Default Native Instruments Library Location

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Plug-ins and Sounds. Logic Pro gives you a massive collection of plug-ins and sounds to fuel your creativity. The ever‑growing Sound Library is also a powerful source of inspiration, thanks to Patches that allow for rich layers of instruments and effects — and Smart Controls that let you easily shape any sound. These settings will determine where Native Access downloads and installs your software and library content (instruments for Kontakt 5, Battery 4, and Reaktor 6). For more information on how to change these locations, visit Native Instrument’s article on this topic.

Native Instruments recommend not moving your NI software applications after they have been installed, as this can cause various problems. Do not move the application folders or any of their contents after they have been installed.

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Libraries:
It is safe to move your Native Instruments sample libraries to another hard drive, this can even improve performance in some cases if you have an extra hard drive you can devote to library storage. This applies to the libraries of MASCHINE, KONTAKT, BATTERY, KORE 2, KORE PLAYER, AKOUSTIK PIANO and ELEKTRIK PIANO.
To move any of these libraries, you can simply drag the library folder(s) to the new location. Then reset the library location in the options menu of the respective software. In KONTAKT you also need to reset the path KONTAKT checks when building the database, followed by a database rescan in case you want to use the Quickload List (see theRelated Articlessection below for further information).
Here is some additional specific information about moving the libraries.
KONTAKT 4: To reset the location after moving the Kontakt 4 Library folder, open theLoad/Importtab in the KONTAKT 4 Options and change theKontakt Factory Library Path.
KONTAKT 5: After moving the Kontakt Factory Library folder you will be prompted by KONTAKT 5 to relocate the folder if you look under theLibrariestab at the top left of KONTAKT.
Other KONTAKT Libraries: In general, you can move the content folder for each Library, the name in all cases will end with the word 'Library', e.g. 'Berlin Concert Grand Library', etc..
After moving these folders, re-open KONTAKT. If any library folders have been moved, you'll see aLocate button under the name of the respective library in the KONTAKTLibrariestab. Simply click this button to relocate the content.