

The discontinuation will not affect any update, upgrade or crossgrade paths. If you are using an older operating system, you can find legacy versions of Native Access in this article. Please check out our product pages.Īfter May 31, 2020, the use of Native Access is required to activate and manage your NI products. Most of the other NI products on the list below have a newer version with the same or enhanced functionality. Your library has now been added to KONTAKT's library browser and is ready to use:

Windows: C:\Program Files\Native Instruments.Mac: Macintosh HD > Applications > Native Instruments.You can find detailed instructions in the first chapter of this article. Click ADD LIBRARY and browse to the location of your 3rd party KONTAKT library. If it is not showing up, please re-start Native Access.ģ. You can find the library in the tab Not installed. Start Native Access and log in with the email address and password you have used to register your 3rd party KONTAKT library. Install Native Access (if you have not already):Ģ. In order to activate these KONTAKT libraries on OS X 10.9 (or above) or Windows 7 / 8 / 10, please follow these steps:ġ. If you are using Windows 7 / 8 / 10 or macOS 10.12 (or higher), please use the current version of Native Access to automatically install the appropriate KONTAKT version. Users of OS X 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 can find their KONTAKT installers in this article.

Please note that you have to use KONTAKT 5.6.8 or above for this workaround. You can find the libraries that still can be used on OS X 10.9 (and above) and Windows 7 / 8 / 10 in the product list below. These KONTAKT libraries now can be registered, activated, and added with Native Access and show up correctly in KONTAKT's library browser. However, we have found a workaround that allows the KONTAKT libraries to be used regularly after May 31st on computers running OS X 10.9 (and above) or Windows 7 / 8 / 10. You can find the full list in the tables below. The affected products include discontinued software instruments like B4-II, Pro-53, etc., as well as sample libraries for KONTAKT. This means that already installed and activated products can still be used without limitation, but it is no longer possible to reinstall or reactivate any of these products on a computer running OS X 10.8 (or lower) / Windows Vista (or lower). Note: This article has been updated on August 19, 2020.Īs of May 31, 2020, a range of legacy products from Native Instruments and third-party manufacturers, as well as the activation tool Service Center, will be discontinued.
