Kontakt 8

Throughout its two-decade-plus existence, Kontakt has maintained a high-profile status as one of the industry’s leading software samplers. Native Instruments Kontakt 8 continues this legacy, providing electronic musicians, producers, and beat makers with an innovative feature set for unrivaled functionality. Kontakt 8’s numerous exciting updates include new music creation tools and loop creation workflows, along with a powerful hybrid instrument, an expanded factory library, seamless hardware integration, deeper NKS integration with faster browsing, and improved instrument-building tools. Longtime Kontakt users will appreciate Kontakt 8’s thoughtful additions and performance enhancements, and the software’s limitless creative potential will floor new users.

Features:

• The industry-leading virtual instrument platform and sample-based sound designer
• Overhauled Factory 2 Library with over 900 instruments and sounds
• New Chords and Phrases tools enable straightforward MIDI content creation
• Randomization features allow for expedited melody and sequence generation
• Leap provides lightning-fast loop and sample manipulation
• 12 genre-targeted Leap Expansions: Afrobeats, Latin Trap, Platinum Pop, Progressive Trance, Soul Gold, and more
• Conflux hybrid instrument that combines samples with wavetable, FM, and ring modulation oscillators
• Deeper NKS integration with hundreds of instruments enables quick browsing, previewing, and hands-on control
• Import sounds from licensed 3rd-party developers and independent sound designers
• Create sample-based instruments with an improved selection of editing tools, effects, and scripts
• Seamless hardware integration with Maschine and S-Series keyboard controllers