This was very confusing to me at first, and misleading to many when seeing the same disclaimer over and over of 'Requires full version of Kontakt. I'm not recommending that you purchase libraries that require the full version of Kontakt with owning the full version, but definitely don't hold back checking out FREE libraries. Their libraries all require the full paid version of Kontakt.Įmbertone's woodwinds, solo strings, and other libraries are very good, and many of theirs are remarkably affordable (but the cheapest ones tend to require full Kontakt, so be careful).Īny Kontakt library can used inside Kontakt Player for 15 minutes. If you're super budget-conscious, 8Dio's libraries are put on extremely deep discounts relatively often, though they can sometimes be a bit rough around the edges or more specialized than they seem, so it's good to be diligent with research and make sure you understand exactly what you're getting so you're not dissatisfied. Many of both those developers' libraries can be used with the free Kontakt Player (and can then be used to crossgrade to full Kontakt later). The stock sounds in Kontakt aren't especially great IMO, you're paying more for the price of admission for third-party libraries.įor orchestra I'd check out either Spitfire (especially Chamber Strings) or Cinematic Studio Series, and wait for a good sale. Currently 30% off allĪnyone here know if the stock sounds that come with it out the box are good enough to hold me for while? (I do also plan on grabbing all the free instruments that work with it) or does it still require buying 3rd party plugins? How much better are the instruments compared to the stock reason orchestra ones (probably a stupid question). Look at UVIs platform as they produce amazing quality libraries. Kontakt is the standard platform for great sounds. So much info and tutorials with it are mostly being shown with other DAWs. Just trying to gauge if I may be missing something I never tried with Reason as far as high quality stuff. Anyone here know if the stock sounds that come with it out the box are good enough to hold me for while? (I do also plan on grabbing all the free instruments that work with it) or does it still require buying 3rd party plugins? How much better are the instruments compared to the stock reason orchestra ones (probably a stupid question).

But I know once I get it, I will not be buying any more plugins for a long time. I started a savings to eventually get it hopefully if/when it goes on sale maybe. I really want to use high quality sounds. I'm tired of finding great instruments just to read the dreaded 'Kontakt full version required'.

Kontakt 6 vs. 5 player