Native Instruments has introduced Kontakt 6, the latest version of its creative software sampler.
Here’s what’s new:
- KONTAKT Play Series: Three new instruments for the KONTAKT library:
- Analog Dreams – An instrument featuring legendary analog and digital synths of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s
- Ethereal Earth – A hybrid instrument that takes live instrumentation from across the world and combines it with digital synthesis
- Hybrid Keys – A ‘modern and creative twist’ on acoustic piano, classic electric piano, synth, and analog keys
- Wavetable synthesis module: Build hybrid instruments for new sounds
- Enhanced effects: Even more effects for your creations, for greater expression and realism
- Replika Delay: Based on the dedicated Native Instruments plug-in REPLIKA XT, it offers multiple delay modes, each with a vastly different sound character.
- Room Reverb: A new high-quality algorithmic room reverb that offers options for real time modulation.
- Hall Reverb: An algorithmic reverb, tuned for hall sounds.
- Plate Reverb: Emulates a plate reverberator for for classic vintage metallic sounds.
- Cry Wah: Wah-wah effect module, based on the most popular wah pedal of all time.
- Creator Tools: New standalone application dedicated to improving the library creation and editing process.
Pricing and Availability
Kontakt 6 is available for pre-order now for US $399; the upgrade price is $99.
Hopefully they work on the CPU usage…
what’s wrong with the CPU usage?
many times this has to do with 3rd party instruments with sloppy code. there are some amazing patches with super low CPU use and then from other developers the CPU goes through the roof on what seems should be a fairly simple patch.
So pretty much nothing new at all? All those years. And it’s been many. I’d imagine they’ve spent most of that time trying to figure out how to stamp out piracy of the top shelf sample libraries.
That’s a pretty weak new features list for a major release version. Really, that’s all you could come-up with? The antiquated programming UI needs a massive (yes, pun) update. This is more of a minor/dot release, not a major one.
Still the same old terrible, ugly and not scalable GUI? Bye bye NI!