No instrument editor, no wave editor, and it can’t play all third party kontakt libraries, only “powered by kontakt” instrument libraries, of which there are tons.
Oh yes, and you do get 18 high quality effects that come in the full version of kontakt 3.5Īnd just in case you want to know whatup with the full version, you get a demo included that runs for 30 minutes.
If you aren’t doing tons of sample editing and things of this nature, I don’t see why you couldn’t just use the kontakt player, and update your library as you see the need. The kontakt player doesn’t offer all of the capabilities of the full version of kontakt 3.5, but it offers enough to be a very serious instrument. While there are a lot of libraries available for the free Kontakt Player, you will not be able to have access to all of the content available, simple because many libraries require Kontakt Full. It will NOT be able to load libraries that are made for the full version. I don’t know about you, but this is great news to me! It means you don’t have to settle for low quality free vsts and samplers anymore! With this, and the kore player, you have a very professional sound setup for no cost what so ever!Īnd when you’re ready to expand, you can do so via native instruments website or your favorite sound libray dealer. Kontakt Player This is the free version of Kontakt 5, basically a slightly stripped down version. They call it the Kontakt Facotry selection and it gives you selected sounds from the full kontakt 3.5 library.Ī collection of 50 instruments, 650 mb of high quality content. Amore Grand Piano Close mic’ed, in stereo, Yamaha piano Angel’s Harp 662 Mb library of fully sampled harps. Free Kontakt Player You can’t use any of these libraries unless you have the free Kontakt player software. You can buy any of the various available libraries from the hundreds of sound design companies that support the “powered by kontakt” format….or you can buy your sounds direct from native instruments.īut…what if you’re like many “struggling” musicians?įear not! Native Instruments is providing you with some high quality instruments to get you started. The point is that they are still free now Free Kontakt Libraries. That means it can play all “powered by kontakt” libraries. It’s similar to the kore player, it’s expandable via native instruments as well as third-party kontakt libraries. All other editing and tweaking controls from the full version. Three octaves (12 frets) of playable range across 6 strings. For full Kontakt and now available from their site. Well, native instruments just keeps giving us musicians something to love.Īnother addition to their high quality instruments, free for use, is the new kontakt player. A lovely FREE version of their awesome Shreddage 3 Stratus guitar library.