Official update status - Kontakt (current version: 8.3.0)

Matt_NI

This thread provides information about upcoming patches for Kontakt. It will be updated whenever new information becomes available.

The currently available software version is 8.3.0. Please make sure that your installation is up to date.

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8.3.0 (2025-03-31)

OVERALL CHANGES

ADDED Support for Kontrol S MK3 version 1.9.2
ADDED Data tracking for product instantiation/load time
FIXED Unselected Instrument disappears when loading an additional Instrument that cannot be found
FIXED Crash in Davinci Resolve
FIXED Incorrect Save options shown when saving new user presets for Leap
FIXED Command+N shortcut creates new Leap in Default View
FIXED Miscellaneous Instrument display issues

BUILDER CHANGES

ADDED Four American-inspired passband filter (from Monark)
ADDED Dual Japanese-inspired Sallen-Key filters
FIXED Ladder filter types produce glitchy artifacts under modulation due to incorrect parameter smoothing

Spoiler Warning

8.2.1 - 2025-02-25

OVERALL CHANGES

FIXED Incorrect entries were shown in the Default View's File Menu

BUILDER CHANGES

FIXED Komplete UI issue where Popover was not displayed when 'visible' property initially set to 'true' FIXED Komplete UI issue where Popover was not following its anchor FIXED Komplete UI crash when the UI was reloaded and a Popover was present

8.2.0 - 2025-02-12

OVERALL CHANGES

ADDED Patterns Tool - A new polyphonic step arpeggiator

FIXED Excessively long wait times when saving/loading DAW projects containing Kontakt

FIXED Corrupted user interface when loading certain older instruments

FIXED If hosted, Kontakt 8 would cause a crash when closing Komplete Kontrol 3

FIXED Blank user interface for Electric Keys Diamond, Phoenix, and Alicia Keys

FIXED Crash when Drag+Drop onto the Rack

FIXED User-saved Multis have incorrect Browser Bank Values

FIXED Erroneous warning message when importing Kontakt content with .ncw files

FIXED File type banner text could spill into the user interface if Kontakt is set to minimum size

FIXED Tempo sync issues between Kontrol S MK3 and Kontakt

IMPROVED Use the modern (Vista and above) file open dialog on Windows when locating folders

LEAP CHANGES

FIXED Changing sample rate breaks waveform visuals in Leap

FIXED Leap Macros and Save/Load of global presets would break after periods of inactivity in Logic Pro

FIXED Quickly bypassing the amp and releasing a key could cause hanging notes in Leap

FIXED Samples no longer lose sync when set to Legato Playback in Leap

FIXED Time and pre-delay values in Send FX do not report automation correctly in sync mode

FIXED Changing global tonality in Leap was momentarily delayed, causing notes to briefly play in the incorrect key

FIXED Speeding Leap playback Up/Down will throw currently playing loops out of time

FIXED Speed can no longer be set to 0% as this would cause no sounds to trigger

FIXED Playing one-shots in Legato Mode when quantized and in the same choke group can prevent voices from playing in Leap

FIXED Leap samples do not respond to MIDI pitch bend

FIXED Empty slots in Leap are inconsistently grayed out

FIXED Leap sample start/end points are not reset when replacing a sample

FIXED In classic engine mode, switching to non-ping-pong mode can cause a loop to play in reverse with the reverse button not active

FIXED Notes randomly not playing when triggered from the on-screen keyboard in Leap’s Single Mode

FIXED Muzak Macro preset in Leap was saved with incorrect Delay and Reverb Macros

FIXED Toggling sync on/off in delay and reverb FX causes values to jump unexpectedly in Leap

FIXED Position indicator ring displays incorrectly when duplicating a sample in Leap

FIXED Grid is sometimes incorrect after duplicating grids in Leap

FIXED Replacing a file with modified start/end points can sometimes cause start/end points to not display in Leap

FIXED Start marker in Leap can sometimes disappear

FIXED Duplicating a REX file shows, but does not respect or use the start and end points of the copied sample

FIXED "Edit All Samples" in Leap doesn’t work for Perform and Macro FX Toggles

FIXED Anonymous usage data tracking of Leap for opted-in users

ADDED Command+Click sets a parameter to its default value

ADDED Support for BPM and ID3v2 when importing samples to Leap

ADDED Replaced group/single text switches with buttons for better usability

ADDED Time sync parameter for Global FX

TOOLS CHANGES

FIXED MIDI Note Off events not sent for the Chords Tool for notes not in scale

BUILDER CHANGES

ADDED Komplete UI first public release

ADDED Noise options for the Wavetable Modulation Oscillator

ADDED Blend mode for Wavetable source module’s Modulation Oscillator

FIXED Some MIDI CCs interpreted erroneously as CC 0, breaking KSP multi scripts

FIXED Stop writing library.json in binary format

FIXED Changes made when in mono instances of any stereo FX will not be reflected in the second instance when switching mono off via KSP

