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Native Instruments Kontakt 8.0.1 macOS [HCiSO] screenshot
TEAM HCiSO | 27 September 2024 | 1.74 GB
KONTAKT 8 is everything from instant inspiration for music makers to the industry’s leading instrument-building tool. For the eight generation of KONTAKT, we’re bringing its 20-year legacy into the future. Explore new musical ideas and find fresh inspiration with an overhauled Factory Library 2, newly added effects, and under-the-hood audio improvements.

KONTAKT is the Definitive Sampling Platform and Industry-Standard. KONTAKT powers the biggest selection of sampled instruments available. Included Factory Library 2 puts 55+ GB of detailed, creative, and expressive instruments at your fingertips. Drag and drop your own samples into an instrument’s interface to use your own sounds. Build your own instruments with powerful sample-editing and instrument-building.

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.

What's new in Kontakt 8?
The 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.

→ Sound like nothing else - Conflux is the first in a new breed of Kontakt instruments for experimental sound design. Layer organic and synthetic samples and add dynamic movement to static sounds in real time, with original PPG wavetables and techniques like FM, Phase Modulation, and Ring Modulation.

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.

What's the difference between Kontakt and Kontakt Player?
Just looking to use Kontakt instruments? Kontakt Player is the free version that runs all NI Kontakt instruments and many more officially licensed options from third-party developers (make sure to check the compatibility before you buy).

The go-to for pros
You've heard Kontakt at the top of the charts, in Oscar-winning scores, and on the soundtracks of major TV shows. It's the favorite of so many composers, producers, and sound designers for its unmatched sound quality, deep manipulation feature set, and incredible attention to detail.

→ Features:
• Tools - Chords and Phrases Tools deliver MIDI content and randomization features for creating melodies and sequences, sparking new ideas fast. Works with any Kontakt instrument.
• Leap - An ultra-fast way to play and manipulate loops and samples. Includes 12 Leap Expansions – curated packs for specific genres and styles, including Afrobeats, Latin Trap, Platinum Pop, Progressive Trance, Soul Gold, and more.
• Conflux - A true hybrid instrument combining samples with wavetable, FM, and ring modulation oscillators for real-time sound manipulation.
• Kontakt 8 Factory Library 2 includes over 900 instruments.
• A platform for thousands of third-party sample-based instruments.
• Seamless hardware integration with Kontrol keyboards and Maschine.
• Deep NKS integration with hundreds of instruments to allow quick browsing, preview, and hands-on control for your virtual instruments.
• Improved tools for building your own instruments.

As well as our own KONTAKT instruments, there are currently around 900 licensed instruments from other manufacturers that run in KONTAKT, plus thousands more so-called ‘indie’ instruments. This diverse ecosystem means that KONTAKT 8 is your access point to the industry’s biggest collection of playable sampled sound.

Release Notes


Supported Operation System:
• macOS 12.0 or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel Core processor





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comments

  Member 28.12.2023 121
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finally! thank u HCiSO!
  Member 6.09.2022 7 245
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Thanks, HCiSO! Great releases, always work without any issues. I'll keep saying that lol.
  Member 10.03.2023 123
+14
Are tools in this ? Chords and phrases?
  Member 20.05.2023 44
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If you really need Chords and phrases and everything else you should install Kontakt Player from Native Access, this will install everything Kontakt comes with including Piano Uno, then install Kontakt Full in either of the two releases.

Of course you must first clean, for this I leave you the commands, remember that this will remove absolutely everything, you will have to add the libraries again.

Clean Kontakt

sudo rm -rf /Applications/Native\ Instruments
sudo rm -rf /Users/Shared/Native\ Instruments
sudo rm -rf /Users/(youruser)/Documents/Native\ Instruments/Kontakt\ 8
sudo rm -rf /Users/(youruser)/Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.*
sudo rm -rf /Users/(youruser)/Library/Application\ Support/Native\ Instruments
sudo rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/Native\ Instruments
sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/com.native-instruments.*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Kontakt\ 8.component
sudo rm -rf /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Kontakt\ 8.vst3
sudo rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/Kontakt\ 8.aaxplugin
sudo rm -rf /Applications/Native\ Access.app
sudo rm -rf /Users/Shared/NI\ Resources
  Member 20.05.2023 44
+207
Thiss too

sudo rm -rf /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.native-instruments.*
  Resident 16.08.2010 32 953
+1998
This deletes a lot of stuff that are not Kontakt related. Is it safe ?
  Member 20.05.2023 44
+207
Just remove the Native-Instruments stuff, don't touch anything else. It's safe, but you'll have to add the libraries again.
  Member 25.10.2013 1 293
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I did your way.....

But i had installed many NI Stuff before hand.

So i Backuped evrything first which was not Kontakt 8 related beforehand.

After Native Acces Intall of all the Stuff -----> i rolled Back to my Backup.


And here are the Commands.
Of Course zou need to exchange "user" or "username". with your own.

