Free virtual instruments for Native Instruments Kontakt

Native Instruments Kontakt comes with a huge sample library, featuring well over 1,000 instruments spanning a wide range of styles.

If that’s not enough for you, there are also many free Kontakt instruments available for download on the internet. In the list below I have collected some of them. Let me know if anything is missing and I will add it to the collection.

Alex Juno (KVR): Korg DW8000 collection.
Alpine Project: Brass and Woodwind instruments.
AVA Music Group: Hip-Hop Drums, Retro Drums, Indie Pop Drums & more.
Artvera Music: Exposure.
Atom Hub: Percussive and tonal instruments.
Audio Emperia: Deconstruct and Epic Trailer Sounds.
Audio Ollie: Mute ultra low tuned palm mutes.
Autodafe: G&S Custom Work Drum kit, Acoustic Bass, Mega Drum Machines Collection, Pianowa, and more.
Bengt Nilsson: Intimate Piano and Headroom Piano (links to V.I. Control forum).
Bigcat Instruments: Piano, percussion, guitar, organ, and much more.
BOLDER Sounds: DIY Music Box, Medieval Psaltery, Suspended Slate Rocks Demo, Tibetan Granular Textures, Tibetan Singing Bowls Demo, Toy Piano, Wind Chimes Demo.
Channel Robot: Grid Machine Free Chain Drums, Matrix & Matrix Drums, FreeForm version 1.2 update and FreeForm 1.1 (requires account, which is also free).
Chiqui-Audio: Recorder, Melodica, Music Box, and The Mermaid (female vocal).
Cinematique Instruments: KLANG series, Landscape, Sagezahn-Saw, Cement, Chimes and more.
Cinesamples: Mister Rogers’ Celeste, ToyXylo, Accent Pianos, Twisted Psaltry, Tongue Drum, and Kalimba.
Christian Schwenk: ‘Studio 49 Royal Percussion’ xylophone (direct download).
Christoph Hart: Volker, the funky melodica.
Cosmosis (KVR): Groovy Tunes Keyboard.
Crypto Cipher: Tabla Mouth Percussion, Double Sided Hand Drum & Granular Pad, and more.
David Das: Valentine’s Day Freebie.
Eamon Coughlan: Pipa, Irish Bouzouki, Garklein, Khlui, Khloy, Politiki Flogera, Shakuhachi, Pennywhistle, Ocarina, Bird Whistle, and more).
Eduard Telik: ETI Roads Rhodes Mark II electric piano.
Elementary Sounds: DAR: Vintage 1973 electric guitar fused with soundscapes.
Embertone: Ancient Voices, Intimate Strings LITE, Atmoraffe, Ivory Wind and more.
Enjoy Samples: Room Tone and 50s Piano.
Fabel2112: Fairlight CMI IIx (502 patches).
Fairly Confusing Waveforms: Beat Assembler 48, Rekombinator, The Device, Arctic Rooster and more.
Fluffy Audio: AURORROR, Simple Flute, My Log Drum percussion instrument.
ForceSampling: Afterlife Free (1 GB, 100 nki’s).
Fracture Sounds: Desk Bell, Sleigh Bells, Emotional Recorder and Pumpkin Patch.
FrozenPlain: Victorian Music Box.
GBR Loops: Indian Real Electric Bass.
Goldbaby Productions: TekDrum vs AnalogHeat, PPG Wave 2.2, Hapi vs Xylophone, The Fat H3500, and many more.
Handheld Sound: Mini Naal, Table Drum, PianoBoom, Tin Can & more…
Have Instruments: Ristretto Editions of Cello Textures Acoustic, Electronic and Dystopian.
Hephaestus: Oboe, Steinway Grand Piano, Bouzouki, Hang Drum, Clarinet & more…
Hideaway Studio: Vintage synth and sampler + discrete tube synth instruments.
Hollow Sun: Limited-time Freepacks so check regularly.
Homegrown Sounds: Kosmology/Multiverse – FreeFall free version of Kosmology with 120 instruments.
Humanworkshop: AnaSynth, ArabFlutist & PadMeister.
Hugo Kant: Multi-sampled Balafon, Toy Piano, Nanga, Rhodes, and more.
Iamlamprey: Songbird Toy Kalimba and Zephyr Panpipe Pads.
Icebreaker Audio: Hum Organ, CZ Noize, Key-Clicks.
Igorski: Toy Piano.
Impact Soundworks: The 88E, Heritage Percussion, Super Audio Boy, Shreddage 3 Stratus and Precision FREE, Tokyo Scoring Strings FREE, and more.
Ivy Audio: Piano in 162, Clare Solo, Carpenter Trombone, Scott Drums.
Jakob Reinhardt: Crispy Clean Strat, US Dream Guitar, Spanish Thrift Store Guitar, and Mountain Mandolin.
Jon Meyer: Gentle vibes, Steinway grand piano, Kawai BS-30 felt piano, Ludwig drum kits, and more.
Jonathan Howe: Jonathans Glockenspiel.
Karanyi Sounds: Wavesynth EP Glow wavetable instrument and Vapor Keys Sakura lo-fi pads.
Kontaktbanks: Various demo banks.
Les Productions Zvon: Chromatic Hits (demo), Sidekick Electronic Drum/percussion Kits (demo).
Michael Kingston: Ruffrider & Easyrider drums.
