The problem I'm running into is that when I switch groups with a keyswitch the playable key range (blue highlighted keys on the keyboard) don't change to show what keys are playable. Instead it...

Drums are loud and we all love loud drums! But what about those more intimate moments when you need a softer sounding drum? In walks in Soft Drums by Jon Meyer, a soft yet punchy fluffy drum library. Join Da Fingaz as he takes us through a nice delicate journey through Soft Drums. Warning...

We're really excited to finally announce the release of Intimate Legato: Violin! Featuring a beautifully captured, natural-sounding legato performed by virtuoso violinist, Peter Liang. Intro Price - £55 Regular Price £69. Existing Intimate Legato - Cello users will get an exclusive code via...

New kids on the block @Dark Force Audio have hit the sample library scene with the bold and beautiful Subversion. Experienced sound designer, Tarek Mansur, has created a cinematic instrument that is equal parts dark and punchy fused with beauty and sparkle. With a whole host of sound design...

Westwood Instruments have a history of making detailed, innovative and highly useable instruments. With such personal favourites as the Untamed Series and Lost Piano, Westwood Instruments are back with their new Electric Home Piano. In true Westwood Instruments style, you not only get an...

Emergence Audio quite simply make beautiful instruments. Their latest offering is Clarinet Textures which takes full advantage of their wonderful Infinite Motion Engine. In fact, it is this engine, coupled with beautiful sampling that creates beautiful, evocative and emotional textures which...

Ben Osterhouse is back with another beautiful and intriguing instrument with Pathfinder Violin. At the touch of a key, Pathfinder Violin creates all manner of violin performances for you. Not only is Pathfinder Violin very clever, it sounds delightful too! Join Adrian Earnshaw as he finds his...

Following on from the enormous success of the Jade Ethnic Orchestra, Strezov Sampling have spent two years making Jade Evolutions. Featuring a whole host of Chinese orchestral instruments, voices and electronic sound sources, Jade Evolutions is an instant score creator with a tonne of...

Heavyocity continue their Mosaic series with the vintage yet modern sounding Mosaic Neon. With the powerful Mosaic engine, sound design wizards have crafted a modern scoring tool with a vintage twist. If impeccable sound design and vintage synths are your thing, Mosaic Neon has you covered...

Hi! I'm looking to sell my license of Afflatus Chapter 1 Strings as I only use LASS for strings anyways. Asking price is USD 350 through PayPal, and the license is ready to go from NI. And if you were in doubt - I have gotten approval from Strezov-Sampling to resell the library, as you can see...

Hi everyone! Help! Trying a create a kontakt instrument that plays the neighboring notes as you play one note - so for example - if you have one sample of C3, when you enable this function it will also play C3, C#3, D3, D#3 as well, creating a multiple sample playback. is this possible?

I have created single instruments in Kontakt for certain projects but now I'm working on a larger project where I will be building a product with a lot of instruments. I have the UI already done and hooked up to all the various effects etc and now it's coming to crunch time where I'm starting to...

What is better than a singular double bass on it's own? That's right, four double basses! If you like your double basses detailed, expansive and mighty, then Wrongtools have the answer with Nodal. These double basses are designed to add expression and movement through 80 presets and over 2000...

When it comes to textual guitars, MODWHEEL have created a sound designers dream in Roundwound. At just over 10GB in size, this cinematic guitar library takes the principle of stacking performances together to create 64 multi timbrel patches. Join Adrian Earnshaw as he plucks, bows and resonates...

Sample Logic LLC are continuing their inspiring AI series with the evocative Vocal AI. Featuring a plethora of vocal performances spanning the globe, this cinematic vocal instrument can provide ethereal, dramatic and pure beauty at the single press of a key. Join Marcus Manderson as he guides...

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Silence And Other Sounds have cooked up a really interesting offering this time out. Dojo is described as a “Combat Synth” based onthe Japanese martial arts of Kunitz and Kata. Dojo contains two separate synthesizers, each with their own collection of instruments, both electronic and organic...

Sonora Cinematic is back again - this time, with a brilliant new upright piano, which features the very first four layer felt treatment on the hammers, as well as providing access to the natural piano sound as well.  In addition to being able to create subtle and introspective tracks, both the...

I use Cubase to work on arrangements and export the midi to work with Finale, but drums are a mess - the standard Percussion Layout doesn't recognise Kontakt's layout, where e.g. a Kick is a C1, a snare is a D1 etc. I end up using transpose percussion notes, but that's hit and miss, because I...

