Play DiViNe instruments with Native Instruments Kontakt 5 (SFZ format)

Prerequisites

DiViNe Desktop is recommended to export any DiViNe instrument in SFZ format.

• Download and install DiViNe Desktop.
• Kontakt 5.x is able to import SFZ files. This feature has been removed since Kontakt 6.x.
• Kontakt 5.8.1 (Player) Win 7/8
• Kontakt 5.8.1 (Player) macOS 10.13
• A legacy version of Kontakt 5.x is available for download here.

Export an instrument in SFZ format

1. Launch DiViNe Desktop and go to the Search page.
2. From the Catalog page, click on the download icon to the right of your instrument to start the downloader:

3. From the My Purchases page, click on the download icon to the left of your instrument to start the downloader:

4. Select SFZ as the export format. Here, you can choose to export audio files as:
   • FLAC (larger files with no quality loss).

Import an instrument into Kontakt

1. Unzip the downloaded file.
2. Convert FLAC samples to WAV format using an audio encoder like Easy CD-DA Extractor.
3. Edit the .sfz file and rename .flac to .wav for each sample using a text editor like Notepad++.
4. Browse and select the .sfz file from Kontakt's file explorer and click 'Import'. Select folders for the .NKI file and sample files:

5. Keygroups and samples are loaded and can be played from Kontakt.

Enjoy your music and have fun!