Native Instruments updates Kontakt to v8.4.1

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Native Instruments has updated Kontakt to v8.4.1.

Changes in Kontakt 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.
  • On MacOS some Content Libraries not found from external drives, due to wrong path construction.

Changes in Kontakt 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.
  • Crash when clicking Activate Demo.
  • Instrument Sidepane Navigator Volume/Pan unresponsive to automation.
  • Instrument Sidepane Navigator buttons were stealing Spacebar focus from DAW.
  • Clicking File/New Leap inadvertently created two Leap instruments.
  • Minimizing the Instrument Header of small-height instruments made them invisible in Classic View.
  • Snapshot not highlighted when loading default preset.
  • Default View rack not displaying instruments when switching from empty page of Classic View.
  • Clicking Snapshot Previous/Next jumps to first Snapshot after reopening instrument GUI in DAW.
  • 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
  • Ability to disable automatic closing of Popovers.
  • Customizable TextInput component.
  • Main thread scripting with Komplete Script (can run even when GUI is not open).
  • 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.
  • Divide-by-zero corrupts layout without error.
  • Modifier inside declarative for/if can cause a cycle detection error.
  • Hierarchical order of reactive updates not always respected.
  • Feature toggle for experimental features broken.

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