Kontakt

I just started diskovering the many intriguing things that play in Kontakt, but am diskouraged by the stikker shokk.

Is there a way to get started using Kontakt widgets without shelling out 400 bux --or whatever it is--for the player?

I lust for the guitar emulaotrs.

Widetrack


Is there a way to get started using Kontakt widgets without shelling out 400 bux --or whatever it is--for the player?

I lust for the guitar emulaotrs.

Torrent ????
 
Seriously, Kontakt is far more than just a player, you get a very sophisticated sampler and a huge library of excellent sounds and is worth the price tag. More so if you add a little extra and get Komplete. Komplete is expensive but you do get very good value for money.
 
Once you have Kontakt, you can really start spending!!  But there is also a lot of cheap and free stuff too.
 
That said it is still a serious chunk of money. Check out if you are available for a cross grade and watch out for specal deals. The way it worked for me was I bought Steven Slate EX in a AudioMidi no brainer sale, which is runs in the free player and needs regestration with NI. This entitled me to a cross grade, NI then has a half proce crossgrade deal and I got Kontakt for 129 UK pounds.

It is not without risks...but check on e-bay.  The seller I used had sold 4 or 5 copies of komplete 6 before I purchased and still had 100% good feedback.

I bought komplete 6 for 250.00.  It was a totally legtitimate, shrink wrapped, box and the SN all worked with NI service center.  I never found Kontakt on it own for less than 200.00.  So for an extra 50 bucks I got a ton-o-stuff.

Make sure you do not buy an upgrade only package or an academic version.  Again, you have to watch out, but you can do it for cheap.


JR

...diskouraged by the stikker shokk

There are a surprising number of freebies out there, and plenty of good deals on commercial libraries, too - but they all require you to buy the full Kontakt first. Only the more expensive packages will run on the free player, because they have paid NI for a license to do so and pass the cost on to you. There is no way around it: you can pay NI now or you can pay them later.

Case in point: Orange Tree Evolution is $160 and requires full Kontakt. Electri6ity is $400 and does not.

One way to get Kontakt for less is to buy some product that qualifies for a discounted crossgrade price. Another is to try and find a second-hand copy of Kontakt 3 (or even K2). It will host most of the available libraries, especially all the free and ultra-cheap ones. It's mostly the higher-end products that require Kontakt 4.

I registered with NI when I bought Mr Sax, but looking at the site, it sounds like you don't get any upgrade discount if you only use the Free player

http://co.native-instrume...d=233&redirected=1

Here is a list of qualifying products on the NI site.

KONTAKT PLAYER-based third-party products that are produced and sold by the following manufacturers:
Abaltat, Akki Plugs, Art Vista, Audiobro, Audio Impressions, Best Service, Big Fish Audio, Dan Dean Pro, Fable Sounds, Fixed Noise, Heavyocity, Mixosaurus, Pro Audio Vault, Projectsam, Prominy, Sample Logic, Sample Modeling, Sibelius, Sidsonic, Sonic Couture, Sonic Reality, Sonivox, Spitifre Audio, Steven Slate, Tapspace, Terratec, Tonehammer, Vir2, Vital Arts, Zero G

TROLL

Thanks for the tip, Widetrack. I've had that film on my Netflix queue for over a year. I'll try and make it to that screening. The EMP theater isn't very big, though, so it's pobably a good idea to buy tickets early.

I know this is going way OT, but I sure hope this makes it to DVD one of these days.

I just saw Komplete Elements for sale on Ebay for $85, and it says it includes Kontakt 4.

Is this Kontakt going to work with Orange tree or the other Guitar emulators?

Why is it so tricky to figure this out? I feel like I'm on a used car lot in East LA.

I'm gonna have to call Orange tree and ask them. This is really obfruscatory marketing on the part of NI.