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It is important that you only perform the extraction on the first part of a multi-part RAR archive, this will have вЂњpart1вЂќ or something similar at the end of its file name.

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Once youвЂ™ve confirmed that you have downloaded all the parts you can follow the same procedure used for extracting a single archive вЂ“ either use the right-click context menu or double click the archive to open it. Each part will be numbered and all parts will have the same file size вЂ“ except for the last part which is often smaller. To open these multi-part archives you first need to make sure youвЂ™ve downloaded every part, if a part is missing the archive cannot be opened.

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To prevent you from having to download oneВ massive file it is common to split the download into multiple parts, usually about a gigabyte each. Some sample libraries have a very large file size, even when compressed into a RAR archive. Another way to access the files inside a RAR archive is to double click onВ it andВ it will open upВ like a folder, from here youвЂ™ll be able to drag the files straight out of the archive. The menu layout might be slightly different on your system to the one shown in the image. Once youвЂ™ve installedВ a RARВ extracting utilityВ you canВ decompress the archive by right-clicking on it and selecting one of theВ options from the pop-up context menu. To access the files inside a RARВ archive you need to extract them using one of several freelyВ availableВ utilitiesВ вЂ“ We recommend using the latest version of WinRARВ on Windows and The UnarchiverВ onВ Mac. At Xtant Audio we use RAR compressionВ becauseВ it providesВ theВ smallest file size. This is to speed up the download process. When you purchase a sample library from Xtant Audio, and most other developers, the files you receiveВ are in a compressed format. This will pop up an information box in the middle of the screen which will show the version number you have installed. The quickest way to check which version of Kontakt you are using is to click on the Kontakt logo at the top left of KontaktвЂ™s window.

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How to check which version of Kontakt you have At Xtant Audio we try to use Kontakt 4.2 when possible but be sure to check in the вЂњRequirementsвЂќ section of the product page before you makeВ a purchase, and when in doubt send us an email via the Contact page. Developers almost always state the version of Kontakt required for their librariesВ and itвЂ™s important to check that you have the right one before you make a purchase. To use aВ third-party library (a library that has not been encoded by Native Instruments) youВ mustВ be usingВ the version of Kontakt that the library was created in orВ newerВ вЂ“ Kontakt is not forwards compatible. Most sample libraries you buy from third-party developers, including Xtant Audio, have not been encoded by Native Instruments and therefore wonвЂ™t appear in thisВ tabВ nor can they be installed by clicking the вЂњAdd LibraryвЂќ button.

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Only sample libraries that have been sent by the libraryвЂ™s developer to Native Instruments for encoding show up hereВ and they work not only in the full version of Kontakt but also in the free Kontakt Player. The Libraries tab displays all of the Kontakt libraries thatВ have been installedВ usingВ the вЂњAdd LibraryвЂќ button. If you canвЂ™t see the browser you need to open it by clicking the вЂњBrowseвЂќ button located at the left of KontaktвЂ™s top menu. ThisВ imageВ is probably one youвЂ™re familiar with.В ItвЂ™s the Libraries tab in KontaktвЂ™s browser window. The information presented in this guide is applicable to most third-party Kontakt sample libraries but there are always exceptions so itвЂ™s important that you read the user guides that come with the libraries you purchase. Here weвЂ™re going to focus on the latter as thoseВ are the ones thatВ youвЂ™re more likely to struggle withВ loading into KontaktВ (the first time at least). Those that run in the free Kontakt Player and those that will only work with the full (paid)В version of Kontakt. Kontakt sampleВ libraries come in two flavours. 5 How to openВ sample librariesВ in Kontakt.3.1 How to extract multi-part RAR files.2.1 How to check which version of Kontakt you have.

2 KontaktВ (full version) sample libraries.