Native Instruments Kontakt 8

Kontakt 8 introduces a host of new features, but for MIDI tech, the most interesting is the new Tools paradigm.

Tools add a completely new layer of creative features to get the ideas flowing. And they work with any Kontakt instrument, old and new.

Spark new ideas for harmonic foundations and riffs with Chords and Phrases, designed to get you in the zone fast. Or craft intricate, evolving melodies with Patterns, an arpeggiator and polyphonic step sequencer hybrid.

As a new layer within Kontakt 8, Tools are creative multipliers for your whole virtual instrument library.

Kontakt 8’s assistive chord, melody, and pattern engines open up a playful exchange and inspire new ideas.

Plus, we’ve opened up the Tools SDK, so any developers can create their own Tools, and take MIDI-powered creativity to the moon.

Creating a totally new, unheard of Tool for Kontakt 8 would be one its most inspiring uses, besides creating amazing music, of course.