A virtual instrument platform reimagined. Imagine any sound – Kontakt lets you find it, create it, and transform it. The latest version of our revolutionary sampling platform combines an entirely new set of intelligent tools with countless sound creation possibilities, redefining how you generate ideas and make music.
New Default View with Navigator and Browser sidebar.
New Tools MIDI processors.
New built-in instruments “Leap” and “Piano Uno”, as well as Leap Expansion “Lo-Fi Vibes”.
New Traktor effects and Wavetable source module capabilities.
New Komplete UI language for developing GUIs.
IMPORTANT: Kontrol S-MK3 users must update their Hardware Connection Service to version 1.7.7!
WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS
ADDED New Navigator and Browser sidebar in the new Default View.
ADDED Browser can now filter by preset types (Instruments, Combined, Tools, Leap, Loops, One-shots).
ADDED Full-screen Browser now shows information about the different preset types.
IMPROVED Full-screen Browser now shows presets in a single column.
IMPROVED The bank chain can now be edited when marking presets.
IMPROVED The overlay and sidebar browsers can now display high-resolution assets.
KONTAKT ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS
ADDED a new default sample type for loop and single-shot workflows – Leap.
ADDED a new instrument type for MIDI processing – Tools (chords and phrases).
ADDED 5 new effects from Traktor: Beat Masher, Beat Slicer, Gater, Reverse Grain, Transpose Stretch.
ADDED Wavetable source module, which now has a second shaper and modulation oscillator, allowing for different processes with the audio frequency: frequency, phase or ring modulation, mixing with the wavetable.
IMPROVED instancing times with a large number of content products and third-party plugins installed.
IMPROVED Kontakt now has 28 stereo outputs by default, making it easier to work with multiple outputs out of the box.
IMPROVED Beat Machine now supports reverse sample playback.
IMPROVED Increased the maximum number of external modulators to 64 per group.
IMPROVED Replika Delay has significantly reduced its memory consumption and is now on par with the standalone plugin (except in Dual mode).
FIXED Polyphonic Aftertouch modulator was not being applied correctly for each voice.
FIXED Beat Machine playback was not honoring sample start and end markers.
FIXED Fade In LFO now behaves as expected (it was previously clamping to its maximum value earlier than it should have).
FIXED MIDI Transpose setting in Instrument Options now also transposes Polyphonic Aftertouch MIDI events.
REMOVED Memory Server functionality on macOS.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CREATING TOOLS AND SCRIPTS
ADDED Komplete UI language support.
ADDED KSP New MIR functions for detecting keys and tempo.
ADDED KSP Engine parameters for the new effects, Replika parameters, and Wavetable source module parameters.
ADDED KSP $ENGINE_PAR_VOICE_GROUP to set the group to a specific group of voices.
ADDED KSP Support for MIDI 2.0 Per-Note Controllers (in the note_controller callback, set_note_controller() command).
ADDED KSP New command to send polyphonic aftertouch events, set_poly_at().
ADDED KSP New command to get the value of an engine parameter based on an externally provided value, get_engine_par_disp_ext().
IMPROVED Warnings no longer show up as errors in the Creator Tools debugger and Kontakt Lua API terminal.
IMPROVED KSP get_folder() can now get the path to the resource container associated with an instrument.
IMPROVED KSP note_off() now has an optional argument to specify a time offset after which note off will be applied.
IMPROVED KSP make_instr_persistent() now works with string array variables.
FIXED KSP Beat Machine not responding to change_tune() commands.
FIXED KSP Regression in load_array() behavior when loading string arrays (since Kontakt 6.7).
FIXED KSP Regression where $ENGINE_PAR_LR_SWAP and $ENGINE_PAR_PHASE_INVERT did not indicate the inverter effect in instrument buses (since Kontakt 7.2).
FIXED KSP $ZONE_PAR_VOLUME setting was incorrectly clamped to 31.02 semitones
FIXED KSP mf_set_event_par() creating duplicate events when using $EVENT_PAR_POS
ADDED factory_snapshot_path and user_snapshot_path API entries to Instrument Options table
Fixed set_group_start_options() API now properly honors the set group index KNOWN
ISSUES
KNOWN ISSUE Leap: When adjusting tuning, all voices playing in single mode will be set to the same pitch.
KNOWN ISSUE Spacebar does not reach DAW when loading content from Browser sidebar.
KNOWN ISSUE Crash when loading Pro Tools project with many instances with KSMK3 connected.
KNOWN ISSUE: Quantized notes in the Leap instrument may destroy other currently playing notes when playback is started (this can be avoided by holding notes past the chosen quantization interval).
1) Run Kontakt 8 8.0.0 Setup on your computer.
2) Disable your antivirus and unzip Kontakt 8.0.0 Patcher.7z, then run Kontakt 8 Next Patcher as administrator.
(If you unchecked AAX or VST3 during installation, the patcher will tell you that it cannot find the file, just click the NO button).
Click the Patch button and wait for the DONE text to appear
in the lower left corner.