FIXED Crash in Wavetable Oscillator

FIXED KSP: dont_use_machine_mode() does not bypass TMPro polyphony limitations

FIXED API: get_instrument_options() doesn’t work with encoded instruments

8.1.0 - 2024-10-21
AAX plugin migration, new effects, assortment of fixes

KONTAKT ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS

ADDED AAX Plugin migration is now available from Kontakt 5, 6 and 7 to Kontakt 8

ADDED New amp and stomp effects: Super Fast 100, Chainsaw, Kolor, Skreamer Deluxe

FIXED Space bar did not get picked up by the DAW after a Tool has been loaded

FIXED Crash when showing the Batch Resave dialog in default view

FIXED Crash when restoring a ProTools project with a large number (>10) of Kontakt instances

FIXED Previews continued to play after Tool or Leap presets were loaded from the Default View side pane

FIXED Drag and drop to create an instance of Kontakt in ProTools brought up the Missing Content dialog

FIXED Tool "Retrigger" and "Dyn Mode" macro knobs did not show values in Maschine/Komplete Kontrol or when automated

IMPROVED Bass Invader amp can now process stereo signals

LEAP IMPROVEMENTS

ADDED More Send FX Delay and Reverb types

FIXED Playback stopped if pointer is moved while playing

FIXED Macro knobs on play page were missing hover states

FIXED Issues after duplicating samples

FIXED Snap functionality took points after the sample end and start into account when snapping in Auto or REX mode using Beat Machine

FIXED Stuck latched notes in scaled mode

FIXED Parameter labels were not drawing on Kontrol MK3

FIXED Changing audio device in Bitwig brought up the Missing Content dialog

FIXED Changing the engine of any sample killed all current voices

FIXED Replacing a playing latched loop led to a stuck note on virtual keyboard

IMPROVED Perform FX and Macro FX toggles are now pinned to both Sound and Engine tabs

CHANGED Snap mode now defaults to Grid

INSTRUMENT BUILDING AND SCRIPTING IMPROVEMENTS

ADDED KUI: Connection to ui_label and ui_text_edit KSP widgets

ADDED KSP: $NI_EPP_EQ_MODE_E_GRAND built-in constant

FIXED KSP: Regression with $EVENT_NOTE and $EVENT_VELOCITY built-in variables having random values in multiscript

FIXED KSP: (N)RPN messages sent from multiscript did not reach instrument scripts

IMPROVED KSP: NKS2 parameter groups can now have up to 48 parameters

ADDED API: set_zone_group() command

KNOWN ISSUES

KNOWN ISSUE Arrow Keys not working in Sidepane of Default View in some VST3 DAWs on Windows (Live, Cubase, Studio One)

KNOWN ISSUE New Kontakt-related files types (NKL, NKT) not opening when Kontakt is launched via loading these files by double clicking in OSs Finder/Explorer

KNOWN ISSUE On macOS, space bar input to start/stop playback reaches DAW only at 2nd press if Kontakt plugin is moved via D&D

8.0.1 - 2024-09-26

FIXED Unable to create new instrument from loading audio file in Classic View (whilst other Insturments or Tools are in view)

FIXED Leap: Quantising will stop all other notes in group mode

FIXED Tools: Missing "Off" state for Dynamics mode on the UI

FIXED Chords: Hanging notes when using this Tool

FIXED Chords: Recorded chords not being strummed as intended

FIXED Phrases: Retrigger modes "Off" and "Legato" not working correctly

FIXED Phrases: Missing NKS1 labels for Retrigger and Dynamics mode

KNOWN ISSUE Leap: While adjusting tuning, all vocies playing in single mode will be set to the same pitch

KNOWN ISSUE Spacebar not reaching DAW when content is loaded from the side pane Browser

KNOWN ISSUE Crash on loading Pro Tools project with many instances, whilst using Kontrol MK3 keyboards

KNOWN ISSUE Leap: Duplicating Kontakt instances containing Leap presets may trigger a missing content dialog (which can safely be ignored)

KNOWN ISSUE Loading a sample via drag and drop on a rack that is not empty can cause an incorrect error dialog to appear. Please create a new Leap from the menu and drag samples onto it instead

8.0.0 - 2024-08-23

New Default View with side pane navigator and browser. New Tools MIDI processors. New built-in instruments "Leap" and "Piano Uno", and Leap Expansion "Lo-Fi Vibes". New Traktor effects and Wavetable source module features. New Komplete UI language for graphical interface development.
IMPORTANT: Kontrol S-MK3 users must update to Hardware Connection Service version 1.7.7!

