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Native Instruments Kontakt 8 v8.0.0 WiN-bobdule screenshot
bobdule | 23 September 2024 | 1.2 GB
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.




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  Member 31.01.2017 40
+5
thank you
  Resident 29.12.2012 2 309
+170
Thanks for the upload,

I would suggest these settings so far:

Zoom 100% (if your monitor and DAW support high-resolution scaling)
Best Quality

File / Options:

Disable these (uncheck the white box):
[ ] Show fullscreen library browser when launching new empty Kontakt instances
[ ] Enable "New Instruments for you" panel

They hit "set view settings as default" on your preference of Classic or Default view, so it will just show your libraries when you open the program.


I want to experiment with the new "Default View", but I'm only seeing five libraries in the new browser. I have 60+ registered (from Kontakt 7) which are showing and loading correctly but only in Classic View. Is anyone else having this issue, is there something I need to do for all my libraries to show up?

Thanks
  Resident 27.05.2022 37 678
+2350
Wow v7 didn't last long. Don't know why NI went to v8 so quick
  Resident 17.09.2013 2 1090
+250
Ohh yes, here we go, I love this release of bobdule so much, why? because it always works with my expansions :D
Every Composition Started with one simple note :)
  Resident 30.11.2018 1 248
+223
Thank you very much!

Now waiting for the portable version,
because i like to try new Kontakt libraries at my work.
It's blocked and impossible to install Software there.
That's why i love portable versions of programms.
Why not making every Software portable.
Is that possible?
I'm not a software programmer and this question would interest me very much.
Falcon and Omnisphere as a portable version, for example.
That would be so cool!
reznamoR
  Resident 17.01.2014 487
+138
Me too, I have used that from long time ago, and are really great. I hope vkDani will be still alive and active, because is not visible since K 7.10.1...
  Resident 15.11.2014 311
+118
Thank you very much for sharing! There is a small error, when I want to add a library from Kontakt, the tool asks me for an application, so that I can download it from the Microsoft store, now if I do it from the Kontakt_Button there is NO problem, honestly it is not something that hinders me at all, what I do have is about 10 libraries less in K8 compared to K7, I should investigate a little there, thank you very much, greetings!

Windows 10 pro 22H2, all updates to date

Edit: I had problems with the Kithara library, I registered it to test it on a disk, with Kontakt_Button, I liked it and changed it to another disk, now K8 doesn't recognize it, I deleted the registry etc and nothing, there is no way to register it with any tool now...
  Member 10.03.2023 123
+14
same problem here too wont show after registering can you see your tools ? the chords and phrases?
  Member 8.08.2017 4
+3
For those encountering missing libraries.

The thing to do is to leave the new Kontakt running in the background when first opening it. It's basically scanning all libraries in one by one.
Libraries won't appear until they are fully scanned.

Depending on how many libraries you have this can take a while, in some cases well over 30 minutes on this initial load up.

If you just open and close it within a few minutes it's likely that Kontakt hasn't read the library and all its presets to add them.

This is the same for legit and cracked.
  Member 27.02.2015 6 102
+43
Good Advice! Too bad a progress bar or percentage bar is lacking.
  Resident 10.11.2010 3 216
+92
left mine overniight. No change.
  Resident 10.05.2021 1 560
+195
Same happened here. Something really wrong when moving libraries.
  Member 5.11.2020 33
+3
my library that i made with the nicnt maker doesn't show up in 8... and even the gui doesn't change when i turn on classic view... anybody know why?
  Member 10.03.2014 34
+5
that shit is installed, and the 97 Librarys what i have cant add to that library, only in the Portalble version of Kontakt. So i use Kontakt 7 Portalble and still works fine.
All other Kontakts same with the 8 V ersion is not working with my librarys.. yeah and the add Library function not working... Idk you tested this befor you post that thing ?
  Resident 9.03.2015 124
+22
Can someone confirm if with version 8 I can open projects created with 7 ? Thanks bob for everything
  Member 7.04.2019 1 143
+403
no, they are different plugins listed in your DAW. You can save the multi and routing preset with 7 and load them with 8.
  Resident 11.03.2013 298
+43
Works on Windows 10 22H2. But my library load times are really slow. I thought I read somewhere about batch re-save?
Mr. Furley...the Landlord of House Music.
  Resident 10.11.2010 3 216
+92
Careful with batch resave, it will you will no longer be able to use libraries in older version (except existing projects that save nki with DAW).
  Member 16.03.2024 1 19
+29
Works perfectly. Many thanks Bob and Hidera.
  Member 16.01.2014 372
+74
Hi, when you say "works perfectly" are all libraries showing as activated not demo? If so, can you please share with the community what exactly you did in order to get everything working as it should. Thanks for your time.

