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If you canвЂ™t find a libraryвЂ™s content folder, double-check Native AccessвЂ™ default install locations for Windows (C: > Users > Public > Documents) or macOS (Macintosh HD > Users > Shared). Library content default installation location For more information, check out Native InstrumentsвЂ™ page to add third-party Kontakt libraries.

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You can also update their directories afterward by locating the product in the Not installed area of Native Access and then clicking Add Library for your product. Sound libraries from third-party vendors (not Native Instruments) will prompt you to select the content location upon installation.

For Content location, select where you want to install your sample libraries.

For Download location, select where you want your downloads to show up.

Click the person icon and select Preferences.

Native Instruments has more information about setting up Kontakt Libraries in this helpful article. Once the content location preferences are updated, any new sound libraries will be installed in that directory.

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This is normal because the software needs to index all of the recently installed sound libraries and sound banks.ДЇor Native Instruments sound libraries to show up and load in host apps like Kontakt or Reaktor, they must be located in the Content location directory in Native AccessвЂ™ preferences. When you launch your Native Instruments software for the first time, you will likely see a message indicating that you must rebuild the Sound Database.

Locate Kontakt and Reaktor sound libraries

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Read more tips and tricks about how to manage your data on hard drives.

Once installed, the software will only take up space in the Content location.

Have enough space for your software in both Download and Content locations (more below).

Create a folder with an obvious name to store your libraries (Native Instruments Libraries, Komplete Samples, Instrument Libraries, etc.).

Correctly format new hard drives on your PC or Mac before installing your Native Instruments sample libraries.

Native Instruments sound library content checklist Once the content is installed, the files in your download location will be removed.

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To install your content, you will need the required space in both the Download and Content locations.ДЇor example, installing Sessions Strings Pro 2 will need at least 35 GB in your downloads folder and install location. Your content will be downloaded and installed to whatever location you choose in the Native Access Preferences window.

Native Access allows you to activate, install and update your Native Instruments products. For example, KontaktвЂ™s Factory Library is over 23 GB, so it adds up the more sound libraries you install.Д¬heck out our file management guide for more tips and tricks on how to work with your files and sound libraries in an organized and efficient manner! Installing libraries to the same hard drive as your operating system will decrease performance and take up space that you should allot for other software. ItвЂ™s best to store them on either an external drive or a separate internal drive. Many Native Instruments sound libraries take up a lot of hard drive space. Other products like Absynth 5, FM8, and Massive are also synthesis-based and are virtual instruments that donвЂ™t have external sound libraries. For example, Form is a synthesizer and does not have a sound library, but itвЂ™s still an instrument that loads into Reaktor 6. However, not all Native Instruments expansions use sound libraries.

For instance, AliciaвЂ™s Keys is a sound library, and Kontakt is its host software, which means, to use it, the library needs to be loaded within Kontakt Player beforehand. Native Instruments sound libraries are вЂњinstrumentsвЂќ that load into software like Kontakt. What are Native Instruments sound libraries?

Locating library content not found in Kontakt.

Select content location before installing.

Locate Kontakt and Reaktor sound libraries.

What are Native Instruments sound libraries?.

Follow the sections below to get started. In this guide we will show you how to install, locate, and manage Native Instruments sound library content.