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Hi there !
Today I make a small post about free Kontakt sounds. Why ? Because I am a big fan of Kontakt. In my (humble) opinion it is far the best sampler you can find for a professional use in music production.
It's been a long time since I started to collect free Kontakt sounds. Today, I submit you my list in case of need. The sample libraries listed hereafter are suitable for Kontakt 2,3 & 4. I haven't tested them with all versions but they should work normally. If you don't own Kontakt yourself, you can donwload Digidesign Structure Free for use in ProTools and you'll be able to open the following Kontakt drum samples & Kontakt libraries. I don't know much more about other sampler instruments, for I almost only use everyday these two, but you should be able to do the same with Halion3 and Mach5.
If you don't know Kontakt yet, you should consider downloading the free version called Kontakt Player to see if this sampler instruments could fit your needs. It is provided with a nice free Kontakt library with free instruments from his big brother library (Elektrik Piano, Akoustik Piano & a bunch of sampled instruments), so then you can start to play with it. Of course this version is very limited, mostly because you can't edit the sounds like you would but also because you can't import other sample banks except the ones created or validated by Native Instruments (I know life is not fair...)
However, you'll see Kontakt or Kontakt Player are very easy to use & intuitive, so even if you don't know much about sampling, just a little knowledge about MIDI & software instruments is enough to begin to have fun & to know if you want to spend a few hundred bucks to seriously work with it or not.
I think Kontakt definitely worth it, because it is robust (I mean it's not buggy & believe me, I extensively use it), it is very usable & expandable (look where you are, you can find free Kontakt sounds all over the internet) and best of all it is loaded with a huge 43 GB samples library that covers almost every instruments or standard needs in music creation (from orchestra instruments to crappy synth leads via acoustic guitar etc...).
Enough talk, here is my free Kontakt sounds list :
3amnoise
Drum Kits and FX Hits.
AcousticSamples
The Viby Vibraphone is a three octave Yamaha vibraphone recorded with a
Neumann U87 (112Mo sample bank, no loops, one sample for each note
EXS24...).
Analogue Drums
Big Mono is free Kontakt library and consists in a retro analogue
drumkit recorded in mint conditions.
Andreas
Busk-Jepsen
Prepared Piano.
AudioWarrior
Free Djembe Kontakt Instrument.
Autodafe
A lot of sample packs for Kontakt from many producers in various styles.
Babel Audio
Angel Toy Glockenspiel, Blue Mountains Wind Chimes, Egyptian Zil,
Tibetan Tingsha.
BOLDER
Sounds
Bavarian Zither, BoomWhackers Percussion Tubes, DIY Music Box, Granular
Gardening, Granular Slate Rocks, Medieval Psaltery, Soprano and
Baritone African Marimbas, Suspended Slate Rocks, Tibetan Singing
Bowls, Toy and African Marimbas, Toy Piano.
Brickwall Audio
Advanced Distortion & Metallic Dreams.
DSKmusic
DSK Music has released DSK Top Keys vol. 1, a free collection of high
quality multisample instruments, featuring 9 acoustic pianos, 9
electric pianos & 9 organs.
Gold Baby Productions
MPC60 Free, DMX606.
Geneuanen Kontakt Blog
Many free Kontakt instruments.
Hispasonic
This collection includes : 6 classic keyboards (Clavinet, Dyno Rhodes,
DX7 Rhodes, Hohner Pianet, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer) + 3 saxophones
(tenor, soprano and alto) + 3 guitars (acoustic, nylon and steel) +
Steinway piano in three variations: standard, bright and damped.
Hollow Sun
Bass station, Speak & Spell, Vox Humana, Polymoog Strings, Aah,
Aeropad, Aquarium, Nebulous, SQ Strings, Buddhist.
Humanworkshop
AnaSynth, ArabFlutist & PadMeister.
Impact Soundworks
Groove Bias Mini.
Impossible
Acoustic
New Kontakt Instruments Every Week !
Les
Productions Zvon
No Name Toy Keyboard, LoFi Kalimba, Smallest electronic keyboard,
Chromatic Hits, Sidekick Electronic Drum.
Lx7.ca
25 retro drumkits created from soundlib.noisetheorem.com.
Michael Kingston
Riders
Ruffrider & Easyrider drumkits.
Native Instruments
Kontakt Factory Selection.
Pettinhouse
Yamaha kit, Jazz Guitar, Vinyl Hammond, Garage Vinyl Full Kit, Classic
- Nylon Guitar…Various bass, drums & organ.
Philharmonia
Orchestra
Very nice orchestral tuba.
Orange
Tree Samples
Free Jazz Funk Drum Sample Library + utilities for Kontakt.
Ourafilmes
Electronic instruments, synth lead, electronic drumkit & loops.
Precision Sound
Cretone TT, Koestler Rigoletto, Red Grand, ToysToysToys.
Retro
Sampling
Electric Piano MkI & MkII.
Sample Logic
TryPack (500 MB), 30 instruments, a taste of their 3 main libraries
AIR, Elements and Synergy.
Soni Musicae
Blanchet-1720 & Small Italian XVII Harpsichords, Orgue de salon
pipe organ, Diatonic accordion, Bells and Rings,
The Maestro Concert Grand.
SonicCouture
Speak & Spell, VA Brush Kit, Music Boxes.
Sonokinetic
Spinet 1790, Tibetian Prayer Bowl.
Sound
Blocker
Mike's iMoog - Moog Voyager.
The Busty Dozen
Scrambled Volume 01 is a collection of over 560MB high quality samples
(house, techno, interesting samples to use in your film score).
Typhoonsounds
8 bits sounds, vintage organ, TR808, TR909.
I hope you found my free Kontakt sounds list useful, if so, please drop me a line & tell me what you think or be missing. If you want me to add your free Kontakt sounds to this list, don't hesitate, feel free to Kontakt me (...sorry)
Enjoy & have fun !
Peace.
Sam.
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