#KONTAKT FACTORY CONTENT HOW TO#
#KONTAKT FACTORY CONTENT FULL#
If you have previously scanned your plugin folders and would like to do a full re-scan hold CTRL/CMD and click Scan. Once you have the folder selected, click Scan to scan the folders.
#KONTAKT FACTORY CONTENT 64 BIT#
Windows - C:/Program Files/Native Instruments/VSTPlugins 64 bit.You can select and scan two different folders simultaneously:īy default Kontakt and any other Native Instruments plugins will be installed in the following folders: Below Plugin Folders in the bottom left, find and select the folder where Kontakt and the rest of your plugins are normally stored.Once you have opened VIP, navigate to the top of the window and select Settings > Plugin Manager.No matter the use, the instructions below will apply to any plugin that contains additional expansions or add-ons that are separate from the plugins base content. Mark Knight Deep House expansion, D.Ramirez Tech House expansion, etc.). For others, like AIR Hybrid, an expansion is just an additional bank of presets and sounds (i.e. They are usually provided separately as an additional installation or as part of a package, like Native Instruments' Komplete.įor some plugins, like Native Instruments' Kontakt, these expansions represent most of the provided content and allow the user to customize their plugin content according to what they need by purchasing only the expansions they want. In short, these are banks of additional content and presets that are not contained in the initial content provided with the plugin. Finding and Loading Your Kontakt ExpansionsĪ lot of plugins contain expansions.This guide will walk through using the VIP Plugin Manager to activate expansions for Kontakt and other expansion based plugins. Kontakt is one of the most commonly used plugins, but because of it's unique structure, the process for using inside of VIP requires a little more explanation. It's a powerful way to play virtual instruments live or integrate them into a recording session.
VIP gives you immediate access to any virtual instrument in your collection, with or without a DAW.