What's new in Kontakt Player 5.7.0 (R32)
Sep 22, 2017
- ADDED There are now three new guitar amplifier models available: AC Box, Hot Solo and Van 51
- ADDED There are now two new distortion effects available: Cat and DStortion
- ADDED KSP UI widgets can now be explicitly placed on one of three layers on the z axis ($CONTROL_PAR_Z_LAYER)
- ADDED The KSP waveform UI widget can now be styled (color and transparency of its separate components)
- ADDED Effect parameters that are represented as buttons or dropdown menus are now available through KSP
- ADDED Every KSP runtime warning now includes the line number of its source
- CHANGED The Add Library button has now been renamed to Manage Library
- FIXED KSP: num_elements() now works with ui_xy arrays
- FIXED CPU profiling mode is now reliable
- FIXED Text selection in Expert tab is now visible
- FIXED Nested dropdown menus would stop working under certain circumstances
- FIXED In certain cases, Kontakt would take longer than usual to close if Usage Data tracking was enabled
- FIXED Kontakt would crash when longer samples were used with the Tone Machine
- FIXED Certain NKIs with many automation assignments would cause the system to noticeably slow down
- FIXED KSP switches would sometimes not show the correct sprite frame when in hover state
- FIXED Certain DAWs would freeze when attempting to duplicate a track with Kontakt
- FIXED In certain cases, Kontakt would crash when loading an NKI when another NKI was in Edit view
- FIXED Kontakt would crash when attempting to declare PGS keys in multiscripts
- KNOWN ISSUE The documentation is not up to date
New in Kontakt Player 5.6.6 (R16) (Feb 21, 2017)
- CHANGED Improved the On-Screen Keyboard’s color legibility based on user feedback
- ADDED XY Pad: Individual cursors can now be hidden via KSP ($HIDE_PART_CURSOR)
- FIXED XY Pad: The customized string representation of parameter values was not shared with the host correctly
- FIXED XY Pad: Updating the value of a cursor from within the control’s callback was unreliable
- FIXED Crash when trying to view the Host Automation tab with certain NKIs loaded
- FIXED Crash when trying to view the Infos (sic) tab of the Instrument Options dialog with certain NKIs
- FIXED Certain NKIs would trigger the “Really quit…” dialog every time they were closed
New in Kontakt Player 5.6.1.48 (Oct 12, 2016)
- CHANGED: Improved text legibility on many UI areas based on user feedback
- FIXED: Voices were not killed correctly in certain cases, resulting in unnecessary load
- FIXED: Crash on loading certain instruments
- FIXED: “Compress samples” check-box when saving NKIs was ignored on Windows
- FIXED: Switching to Mini-view and back would reset the window size
- FIXED: Issues when instrument size was set by multiple script slots
- FIXED: Crashes related to using special character in various text fields
New in Kontakt Player 5.6.0.46 (Sep 14, 2016)
- CHANGED: The user interface style has received a major update
- ADDED: Real numbers and advanced math functions are now available in KSP
- ADDED: New KSP command to enable instruments up to 1000 pixels wide: set_ui_width_px()
- CHANGED The maximum height of instruments was raised to 750 pixels when set via KSP
- ADDED: Official support for automation assignments via KSP, improving a previously undocumented, yet widely used feature
- ADDED: Parameter names are now visible in ProTools’ Plug-in Automation list
- ADDED: Usage data tracking. More info here: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/support/knowledge-base/show/4519/what-is-usage-data-tracking/
- ADDED: New KSP command to set an instrument’s color including its header: set_ui_color()
- CHANGED Improved performance on certain scripts using heavy image resources
- FIXED: The Transient Master effect stopped processing when there were no voices running, abruptly muting tails of other effects
- FIXED: The Phaser effect produced stereo signal with muted right channel when used with mono samples
- FIXED: Common loading time issue with commercial Libraries that was worked around by local batch re-save
- FIXED: Sample-rate changes would cause crackles and changes of the sound of the convolution effect
- FIXED: NKA files would silently fail being written to disk under certain circumstances (affected certain Libraries, like EXHALE)
- FIXED: Modal dialog placement was unpredictable now everything appears on center of active display
- FIXED: Crash when showing the Quickload panel while having high UI activity on a Performance View
- FIXED: Crash on OS X when changing the latency setting right after changing the sample rate
- FIXED: Crash when renaming modulators under certain circumstances
- FIXED: Deleting MIDI CC modulators only worked on one group even when attempting it over multiple ones
- FIXED: Editing modulators of modulators only worked on on one group even when attempting it over multiple ones