 Spoiler



HAVE FUN!
  Resident 29.09.2016 273
+15
Does native access delete your previous libraries when it goes online?
fatherof4
  Member 11.11.2014 4 200
+338
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  Member 11.11.2014 4 200
+338
Thanks, I deleted everything related to Kontakt 8 in those folders and it works without messing with added libraries.
  Member 12.01.2014 8
0
easy way to get chord and phase is pull a multi sound in kontakt 8 library, which will has one or the other auto loaded, delete the instrument under phase or chord and add any sound you want
  Member 27.07.2024 78
+20
exactly
  Member 21.12.2020 1 48
+29
if its our first time installing any kontakt, is this download include sounds/library, so i have to download library from somewhere else? Sorry newbie questions lol
  Member 9.12.2020 135
+15
normaly the libs are not inside but you find it here separately use the search
  Banned 4.04.2024 67
+8
Sound library is separate, yes.
Here's the full stock factory sounds (40GB)
ARM, Logic Pro, M1 Sonoma
  Resident 29.09.2016 273
+15
I've installed many kontakt instruments without ever using native access, that's why I have questions. When I installed Kontakt 8 all my libraries disappeared in Kontakt 7. When I uninstalled 8 they all immediately re-appeared. Has anyone kept both 7 and 8 without issues. I have an M2 mac. Also, is anyone using sequoia? I have sonoma.
fatherof4
  Member 17.03.2024 2
+2
Many thanks HCiSO ! Always quality posts, without any password issues lol
  Resident 16.08.2010 32 953
+1998
We really need to stop with this passive aggressive/pitting against each other stuff... Every contribution is welcome especially from people who keep us fed given how the Mac scene is starving us sometimes. You gain nothing by doing this except showing how ungrateful you are.
  Member 6.09.2022 7 245
+459
Ungrateful != criticism. Yeah, the person above wasn't really specific or anything, but in general there's nothing wrong with providing legitimate criticism if there's a certain problem with a specific release.

There's nothing wrong with, for example, pointing out that some users may not like when certain teams replace random text strings in the UI with their name. Is it wrong to say it publicly? There's nothing wrong with acknowledging that certain releases are better tested than others.

And lastly, I wouldn't say "oh it's provided for free, so be grateful", this is not just an altruistic effort (even if it mostly is) or anything, the links do generate some revenue for the uploader. So just like we can criticise, well...anything, we should be able to criticise or mention certain issues, problems, etc.

Anyway, we can just avoid the toxic parts (like mentioning different teams under a release of an another one) and rather just stick to commenting on the topic. If something is wrong with this release, for example, people should be able to say it.
  Moderator 4.06.2022 3195
+2129
Just to clarify.. comments here are supposed to only be about the content of a release and nothing else. Especially no personal tit for tat beef dramas, team vs team insults etc. If you wanna discuss anything other than the content, we have a forum for that or use PM.
  Member 21.09.2023 2 818
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the Comment has been Removed
  Member 20.05.2014 851
+140
I have exactly the same problem as with Moria release. Some libraries won't show up in K8 when they do in K7. I logged in Native Access and there is a small red " ! " in front of these libraries. Any idea ?
  Member 19.08.2021 4 798
+593
Uninstall the instruments that are showing exclamation marks in Native Access, then re-add them (via KLU/Kontakt 5/kitty script -doesn't matter whichever method you choose, but first uninstall in NA).
y'all got anymore of those plugins??
  Banned 4.04.2024 67
+8
Where can I find this "script" ?
ARM, Logic Pro, M1 Sonoma
  Member 20.05.2014 851
+140
In KONTAKT Library Tools folder from this release
  Banned 4.04.2024 67
+8
Gotcha.. now, how do I use them? There's no instructions file anywhere.

I'm having trouble adding the 40gb Factory Library.
Only Factory Selection is recognized by Native Access.
ARM, Logic Pro, M1 Sonoma
  Resident 25.01.2014 2715
+1425
@Gaymoon: I'd recommend reading the KLU2 thread over at the sister forum site, I'm hazy on rules in terms of providing a direct link, so I won't, but the the thread is called:

KLU (Kontakt Library Utility) - Version 2

(and sorry if you already have, no insult intended!, but leaving for other members to be aware of as well... ;))

Fred Bloggs has made a fantastic utility that has been invaluable for all this, but I would absolutely recommend reading through the thread and his attached notes/FAQ's etc to insure full understanding to avoid any problems. :)

HCiSO usually provides the tools for this in their releases, but there is a chance it might not have the 'latest' version as things go (certainly not their fault!), but to add again, I think there is value in reading what other users and it's creator Fred Bloggs have to say on it as getting it right really helps going forward....
..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.
  Moderator 4.06.2022 3195
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I certainly don't have any problems with post topic related links to our forum - after all, they're listed on the homepage news feeds ;)
  Resident 25.01.2014 2715
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quote by omiacI certainly don't have any problems with post topic related links to our forum - after all, they're listed on the homepage news feeds ;)


Ah, thank you @omiac ! I know that the rules on the sister forum prohibit linking to here, I just wasn't clear if that was transitive as a rule, I understand now how it isn't. ;).

Thank you for the clarification! (I just don't wanna go around breaking rules.. :))
..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.

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