WORKFLOW IMPROVEMENTS​

ADDED New side pane Navigator and Browser in the new Default View

ADDED Browsing can now filter by Preset types (Instruments, Combined, Tools, Leap, Loops, One-shots)

ADDED Full-screen Browser now shows onboarding information about different Preset types

IMPROVED Full-screen Browser now shows Presets in a single column

IMPROVED Bank chain can now be edited when tagging Presets

IMPROVED Overlay and side panel browsers can now display high-resolution assets

KONTAKT ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS​

ADDED New default sample instrument type for loop and oneshot based workflows - Leap

ADDED New MIDI processing instrument type - Tools (Chords and Phrases)

ADDED 5 new effects from Traktor: Beat Masher, Beat Slicer, Gater, Reverse Grain, Transpose Stretch

ADDED Wavetable source module now has a second Shaper and a Modulation Oscillator, allowing various audio rate processes: frequency, phase or ring modulation, mixing in with the wavetable

IMPROVED Instantiation time with a lot of content products and 3rd party plugins installed

IMPROVED Kontakt now has 28 stereo outputs specified by default, allowing easier multi-out workflows out of the box

IMPROVED Beat Machine now supports reverse sample playback

IMPROVED Increased the maximum amount of external modulators to 64 per group

IMPROVED Replika delay has greatly reduced memory usage and feature parity with the standalone plugin (except Dual mode)

FIXED Polyphonic Aftertouch modulator was not applied per voice correctly

FIXED Beat Machine playback did not take sample start and end markers into account

FIXED LFO Fade In now behaves as expected (previously it clamped to maximum value earlier than it was supposed to)

FIXED MIDI Transpose setting in Instrument Options now also transposes MIDI Polyphonic Aftertouch events

REMOVED Memory server functionality on macOS

INSTRUMENT BUILDING AND SCRIPTING IMPROVEMENTS​

ADDED Support for Komplete UI language

ADDED KSP New MIR functions for key and tempo detection

ADDED KSP Engine parameters for newly added effects, Replika parameters and Wavetable source module parameters

ADDED KSP $ENGINE_PAR_VOICE_GROUP, allows setting a group to a specific voice group

ADDED KSP Support for MIDI 2.0 Per-Note controllers (on 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 display value of an engine parameter based on externally provided value, get_engine_par_disp_ext()

IMPROVED Warnings are not shown as errors anymore in Creator Tools Debugger and Kontakt Lua API terminal

IMPROVED KSP get_folder() can now get the path of the Resource Container linked to the instrument

IMPROVED KSP note_off() now has an optional argument for specifying the time offset after which note off will be applied

IMPROVED KSP make_instr_persistent() now works with string array variables

FIXED KSP Beat Machine did not respond 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 point to Inverter effect in instrument busses (since Kontakt 7.2)

FIXED KSP Setting $ZONE_PAR_VOLUME was incorrectly clamped to 31.02 semitones

FIXED KSP mf_set_event_par() created duplicate events when using $EVENT_PAR_POS

ADDED API factory_snapshot_path and user_snapshot_path entries in the Instrument Options table

FIXED API set_group_start_options() now properly obeys the given group index

KNOWN ISSUES​

KNOWN ISSUE Leap: While adjusting tuning, all voices playing in single mode will be set to the same pitch

KNOWN ISSUE Spacebar not reaching DAW when content is loaded from the side pane Browser

KNOWN ISSUE Crash on loading Pro Tools project with many instances, while KSMK3 is connected

KNOWN ISSUE Quantized notes in Leap instrument can kill other currently playing notes when triggering playback (This can be avoided by holding notes past the chosen quantization interval)

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7.10.7 (2024-12-02)

ADDED Support for macOS 15 Sequoia

IMPROVED Now loads as much as 6x faster than prior - better instantiation times with a lot of content products and 3rd party plugins installed

IMPROVED Tool-specific presets or multis that require Kontakt 8 are now hidden in Kontakt 7 to avoid confusion

FIXED Kontakt not properly updating the Kontrol S MK3 Lightguide in certain scenarios

FIXED When hosting Kontakt in Komplete Kontrol, the Instrument interface could get stuck on the prior instrument despite loading a new instrument

FIXED Using Spacebar to start/stop DAW playback on macOS could be inadvertently blocked when using Kontakt Tools

FIXED Missing PV button in instrument header for instruments with performance views

FIXED KSP Setting $ZONE_PAR_VOLUME was incorrectly clamped to 31.02 semitones

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 point to Inverter effect in instrument busses (since Kontakt 7.2)

IMPROVED Warnings are not shown as errors anymore in Creator Tools Debugger and Kontakt Lua API terminal

ADDED API factory_snapshot_path and user_snapshot_path entries in the Instrument Options table

FIXED API set_group_start_options() now properly obeys the given group index

KNOWN ISSUE In Pro Tools, Kontakt window is cropped when zooming larger than available display size

KNOWN ISSUE Please note that if you have updated to Kontakt 7.10. from a version before 7.9, you may need to reselect your audio device on first launch (macOS only)

Kaiwan_NI

Updated for 8.3.0 release