Update of the popular sampler. Contact allows you to play and process previously recorded audio data – samples of musical instruments, sound effects, vocal tracks, etc. – but this is only a small part of the full range of its capabilities. In Vkontakte, you can use ready-made instruments from a huge number of libraries from third-party developers or create your own virtual instruments, apply powerful built-in processing modules to their audio signals, build complex performance schemes with various modulation links. Everything is possible – from the ultra-accurate recreation of real instruments to the creation of original instruments that are unlike anything else.
As one of the most popular software samplers in the music production industry, Native Instruments’ Kontakt has been at the forefront of virtual instrument technology for over a decade. The release of Kontakt 7, the latest version of the software sampler, has brought about several significant updates and improvements that enhance the user experience and capabilities of the platform.
This engine is designed to create and manipulate sounds using wavetable synthesis, a popular synthesis technique used in many modern electronic music genres. With Wavetable, users can import their own wavetables or use the included library of sounds to create unique and evolving sounds.
Creator Tools
Provides a set of tools for building and editing sample libraries. This suite includes a new scripting language, KSP 2.0, which allows developers to create more complex and dynamic instruments with ease. Additionally, the suite includes tools for batch-processing samples, creating snapshots, and editing mapping and scripting.
Interface
The new interface features larger text and graphics, improved drag-and-drop functionality, and a new tabbed browser for easier navigation of sounds and libraries.
New sampled instruments
A grand piano, a brass ensemble, and a string ensemble. These instruments are designed to showcase the capabilities of the software and provide high-quality sounds that can be used in a range of musical styles and genres.
Kontakt 7 is a significant update to one of the most popular and widely used software samplers in the music production industry. With the inclusion of the Wavetable synthesis engine, the Creator Tools suite, a revamped user interface, and new sampled instruments, Kontakt 7 offers a wide range of new features and improvements that enhance the capabilities and user experience of the platform. Whether you’re a professional music producer or a hobbyist, Kontakt 7 is definitely worth checking out for its advanced sampling capabilities and intuitive workflow.
Changelog v7.3.0
Released 18-04-2023 :
ADDED the option to bind the start and end of the sample to the zero crossing in the Wave Editor.
IMPROVED Selecting one of the loop snap modes in the Wave Editor is now global per instrument, rather than per zone.
IMPROVED Any changes in the Options dialog are now saved immediately after the dialog is closed, rather than after exiting Kontakt.
FIXED The PsycheDelay and Ring Modulator info panels were mostly missing help texts.
IMPROVED The KSP in_range() command now also works with real expressions.
KSP IMPROVEMENT Added optional arguments to the sort() command so that only a range of an array can be sorted, not the entire array.
FIXED KSP The script warning for the get_mod_idx() and get_target_idx() commands now correctly refers to the names of those commands.