Official update status - Kontakt (current version: 8.1.0)

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 8.1.0. Please make sure that your installation is up to date.

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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

Spoiler Warning

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)

Kaiwan_NI

Updated for 8.1.0 release