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Leap Expansion - Hot Vocals: Kontakt Vocal Presets by Native Instruments

Leap Expansion - Hot Vocals is a Kontakt preset expansion from Native Instruments featuring contemporary R&B and pop vocal sounds, including lead lines, harmonies and hooks.

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01Overview

Leap Expansion - Hot Vocals is part of Native Instruments' Leap Expansions line, a series of sound collections built around pitch, speed and loop manipulation. This pack focuses on vocals rather than synths or drums. It gathers contemporary R&B and pop vocal material in one place, covering polished lead parts, stacked harmonies and catchy hook ideas. It runs inside Kontakt, so you load the sounds into the Kontakt instrument and play them from your keyboard or sequencer.

Best for

R&B vocal production
Pop topline sketching
Vocal hook ideas
Harmony stacking
Chorus and bridge ideas

Developer: Native Instruments
Category: Expansion Packs
Requires: Kontakt
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Contemporary R&B and pop vocal collection
Polished lead vocal lines
Rich vocal harmonies
Catchy vocal hooks
Pitch, warp and slice performance approach
Around 160 vocal items
Runs in Kontakt or free Kontakt Player
Works offline after installation

03In depth

Vocal Sounds for R&B and Pop Production

The collection is built around a contemporary R&B and pop palette. Its core is polished lead vocal lines, supporting harmonies and short catchy hooks, so you can start a chorus, bridge or topline sketch from a finished vocal idea rather than a blank timeline.

Because the Leap series is designed around pitch, warp and slice performance, the sounds are meant to be played and reshaped, not just triggered. Developer Native Instruments presents the pack as a launch point for experimentation, with playful effects that can produce unexpected results.

Workflow and Requirements

Hot Vocals is a Kontakt expansion, so Kontakt is required. A free Kontakt Player is enough to load the sounds. The pack includes around 160 vocal items and has a total download size of about 0.17 GB.

Once installed, the content runs offline. An internet connection is needed for the initial download, installation and activation. Some Leap Expansions are included in Kontakt 8 and Komplete 15 Standard and above, which gives access to a larger library of products.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	Native Instruments
Type	Preset pack / expansion
Category	Expansion Packs
Requires	Kontakt

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Leap Expansion - Hot Vocals?

You need Kontakt to load the pack. The free Kontakt Player is sufficient. The expansion also needs a 64-bit host and about 2 GB of free disk space.

Which formats and operating systems does it support?

On macOS (64-bit only) it runs as Stand-alone, VST3, AU and AAX. On Windows (64-bit only) it runs as Stand-alone, VST3 and AAX. macOS 13, 14 and 15 and Windows 10 or 11 are supported.