With KONTAKT 6, you can sound like a snare drum, a symphony orchestra, or anything in between, from a universe of sampled instruments. It’s a simple sampler when you want it to be, and a deep sonic scripting laboratory when you need something more.
What’s new?
Over two decades, KONTAKT has become a highly-developed engine for creating and playing sampled instruments. KONTAKT 6 offers more for players and builders alike:
Introducing KONTAKT Play Series: Three new instruments for the KONTAKT library, offering pristine, contemporary sound in a creative and streamlined interface
Wavetable synthesis module: Build hybrid instruments for entirely new sounds
Enhanced effects: Even more effects for your creations, for greater expression and realism
Creator Tools: New standalone application dedicated to improving the library creation and editing process.
What’s new?Over two decades, KONTAKT has become a highly-developed engine for creating and playing sampled instruments. KONTAKT 6 offers more for players and builders alike:
Introducing KONTAKT Play Series: Three new instruments for the KONTAKT library, offering pristine, contemporary sound in a creative and streamlined interface
Wavetable synthesis module: Build hybrid instruments for entirely new sounds
Enhanced effects: Even more effects for your creations, for greater expression and realism
Creator Tools: New standalone application dedicated to improving the library creation and editing process.
Kontakt 6.1.0 – 2019-05-08
ADDED There is a new wavetable mode (Inharmonic) that stretches the partials away from the harmonic series for more bell-like tones
ADDED KSP: Kontakt can now import whole performance views as NCKP files (that can be made with Creator Tools) through the new load_performance_view() command
ADDED KSP: A new UI control container has been added (ui_panel)
ADDED Kontakt now automatically picks up changes in the following subfolders of the resource container: scripts & performance_view; editing and saving any of those files results in an instant update of the related Kontakt instrument without the need to reset the engine via the panic (!) button in the header
ADDED KSP: The Retrigger button on modulators can now be controlled via KSP ($CONTROL_PAR_INTMOD_RETRIGGER)
ADDED KSP: The waveform display now has two new drawing modes ($CONTROL_PAR_WF_VIS_MODE, with $NI_WF_VIS_MODE_1, $NI_WF_VIS_MODE_2 & $NI_WF_VIS_MODE_3 as potential values)
FIXED Slices from imported REX files would not be recognized
FIXED The labels for the Lo Shelf and Hi Damp controls in the Plate Reverb were inverted
FIXED KSP: There were some missing getters for newly added control parameters around custom fonts (e.g. $CONTROL_PAR_FONT_TYPE_ON_HOVER)
FIXED KSP: There were some missing getters for $CONTROL_PAR_TEXT for certain controls
FIXED Zone volume changes from the Creator Tools Instrument Editor were not predictable when higher values were used
FIXED Sorting of files in the Library tab wouldn’t be predictable on APFS disks
FIXED KSP: search() would not work on ui_tables
FIXED Host automation would break for ui_switch elements in many cases
FIXED It was possible to set the delay time for Replika to values that would cause instabilities
FIXED Kontakt would crash when loading certain 3rd party products (like those in the Shreddage 3 series)
FIXED Kontakt would crash or hang when attempting to change note mapping on GGD Matt Halpern Signature Pack
FIXED The wavetable oscillator would sound “darker” on certain pitches
FIXED KSP: Color settings for level meters would not take effect if applied outside the init callback
FIXED KSP: The hide state of ui_file_selector appeared to be wrong when queried via get_control_par()
FIXED The group source mode parameter is no longer saved in snapshots; snapshots saved with older versions are recalled as they always did
FIXED Kontakt would crash when pressing the End key in the File Browser (Windows only)
FIXED KSP: In certain cases, the wavetable display UI widget would not be displayed on first load of an instrument
KNOWN ISSUE KSP: In certain cases, the ui_file_selector element reverts to its base path, forgetting the last selected file
Creator Tools 1.1.0
ADDED GUI Designer: A new tool that enables the declaration and editing of full performance views without the need to write KSP
ADDED GUI Designer: Individual controls can be exported and imported for cross-project use
ADDED GUI Designer: A test instrument can now be found in the Factory Content folder next to the Creator Tools application
ADDED GUI Designer: The new engine parameter for the waveform display (drawing mode) is now also available here
ADDED Error messages are now more informative
ADDED GUI Designer: It is now possible to drag and drop NCKP files from the OS to the GUI Designer to open them
ADDED Instrument Editor: It is now possible to drag and drop LUA files from the OS to the Instrument Editor to open them
ADDED All info boxes and context menus now include key shortcuts where relevant
CHANGED The Quick Tour is now updated to reflect the changes in v1.1.0