- FIXED: Attempting to rename modulators across multiple groups yielded unexpected results
- FIXED: The memory footprint display on instrument header froze when in MASCHINE or KOMPLETE KONTROL
- FIXED: The UI of the mod shaper turned unusable when deleting the first or last node
- FIXED: Drag and drop was broken on OS X if a CD was in the drive
- FIXED: Changing snapshots on bigger instruments caused a parse error under certain circumstances
- FIXED: KSP: Parameter value strings (labels) wouldn’t be published to DAW if triggered from within the ui_control callback of textedit controls
- FIXED: KSP variable $EVENT_PAR_SOURCE was unreliable under certain circumstances
- FIXED: The Retrigger factory script would freeze notes when rate-knob was set to bar and clock was not running
- REMOVED: The Modules tab from the sidebar has been removed
- REMOVED: The font size option has been removed
- KNOWN ISSUE: The database will be empty after updating to 5.6; a manual “Reset and Rescan” is required
- KNOWN ISSUE: All French, German, Japanese and Spanish documentation is out of date
- KNOWN ISSUE: The Getting Started documents are out of date
New in Kontakt Player 5.4.3.307 (Jan 22, 2015)
- fixed a crash with the "Roland Quad Capture" audio interface
- improved updating parameter values in KOMPLETE KONTROL and MASCHINE
- fixed a crash when saving, while automation was assigned to the LFO phase parameter
New in Kontakt Player 4.0.4.3077 (Jan 28, 2010)
- The new Authentic Expression Technology sees KONTAKT 4 radically redefining the authentic reproduction of acoustic instruments with all their dynamics and articulations, while adding completely new options for creative sound design. In addition to the traditional way of sampling different volume levels of an instrument statically, AET is able to capture specific spectral characteristics of samples and gradually apply them to another samples in real-time, allowing you to seamlessly “morph” between different instruments' characteristics. This breakthrough allows for a new level in expression and realism when playing a sampled instrument.
- AET is especially powerful applied to solo instruments with sustained sounds - such as strings, brass, woodwinds, and choir: You can hold down a key and then seamlessly fade with the Mod Wheel between different articulations (e.g. trumpet playing with and without mute) or volume/dynamic levels with different harmonics.
- It's often possible to merge the acoustic characteristics of different instrument such as the piano and celesta in real time, opening new horizons for creative sampling and new kinds of hybrid instruments.
- In addition to the six collections available in the previous version, KONTAKT 4 now includes a comprehensive Choir Collection, recorded exclusively for Native Instruments, providing a complete set of soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices in different setups.
- Several instruments of the Choir Collection makes use of the new Authentic Expression Technology giving you a new level of control: the choir voices can seamlessly morph the vowels ("A-E-I-O-U") while holding a key/note, which is nearly impossible with other samplers.
- In addition, the Orchestral Collection has been updated with a new Solo Strings section, taken form the legendary Vienna Symphonic Library, and a concert hall organ, while the Vintage collection gets the famed Mellotron keyboard. Plus, all the e-pianos from ELEKTRIK PIANO are included.
- All in all, an extra 10 Gigabytes of new material enrich the KONTAKT library.
- KONTAKT 4 comes with more than 300 new and professionally recorded impulse responses from a wide rang of rooms, concert halls, churches, speakers etc, to add super-realistic reverbs to your instruments or the sonic characteristics of high-quality hardware equipment (amps, speakers, hardware reverbs etc.).
- The new impluse response samples are provided by Echochamber, Studiodevices and Acousticas.
- PERFORMANCE VIEWS provide custom control panels, that make Instrument-specific settings available without having to switch to Edit mode. In KONTAKT 4, a much larger control panel is available so each instrument has more important parameters accessible, as well as giving each instrument a distinctive feel through the easy-on-the-eye graphics.
- The enhanced KONTAKT Script Processor gives many more options for designing custom Performance Views and for controlling other KONTAKT areas such as the master section (when writing 'multi scripts').
- It's never been easier to find the right sound or instrument. With the attribute-based browser you can search via keywords or browse by instrument type (bass, piano, strings).
- The complete KONTAKT 4 library has been pre-tagged for your convenience. You can also create custom attributes to tag your instruments according to your own criteria.
- Attribute-based browsing works for Instruments, Multis, Banks, Groups, Presets, and Samples.