В восьмой версии появились новые функции, а также инструменты и сэмплы. Новыми в 8 версии являются функции Chords и Phrases, которые позволяют пользователям генерировать мелодии и последовательности, используя как MIDI-контент, так и инструменты рандомизации. Обе функции совместимы как с самим Kontakt, так и с любым инструментом, созданным на движке Kontakt.
Еще одно значительное дополнение — Leap, позволяющее быстро работать с петлями и сэмплами и знакомое всем, кто пользовался Arcade от Output. К Leap прилагаются 12 расширений, ориентированных на конкретные жанры, среди которых Afrobeats, Latin Trap и Soul Gold. Conflux — новый инструмент, сочетающий в себе сэмплерный движок, волновой и FM-синтез, позволяющий манипулировать и модулировать в режиме реального времени.
Если говорить об эстетике, появился совершенно новый браузер, позволяющий просматривать все инструменты, установленные на компьютере и совместимые с Kontakt. Можно искать по типу и характеру звука или по бренду инструмента.
Piano Uno: Kontakt 8 поставляется с простой в использовании библиотекой фортепиано

8.1.0 - 2024-10-21
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 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 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
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
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
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 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)

1. Запустить инсталлятор KontaktPortable_v8**.exe
2. Нажать "Browse..." и выбрать папку в которой находятся файлы Kontakt 8.x.x PORTABLE > "Extract"
3. При появлении окна "Confirm file replace" подтвердить замену файлов (Нажать "Yes to All")

Автор Portable: vkDanilov
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