ProjectSAM are back with an update to the much loved Orchestral Essentials Vol. 1 & 2. Pulling together content from across the ProjectSAM product line, the new updated version 2.0 release of each of these libraries contains and entirely new and updated interface as well as a refreshed set of...

Hi ! I tried to make a *.lua script in Reaper to name the track with the name of the open patch in Kontakt, unfortunately I have the MIDI channels in return, apparently the Kontakt API does not allow that but I ask anyway in case someone has an idea? Sorry for my poor english.

Harmonic Bloom from Sonora Cinematic brings you into the realm of the ultimate alchemist tool kit for sound design bridging the world between Sound and Noise and Harmonics  ultimately creating spectacular sounds that range from purely aggressive to stunningly beautiful and everything in...

Audio Brewers celebrates Piano Day 2K23 by releasing a fantastic new piano called ”Elegance”. Elegance is truly an apropos description of this particular Yamaha C5 Acoustic Grand Piano. This has been diligently recorded in both stereo and ambisonic and contains all of the control, effects...

We are pleased to announce that Dulciano is now available for the free Kontakt Player, meaning you no longer need the full version of Kontakt to use it. For existing Dulciano owners, you have received a free update to the Kontakt Player version. Check your emails! To celebrate this re-launch...

To celebrate Piano Day (the 88th day of the year), we are running a generous sale on our highly acclaimed piano libraries. Save up to 35% on specially curated bundles, or pick and choose which libraries you would like with up to 25% off individual pianos. Whether you are a composer, producer...

In this video I show all the possibilities and functions of the virtual flugelhorn by Suonopuro. I also tried the Harmon mute, but the others are missing. You can listen to them in a next video. Good vision! https://www.suonopuro.net/virtual_flugelhorn_en.html?i6s36

OUT NOW! - Intro sale - $45 until April 6 (Reg $69) https://www.glencoeaudio.com/eilean-piano We are so excited to introduce our first sample library: Eilean Flannel Piano is a beautifully imperfect, close recorded upright piano for Kontakt designed for intimate neo-classical and film music...

The Sampleist is back with another “First Play”, this time it is the first instrument from a brand new sample developer and sound designer called Void & Vista. Pete Checkley takes us through the new cinematic sound design library called “Strands”.  based on the foundation of bowed...

Cinematic Alpha creates some of the best sounding synthetic instruments in the world using their proprietary DOVInst technology. So it’s no surprise that we have the brilliant series recently released called Cinepads. Coming to us in three volumes, the first volume focuses on cinematic pads...

Does anyone know what vst library these sounds are from?, rises or swoosh or whatever, I heard them for the first time from a composer, I thought they were his own sounds, but then I heard them again from another and I thought it would be a vst library, does anyone know what vst library they are?

Hey, I have a few patches playing in unison, some work with the sustain pedal for certain articulations, others don't but end up being sustained when they shouldn't. I'd like to turn off the sustain pedal for those instruments only. How do you prevent instruments from receiving pedal MIDI...

At the heart of this instrument lies a deep curiosity about the transformative power of sound. By harnessing the creative potential of our intuitive Infinite Motion Engine™ we have crafted a one-of-a-kind collection of evolving pads and textures that challenge the boundaries of conventional...

Hi, I got this MIDI Drag n' Drop code from someone online who kindly made it available for use a few years ago...but the label for dragging the MIDI to the DAW doesn't work..I can't work out why as the code seems correct - set_control_par (get_ui_id($midi_object), $CONTROL_PAR_DND_BEHAVIOUR, 1)...

I heard there are people offering KSP help for free, once a week on Kontakt discord server. Is that any good? What do you think? (saw in the #polls room)

The Sampleist presents: In this latest “Composing With - Review”, Pete Checkley dives headlong into the chaos which is ”Damage: Uncharted 88” by Heavyocity.. a truly brutal and artistic sampling affair with an acoustic piano, utilizing virtually every surface of the instrument to create another...

Composer Marcus Manderson takes a deep dive into the Revelation Fusion Harp by Sound Yeti. This is truly an instrument that breaks the rules when it comes to the definition of a traditional heart by combining it with the sounds of synthesis in order to come up with a truly hybrid instrument...

Key Fury from Sample Logic brings the power of almost 200 multisampled instrument presets and an amazing sound quality and variety to keep any Composer inspired for days at a time. In this installmen from The Sampleist, Marcus Manderson takes us under the fingerboards of the instruments...

