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Software, Mac OSX
Native Instruments Kontakt 8 v8.0.0 U2B Mac [MORiA] screenshot
MORiA | STANDALONE | AUi | VST3i | 1.4 GB
KONTAKT 8 The virtual instrument platform reinvented.

Imagine any sound – Kontakt lets you find it, create it, and transform it. The latest edition of our revolutionary sampling platform combines a brand-new set of intelligent tools with countless sound design options, redefining how you generate ideas and make music. A huge choice of sound. Kontakt hosts the world’s largest range of virtual instruments. With thousands of libraries, it's the gateway to quality sound from Native Instruments, our official partners, and scores of indie developers. Plus, everything is completely tweakable, so you can make any sound your own.

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A huge choice of sound
Kontakt hosts the world’s largest range of virtual instruments. With thousands of libraries, it's the gateway to quality sound from Native Instruments, our official partners, and scores of indie developers. Plus, everything is completely tweakable, so you can make any sound your own.

What’s new in Kontakt 8?
Our most feature-packed release yet is here to transform the way you generate, modulate, and playback sound. Plus, it’s packed with performance updates so you can work faster than ever.

Smash writer’s block
Tools add a completely new layer of creative features to get the ideas flowing. And they work with any Kontakt instrument, old and new. For our first drop, we’re launching MIDI content and randomization features with Chords and Phrases, designed to spark new ideas and get you in the zone fast.

Fast and fun loop control
Leap is an ultra-fast and playful way to play and manipulate loops. Spark fresh ideas, sprinkle in expressive performance effects, or just jam. Breathe new life into your sample collection or try something totally fresh with our new Leap Expansions series, starting with 12 curated packs for specific genres and styles.



Get going with hundreds of included instruments
Kontakt’s Factory Library comes packed with over hundreds of meticulously sampled instruments. Get started with a huge playable and tweakable selection of acoustic and electronic options, including the renowned collection from Orchestral Tools, plus Hybrid Keys.

Dream it, build it
All your favorite Kontakt instruments are built right here. The powerful feature set makes Kontakt the first choice for instrument developers worldwide, and it just got even bigger with enhanced synth capabilities, including real-time wavetable, frequency modulation, and ring modulation oscillators.

8.0.0 - 2024-08-23

New Default View with side pane navigator and browser. New Tools MIDI processors. New built-in instruments "Leap" and "Piano Uno", and Leap Expansion "Lo-Fi Vibes". New Traktor effects and Wavetable source module features. New Komplete UI language for graphical interface development.
IMPORTANT: Kontrol S-MK3 users must update to Hardware Connection Service version 1.7.7!

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
REMOVED Memory server functionality on macOS
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 ISSUES​
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)



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  Resident 16.08.2010 32 953
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The Myth, The Legend MORiA

Edit password is : https://audioz.download/user/MORiA/news/
  Member 28.07.2023 1 112
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The myth, the (wo)man, the legend!
  Resident 16.08.2010 32 953
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  Banned 4.04.2024 67
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ARM, Logic Pro, M1 Sonoma
  Member 12.03.2018 132
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  Resident 25.01.2014 2718
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..grateful for HCiSO, HEXWARS, R2R, GUISEPPE , CASHMERE & ALL teams, AZ crew past and present, and friends I have met here . RIP and LOVE to Olymoon and his family. 8647.
  Banned 4.04.2024 67
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ARM, Logic Pro, M1 Sonoma
  Member 3.01.2024 3 59
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Finally, the wait felt like forever!
  Banned 10.12.2017 1 29
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Thank you so much. Unfortunately It keeps crashing on my end. Help please.
  Member 28.07.2023 1 112
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Anyone able to get the stand alone to open? I tried codesign + batchmod but no dice.

Intel/Ventura

Regardless, THANK YOU MORiA for your time and efforts
  Member 28.07.2023 1 112
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Au crashes Ableton as well (Not complaining, just giving MORiA feedback)
  Member 16.09.2021 1 261
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uninstall previous versions completely (use audio plugin uninstaller, and delete all kontakt 7 folders in finder)
reinstall kontakt 8 and use permission reset app, then restart computer

if all else fails then we will be waiting for new patch i guess
  Member 26.05.2024 6
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do you have the newest OS? even audio plugin installer + add library for mac os 3.0 doesn't work on sequoia. any workarounds?
  Member 16.09.2021 1 261
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i wouldn't update to sequoia yet, most software and plugins aren't updated or confirmed to work on it. probably will eventually tho
  Member 16.02.2023 4
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I have sequoia and I am currently using it with no issues
Life is a home recording studio!
  Resident 16.08.2010 32 953
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Did you make a fresh install for Kontakt 8 ?
  Member 3.01.2024 3 59
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Does it install over the prior release? From the comments it seems unstable
  Member 28.07.2023 1 112
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It does not install over Kontakt 7. It is it's own thing in standalone and AU/VST3
  Resident 26.11.2016 1 61
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Does not install over, can have 6 / 7 / 8 running at the same machine.
  Member 24.11.2022 2 227
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Do you know if this runs alongside legit versions of NI software? Running Mac Monterey on an Intel dual 1.8 w/ Ableton 12.
  Member 5.10.2023 155
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NO. UNINSTALL AND INSTALL.
  Member 24.11.2022 2 227
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  Resident 25.01.2014 2718
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..grateful for HCiSO, HEXWARS, R2R, GUISEPPE , CASHMERE & ALL teams, AZ crew past and present, and friends I have met here . RIP and LOVE to Olymoon and his family. 8647.
  Member 17.11.2013 103
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The mac Don! Thank You MORiA
  Member 27.09.2017 7
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Works great for me as A Stand Alone in Logic 11, in Ableton 12 in Maschine In studio One Nuendo and reason 12 on an Intel Mac

Great Job MORiA!!!
  Member 13.10.2019 62
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Works great with Logic Pro 11.0.1
Apple M1 Pro
Sonoma 14.6.1

Also works great as stand-alone App.

Anyone try it yet with Mac OS 15 Sequoia?
"Time is the fire in which we burn."
- Delmore Schwartz
  Resident 28.12.2022 6 377
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au in macOS 15 sequoia works

from big library now 5 libs are missing in Kontakt-8
in Kontakt-7 they still run fine (Alicias Electric)
  Resident 29.09.2016 273
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It crashes for me, sonoma 14.4.1, but thank you MORiA
fatherof4
  Resident 27.03.2021 37 90
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System Requirements

macOS 12, 13, and 14 (latest update ;)
Music is Life !
  Resident 29.09.2016 273
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Forgot to mention my mac is an M2 as per the crash.
fatherof4

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