• Tools: миди-эффекты, которые работают со всеми инструментами Контакта. Раздел Chords включает в себя обширную коллекцию аккордовых последовательностей, позволяя играть их нажатием одной клавиши. Аналогично, раздел Phrases позволяет играть мелодии нажатием одной клавиши.
• Leap: позволяет проигрывать лупы и ваншоты, поставляется с новыми эффектами и оптимизированным интерфейсом для быстрой настройки сэмплов.
• Default View: новый вид по умолчанию боковой панели позволяет подключать миди-эффекты к инструментам, смешивать различные инструменты стойки и быстро загружать и менять пресеты как для эффектов, так и для инструментов.
• Piano Uno: Kontakt 8 поставляется с простой в использовании библиотекой фортепиано.
• Улучшенный модуль Wavetable: позволяет выполнять фазовую и частотную модуляцию и значительно расширяет возможности синтеза Контакта.
• Komplete UI: помощник для разработчиков по быстрому созданию внешнего вида инструментов с высоким разрешением, которые не только звучат, но и выглядят красиво.

8.9.0 (2026-02-25)
• ADDED Continually scrolling Instrument List (Instrument Pages removed)
• FIXED Crash when changing samples within various Instruments in FL Studio
• FIXED Crash when loading a Kontakt instance saved with non-default Multi

BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED KUI Waveforms (experimental)
• ADDED KUI Link to help documentation in Help Menu
• FIXED KSP messages not shown in Classic View status bar

8.8.1 (2026-02-10)
• FIXED Some audible crackling that could occur when making heavy use of the Synth module's American or Japanese inspired Synth Filters

BUILDER CHANGES
• FIXED Ladder Filter crackling in High Quality mode

8.8.0 (2025-12-04)
• ADDED Info Pane for contextual product help in Default View
• ADDED Auto scrolling in Info Pane on windows
• ADDED Removed View Menu and transitioned all options to contextual icons throughout the user interface or Main Menu
• FIXED Issue(s) causing Leap user interface to appear blank
• FIXED Inconsistent selection logic in Default View Navigator
• FIXED Presets not shown upon Instrument Browser load
• FIXED Default save name suffix not duplicated
• FIXED Random Slot selection on loading Multis / Combined Presets
• FIXED Certain UI controls did not show Info Hints on hover
• FIXED Crash when incorrectly saving NKB

BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED New electro-mechanical plucked keyboard inspired Electric C EQ modes modes to the EP Preamps DSP
• ADDED New electro-mechanical plucked keyboard inspired Electric P Tremolo modes to the EP Preamps DSP
• ADDED Info Hints for the EP Preamp Electric C Filters
• ADDED Komplete Script now supports Info Pane
• ADDED Expose all menu entries of a KSP Menu to Komplete UI
• FIXED Broken KSP/LUA API console output to VS Code
• FIXED Copy / Paste Groups causing long lag times
• FIXED Setting AHD mode via KSP does not update envelope GUI correctly
• FIXED Komplete Script changes not picked up when project created from template

8.7.1 (2025-09-25)
• FIXED Help text and Status bar were taking up too much screen space
• FIXED Replacing any Instrument with any Leap was not possible anymore
• FIXED Crash on deleting many Instruments in a row very quickly via the Navigator
• FIXED Wrong dependency of minimum height in Default view from Classic view
• KNOWN ISSUE After loading and deleting multiple content, default focus logic can be unexpected

8.7.0 (2025-09-18)
• ADDED New Kontakt header dropdown menu in place of old File menu
• ADDED New icons in place of the old text tabs
• ADDED New Play icon brings the user always to the instrument view
• ADDED Some View menu items moved to Kontakt status bar
• ADDED Side panel browsing products now displayed in a list
• ADDED Ability to custom order libraries with drag and drop in the side panel browser (Default view)
• FIXED Loading a tool with an instrument selected causes the instrument to unload
• FIXED Selecting empty space in Default view rack properly deselects all content
• FIXED MIDI routing for muted tools mutes note offs
• KNOWN ISSUE After loading and deleting multiple content, default focus logic can be unexpected
• KNOWN ISSUE Loading Leap while other content is in focus does not replace but append
• KNOWN ISSUE The Info pane is oversized and takes too much vertical space

BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED Kontakt Templates provide builders with editable starter content that can be copied, customized and extended, lowering the barrier to learning and using KSP and Komplete UI scripting
• FIXED Crash when KSP menu is open
• FIXED Simple LP/HP filter's LP Cutoff affecting HP Cutoff in certain scenarios

8.6.1 (2025-08-21)
• FIXED Sample loading can get stuck in layered instruments like Bioscape or Circular

8.6.0 (2025-08-07)
• ADDED The ability to usee multiple Tools simultaneously
• ADDED Arpeggiator, Chord Builder, Humanizer, Scale Lock and Velocity Curve Tools
• FIXED KSP Setting a sample to user zones stops the voices of the whole group, not just the voices of that zone

8.5.1 (2025-07-18)
BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED Komplete UI: Popover feature transitioned from Experimental to Stable
• FIXED Komplete UI: Arc thickness was not constrained to parent frame properties

8.5.0 (2025-06-30)
OVERALL CHANGES
• ADDED Scroll to focused instrument in Default View
• FIXED Crash when loading a recently saved new Bank
• FIXED Crash on ignoring missing samples when loading an Instrument
• FIXED Prevent automatic switching back to Plugin Page from Browser View when navigating Instruments on Hardware
• FIXED Default Navigator Artwork for 3rd-party content

BUILDER CHANGES
• IMPROVED KUI Updated to version 1.2
• FIXED KUI Errors inside callbacks are not logged
• ADDED KUI Modifiers to enable drag and drop functionality on components
• IMPROVED KUI Enums can now be used as keys in maps
• IMPROVED KUI Compile time improvements

8.4.1 (2025-05-26)
• ADDED Data Tracking about Default vs Classic View settings
• FIXED File Menu (Load Recent) stays open if cursor is on hover after load

8.4.0 (2025-05-20)
OVERALL CHANGES
• ADDED Further analytics for Default vs Classic View usage from opt-in users
• FIXED Crash when removing Instrument and switching Pages
• FIXED Crash when clicking Activate Demo
• FIXED Instrument Sidepane Navigator Volume/Pan unresponsive to automation
• FIXED Instrument Sidepane Navigator buttons were stealing Spacebar focus from DAW
• FIXED Clicking File/New Leap inadvertently created two Leap instruments
• FIXED Minimizing the Instrument Header of small-height instruments made them invisible in Classic View
• FIXED Snapshot not highlighted when loading default preset
• FIXED Default View rack not displaying instruments when switching from empty page of Classic View
• FIXED Clicking Snapshot Previous/Next jumps to first Snapshot after reopening instrument GUI in DAW
• FIXED Artwork for Tools, Leap, and some Combined content not displayed in navigator and on hardware

BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED 1960’s tweed era amplifier FX DSP - Reverb Delight from Guitar Rig 7
• ADDED KSP: Ability to get the info set via redirect_output() in previous script slots with new event parameters $EVENT_PAR_OUTPUT_TYPE and $EVENT_PAR_OUTPUT_INDEX and returning a new constant $OUTPUT_TYPE_NOT_SPECIFIED if output was not set/detected
• ADDED KUI: New ‘Text’ property to fetch $CONTROL_PAR_TEXT for KSPButton, KSPKnob, KSPSwitch and KSPValueEdit
• ADDED KUI: Ability to disable automatic closing of Popovers
• ADDED KUI: Customizable TextInput component
• ADDED KUI: Main thread scripting with Komplete Script (can run even when GUI is not open)
• ADDED KUI: Reduced wait times by not re-triggering KUI reloading if reloading is triggered during a reload
• FIXED KUI: Changing the visibility of a ui_menu entry in KSP wasn’t reflected in KUI
• FIXED KUI: Divide-by-zero corrupts layout without error
• FIXED KUI: Modifier inside declarative for/if can cause a cycle detection error
• FIXED KUI: Hierarchical order of reactive updates not always respected
• FIXED KUI: Feature toggle for experimental features broken

