Free .nki Sound Banks & Samples

Soprano Jug Drum

Soprano Jug Drum virtual instrument is a free percussions and water jug sound bank for Kontakt, by Embertone.

What happens when you lock two sound designers in a space with 5 water jugs, 5 microphones, a laptop and an audio interface? Pure #$!@ing magic, that’s what! With oodles of round robins, 4 different playing styles, and a dynamic range equipped to shake things up, you’re going to love this instrument… It’s a new angle on the concept of “epic drumming”

The 4 playing styles are mapped out equally over 4 octaves. From highest to lowest they are: 1) Hand (muted) 2) Hand (ring out) 3) Timpani Mallet 4) Stick. This instrument is sooo much fun, we suggest trying it out with an arpeggiator!

The FREE version of Jug Drums is just the highest drum, the soprano, with full velocity/round robins, but without mic position mixing control. It’s a LOT of fun to play with!

http://www.embertone.com

Snow Bells

Snow Bells virtual instrument is a free bells sound bank for Kontakt, by Rast Sound.

Snow Bells II is a unique bell collection for Kontakt, designed mixing recorded bell instruments and processing, interchangeably playable with keyswitches:

380 MB Unzipped for Kontakt & WAV.

200 Samples.

6 Solo Bells for Kontakt (full v5.8.3+).

*This is a gift library from Rast Sound team.

{See video at top of page}

http://www.rastsound.com

Smellow

Smellow virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Kontakt, by Kwonky Instruments.

Smellow is Kontakt sampler instrument that creates atmospheric mellow tones.

Requirement: Kontakt 5.6.6 or later.

Video Demonstration: {See video at top of page}

https://kwonkyinstruments.com

Small Saw

Small Saw virtual instrument is a free ethnic sound bank for Kontakt, by Cmusic Production.

Usually Small Saw is used by artists of the original genre. It has a specific sound issued with the help of a violin bow. We decided to make this tool and see what will come of it.

Features:

Legato, Portamento and Glissando Velocity Control.

Gliss-Up articulation.

Saw FX.

257 MB on disc, 487 samples, 44.1 kHz / 24-bit.

{See video at top of page}

https://www.cmusic.pro/

Simply Space

Simply Space virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Kontakt, by 99Sounds.

Simply Space is a free collection of melodic pad hits and background sonic textures crafted by Nigel Good. The sound library was designed to blend perfectly with all typical chords for a given key, making it possible to layer the included sounds underneath any given chord progression, melody or riff.

The samples are provided in the keys of C and G, however they can easily be transposed to different keys simply by tuning up or down. It’s also worth noting that the included sounds can be transformed into tension builders and classic EDM style build-up sounds simply by being reversed in an audio editor.

Apart from the royalty free sample content, the library also includes a collection of 34 NKI patches which can be used with Native Instruments Kontakt 5 or above. The provided NKI patches make it possible to play the included melodic hits as standard pad and lead sounds.

Contents:

64 audio samples.

34 NKI patches (NI Kontakt 5).

24-bit WAV format.

48 kHz Stereo.

408 MB size on disk.

341 MB download size (ZIP archive).

Price: Free.

{See video at top of page}

http://99sounds.org

Simple Flute

Simple Flute virtual instrument is a free flute sound bank for Kontakt, by FluffyAudio.

Simple Flute is a FREE instrument for Kontakt 4.2.4.
Powered by a customized version of WIPS Scripts (with the given permission of customizing it by its author Robert D. Villwock), Simple Flute is just a simple well-sounding flute for Kontakt. Thanks to the scripting engine and the sampling method used, they’ve realized a very playable instrument, which can be played at any tempos, has a controllable amount of vibrato, three phase locked dynamic layers, legato control, two (long and short) articulations, 3 Round Robin for the short articulations, micro tuning presets and a wide selection of impulse reverb presets.

Simple Flute enables the user to play with breath and wind controllers, has a keyswitching ability to change to the desired articulation and features a smooth crossfading between the three dynamic layers. Moreover Simple Flute can perform realistic trills and grace notes:

55 MB Sample library (compressed in Kontakt’s NCW Format).

130 Samples (44kHz/24-bit).

Synthesized legato engine.

