Category: General Information

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Our synth preset collections are supplied in .RAR archives. To extract the files from the RAR archive we recommend using the latest version of WinRAR (windows) or UnRarX (mac). Once extracted you will have a single folder that contains all of the preset files.

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Will your libraries work with the free Kontakt player?

No. All of our sample libraries require the full version of Kontakt to run. There is a list of the requirements for each of our products on their respective webpages, here you can find out which versions of Kontakt the library will work with. If you load them in the free Kontakt Player they will only run in a time limited demo mode.

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Why can’t I add your sample libraries to the libraries tab in Kontakt?

The libraries tab functionality is only accessible to sample libraries that have been encoded by Native Instruments, these libraries are also able to make use of the free Kontakt Player. None of our sample libraries have been encoded by NI so they must be loaded manually from the files tab or by using Kontakt’s quick load feature.

You can read more about installing third-party Kontakt libraries by clicking here.

How do I open a .RAR file?

All our products are delivered as compressed files in .RAR format, to open them we recommend using the latest version of WinRAR (windows) or UnRarX (mac).

Please make sure your download is complete before you try and open or extract the files. Some of our products are large and are delivered in multiple downloads, in these instances you must download all parts before you open the files. To make things easier all multi part download files are numbered and you only need to extract the first part which will automatically extract the rest.

If you have downloaded all the parts but are still having difficulty opening the files it could be because one part didn’t fully download. To verify this you can check the file size of each part, they should all be the same size, except for the last part (which may be a different size).

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Your delivery email will contain download links to any products you have purchased as well as a receipt for your records.

Kontakt sample libraries come in two flavours. Those that run in the free Kontakt Player and those that will only work with the full (paid) version of Kontakt. Here we’re going to focus on the latter as those are the ones that you’re more likely to struggle with loading into Kontakt (the first time at least).

The information presented in this guide is applicable to most third-party Kontakt sample libraries but there are always exceptions so it’s important that you read the user guides that come with the libraries you purchase.

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