CLASSIC INSTALLATION

1. Run the NI Kontakt 5.8.1 SLI UPD.exe service pack (you can remove the service pack after you extract the files).

2. Install the update using NI Kontakt 5.8.1 \ Kontakt v5.8 Updater.exe (updates installed versions of Kontakts, starting with 5.5.0)

MODERN (SIMLINK) INSTALLATION WITH ZERO

1. Download the basic package Native Instruments - Kontakt 5.6.8, Kontakt 5.5.0, Batch Add NI Kontakt Library 1.0.1 SymLink Installer

2. Run the basic package NI Kontakt 5.6.8 AL SymLink Installer.exe and, by clicking the Extract button, extract its contents to any disk for permanent storage, so that it can not be deleted, for example, in the folder: d: \ Kontakt 5 \ ( it is recommended to choose a short path without a Cyrillic)

3. To place the update package NI Kontakt 5.8.1 SLI UPD.exe in the root folder of the unzipped package (d: \ Kontakt 5 \).

4. Run the NI Kontakt 5.8.1 SLI UPD.exe service pack (after you extract the files, you can remove the service pack).

5. Run the command file Replace with version NI Kontakt 5.8.1.cmd

After the console window appears with the message:

!! Close all copies of Kontakt and DAW Apps!

Press any key to continue ...

close all copies of Kontakts and applications (DAW) that use it as a plug-in, then press any key in the console window.

(This completes the assembly update, then the installation itself follows)

6. Integrate the Kontakt into the system using Kontakt 5 Symlink Installer.exe

SIMLINK INSTALLATION - UPDATE

1. Place the NI Kontakt 5.8.1 SLI UPD.exe update package in the root directory of the unzipped base package.

2. Run the NI Kontakt 5.8.1 SLI UPD.exe service pack (you can remove the service pack after you extract the files).

3. Run the command file Replace with version NI Kontakt 5.8.1.cmd

After the console window appears with the message:

!! Close all copies of Kontakt and DAW Apps!

Press any key to continue ...

close all copies of Kontakts and applications (DAW) that use it as a plug-in, then press any key in the console window.

SWITCHING THE WORK VERSION (ONLY FOR SIMLINK INSTALLATION)

The basic package has a modular structure: it means a unique opportunity to add different versions of the Kontakt to it and quickly switch between them by running the corresponding command file Replace with version NI Kontakt 5.x.x.cmd, where 5.x.x is the version number