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Hey Neda and team. After years of being inactive, I'm now picking up songwriting and producing again. I have a lot of NI instruments and a S88 keyboard, but still have to dive in. As a pop/rock/country songwriter, I can shine a little light of what new things I like to see.

• A "Guitar Colors" instrument (I suggested this before and chances are that you are already working on some of this.) With some kind of amp feedback generator, for controllable, programmable feedback sounds. Plus soundscapes and reverse sounds. (Similar to the Apollo cinematic guitars software from Vir2.)
• More country-pop guitar instruments, like a: Slide/ Lap steel and Resonator guitar for extensive Nashville vibes would be cool.
• A harmonica (mouth harp) would be a nice addition too. There aren't many great ones and I know NI will nail this!

That's all I can think off now. My main genre is Rock and to keep rock music from dying all (guitar) tools are more than welcome!

Oh, one more thing! Adding the drag and drop MIDI feature to earlier Session Guitarist releases would be awesome! (I know from a previous reply that it takes a lot of extra programming and updating, but I think making this a priority would be so helpful for a lot of users.)

Hi Neda

I would be very happy to help. I have used Kontakt for many years now and use it on a daily basis in many different ways. I have created a number of my own instruments using loops and samples. I would love to talk to you about many things, for example about how NI might create a number of various templates with nice graphics etc to enable users with no coding experience to be better able to create their own libraries. Currently it is quite complex to set up various things, so it would be great to have an easier to use back end. Also having a way to customise the GUI would be useful.

I spend some of my time professionally reviewing Kontakt instruments and I also consult with various developers on their products in the Kontakt platform. I also work in education and exploring how NI products can be more accessible to young people and a better tool for introducing them to music production and sample library creation is a passion of mine I would love to share with you.

Thanks

Hi there,

I would like to give feedback to the more simple setups, like Traktor + Z1.

Thanks

Matija

I really think sounds.com was not pushed enough. It was really cool for me to download a sound pack and it was integrated with my Komplete Kontrol or Maschine . Please bring it back.

I have some ideas that may improve Kontakt!

Feature Ideas for upcoming Kontakt 7.7.4. update! — Community (native-instruments.com)

And I also pointed out a bug inside Kontakt.

MIDI Transpose not working properly. — Community (native-instruments.com)

Kontakt is still the best thing that ever happened to me in my musical life!

Hi Neda! I’ve been an NI user since 2019 just before I partially retired in 2020. I worked as an engineer for a networking company and interfaced with the product development teams, so I’m used to providing feedback. I’m currently using Komplete 14 Ultimate along with the Komplete S88 Mk2 keyboard. Thanks for this opportunity!

I've been familiar with and have used NI products for years, Kontakt was the first one I used. I do think there's room for improvement.

I do feel that play assistent tools have been sorely missing in Native Instruments software. From being completely missing to for instance the not so great randomization options in Maschine, there's a lot I think can be improved.

I also think that as a multisampler Kontakt just feels a little unintuitive or uninviting? I tend to grab different software if I want to build my own instruments, although those also have their issues.

I do quite enjoy using Kontakt as a multi instrument. As it is I think that's what Kontakt's strong point is, picking sounds and layering them, though there might still be room for improvement.