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 and 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 type 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 players 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 Player Factory Bundle comes 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 groves, pads, and drum sample sounds instruments.
- Choir Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many choir instrumental presets.
- Synths Kontakt 8 Extension comes with many synths instruments such as pads, arps, basses, soundscapes and high quality synth leads.
- Vintage Kontakt 8 Extension comes with 292 electronic sampled instruments.
Check out them out in action below;
Kontakt 8 Player Factory Leap Bundle comes with;
- 80s New Wave Extension
- Acoustic Drums Extension
- Afro beat 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 arcade VST plugin has 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, synthesizers and mallets. This extension also comes with many other cool sounds.
Overall, this is an amazing library of free extensions consist of 900 different instruments.
New VST Tools inside Kontakt 8
There are some nice and cool tools to explore inside this amazing plugin, the creativity possibilities are quite endless when it comes to combination of sounds and presets from the new library 2. Kontakt 8 also comes with New Phaser and Chord tools.
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 Direct 3D 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 smooth experience
- At least of 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 full 900 instruments
Get the full paid version, which will also include all the extensions shown above, and also include full 900 instruments and tons of extra features.
