Which Products Require Kontakt Full vs. Player?

The following list shows which products require the purchased version of Kontakt. Click on a product's icon for more information. We've also provided a list of our products that either require a different host software, or are standalone.

Not sure what the difference is? Check out this comparison by Native Instruments.

Kontakt Player Compatible (does not require paid version)

• Bravura Scoring Brass
• Charisma Volume 1
• Cinema Sound Foley Library
• Fredonia Grand Organ
• Hammer Klavier
• Juggernaut: Cinematic Electronic Scoring Tools
• Modern Harpejji
• Momentum - Percussive Sound Design
• Pearl Concert Grand
• Pedal Steel
• Shreddage 3 (NOTE: the free trial 
  • Archtop
  • Abyss
  • Hydra
  • Legacy
  • Jupiter
  • Precision
  • Rogue
  • Serpent
  • Stratus
  • Telos
• Shreddage Drums
• Straight Ahead Jazz Horns
• Strum Designer
• Super Audio Cart
• Tokyo Scoring Strings
• Tokyo Scoring Drum Kits
• The 88E
• Ventus Winds Duduk 

Kontakt Full Libraries (requires paid version of Kontakt)

• Allura Volume 1
• Celestia: Heavenly Sound Design
• Cinematic Synthetic Drums
• Curio: Cinematic Toy Piano
• Forest Frame Drums
• Furia Staccato Strings
• Groove Bias: Vintage Drum Sounds
• Heritage Percussion
• Impact Steel: Cinematic Metallic Percussion
• Javanese Gamelan
• Kageyama Taikos
• Koron: Traditional Instruments of Iran
• Koto Nation: Classical Instruments of Japan
• Meditation
• Mega Brass
• Plectra Series
  • 8-String Bouzoki
  • Highland Harps
  • Kazakh Dombra
  • Turkish Oud
  • Guzheng
• Reforged: Cinematic Metallic Sound Design
• Resonance: Emotional Mallets
• Rhapsody Orchestral Colors
• Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion
• Sitar Nation
• Sonic Ocean
• Sonic Forest
• Shou Drum
• Shreddage 1
• Shreddage Bass
• Stroh Violin
• Super Audio Boy
• Ventus Winds (all but Duduk)
  • Native American Flutes
  • Bansuri
  • Ocarinas
  • Pan Flutes
  • Shakuhachi
  • Tin Whistle
• Vocalisa

Miscellaneous Libraries

• Bass Sculptor - standalone plug-in (VST, AU, AAX)
• Peak Rider 2 - standalone plug-in (VST, AU, AAX, RTAS)
• SNESVerb - standalone plug-in (VST, VST3, AU) *Included with Super Audio Cart*
• Acoustic Revolutions Volume 1 - Audio files, no host software required (includes REX2 format for Reason & SAGE format for Stylus RMX)
• Acoustic Revolutions Volume 2 - Audio files, no host software required
• Super FX Volume 1 - Audio files, no host software required
• inSIDious - Reaktor instrument (does NOT required paid version of Reaktor)
• Interplanetary - Massive collection
• Cyclops - Serum instrument
• FM Variations - Zebra² collection
• Tetralogy - Zebra² collection
• Overload - Diva collection