Peace!
  Resident 10.11.2010 3 216
+92
He either has few/no libraries or didn't check. I confirmed this problem on Intel, AMD, and Mac systems. So EVERYONE has the same problem if they already have a collection of libraries.

Bobdule, R2R, and Moria have the same issue, so this is a Kontakt 8.0 problem. Likely a 8.0.1 in beta now. It was rushed by NI.
  Member 28.06.2023 63
+18
I had 31 libraries in K7 and I downloaded 8 new leap expansions and K8 just installed everything to the default location. It picked up everything, not even a single error so I tested it and removed K7 because I usually finish my projects with rendered stems, so I don't lose work when I get an error from a plugin. But long story short everything works but there is a slight problem in the chords tool but that is NI related I guess.
  Member 16.01.2014 372
+74
Hi @ iswingwood , thank you for the reply. I'm presuming you were answering the question I posted just above to ant303. So from what I can gather its a problem everyone is facing regarding libraries not shown as activated. Everyone of my collection of Kontakt libraries showed activated in K7 (I have the last Bob Dule release installed) None of them are activated in K8 BD. Now I didn't uninstall v7 before installing v8, I'm wondering could that make any difference? I'm not entirely sure to be honest. As always thank you Bob for the time and effort you put into bringing these releases to us. Thanks also to anyone who can shed some light onto why this is a problem and ultimately help solve this for the community. Or is it definitely an NI dev issue that needs resolving with an update?

Peace!
  Member 28.06.2023 63
+18
I didn't uninstall K7 as well just installed K8 and made sure K8 loaded everything up and worked nicely when I was sure that it did (at least for me that is) I uninstalled K7 after that. I tested K8 for about an hour maybe two before I uninstalled K7.
  Member 16.01.2014 372
+74
Do you have any idea why all my libraries are shown as "Demo" not activated in Kv8 BD. While everything is activated in Kv7 BD. But on a another desktop PC with a clean freshly installed windows 11 pro partition, v8 installed fine and all libraries activated first time.
Its a proper head melter.
  Resident 27.06.2012 1 430
+51
add library doest not work still asking for native accesss any idea ?
  Resident 15.11.2014 311
+118
I highly recommend using this version with caution! I had problems with kontakt8 only, and the new kithara library, which can only be used on K8, I was able to use it the first time, but as I said before when I changed the hard drive library, deleted the registry, and cleaned everything well, K8 no longer recognized it, not even after asking for relocation, I downloaded the instrument 3 times, and reinstalled K8 3 times with Revo Uninstaller, thank goodness I left K7, can you imagine this happening to the many libraries that one might have? :( For me it must be a manufacturer error (I hope so). I think it was a very hasty release for very serious problems, that's my humble opinion, greetings!
  Resident 17.06.2016 1 796
+840
the new instrument format (as leap) no more use the regedit location.
but .json files located here.

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Native Instruments\installed_products

as exemple for "80s New Wave.json"
{"ContentDir":"C:\\Libraries\\Kontakt 8\\80s New Wave","ContentVersion":"1.0.0"}

the version is not essential but the original way also use it
double slah is also important

thumbnail image (PAResources) have to be extracted from nicnt with total commander and placed here;
C:\Users\Public\Documents\NI Resources\image\80s New Wave

add library and R2R manager only use regedit.
it will need a .json generator + PAResources extractor now.

because use the manual way is a pain.
  Resident 17.09.2013 2 1090
+250
How do I actually add a new instrument?
I am a little confused.. do I need to make all the steps you mentioned to add ?
Every Composition Started with one simple note :)
  Resident 15.11.2014 311
+118
Hi Bob! This new information was very helpful for a common user like me, it helped to delete the JSON text file of the KITHARA library compatible with K8, after reinstalling your version, downloading the library again, and deleting that file I was able to make it work, the only thing that doesn't work is placing the libraries from K8 using menu libraries, but with the Kontakt_Button there were no problems.
We look forward to a new version in the future, with that small error, and this new information on the current way the company handles the instruments, thank you very much, and it is appreciated that you also share your knowledge, which helps a lot! Greetings

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