Native Instruments Kontakt 3 comes with a huge 33GB sample library, featuring 1000 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.

Soniccouture has a free demo of the Synthi AKS

I’ve collected links to these free Kontakt instruments below. Let me know if there’s anything missing and I’ll add it to the list (the columns are sortable by clicking on them).

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3amnoise.net has posted a few new drum kits and fx hits, made using Battery 3, DKS Pro and tons of processing.

The kits can be downloaded in Battery (.kt3) format, Kontakt (.nki) format and as .wav files.

The Battery and Kontakt kits contain a great deal of internal modulation which animate the sounds in ways that are impossible to reproduce with static .wav files. Most of the arrhythmic patterns are set up in choke groups so that they can be triggered in rhythmic sequences.

Download from the 3amnoise.net blog.

Justin from 3amnoise.net has released 3am Sample Pack, a sample library of 250 loops (24-bit wav) including a kit for Battery 3.

The loops were constructed using:

• Electribe ES-1
• V-Synth
• Devine Machine Lucifer 2
• various Pluggo plugs
• Ableton Sampler
• Ableton Impulse
• Eiosis AirEQ
• Smartelectronix Geometer
• Ohmforce Ohmboys
• AudioDamage FuzzPlus2
• Korg Legacy MS-20
• Native Instruments Battery 3

Download the 3am Sample Pack here (259MB).

3amnoise.net Blog has a new loops pack out, called Noise Loops.

The Noise Loops sample pack weighs 53MB (67MB unpacked) and contains 19 loops. According to Justin they’re Not quite beats, not quite melodies… somewhere in between.

You can also still download the Processed Beats pack (149MB), which was released last month.

These are drum loops I created that didn’t go anywhere. I don’t remember how I made them and no longer have the projects they came from. Use them if you like.

So check 3amnoise.net Blog for more information and links to download these free loops.