Mihai Sorohan: Vowel Ensemble Choir Pack.
Minimal Tonal: Piano and SUB instruments.
Mntra: Rasa with Tibetan Horn, Morin khuur, Pitched Volcanic Rocks, and “Viper” Death Whistle.
Modularsamples: Korg Z1, Ensoniq ESQ1, DSI Tetra and more.
Native Instruments: Kontakt Factory Selection.
Orange Tree Samples: JazzFunk Kit (direct download) / Slide Flute (direct download).
ourafilmes: Various (dnb type) instruments.
Past To Future Samples: Vintage drum kits & vocal samples. Also, exclusive 60s Motown Drums Vol 5 at Rekkerd.
Performance Samples: River Harp, Solo Violin Legato, Legacy Selection and Active-Bow Tech Demo.
Pettinhouse: Yamaha kit, Jazz Guitar, Vinyl Hammond, Garage Vinyl Full Kit, DirectGuitar 2.0 FREE, Brush kits, DirectBass FREE, Classic – Nylon Guitar….
Pianobook: A collection of community sourced sampled pianos.
PULSEHA: Toy upright piano and Syntaktion Basic monosynth.
PulseSetter Sounds: Metalstorm library for trailer composers and Reverxis reverse guitar sound design instruments.
Precisionsound: Peruvian Ocarina, Cretone TT, Koestler Rigoletto, Red Grand, ToysToysToys.
Premier Sound Factory: Wurly Premier G electric piano.
ProjectSAM: The Free Orchestra monthly cinematic instruments.
Rast Sound: Snow Bells, Vocal Morphs and taster packs.
Rattly And Raw: Bear Problems, Lockdown Kitchen, Zombie Drum Bits, The Hipster’s Bongos, The Simpler Sampler.
Red Room Audio: Palette Primary Colors.
Replika Sound: Acoustic Guitar (Nylon String) & Steel String demo versions.
Resomonics: ChillerScapes spooky ambiences & drones for horror.
Retro Sampling: Electric DigiChrome Piano.
Rhim Samples: Stylophone Beatbox free, Dubsiren.
Rigid Audio: Rigid Piano, Drum One, Metawave, and Shimmer Strings.
Riot Audio: Bionic Plucks and Mallets – Lite Edition and Tremolo Clouds.
Rossignol Studio: Versophone, Barbariz 3, Orgambou, Orguerver, Harmonéon, Francinium, Sifflo, and Philorgue.
Sample Logic: Taste the Fury Taiko drum ensemble instrument.
Sample Modern: Detuned upright piano, future rise 25, keys for edm, minimal chords, and more.
Samplefino: Analogue Kick Drum generator for Kontakt.
SampleHero: Vintage Toy Tambourine.
Samplephonics: Ronroco, Leeds Town Hall Organ.
SampleScience: Analog Waveforms v2, The Bells, Taiko Drums, Singing Bowl Renaissance, Stylo Synthesis, Zither Renaissance, and many more.
Soni Musicae: Harpsichords, pipe organ, accordion, and more….
Sonic Cat: Cajon (free 4 velocity layer version) and Pop Piano Free.
Soniccouture: Hammersmith Free Model D Grand Piano, Thunder Drum, Music Boxes, Tape Choir.
Sonixinema: Christmas Bells, Contemporary Cello, Viola & Violin Freebies, Brute Flute Freebie, String Textures, Piano Textures, and Medicine Man.
Sonora Cinematic: Aria Libera cinematic granular vocals and Magnetica Redux cinematic soundscapes.
Sonuscore: Free HD Orchestra Chords & Sustained String Chords (newsletter signup), Enthic Flute Phrases, Phrases Compilation and Dhol Ensemble.
Soundethers: Freefall animated textures.
SoundFxWizard: Scrape Swhell horror swell geneartor.
Soundiron: Aquae Organ, Rainsong, Desk Bell, Snack The Cat.
Sound Blocker: Mikes iMoog (Moog Voyager).
Strayworx: Fujiya MC-3A and Ultranova SAW Bass.
Strezov Sampling: Creative ToolboX: Drums and Percussion, Diamond Jazz Trio, The Felt Seiler Free Edition, and more.
Strix Instruments: ZVENIGOROD Toy Piano.
SUN.io / Sudden Sound Studio: Jackson guitar, field recordings, 9 World Instruments.
Synth Magic: MiniMagic 002 & 003, Synare, Siel PX Electric Piano, Piano 73.
Syrinx Samples: Membranes series and CS15D Free.
Taqsim: Middle Eastern instrument featuring accordion, rababa, shvi, tar, duduk, garmon, frula flute, kanun, ney, and more.
The Sample Company: Round Robin 808 R&D – Test Kit.
THEPHONOLOOP: Texture Mozaik.01 Demo (fully functional).
Tronsonic: Expressive Tron synth instrument.
VST Buzz: LOVE Piano.
Wavesfactory: Whispers, Freelodica, Old Tape Drums, DrumCircle, Power Guitars, 1850 Pipe Organ, W-MusicBox, W-Clock.
Westwood: Alt Piano Lite upright felt piano, and the Roots series.
Wrongtools: Spin music boxes library.
Xtant Audio: African Slit Drum.
Yarra Audio: P511 analog modular synthesizer instrument.
ZAK Sound: Morning Coffee Piano.