• All of Kontakt Player based libraries can be loaded into the full version of Kontakt 4 (not included). This provides you the ability to customize the internal sample programming and effects. If you own Kontakt 4, you can load this library and experiment, stretch, layer, alter loop lengths, and apply additional effects to each instrument. Customized instruments should be saved with a new name so the original is preserved.

• There are many possibilities that lurk within the dark chambers of our products, but if you are just starting out, or in a hurry, we suggest trying out the provided multis or templates (Live Packs) instruments for a true taste of the product. These instruments are production-ready will service all of your immediate needs! Multis are laid out into sample zones, generally with atmospheres in the middle of the keyboard map and with rhythmic loops, impacts and stingers on the outer ranges of the map.

• Each of our Multis has been designed to be an all-in-one instrument assigned to MIDI Ch. “omni”. In this way, all instruments within the Multi are played at the same time or strategically. However, you can reassign each instrument to a unique MIDI channel in Kontakt for sequencing each separately in your DAW.

• We recommend running our libraries on a secondary drive separate from the application drive. This frees up CPU power and eliminates drive reading & writing bottlenecks.

• We recommend that you explore our libraries. Each is flexible and full of surprises. We encourage you to audition every key and sample. In you own the full version of Kontakt, you can stretch, layer, alter loop lengths, and apply effects to the instrument patches. This will personalize your library and ensure that it is optimized the way you like it. Slight alterations in instrument programming may improve sample playback for your software and desired effect.

• Save large templates of instruments as multis to expedite your workflow.

• Try adding a release time effect to loops by using the built in delay and reverb. This will add a “wet” or “delayed” release time when a note is released. Reverb and delay will also help smooth out loops when needed to conceal choppiness sometime audible higher on the key map of the instruments or at slower tempos.

• Consider reducing the release time for instruments that are sequenced when you desire to play melodic or fast changing musical lines. A shorter release will allow sequenced effects to retrigger from the start of their pattern; otherwise they will latch onto the sequencers current location.

• Instruments with "MW" in their name mean that they have mod-wheel functionality pre-programmed into it. Be sure to experiment with the mod-wheel for these instruments during playback or performance.

• There’s a lot of excellent material in our libraries, and you don’t have to look hard before you find something inspiring. However, an inspiring sound will only get you so far in a composition before you have to develop it and move to another sound. That’s when you encounter the big challenge to working with any library of effect-oriented sounds: finding an appropriate program to match your inspiration. Since these programs load in a couple of seconds, you can scroll to the next or previous one in the current list by clicking the onscreen arrows. Here are some ideas to design your own custom instrument groupings, as explained by Nick Batzdorf of Virtual Instruments Magazine issue 8:
"First, if you run our Kontakt player products inside Native Instruments’ Kore software you can write your own descriptions and categories for its librarian. Whether or not you’re using Kore, you can save user multis of your favorite programs, which will load banks into the Kontakt Player. That will at least give you a starting template; you can still browse for other sounds as needed. Yet another idea is to roll your own directories, using the computer’s operating system. You can simply create a folder and copy your favorite programs into it. This folder will show up in the Kontakt Player’s browser, and you can then scroll through your chosen programs for auditioning using the above-mentioned arrows. Programs are usually mapped with the note that dominates on its respective key, although occasionally that isn’t the case.

• If your CPU becomes bogged down during playback (audio popping, glitches, dropouts), try:

- Reduce the number of voices in each instrument on the instrument interface.
- Purge unused samples for instruments.
- Set the Kontakt CPU overload protection to “relaxed” or “medium” etc., and/or set the appropriate multiprocessor settings from the Engine settings tab under Kontakt's Options menu.
- Adjust the latency slider under Audio settings tab from Kontakt's Options menu.
- If you have more than 2GB of RAM, experiment with the KMS - Kontakt Memory Server settings from the Memory tab under Kontakt's Options menu.