8.3.0 (2025-03-31)
OVERALL CHANGES
• ADDED Support for Kontrol S MK3 version 1.9.2
• ADDED Data tracking for product instantiation/load time
• FIXED Unselected Instrument disappears when loading an additional Instrument that cannot be found
• FIXED Crash in Davinci Resolve
• FIXED Incorrect Save options shown when saving new user presets for Leap
• FIXED Command+N shortcut creates new Leap in Default View
• FIXED Miscellaneous Instrument display issues

BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED Four American-inspired passband filter (from Monark)
• ADDED Dual Japanese-inspired Sallen-Key filters
• FIXED Ladder filter types produce glitchy artifacts under modulation due to incorrect parameter smoothing

8.2.1 - 2025-02-25
OVERALL CHANGES
• FIXED Incorrect entries were shown in the Default View's File Menu

BUILDER CHANGES
• FIXED Komplete UI issue where Popover was not displayed when "visible" property initially set to "true"
• FIXED Komplete UI issue where Popover was not following its anchor
• FIXED Komplete UI crash when the UI was reloaded and a Popover was present

8.2.0 - 2025-02-12
OVERALL CHANGES
• ADDED Patterns Tool - A new polyphonic step arpeggiator
• ADDED Command+Click sets a parameter to its default value
• FIXED Excessively long wait times when saving/loading DAW projects containing Kontakt
• FIXED Corrupted user interface when loading certain older instruments
• FIXED If hosted, Kontakt 8 would cause a crash when closing Komplete Kontrol 3
• FIXED Blank user interface for Electric Keys Diamond, Phoenix, and Alicia Keys
• FIXED Crash when Drag+Drop onto the Rack
• FIXED User-saved Multis have incorrect Browser Bank Values
• FIXED Erroneous warning message when importing Kontakt content with .ncw files
• FIXED File type banner text could spill into the user interface if Kontakt is set to minimum size
• FIXED Tempo sync issues between Kontrol S MK3 and Kontakt
• IMPROVED Use the modern (Vista and above) file open dialog on Windows when locating folders

LEAP CHANGES
• FIXED Changing sample rate breaks waveform visuals in Leap
• FIXED Quickly bypassing the amp and releasing a key could cause hanging notes in Leap
• FIXED Samples no longer lose sync when set to Legato Playback in Leap
• FIXED Time and pre-delay values in Send FX do not report automation correctly in sync mode
• FIXED Changing global tonality in Leap was momentarily delayed, causing notes to briefly play in the incorrect key
• FIXED Speeding Leap playback Up/Down will throw currently playing loops out of time
• FIXED Speed can no longer be set to 0% as this would cause no sounds to trigger
• FIXED Playing one-shots in Legato Mode when quantized and in the same choke group can prevent voices from playing in Leap
• FIXED Leap samples do not respond to MIDI pitch bend
• FIXED Empty slots in Leap are inconsistently grayed out
• FIXED Leap sample start/end points are not reset when replacing a sample
• FIXED In classic engine mode, switching to non-ping-pong mode can cause a loop to play in reverse with the reverse button not active
• FIXED Notes randomly not playing when triggered from the on-screen keyboard in Leap’s Single Mode
• FIXED Muzak Macro preset in Leap was saved with incorrect Delay and Reverb Macros
• FIXED Toggling sync on/off in delay and reverb FX causes values to jump unexpectedly in Leap
• FIXED Position indicator ring displays incorrectly when duplicating a sample in Leap
• FIXED Grid is sometimes incorrect after duplicating grids in Leap
• FIXED Replacing a file with modified start/end points can sometimes cause start/end points to not display in Leap
• FIXED Start marker in Leap can sometimes disappear
• FIXED Duplicating a REX file shows, but does not respect or use the start and end points of the copied sample
• FIXED "Edit All Samples" in Leap doesn’t work for Perform and Macro FX Toggles
• FIXED Anonymous usage data tracking of Leap for opted-in users
• ADDED Support for BPM and ID3v2 when importing samples to Leap
• ADDED Replaced group/single text switches with buttons for better usability
• ADDED Time sync parameter for Global FX

