Year of release: 12/14/2022
Version: v7.1.3 Mac
Developer: Native Instruments
Developer site: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-7/
Platform: Intel/Apple Silicon Universal
Interface language: English
Tablet: Program cured (does not require data entry)
System requirements: Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update)
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM in Standalone or in hosts that support it): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Description : For 20 years, KONTAKT has been the basis of countless movie soundtracks and pop hits, as well as thousands of incredible instruments from NI and your favorite NKS developers. Now, with a new HiDPI viewing interface, an updated factory library, new creative effects, and internal audio enhancements, the next evolution is almost here.
Add. info: already installed Kontakt version 7.0.11 is required
Version 7.1.3
7.1.3_2022-12-12
• New filters, purge all instances, browser features, KSP commands, bug fixes.
• KONTAKT ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS
• ADDED Purge all instances when Kontakt 7 is running as a plug-in
• ADDED 6 field state variable (SV) filters
• ADDED Tone Machine and Time Machine 1 Smooth parameter modulation
• ADDED Reveal sample location via Mapping Editor edit menu and Wave Editor command menu (cog)
• IMPROVED Maximum number of host automation slots increased to 1024
• IMPROVED Flex envelope slope can now be modulated for the first 8 segments, and includes Loop and Oneshot parameters
• IMPROVED Online KSP documentation can be directly accessed through the help menu
• FIXED Right click to open Quick-Load not working
• FIXED DAW key commands intercepted by Kontakt when running as a plug-in
• FIXED Notes would auto repeat when holding a key when using QWERTY as virtual keyboard
• FIXED Temporarily black performance view when loading Kontakt Factory Library 2 instruments
• FIXED Plug-in window would not re-open after being closed in Renoise with Kontakt VST3
• FIXED Crash using Quick-Load with a large number of entries. Number of visible entries has been reduced to 5000 as a consequence
• FIXED Voices would hang with certain effects placed post amp
• FIXED Time Machine Pro Legato would get out of sync when playing loops
• FIXED Cabinet effect in Output section would cut off the sound
• FIXED Excessive smoothing on group Tune parameter in wavetable mode
• FIXED “Restore loops from samples” option in Wave Editor not working when using the same sample repeatedly
• FIXED Auto-mapping using the “Make group name” token did not work properly
• FIXED Pasting a group without samples would paste with samples, and pasting groups with samples was not refreshing the Mapping Editor
• FIXED Loops 2-8 were not working in MP60, S1200 and TMPro modes
• BROWSER IMPROVEMENTS
• ADDED Presets list now displays and sorts Instruments, Multis and Snapshots by their file type
• ADDED Reset Browser filter state
• ADDED Import multiple Custom Libraries in bulk
• ADDED Customize name of imported Custom Libraries (using the Alias field)
• ADDED Error messages for failed Library import
• IMPROVED Tooltips display full text for Import Dialogue Folder path and Alias field, as well as Library tiles, in case when the text was truncated
• FIXED Resized components are now correctly displayed when the Preset list is dragged horizontally
• INSTRUMENT BUILDING AND SCRIPTING IMPROVEMENTS
• ADDED Convolution Auto Gain can now be accessed via KSP with $ENGINE_PAR_IRC_AUTO_GAIN
• ADDED Time Machine Legato button can now be accessed via KSP with $ENGINE_PAR_TM_LEGATO
• ADDED get_zone_id() translates the zone index to the zone ID
• ADDED XY Pad cursor values can now be set and retrieved with set_control_par_real_arr() and get_control_par_real_arr()
• ADDED New commands get_group_idx() , get_mod_idx(), get_target_idx(), deprecating the usage of find_group(), find_mod() and find_target(). These commands return $NI_NOT_FOUND when the queried object is not found
• ADDED Additional math functions and logic commands: cbrt(), log2(), log10(), exp2(), signbit(), sgn(), bitwise .xor., boolean xor
• ADDED Zone BPM can now be set and retrieved with $ZONE_PAR_BPM zone parameter
• ADDED Zone sample rate can now be retrieved with $ZONE_PAR_SAMPLE_RATE zone parameter
• ADDED Zone state can now be determined with get_zone_status() command which returns $NI_ZONE_STATUS_EMPTY, $NI_ZONE_STATUS_LOADED, $NI_ZONE_STATUS_PURGED, $NI_ZONE_STATUS_IGNORED and deprecates the usage of is_zone_empty()
• IMPROVED From Script modulator can now have its value set without internal range clamping by using $EVENT_PAR_MOD_VALUE_EX_ID
• IMPROVED Zone parameters can now be set with KSP for all zones when using snapshot modes 2 and 3
• IMPROVED Modulo operation now also works with real numbers
• IMPROVED Added real() and int() value conversion commands, deprecating int_to_real() and real_to_int()
• IMPROVED Zone settings were not taken into account when using change_vol and change_pan, introduced mode 2
• FIXED Crash with output_channel_name() when channel count is zero
• FIXED Incorrect warning messages were displayed for any zone related commands
• FIXED $MARK_28 is no longer used by the internal sustain pedal script