Hi everyone, I'm not a very expert on the subject of guitars but could you help me how can I get a guitar similar to this one from a library or VST, I know it's a live recording but I don't know how to play the guitar yet and I specialize more in playing a midi piano, that's why a virtual option...

Hi! I am currently working on creating an instrument through Kontakt and I've got something up and running pretty well after using Tim Steemson's youtube video with a google sheets template! I have run into an issue: I have a knob that controls the source speed for my instrument, but I do not...

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Hi guys, I'm hoping you can save me many of hours of work... I just discovered Cubase Quick Controls to handle the CC's of your instruments. Kontakt has a handy option to combine each patch's controller into a single host automation controller via the "unwind automation ID's for additionally...

Hey, I've recorded a Kontakt Instrument in 443 HZ (German Classical Orchestral Tuning). As most virtual instruments are recorded in 440 HZ, I wanna give the option of changing it's tuning. I am aware of the formula calculating from HZ to Cents (I'll attach a pdf). The only thing I struggle is...

Hi everyone, Yesterday I purchased the sample modeling solo strings and I was so excited about it until I get to download it from the native access, the thing is, when the app started to installing the library, it got an error message " Installation failed", I know that in mac it has a solution...

The Sampleist is proud to present our lastest review featuring the NEO Brass/NEO Strings/NEO Woodwinds trio of instruments from Insanity Samples. Featuring  deep, sampled instruments with an extremely comprehensive palette of articulations, performed by some of the UK‘s most sought after...

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I'm looking for a VST / Guitar Library that has the sound of that song, I could use my fender guitar but I still need to learn a lot about that instrument and I'm better at piano and using midi. Also, if you know of an amp that has that tone, please let me know, I need one like that too. Please...

It is common knowledge that there are libraries or updates thereof that officially cannot be opened in Kontakt 6 when they require version 7. So far so good. However, I notice that when I open an older project that references libraries that since have been updated to a version that requires K7...

Hi, as a KSP scripter I found it very painful to implement user interfaces, especially the large ones with hundreds of assets. To help ease this pain, I created a tool for Figma - the design software - to assist in this process. In a one liner: "Export your UI code in one click" All ui_controls...

Hi, everyone. How can I "snapshot" my Kontakt sessions in a way that allows me to later at least view (1) which libraries were used in a project, and (2) what configurations were made to those libraries on said project? I use Kontakt versions 5.7.3 and 6.6.1 in FL Studio 21, and I seek a method...

I am looking for a good Muted Trumpet C library as a replacement for this one since I don't like working with iLok. Thank you and have a nice day.

Chris Hein is back with a brand new virtual instrument! “OCTA” is a fantastic multi instrumental journey featuring over 100 different instruments. Marcus Manderson takes on a tour and compositional dive into the instrument below. Best Service was kind enough to provide a copy of the instrument...

I am not very technical in terms of messing with the settings of samples, so hope someone can help me out here. I am using Musical Sampling Amy vocal library in a track, but I want to hit a note that is two steps beyond the playable range of the library. Is it possible for this library (or any...

I recently purchased Afterglow from Spitfire Audio, downloaded it, launched Logic and Kontakt, just to discover it doesn't work and I can't figure it out. I go thru all the files, but when I click the actual instrument to load it in, it only half works. By that I mean the controls and such load...

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Welcome to the first installment of the “Composing Gems” series from The Sampleist. Composer, Pete Checkley takes us through Kwaya by Eduardo Tarilonte and Best Service.

Hey there, I've been an Izotope Iris2 user for ages and have enjoyed its simplicity a lot. However, lately its behaviour has been more or less clumsy and all DAWs I use are prone to crash, sooner or later. That aside, I'm willing to replicate one of its functions with either Kontakt (6 or 7) or...

EDIT: I have resolved the issue; I had to make sure the paths to my libraries in Kontakt were intact. Just manually added back the missing libraries into Kontakt, checked the paths in Native Access, or loaded them into quick-save and rebooted Logic, and everything showed up fine! Hello! Quick...

I am not talking about a scripted LFO, but instead a way to create midi values so that you can perform vibrato with a mod wheel, breathcontroller or midiring. Just like samplemodeling or audiomodeling instruments. As an exsample I want to do this with the Cremona Quartet which has the sustains...

I find that a lot of the string libraries are too far into the cinematic/orchestral side of things, but i'm looking for something that's a little more humble. I don't want that big epic concert violin sound, i'm looking for something that's more dry, imperfect, characteristic, non-generic...

