INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Extract the "Bitkits" folder and all of its contents to a location of your choice on your hard drive.  IMPORTANT: Do not move or rename any of the folders or files, doing so can cause missing samples when loading the kits.

2. For Live 9, Battery, Kontakt, Geist, EXS24 and NN-XT: 

	- Open the respective program, locate the kits and open them within the program

3. For Maschine 2:

	- Open Maschine 2 and go to File -> Preferences -> Library -> User tab
	- Click on the "Add" button, select the "Bitkits" folder and click "OK" (please note that you should add the "Bitkits" folder and NOT the "Maschine Kits" folder)
	- Maschine 2 will now scan the new library files
	- When Maschine 2 has completed the scan, go to File -> Import Maschine 1.x Format...
	- Select the "Bitkits" folder and click "OK" (again, please note that you should select the "Bitkits" folder and NOT the "Maschine Kits" folder)
	- Maschine 2 will now scan the library and add the tagged kits and samples to the Maschine 2 browser
	- Note: In Maschine 2, there is a separate browser function for content that is not directly provided by Native Instruments, click the User icon (a small icon of a person's head located to the right of the NI icon at the top of the browser) to see the Bitkits kits and samples

   For Maschine 1:

	- Open Maschine and go to File -> Preferences -> User Paths
	- Click on the "Add" button, select the "Bitkits" folder and click "OK" (please note that you should add the "Bitkits" folder and NOT the "Maschine Kits" folder)
	- Maschine will now scan the library and add the tagged kits and samples to the Maschine browser
	- Important: Do not add an "Alias" name to the user path directory, doing so can break the sample paths for the kits

4. For Halion 4:

	- Open Halion and locate the kits in the Halion browser window or in the file explorer window on your computer
	- Drag the fxp files into the Slot Rack

   For Halion 1-3:

	- Open Halion and locate the kits in the Halion browser window
	- After opening each kit, you will most likely get a missing samples dialogue
	- Select the "Bitkits" folder as the sample search path and resave the kit
	- The next time you open the kit it will automatically find the samples (unless you move the sample folder)


IMPORTANT: For all formats, the file and folder structure of the library must stay the same as the original structure in order for the various software sampler programs to automatically find the location of the samples when loading the kits.