Did you know that Kontakt 8 VST plugin by Native Instruments comes with over 900 different instruments? This is absolutely amazing news.
Native Instruments have come a long way in designing and developing some of the most widely used VST plugins by the modern music production industry.
Kontakt 8 is a virtual instrument platform which enables any sound designers and music producers to find, create and edit all types of virtual instrumental sounds.
Going from Kontakt 6 to 7, they have now released Kontakt 8 Player, which comes with over 900 unique and phenomenal instrumental sounds all packed inside a bundle package.
The Kontakt 8 player is pretty much free and comes with piano UNO, but if anyone is looking for a wide range of sounds and instruments, then this bundle is packed with over 900 different instrumental sounds. This is all included in the new Kontakt Library 2.
Kontakt 8 with 900 instruments
What does the Kontakt 8 Player Factory Bundle come with?
- Orchestral Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many orchestra instruments.
- Acoustic Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many acoustic instruments.
- Band Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many band live playing-style virtual instruments.
- Beats Kontakt 8 Extension comes with 288 pre-made grooves, pads, and drum sample sound instruments.
- Choir Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many choir instrumental presets.
- Synths Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many synth instruments, such as pads, arps, basses, soundscapes and high-quality synth leads.
- Vintage Kontakt 8 Extension comes with 292 electronically sampled instruments.
Check them out in action below:
Kontakt 8 Player Factory Leap Bundle comes with
- 80s New Wave Extension
- Acoustic Drums Extension
- Afrobeat Extension
- Drum Breaks Extension
- Disco & Funk Extension
- Progressive Trance Extension
- Latin Trap Extension
- Lo-fi Vibes Extension
- Platinum Pop Extension
- R&B Licks Extension
- Soul Gold Extension
- Hot Vocals Extension
The Leap extensions are definitely a top competitor when it comes to Arcade VST. Since the Arcade VST plugin has a similar style of samples and loops.
Check them out below in action:
On top of all of this, Kontakt 8 Player also comes with Conflux. Conflux is a new style of hybrid instrument that strategically layers samples. This also includes some advanced and flexible wavetable oscillators.
Conflux also comes with
- FM.
- Phase Modulation.
- Ring Modulation.
And lastly, it also contains hybrid keys.
Hybrid keys contain some amazing pianos, synthesisers and mallets. This extension also comes with many other cool sounds.
Overall, this is an amazing library of free extensions consisting of 900 different instruments.
New VST Tools Inside Kontakt 8
There are some nice and cool tools to explore inside this amazing plugin; the creative possibilities are quite endless when it comes to the combination of sounds and presets from the new library 2. Kontakt 8 also comes with new phaser and chord tools.
Phaser inside Kontakt 8
Kontakt 8 VST System Requirements
Windows
- Windows 10 or 11.
- Intel Core i5 or higher CPU is recommended.
- At least 4GB of RAM; 6GB is recommended.
- GUI that supports at least Direct3D 11.1 will just work fine with most pre-built desktops which include HD graphics.
macOS
- macOS 12 or higher, recommended having the latest update
- Intel Core i5 or higher CPU is recommended for a smooth experience.
- At least 4GB of RAM; 6GB is recommended.
Get the free Kontakt 8 Player without 900 instruments.
Download the free version of Kontakt 8 Player, which only contains one free extension, the Piano UNO, which is free.
Get the full version of Kontakt 8 Player with 900 full instruments.
Get the full paid version, which will also include all the extensions shown above and also include 900 full instruments and tonnes of extra features.
