KVR Audio

timboy · Post by **timboy** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:29 pm

Hi I've noticed a few free VSTi's that only work on a

"Full Retail Version of Kontakt... not Kontakt Player (free)"

The Full Retail Version of Kontakt is £350

Does anyone know if there s another way to play these plugins please

here's some

https://vstbuzz.com/freebies/?utm_sourc ... ffd00477dc

Also

https://performancesamples.com/soloviolinlegato/

https://redroomaudio.com/product-category/free/

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:04 pm

They're not plugins, they're sample libraries. I don't think there's any other way to play the libs for Kontakt but I believe some of the libraries (e.g. Sonatina) are available in other formats so have a look for SFZ players.

timboy · Post by **timboy** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:17 pm

Right you are

Thx Resynthesis

Sad I wish there were a way...

cthonophonic · Post by **cthonophonic** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:49 am

Some free Kontakt instruments include the samples as .WAVs (rather than compressed .NCWs), so you can load them up in another sampler if you like. The instrument is more than just the samples, of course, but the samples can still be useful.

timboy · Post by **timboy** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:28 pm

Thx Ill look for this.

I'll also still try and find a way to play/ convert 3rd party (not NI, i guess that would be wrong) free samples to a playable format.

If anyone knows this is illegal for a reason pls let me know

timboy · Post by **timboy** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:57 am

I noticed bigcat1969 said in another thread from 2014, motu MachFive,

looks like it works in 2019, it says it supports Kontakt libraries
https://motu.com/products/software/machfive/sounds.html £230 squids

But still is an alternative

But a free/ cheaper alternative would be better

evilantal · Post by **evilantal** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:57 am

timboy wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2019 12:57 am I noticed bigcat1969 said in another thread from 2014, motu MachFive,

looks like it works in 2019, it says it supports Kontakt libraries
https://motu.com/products/software/machfive/sounds.html £230 squids

But still is an alternative

But a free/ cheaper alternative would be better

I would imagine Mach5 only supports importing the sample mapping, not the nki scripting going on.

In that sense, it's no different to mapping out the samples yourself in something like HISE of sforzando. Only you wouldn't have to do it by hand.

evilantal · Post by **evilantal** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:59 am

There's a few libraries available for free that work in the free Kontakt Player, though not many...

Some that come to mind are Sennheiser's DrumMic'A, Embertone's Arcane and Soniccouture's free instruments

timboy · Post by **timboy** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:55 pm

Thanks Evilantal

Im beginning to think the only way is to buy Kontakt, but really dont like it... its just seems a big piece of software when all I wnat to do with it is very little

Also starting to worry about the legality of converting Nki files too

Free VSTi's for "Full Retail Version of Kontakt" only (some awesome plugins inside post :) :)