TOOLS CHANGES
• FIXED MIDI Note Off events not sent for the Chords Tool for notes not in scale

BUILDER CHANGES
• ADDED Komplete UI first public release
• ADDED Noise options for the Wavetable Modulation Oscillator
• ADDED Blend mode for Wavetable source module’s Modulation Oscillator
• FIXED Some MIDI CCs interpreted erroneously as CC 0, breaking KSP multi scripts
• FIXED Stop writing library.json in binary format
• FIXED Changes made when in mono instances of any stereo FX will not be reflected in the second instance when switching mono off via KSP
• FIXED Crash in Wavetable Oscillator
• FIXED KSP: dont_use_machine_mode() does not bypass TMPro polyphony limitations
• FIXED API: get_instrument_options() doesn’t work with encoded instruments

8.1.0 - 2024-10-21
KONTAKT ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS
• ADDED AAX Plugin migration is now available from Kontakt 5, 6 and 7 to Kontakt 8
• ADDED New amp and stomp effects: Super Fast 100, Chainsaw, Kolor, Skreamer Deluxe
• FIXED Space bar did not get picked up by the DAW after a Tool has been loaded
• FIXED Crash when showing the Batch Resave dialog in default view
• FIXED Crash when restoring a ProTools project with a large number (>10) of Kontakt instances
• FIXED Previews continued to play after Tool or Leap presets were loaded from the Default View side pane
• FIXED Drag and drop to create an instance of Kontakt in ProTools brought up the Missing Content dialog
• FIXED Tool "Retrigger" and "Dyn Mode" macro knobs did not show values in Maschine/Komplete Kontrol or when automated
• IMPROVED Bass Invader amp can now process stereo signals

LEAP IMPROVEMENTS
• ADDED More Send FX Delay and Reverb types
• FIXED Playback stopped if pointer is moved while playing
• FIXED Macro knobs on play page were missing hover states
• FIXED Issues after duplicating samples
• FIXED Snap functionality took points after the sample end and start into account when snapping in Auto or REX mode using Beat Machine
• FIXED Stuck latched notes in scaled mode
• FIXED Parameter labels were not drawing on Kontrol MK3
• FIXED Changing audio device in Bitwig brought up the Missing Content dialog
• FIXED Changing the engine of any sample killed all current voices
• FIXED Replacing a playing latched loop led to a stuck note on virtual keyboard
• IMPROVED Perform FX and Macro FX toggles are now pinned to both Sound and Engine tabs
• CHANGED Snap mode now defaults to Grid

INSTRUMENT BUILDING AND SCRIPTING IMPROVEMENTS
• ADDED KSP: $NI_EPP_EQ_MODE_E_GRAND built-in constant
• FIXED KSP: Regression with $EVENT_NOTE and $EVENT_VELOCITY built-in variables having random values in multiscript
• FIXED KSP: (N)RPN messages sent from multiscript did not reach instrument scripts
• IMPROVED KSP: NKS2 parameter groups can now have up to 48 parameters
• ADDED API: set_zone_group() command

KNOWN ISSUE
• Arrow Keys not working in Sidepane of Default View in some VST3 DAWs on Windows (Live, Cubase, Studio One)
• New Kontakt-related files types (NKL, NKT) not opening when Kontakt is launched via loading these files by double clicking in OSs Finder/Explorer

