{"id":11063,"date":"2019-11-20T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sudeepaudio.com\/saath\/?p=11063"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:26:14","slug":"free-kontakt-and-full-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sudeepaudio.com\/saath\/free-kontakt-and-full-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between Free NI Kontakt Player and Full Kontakt version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some libraries of <a href=\"https:\/\/sudeepaudio.com\/brand\/bestservice\/\">Best Service<\/a> (Germany) and other brands work with Native Instruments FREE Konkakt Player and some requires the FULL version of Kontakt by <a href=\"https:\/\/sudeepaudio.com\/brand\/nativeinstruments\/\">Native Instruments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kontakt Player<\/strong>&nbsp;is a free, limited version of Native Instruments&#8217; sampler designed to play licensed libraries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEQAA\" data-complete=\"true\">&nbsp;The paid <strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><span data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"bOkmcb_k\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">full Kontakt<\/span><\/strong> version &nbsp;allows editing instruments, creating custom libraries, and running all third-party libraries without restrictions. Player only runs authorized, usually commercial, instruments.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"bOkmcb_m,bOkmcb_n\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=bOkmcb_l\/TKHnVd\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/span><button class=\"rBl3me IWyTpf pjvauc\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"b6c64999-3830-4d11-89d9-f40127c0a5e2\" aria-label=\"YouTube (+3) \u2013 View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=bOkmcb_l\/C5gNJc;aria-label=bOkmcb_l\/bOjMyf;class=bOkmcb_l\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjS_puAnO-TAxUujGMGHYKuLvQQye0OegQIARAF\" data-hveid=\"CAEQBQ\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Fwa2Od\" data-animation-skip=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjS_puAnO-TAxUujGMGHYKuLvQQ3s0SegQIARAG\" data-complete=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAA\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">Key Differences Between Kontakt and Kontakt Player:<\/strong><button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"cd5c9231-0c2d-4979-b931-1f94fe0b2a14\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=bOkmcb_v\/C5gNJc;aria-label=bOkmcb_v\/bOjMyf;class=bOkmcb_v\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjS_puAnO-TAxUujGMGHYKuLvQQye0OegQIAhAB\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-bfc=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjS_puAnO-TAxUujGMGHYKuLvQQi4wTegQIAxAA\">\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">Cost:<\/strong> Kontakt Player is free; Full Kontakt is a paid product (sold in India as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sudeepaudio.com\/product\/komplete-15-std\/\">NI Komplete bundle<\/a> series).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAg\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">Library Compatibility:<\/strong>&nbsp;Player runs only officially licensed libraries (those with a &#8220;Library&#8221; tab\/serial number). Full Kontakt runs all libraries, including unlicensed, independent, or older ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"dF3vjf\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAw\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">Editing &amp; Creation:<\/strong>&nbsp;Full Kontakt allows users to edit patches, create custom instruments, and access deep scripting\/sampling tools. Kontakt Player has no editing capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some libraries of Best Service (Germany) and other brands work with Native Instruments FREE Konkakt Player and some requires the FULL version of Kontakt by Native Instruments. 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