3 Wheel Controlled Smooth Dynamic Layers.

3 Round Robins for Short Articulations.

16 unique Convolution IRs.

BC Controller and Wind Controller enabled.

http://www.fluffyaudio.com

Sika Oriental Scale

Sika Oriental Scale virtual instrument is a free ethnic and world instrument sound bank for Kontakt, by Human Touch Technology.

Sika Oriental Scale is a free sound library for Kontakt.

Main Features:

• 9 Oriental light weight sounds.

(Alto sax, Oud, Kanoun (3 sounds), Accordion, Trumpet, Nay, Duduk)

•Legato with quarter note.
• Real time one click quarter note.
•Mini rhythm arranger.
• 3 styles (Saidi, Maksoum, Ayoub).
•Intro and break functions.
• Automatic Darbuka line.

Styles used in the arranger are mixed samples from Darbukator Dance and Traditional.

Audio Demo on Sound-cloud

http://www.httmusic.com/

Scott Rockenfield Queensryche Drum Kit

Scott Rockenfield Queensryche Drum Kit virtual instrument is a free drums sound bank for Kontakt, by CGM Prods.

Scott.Rockenfield.Queensryche.Drum.Kit is a GM+ drum kit for Kontakt 5, almost all samples from “Single Hits” and “Cymbal Swells” recorded by the Queensryche drummer are here mapped into Kontakt.

At DBAR Productions they used a Pearl Masters custom drum kit, top of the line mics and gear.

http://cgmpro.webs.com/

Scott Drums

Scott Drums virtual instrument is a free drums sound bank for Kontakt, by Ivy Audio.

Scott Drums is a sample library of a drum kit. Every kit piece was close miked in a professional studio and recorded with five round robins and eight dynamic layers. The library has built in per-channel FX, and includes a “dry mix” mode for a bleed-free sound.

Some features:

Almost 12,000 individual samples.

Built in per-microphone effects.

Multiple dynamic layers and round robins on all parts of the kit.

“Dry mix” mode disables mic bleed.

Free to download and use in personal or commercial projects.

Articulations list:

Kick: single pedal hit.

Snare: Snare hit, rimshot, flam, crossfading rolls with multiple roll speeds, snare with wires disengaged, ghost notes, cross stick.

Toms: Two rack toms and floor tom.

Hihat: Open, half, closed, and mute.

Cymbals: 22″, 18″, 16″, and 10″ cymbals with mutes and scrapes.

Bonus: Stick clicks.

Audio demos:

{See video at top of page}

http://www.ivyaudio.com

SARP

SARP virtual instrument is a free sound bank for Kontakt, by Channel Robot.

SARP is a free Kontakt arpeggiator-instrument.

Sometimes its easier to just do rather than say, and our unique and creative arpeggiator is one such time. We’ve used the engine inside SARP in a range of products, Folio Bass, Phenomena, and others.

We wanted to give everyone an opportunity to try the sequencer for free so you can learn how to use it to its potential before you purchase any of the full products that use the same arp. So here it is stand-alone and for-free.

SARP showcases our advanced ‘Multi-key’ sequencer. Unlike other sequencers, this enables you to run up to 8 different sequencers at the same time- based on how many and which notes are pressed on your keyboard. The first lane corresponds to the first key pressed, the second lane to the second key and so on. It’s very flexible and easy to use.

There’s only 8 voices to select from (2 Basses from Folio Bass, 2 voices from Phenomena, 2 from the up-coming KeyTone and 2 drum kits from the up-coming Folio Drums), so it’s never going to be your go-to sound source, but for creative poly-rhythmic arpeggiations we think its unsurpassed.

You can make Kontakt send MIDI notes out so you can even place your sound-source-of-choice right after SARP-Kontakt in your DAW to get arpeggiated sequences using other instruments. So it should be really really useful straight out of the box.

Here’s a quick demo :
bassarpdemo01

Available now in the free stuff section at channelrobot – sign up now and get access.

Also available form Kontakt Hub for signed up members.

http://www.channelrobot.com/