Basic Operation; Loading And Playing Instruments - Native Instruments KONTAKT PLAYER Getting Started

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4 Basic Operation

Now that you're familiar with the fundamental parts of KONTAKT's user interface, it's time

to get practical. In the following sections, we'll provide you with step-by-step instructions for

some common tasks, such as loading and playing Instruments, combining them into Multis,

and adjusting their basic playback parameters.

Please make sure you start with an empty Multi when following the instructions in this chapter;

if required, use the Reset Multi command from the Files menu in the Main Control panel to

remove all Instruments from your KONTAKT instance.

If any KONTAKT PLAYER compatible libraries or instruments powered by KONTAKT are found

on your computer, KONTAKT defaults to Player mode. In Player mode the Library Browser

is displayed and any installed 3rd Party Libraries are shown. Installed libraries show up as

Library Boxes.

KONTAKT offers you a number of different tools that let you keep track of your installed

sampling libraries and their contents. Ultimately, they all have the same purpose: to let you

locate and use any item you're looking for as quickly as possible.

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The Files tab of the Browser is a tree-based file system navigator that you can use to

traverse the directory structure of your system volumes, browse the contents of any direc-

tory, quickly listen to samples, and select KONTAKT items for loading.

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The Libraries tab offers a more streamlined and intuitive way of accessing commercial

libraries in KONTAKT format.

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The KONTAKT Database is a very powerful tool for managing large collections of

Instruments, Samples, Multis and Banks in a non-linear fashion. It allows you to tag your

items with freely definable attributes and rapidly filter your whole collection by means of

keywords and attributes.

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