{"id":1728253,"date":"2016-12-14T18:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T18:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1728253"},"modified":"2016-12-21T19:16:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T19:16:46","slug":"how-do-i-load-a-sample-library-in-kontakt-5","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-load-a-sample-library-in-kontakt-5\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I load a Sample Library in KONTAKT 5?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The instructions below have been excerpted from a longer article from Native Instruments which can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/support.native-instruments.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/210279805-How-to-Load-a-NI-Sample-Library\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open KONTAKT 5 (PLAYER) standalone. By default the location of your standalone application is here:\n<ul>\n<li>Mac OS X: Macintosh HD &gt; Applications &gt; Native Instruments &gt; Kontakt 5 &gt; &#8216;Kontakt 5.app&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Windows: C: &gt; Program Files &gt; Native Instruments &gt; Kontakt 5 &gt; &#8216;Kontakt 5.exe&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The KONTAKT Browser&#8217;s <strong>Libraries<\/strong> tab displays all your installed KONTAKT Libraries.\u00a0If your KONTAKT instrument is not listed here, you can\u00a0add it manually as explained in\u00a0<a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Opens external link in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/support.native-instruments.com\/hc\/articles\/209584189\" target=\"_blank\" data-htmlarea-external=\"1\">t<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-add-a-sample-library-in-native-instruments-kontakt\/\" target=\"_blank\">his article.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Configure the Audio- and MIDI-Settings for KONTAKT 5 (PLAYER). Read <a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Opens external link in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-configuring-the-audio-settings-in-kontakt\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-htmlarea-external=\"1\">this article<\/a> to learn how to configure the audio settings in KONTAKT 5 and <a class=\"external-link-new-window\" title=\"Opens external link in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-configure-my-midi-keyboard-or-controller-in-kontakt\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-htmlarea-external=\"1\">this article<\/a> to learn how to configure the MIDI settings.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Instruments\u00a0<\/strong>button on the Library&#8217;s\u00a0icon to open the different available\u00a0patches\u00a0for the instrument. You can drag the patch of your choice into the Rack. Alternatively you can simply double-click the patch&#8217;s name (in this example <strong>Una Corda Cotton.nki<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video from NI demonstrating the process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"iframe content\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/200LmitfW1U?hd=1&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[7],"tags":[55507,54449,55060,55502,60491,46395,62325,63892,54405],"storecat":[],"itemids":[71564],"manufacturers":[33581],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the How do I load a Sample Library in KONTAKT 5? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-load-a-sample-library-in-kontakt-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do I load a Sample Library in KONTAKT 5? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The instructions below have been excerpted from a longer article from Native Instruments which can be viewed here. 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