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    • Member Posts: 5 Member

      The new stuff sounds fun but I would prefer the basics improved. The UI is ugly and pixelated, surely high time for hi res graphics?!

      The other thing is migration in templates. Can you simply call it Kontakt and not Kontakt 8? Then it would always work. Kontakt 6 was like this but then 7 added the numeric.

    • Member Posts: 1 Member

      • Will there be any instruments that work in Kontakt 7 that won't work in Kontakt 8? I had this problem when upgrading to Kontakt 7.

      • Will Kontakt 8 be more or less likely to crash than with Kontak 7? I got more crashes after upgrading to Kontakt 7? I'm not sure, though, whether the crashing has had to do with upgrading to Kontakt 7 or whether it may be a problem with Logic Pro (11.0.1) or the Mac System (Sonoma 14.8.1), which I also upgraded at about the same time.

    • Moderator Posts: 2,308 mod
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/179049#Comment_179049

      Just using the same name won't help with migration, that's based on plugin IDs. Personally, if I opened existing projects and there was an automatic "We're now going to load K8 instead of K7" I'd hit the roof! I'd far rather manage that change than have someone else do it automatically. And I agree completely about the graphics.

    • Member Posts: 9 Member

      Can you multi output drums in K8?

    • Member Posts: 3 Newcomer

      How about under the hood? The sampling part. Is it improved? Can we audition slices? Is it resizable? More modern?

    • Member Posts: 18 Member

      Unlock discontinued Kontakt 2, 3, 4 as freeware to help people with older projects.

    • Member Posts: 27 Member
      edited September 2024
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/175444#Comment_175444

      Are you familiar with the Batch Resave feature? I've found that it greatly decreases load times. I keep a list of all of my libraries on which I've run Batch Resave. It's fantastic. 😊

    • Member Posts: 27 Member
      edited September 2024
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/175699#Comment_175699

      I'm curious why you'd ever want to migrate a project. What does one gain by migrating old projects?

    • NKS User Library Mod Posts: 5,524 mod
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/179086#Comment_179086

      Primarily it ensures they can still be opened as operating systems change.

    • Member Posts: 27 Member
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/176306#Comment_176306

      As long as the previous version of Kontakt still loads and works, why is migration in a template necessary? Can't the template just continue to run on Kontakt 7 or 6 (etc.)? Why would every instance of Kontakt in a template need to be changed? (Asking sincerely.)

    • Member Posts: 3,475 Expert
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/179083#Comment_179083

      Of course.

      VP

    • Member Posts: 1,405 Expert
      edited September 2024

      Not sure how helpful it is, but I stumbled across a livestream video the other day by a channel called "SLEEP FREAKS". Said livestream was actually held two weeks ago and it's fully in Japanese only.

      They showed (among other things) Kontakt 8, it's new Phrases/Chords/Leap tools and Conflux in action.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhDsZoX2qbA

      Didn't understand a thing, but it was pretty interesting still.

    • Member Posts: 220 Advisor
      edited September 2024
      https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/179092#Comment_179092

      Looks like komplete kontrol 3 software.. I don't see subbanks?

    • Member Posts: 6 Member

      Please return 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 'Kontakt Factory Library' still allows editing/scripting/microtonality/notes per octave etc. / / / but not the new one', "Kontakt Factory Library 2'. Even for the EXACT SAME instruments contained in both versions.

      At this point I won't be upgrading until assured the scripting features will remain.

      As far as the new features to assist in composing/music theory/chords/sequencing etc., . . . I don't need anything like that.

    • Member Posts: 123 Advisor
      edited September 2024

      Not sure if this was already posted, but just found a support article on Kontakt 8's Browser. Interesting to see Expansions can be browsed via Kontakt now. Are we moving from Komplete Kontrol software to Kontakt in the near future?

      Guess probably not anytime soon if at all since KK acts as a plugin host too. I think adding Expansions to Kontakt is for using them with new Leap sampler?

      https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/20878889032733-The-New-Browser-Categories-in-Kontakt-8

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