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Session Guitarist updates and compatibility with Kontakt 7/6
Hey everyone, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Session Guitarist series, there was an update for all the libraries, with the MIDI drag’n drop feature, updated riff and phrase modes, and NKS2 support. Unfortunately for those who were using these libraries with Kontakt 7 or 6, this breaks compatibility. For those who…
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Previous versions of recently updated Kontakt libraries / compatibility with K6 older libraries
Hey all, There are a lot of recent updates for Kontakt libraries to port those to 7.6 and taking more advantage of the MK3 keyboard new possibilities. Some of you expressed the need for previous versions as you do not wish to use Kontakt 7 for various reasons. Here are the installers for those libraries. Let us know if you…
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Official update status - Kontakt (current version: 8.13.0)
This thread provides information about upcoming patches for Kontakt. It will be updated whenever new information becomes available. The currently available software version is 8.13.0. Please make sure that your installation is up to date. —————————— 8.13.0 (2026-09-03) OVERALL CHANGES. ADDED User interfaces improvements to…
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Midi Doesn't cut off in kontakt when playing the same notes
I installed version 8.13.1 on Kontakt and actually the update right before that one I started having midi issues where if I play the same note on two different virtual instruments in the same Kontakt the midi note sustains and continues to play
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Will Kontakt8 see a return of the Wrench Icon for editing/scripting, Yes or No? Please tell us.
The Wrench Icon! As a maker of microtonal music the wrench icon was the sole reason I upgraded to Kontakt years ago. Now, without 'the wrench icon' there is no ability to do microtonal music or abnormal tunings. As of K7 it seems to be rare for an instrument have 'the wrench' anymore.Thankfully I recently realized the old…
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Kontakt 8: Empty white dialog box appears after adding instrument. Kontakt uncontrollable (KT-10584)
It appears to happen when adding instrument patches into Kontakt 8 on Logic Pro. I have recently observed it happening with Spitfire Symphony Orchestra patches, however, I do recall this happening before with another developer also. The DAW becomes unresponsive and I have Force Quit. It is random and does not happen…
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Wacom Stylus with Kontakt 8 - still crashing (KT-11843)
The issue where Kontakt 8 crashes Cubase 15 when using a stylus is still not resolved. Attached crash log.
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Unfortunate mistake of trying out NI offers for the first time
As evident from the title I made the unfortunate attempt of trying out a free offer by ordering the Free Komplete bundle thingy. I was lead here from the results of my search for a free light version on "Kontakt" fancy spellings and all. A music producer friend recently told me that he swears by everything fancy shamancy…
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How to find Quick Load in Kontakt 8
I quite like Kontakt 8 in most regards. But, I am finding myself still using Kontakt 7 quite a bit, solely because of one issue. That is, I have a certain number of manually installed libraries - these are the ones where the developers are too cheap to buy codes from NI, so you have to faff around and add them to Quick…
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Kontakt 8.13 crashes opening older nki's (K4)
I have noticed unstable behavior with K8 especially opening older .nki instruments that are from 2014 or earlier. Kontakt simply closes with the crash reporter. There is a workaround however: you need to create an "empty" instrument first before you open anything. Just double click into the area on the right (classic view)…
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I have been glued to my chair since buying Electric neon deluxe
I was just scrolling through the different patterns to get a better feel for it and pulled out an entire song from one I need to go to bed. I haven't done anything else today expect make this. Song from Neon Deluxe Pattern
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Kontakt Not Finding My Libraries
Hi all, My SSD recently crashed, so I'm rebuilding my PC now. All my libraries were saved on another hard drive, which is safe. I downloaded NativeAccess and reinstalled Kontakt 8, but it can't find my libraries, even after pointing it to the folder where everything is saved. See these two screenshots. Kontakt launches,…
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Any way of trialling Kontakt 8 to check compatibility?
So I have Kontakt 6, Kontakt Player 7 and Kontakt Player 8. A free instrument I want to try out says it requires 'Kontakt Player 7' but after spending some time trying to get it to load, I suspect it actually requires Kontakt 7 (not just the free player). All I want to do is try the instrument out. But: a) I don't know for…
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I need help finding some old KONTAKT presets
I've asked a royalty free music maker where they got some of the instruments they use, and they've repeatedly cited KONTAKT 2 as a source. The specific presets I'm looking for are "Flying Hats" and "Ghost Phrase" but I have yet to find them. Does anyone know where I can find them?
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Kontakt 8.12.1.0 crashing when loading nki files.
Kontakt is crashing when loading some of my nki files. Event log shows "Exception code: 0xc0000005". These files crash standalone, as well as Kontakt in Studio Pro and Cubase. The same files work fine in Kontakt 7 standalone, and I've had these nki files for many years. Any place I can drop these files so someone could…
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Kontakt 5 not loading in project, all drum tracks silent and in demo mode
Yeah, so when I open old projects (2021, 2022) I get this message when it tries to open Komplete 5: "This project was generated using a newer version of the application. Please upgrade your copy to recall the project." And likewise, any programmed drums will not play and is supposedly in "Demo mode", which needs to be…
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Older library crashing Kontakt Player
I have an older .nki library called Bassysm-J by Acousticsamples which opens fine in Kontakt 8 on macOS Tahoe but crashes both Kontakt and Reaper when I try to load it in Windows 11. It also crashes Kontakt in standalone in Windows. Anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it? I tried a batch resave on the library…
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Kontakt 8 multirack, route each instrument to a separate DAW channel
I haven't been able to find the answer to this specific question by searching the forum… so please feel free to redirect me if this has already been answered. My DAW is Bitwig Studio, this is directly relevant to my question, as Bitwig have a fairly unique approach to things like routing. It's very flexible. I have a new…
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Leap instrument knob assignment issue
I am noticing an issue in leap expansions like progressive trance where there are some knobs with multiple host assignments attached to them. For example the volume knob for an individual sound will also affect the quantize parameter The cutoff knob will change the sound group selection I was able to remove the additional…
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Studio Drummer Step Recording
Is it possible to do step recording with Studio Drummer in Maschine? I would like to be able to load the different drums used in a SD KIT into separate sound slots in Maschine. I found some one-shots that look like they came from SD, but they seem to be incomplete. For example I found tom toms with garage/session/studio in…
