[New release] KONTAKT 7 is here

Vagus

You may or may not be aware that the 'negativity' goes back many years of many let-downs, false promises, bad decisions by NI that have affected users who don't as yet really see any upturn. Not issuing Komplete on disc being another issue that will cause no small amount of consternation.

Most of the users are not negative per se. They see and have seen huge potential in NI's product range and see that squandered through neglect and who knows...disinterest?...pass. I don't think many think it negative to want to see that potential realised.

The audio world over the last few years has moved at quite a pace and I doubt many think that NI have kept up with it in any way, which given 'The Future Of Sound' tag line then shoots itself in the foot somewhat.

The development teams, in theory, have a reasonable inkling of what developments may or may not be in the pipeline, but the users do not so all they can make judgements on is what is presented and past performance.

In the case of say the two newest developments, NA2 and Kontakt 7, both come across as not fully resolved and to that extent cause perhaps more concern than would a delayed but more robust release. The disappointment shown by some should be at least understandable.

If a statement was issued outlining where things were heading and why things have been taking so long, that might at least make users think they counted for something other than a funding source.

I know that others have suggested more liaison between users and developers, but that appeared to not seem attractive to NI.

I'm naive in that I think it's in everybody's interest to have a symbiotic relationship between companies and their users, but that cannot occur if any party doesn't want it.

Yehaa! Kontakt 7 in da house!

But.. Surprise surprise.. There's still no option to maximize or go full screen when running it in standalone mode.. (At least in Windows)

Depending on the instrument, you get just a tiny little screen.. and a LOT of wallpaper.. (Fortunately I'm working with a full HD screen.. God bless those who work with a 4K screen..)

Really, Native, please.. I love my wallpaper.. but not when I'm making some noise.. Focus is key!

It is THAT difficult to allow us to run the application in full screen mode or just maximized?

Come on, please.. Just like Reaktor or Maschine..

See? Beautiful! Fully well-profited screen..

You just have to enable this little button here..

The squeare-shaped one..

Like this..

So we can click and ta-da!

It's A Kind Of Magic! 🎵

Really, please, don't we deserve it? 😔

Completely agree here.

But, for god's sake.. It have been years now..

There's a lot of people that had paid thousands for this software which in some scenarios is almost unuseful.

"Go buy a smaller screen" We could say.. But that's not the solution.

When I first hear about this complain we weren't even talking about 2K screens yet.

We understand that some instruments have gone aged. We understand that some code cannont be touched because it's mastermind is not onboard anymore, but, one more time, It have been ages.

People is getting tired, and for a good reason.

One thing I hoped would be included with Kontakt 7 was KK style implementation of KK keyboards, i.e automatically mapping the knobs to the cc in the Kontakt instrument. Since there’s now so many play series instruments that use that layout it seems a waste to limit that functionality to Komplete Kontrol.

Oh well, maybe in Kontakt 8 :)

@Kaiwan_NI Hey a few questions about the new release.

Are snapshots (presets) saveable in the nki file now like you can do with Reaktor?

Is Kontakt 7 working on the Maschine Plus on release?

Do any of the new Kontakt 7 Libraries not work on the Maschine Plus?

Thanks

@Martin Schmid It's the Player version, though. I was/am just confused as to why it suddenly would appear out of the blue 😅

A few points here:

1. To help anyone having issues in installing the new Kontakt Factory Library 2 - if you only just installed Native Access 2 you will likely have to manually give it "full disk access" within your Mac's system preferences in order for it to install correctly. For some reason, all of my Komplete Collector's Edition updates and additions installed with no issues while NA2 did not have full disk access. Kontakt Factory Library 2 did not and this was the fix that worked.
2. I noticed something interesting in the video in the help section where someone from NI is demonstrating how to add applications to "full disk access" in the security and privacy section of system preferences. When he goes into his finder and then to applications to select the app he wants to add - he has an app titled.......Native Access 3. I wonder if NI realizes that NA2 is for lack of a better phrase...a "half baked" update.
3. Speaking of half baked updates - I am fully aware that MANY users share my thoughts that Kontakt 7 thus far is an incredibly poorly executed update to the engine. Too many unaddressed issues that users have spoken of for years - almost as if NI is simply just not listening to what their user base is asking for. NI please hear this - the quality of many of your release packages from the play instruments, expansions, sampled instruments etc is truly wonderful. However, from a technical and practicality standpoint....a GUI standpoint.....and user friendly interface standpoint - I and many others really feel that you are not "hearing" what your users are missing/looking for from you. Please consider finding a better way to listen to your users thoughts, comments and suggestions in a constructive way that can actually receive serious consideration into how your software develops into new versions and updates. This would be a serious and major area of improvement that NI could undertake. This would not only provide customer retention but also increase your customer base ten-fold - that NI listens to what their customers would like to see.

Absolutely. Again I'll point out.....NI please, please.... start LISTENING to your user base. You are not hearing us. #1 area of improvement needed in this company - in my humble opinion.