Year of release : 2025
Version : 8.2
Developer : native-instruments
Platform : Intel / Silicon
Tablet : The program has been cured
System requirements : macOS 12 + 1.58 GB
Description :
Native Instruments – KONTAKT v8.2 Sampler. Release notes
OVERALL CHANGES :
- ADDED Patterns Tool – A new polyphonic step arpeggiator
- FIXED Excessively long wait times when saving/loading DAW projects containing Kontakt
- FIXED Corrupted user interface when loading certain older instruments
- FIXED If hosted, Kontakt 8 would cause a crash when closing Komplete Kontrol 3
- FIXED Blank user interface for Electric Keys Diamond, Phoenix, and Alicia Keys
- FIXED Crash when Drag+Drop onto the Rack
- FIXED User-saved Multis have incorrect Browser Bank Values
- FIXED Erroneous warning message when importing Kontakt content with .ncw files
- FIXED File type banner text could spill into the user interface if Kontakt is set to minimum size
- FIXED Tempo sync issues between Kontrol S MK3 and Kontakt
- IMPROVED Use the modern (Vista and above) file open dialog on Windows when locating folders
LEAP CHANGES
- FIXED Changing sample rate breaks waveform visuals in Leap
- FIXED Leap Macros and Save/Load of global presets would break after periods of inactivity in Logic Pro
- FIXED Quickly bypassing the amp and releasing a key could cause hanging notes in Leap
- FIXED Samples no longer lose sync when set to Legato Playback in Leap
- FIXED Time and pre-delay values in Send FX do not report automation correctly in sync mode
- FIXED Changing global tonality in Leap was momentarily delayed, causing notes to briefly play in the incorrect key
- FIXED Speeding Leap playback Up/Down will throw currently playing loops out of time
- FIXED Speed can no longer be set to 0% as this would cause no sounds to trigger
- FIXED Playing one-shots in Legato Mode when quantized and in the same choke group can prevent voices from playing in Leap
- FIXED Leap samples do not respond to MIDI pitch
- FIXED Empty slots in Leap are inconsistently grayed out
- FIXED Leap sample start/end points are not reset when replacing a sample
- FIXED In classic engine mode, switching to non-ping-pong mode can cause a loop to play in reverse with the reverse button not active
- FIXED Notes randomly not playing when triggered from the on-screen keyboard in Leap’s Single Mode
- FIXED Muzak Macro preset in Leap was saved with incorrect Delay and Reverb Macros
- FIXED Toggling sync on/off in delay and reverb FX causes values to jump unexpectedly in Leap
- FIXED Position indicator ring displays incorrectly when duplicating a sample in Leap
- FIXED Grid is sometimes incorrect after duplicating grids in Leap
- FIXED Replacing a file with modified start/end points can sometimes cause start/end points to not display in Leap
- FIXED Start marker in Leap can sometimes disappear
- FIXED Duplicating a REX file shows, but does not respect or use the start and end points of the copied sample
- FIXED “Edit All Samples” in Leap doesn’t work for Perform and Macro FX Toggles
- FIXED Anonymous usage data tracking of Leap for opted-in users
- ADDED Command+Click sets a parameter to its default value
- ADDED Support for BPM and ID3v2 when importing samples to Leap
- ADDED Replaced group/single text switches with buttons for better usability
- ADDED Time sync parameter for Global FX
TOOLS CHANGES
FIXED MIDI Note Off events not sent for the Chords Tool for notes not in scale
BUILDER CHANGES
- ADDED Komplete UI first public release
- ADDED Noise options for the Wavetable Modulation Oscillator
- ADDED Blend mode for Wavetable source module’s Modulation Oscillator
- FIXED Some MIDI CCs interpreted erroneously as CC 0, breaking KSP multi scripts
- FIXED Stop writing library.json in binary format
- FIXED Changes made when in mono instances of any stereo FX will not be reflected in the second instance when switching mono off via KSP
- FIXED Crash in Wavetable Oscillator
- FIXED KSP: dont_use_machine_mode() does not bypass TMPro polyphony limitations
- FIXED API: get_instrument_options() doesn’t work with encoded instruments
Native Instruments – KONTAKT v8.2
