Native Instruments Kontakt 5 (better known as Kontakt 5) is the leader and the world’s most powerful sampler for music production and computer-based DJing. Kontakt works in standalone software and synthesizer compatible application plug-ins, supporting VST, DirectConnect, Core Audio, MAS or FreeMIDI formats, and many more. Kontakt 5 comes with a huge instrument library, an instrument bus system, a huge array of filters, expressive sound shaping, new on-board studio effects, an advanced sampling framework and scripting, and deep editing capabilities.