The Automapping works fine if you import under 100 samples at once. If I import more the automapping doesn't work anymore. This means for a sample set of 16000 samples i would have to manually drag the samples in 100 steps into Kontakt. Any suggestions or explanations for this?

How are you using Kontakt and similar players when working in surround formats? Many thanks for your feedback!

I’m setting up a composing template with Logic that will be able to run multiple orchestral mics, just like you’d get from an orchestral recording, and ultimately be able to mix those different mic positions into a relatively cohesive Atmos mix (as opposed to artificially creating space on a...

I love this instrument's sound but don't recognize that interface. I'm guessing it's not a logic stock sound but who knows. Is there a sample god that can point me in the right direction?

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General question for Kontakt library creators. Does anyone NOT license serials through Native Instruments (and just sell them without any protection)? I would love to hear peoples' opinion. Is it worth it if I'm selling a library for less than $50? Is there a lot of piracy out there?

Hallo, do you have any information about how to sync the mobile and home studio so good as possible? I see that I have issues with Ilok, Kontakt, COmposer CLoud. etc. I also had issues due to be offline in VEP. HOw is the best way to have a kind of "synced" version of my template when I go...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know there’s a new FREE Kontakt library on the website! https://namiaudio.com/products/childhoodmemories This library goes back to your childhood and lets you travel through sweet sound journeys with three carefully sampled instruments : A kalimba, a...

What's your experience with Kontakt 7 so far? How do you feel towards it compared to 6.x and if you are on VEP - does it play well with it? Is it stable, how do you see the performance? Is it already in your template and is it there to stay?

This is for a new library I'm making. I'm having a weird issue when trying to assign a controller to these knobs. When assigning a controller to "Wet," it works fine, but when I try to assign a controller to "speed" or "balance," the controller turns the button (to the left) on and off, but...

I was downloading newly acquired goodies from The (quite long) Black Weekend, and noticed that Spitfire Symphonic Strings, Brass, and Woodwinds all have a new 1.4 update waiting to be installed. I did just the woods update and they have a new folder for Total Performance, the only instrument I...

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Announcing SYMPHONY OF ANIMALS A New Sample Library of Musical Animals Truly Different and a First of Its Kind Orlando, FL -. November 25, 2022 - Symphony of Animals LLC unveils a unique sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt with over 80 different animals that have been made musical...

Hallo! Any idea why this happens?

Well, we are up and running again with a fully new Evocación, this time as Kontakt instrument (for 5.8.1 or higher). This edition is completely rebuilt from the ground up. All patches have been sampled chromatically. Main patches contain up to 5 velocities, and most of them have a (Random) Round...

Hello! My name is Noah - a long-time musician, composer, and now sample artist. I would like to share with you all my journey in creating my largest project ever: The Academia Orchestra. What is the Academia Orchestra? Basically, the Academia Orchestra is planned to be an incredibly...

I've been on the search for a good recorder library, and honestly it's been really tough even finding them. One of the hardest things to google, because of the 'unfortunate' name and lack of online lists. With that said, can we just huddle up and put together a complete list of availabilities...

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Hi all, I wanted to share a project I've been working on called Tremosphere. While writing for a recent film, I needed a few sustained beds for some cues. I was tired of reaching for my usual string sounds and wanted something a bit more unique and different that gave the same effect. As a...

Hi all, I can't seem to find a solution to this online, so hopefully someone here can enlighten me. I'm trying to setup Kontakt in Logic Pro so that one instrument patch is loaded up (a piano library) with multiple tracks using that patch. We're talking 50+ tracks that will use the same piano...

Greetings VI-Control, I made this to help composers (those of us who don't like code) with sampling our own instruments with ease. It dynamically supports as many playing techniques and RR's as you add via Kontakt groups. Up to 16 mics can be added (by assigning the group to Kontakt Bus 1-16)...

Guys! I really need help with this. I already experienced this before but it seemed I somehow made it work. For a while. Now it's not working again. Whenever I bounce a midi part to audio, Kontakt will randomly cut off parts of long midi notes, resulting in a faulty rendering. It's not a DAW...

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is it possible to do an update sample pool on an entire VEP7 instance, or does this have to be done one by one?

Just wanted to know if something like this exists. Quick work, quick good sounding results.. with as much flexibillty as possible. In the past I always reached out for Ben Osterhouse String Flow or Joshua Bell Violin+ Blakus Cello. String Flow however is a bit limited after a while...