{"id":1763478,"date":"2020-07-15T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:48:43","slug":"big-fish-audio-software-activation-instructions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/big-fish-audio-software-activation-instructions\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Fish Audio Software Activation Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this guide, we will show you how to activate, download, and install your new Big Fish Audio software. Follow the sections below to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong><a href=\"#Redeem-the-activation-code\">Redeem the activation code<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#Download-and-install-the-libraries\">Download &amp; install the libraries<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#Install-Native-Access-and-Kontakt-Player\">Install Native Access and Kontakt Player<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#Activate-serial-number-with-Native-Access\">Activate serial number with Native Access<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Redeem-the-activation-code\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Redeem the activation code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in the activation process is to redeem the activation code you received from your Sweetwater Sales Engineer. In order to redeem the Big Fish Audio code, you first need to create an account with Big Fish Audio. Follow these steps to redeem the activation code.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Log in to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfishaudio.com\/account.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big Fish Audio<\/a>. If you haven\u2019t created one yet, you can create one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfishaudio.com\/accountNew.html?1&amp;24&amp;1:::::::::::::\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li><li>On your account page, click <strong>Redeem Code<\/strong>, paste the activation code from the <em>Sweetwater activation e-mail<\/em> into the blank field and then click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfishaudio.com\/redemption.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2019\/07\/Vir2-Redeem-Code-1024x661.png\" alt=\"Big Fish Audio Redeem Code\" class=\"wp-image-1754323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2019\/07\/Vir2-Redeem-Code-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2019\/07\/Vir2-Redeem-Code-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2019\/07\/Vir2-Redeem-Code-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2019\/07\/Vir2-Redeem-Code.png 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to redeem your Big Fish Audio virtual instrument.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Download-and-install-the-libraries\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Download and install the libraries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step in the process is to download and install the Big Fish Audio libraries. The sample libraries contain a lot of files, so download times will vary depending on your internet connection. We recommend downloading one file at a time. Follow these steps to download and install the library files.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>In your account page, download the<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>library .<strong>rar&nbsp;<\/strong>files, and then move all of the folders to the desired library location.<\/li><li>Once all of the&nbsp;<strong>.rar&nbsp;<\/strong>files are downloaded and moved, extract&nbsp;<strong>ONLY&nbsp;<\/strong>the first&nbsp;<strong>.rar&nbsp;<\/strong>file.<ul><li><strong>PC users:&nbsp;<\/strong>You will need to install software such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.7-zip.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>7-Zip<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to extract the .<strong>rar&nbsp;<\/strong>file.<\/li><li><strong>Mac users:<\/strong>&nbsp;You will need to install software such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theunarchiver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Unarchiver<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>to extract the&nbsp;<strong>.rar<\/strong>&nbsp;files.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Install-Native-Access-and-Kontakt-Player\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Install Native Access and Kontakt Player<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All Big Fish Audio libraries require the use of Native Instruments Kontakt Player; a sample-based virtual instrument player. In order to get Kontakt 6, you\u2019ll need to create a Native Instruments account and download the Native Access app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.native-instruments.com\/en\/specials\/native-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Native Access<\/a> page and download the app for your operating system.<\/li><li>Open your Downloads folder and launch the installer<ul><li><strong>PC<\/strong>: Right-click the Native Access Installer .<strong>zip<\/strong> file, select <strong>Extract all\u2026<\/strong>, and then click <strong>Extract<\/strong>. Double-click the new Native Access Setup PC .<strong>exe<\/strong> file and follow the on-screen instructions.<\/li><li><strong>Mac<\/strong>: Double-click the Native Access Installer .<strong>dmg<\/strong> file to decompress it. In the window that appears, drag the Native Access app to the <strong>Applications<\/strong> folder.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Launch the Native Access app log in to your Native Instruments account. If you don\u2019t have one, create one and open the confirmation email sent from Native Instruments.<\/li><li>Click the Kontakt 6 Player\u2019s INSTALL button. Once done, continue below to enter the Serial Number.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.native-instruments.com\/en\/specials\/native-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/07\/Native-Access-download-page-1024x485.png\" alt=\"Native Access download page\" class=\"wp-image-1763479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/07\/Native-Access-download-page-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/07\/Native-Access-download-page-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/07\/Native-Access-download-page-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2020\/07\/Native-Access-download-page.png 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Click the image to download Native Access.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Activate-serial-number-with-Native-Access\" class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-customheader blackHeader alignLeft noUnderline customh2 swheader\">Activate serial number with Native Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff5c7\"><strong>IMPORTANT: <\/strong>The Serial Number for Native Access is different than the activation code you received from your Sweetwater Sales Engineer. It is five sets of five digits (<em>12345-12345-12345-12345<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a sound library is installed, it must be activated and linked to Kontakt within Native Access. All you need to do is enter the<em> Serial Number<\/em> provided by Sample Logic and then select the folder you installed the library. Once done, you\u2019ll be able to launch Kontakt and use your Big Fish Audio instrument.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>In the Native Access app, click the <strong>Add a serial <\/strong>button.<\/li><li>Enter your <strong>Serial Number <\/strong>from your Big Fish Audio account page, and click <strong>Add Serial.<\/strong><\/li><li>When prompted, select the folder you installed the library files.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button flat s blue\">Return to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1763481,"template":"","categories":[429786],"tags":[286878,69555,136608,142732,142715,59876,131759],"storecat":[],"itemids":[252868,252869,252870,239512,252872,252647,252208,262653,252172,252644,173848],"manufacturers":[33222],"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=\"In this guide, we will show you how to register, download, and install your Big Fish Audio virtual instrument library. 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