8.0.1 - 2024-09-26
• FIXED Unable to create new instrument from loading audio file in Classic View (whilst other Insturments or Tools are in view)
• FIXED Leap: Quantising will stop all other notes in group mode
• FIXED Tools: Missing "Off" state for Dynamics mode on the UI
• FIXED Chords: Hanging notes when using this Tool
• FIXED Chords: Recorded chords not being strummed as intended
• FIXED Phrases: Retrigger modes "Off" and "Legato" not working correctly
• FIXED Phrases: Missing NKS1 labels for Retrigger and Dynamics mode

KNOWN ISSUE
• Leap: While adjusting tuning, all vocies playing in single mode will be set to the same pitch
• Spacebar not reaching DAW when content is loaded from the side pane Browser
• Crash on loading Pro Tools project with many instances, whilst using Kontrol MK3 keyboards
• Leap: Duplicating Kontakt instances containing Leap presets may trigger a missing content dialog (which can safely be ignored)
• Loading a sample via drag and drop on a rack that is not empty can cause an incorrect error dialog to appear. Please create a new Leap from the menu and drag samples onto it instead[/code]

8.0.0 - 2024-08-23
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

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 ISSUE
• Leap: While adjusting tuning, all voices playing in single mode will be set to the same pitch
• Spacebar not reaching DAW when content is loaded from the side pane Browser
• Crash on loading Pro Tools project with many instances, while KSMK3 is connected
• 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)

Как установить Kontakt 8 PORTABLE

• Создать пустую папку. Имя самой папки и путь к ней НЕ ДОЛЖНЫ СОДЕРЖАТЬ КИРИЛЛИЦУ. Папка ДОЛЖНА БЫТЬ ДОСТУПНА ДЛЯ ЗАПИСИ (в папку Program Files устанавливать нельзя).
• Запустить инсталятор (KontaktPortable_v890.exe).
• Нажать кнопку Browse... и выбрать созданную пустую папку.
• Нажать кнопку Extract.
• При первом запуске Менеджера библиотек будет произведено автоматическое сканирование заводского контента, а также уже установленных библиотек (сканирование в реестре).

По окончании сканирования необходимо сохранить изменения и (пере)запустить Контакт.

Если при первом запуске изменения не были сохранены, то автоматическое сканирование можно запустить в любое время сочетанием клавиш Alt + Insert или из контекстного меню Менеджера:
• ДОБАВИТЬ > быстрый поиск

По умолчанию библиотеки добавляются только в классический браузер (за исключением заводского контента, не добавляемого в классический браузер). Такое поведение можно изменить в настройках Менеджера библиотек:
• Библиотеки > Управлять библиотеками в NKS-браузере

Как обновить предыдущую версию Kontakt 8 PORTABLE

• Запустить инсталятор KontaktPortable_v890.exe.
• Нажать кнопку Browse... и выбрать папку, в которой находятся файлы предыдущей установки Kontakt 8 PORTABLE.
• Нажать кнопку Extract.
• При появлении окна Confirm file replace, подтвердить замену файлов (Нажать Yes to All).

Примечание к версии 8.7.0: для автоматической генерации недостающих изображений библиотек в браузере Контакта (вид по умолчанию) нужно запустить Менеджер библиотек, нажать кнопку СОХРАНИТЬ (SAVE) и перезапустить Контакт.

Как добавить Kontakt 8 PORTABLE VST3 в DAW

Способ 1 (подходит не для всех DAW):
• Добавить папку Kontakt8Portable\Kontakt 8\x64\VST3\ как дополнительную папку сканирования плагинов. За подробностями обратитесь к руководству (мануалу) вашей DAW.

Способ 2:
• Запустить Kontakt8Portable\Install.exe.
• На странице выбора компонентов поставить галочку "Добавить VST3 плагин в DAW".