Update: Native Instruments - Kontakt 7.7

[Frank]

Run Native Access

 

Full list of changes:

ADDED Simplified application header for efficient access to key functions

File, Library and View have dedicated text labels

Single View / Rack View toggle is now found in View menu

Options is now found File menu

ADDED Text search enhancements to full-screen Browser, allowing searches across full or partial names of libraries, instruments, presets, tags and more

ADDED Search results display additionally available libraries in “New Instruments for you” panel

ADDED Option to display fullscreen Browser for new Instances in Rack view under Options > Interface (note: Browser is always shown in Single View)

ADDED 50% zoom setting

IMPROVED Double-clicking a preset in Files tab, Libraries tab or Quick-Load will now replace the preset loaded in the currently selected slot, instead of adding it to the Rack

IMPROVED Access fullscreen Browser by clicking Kontakt logo in application header (About Box accessed via NI logo)

FIXED Browser text entry no longer intercepted by DAW when Kontakt is hosted as a plug-in inside of Logic Pro

FIXED Intermittent CPU spikes on macOS (introduced in Kontakt 7.6.1)

FIXED Regression in KSP message logging performance when Developer Options are enabled (introduced in Kontakt 7.5.0) causing CPU spikes in certain 8dio libraries

FIXED RAM footprint no longer increases after prolonged use 

FIXED Instrument focus strip in instrument header now updates when using previous / next buttons within edit mode

FIXED Correct visual state for Library button when instantiating Kontakt

REMOVED "Batch resave" and "Batch collect/Compress samples" options in File menu no longer appear when Kontakt is hosted as a plug-in

[cclarry]

Also "Vinyl" is updated and Kontakt Factory Selection II

[Gang5]

54 minutes ago, Frank said:

IMPROVED Double-clicking a preset in Files tab, Libraries tab or Quick-Load will now replace the preset loaded in the currently selected slot, instead of adding it to the Rack

Finally! It was so stupid the way they had it set up.

[Magic Russ]

12 minutes ago, Gang5 said:

Finally! It was so stupid the way they had it set up.

You could have set it up to replace the current instrument if you wanted.  Unfortunately they made it the default to add to the rack.

[Magic Russ]

1 hour ago, cclarry said:

Also "Vinyl" is updated and Kontakt Factory Selection II

I'm also seeing Ignition Keys updated, but no release info.

 

[BTP]

Did they just add that "New instruments to you"? It seems like it can't be hidden and it's maximized when you open Kontakt. Really annoying.

[locrian]

Apparently the “New Instruments for you” are ads in the browser that can't be hidden.

https://vi-control.net/community/threads/kontakt-updates-current-version-7-7-0.95552/post-5437251

[Magic Russ]

In that thread, ED was saying that they had good feedback about that feature.   I think maybe it's time to give them our feedback on their forum.

[overbit]

I don't understand why they removed Batch Resave from plugin version?

[GoncaloL]

10 hours ago, locrian said:

Apparently the “New Instruments for you” are ads in the browser that can't be hidden.

https://vi-control.net/community/threads/kontakt-updates-current-version-7-7-0.95552/post-5437251

Absurd! Usually when a company decides to do something like that, running ads in a purchased product, is a sign that they are becoming full of themselves and really dont give a ** about their costumers.

They had done this before on their native access tool, but that is basically an installer… this is worse… plain stupid

Edited November 9, 2023 by GoncaloL

[John Bradley]

Now, now! Everything Native Instruments makes is so dirt-cheap, practically free! How can you expect them to stay in business without ads? ?

[locrian]

The default view:

With the bottom panel collapsed:

[CSistine]

I'm glad I decided to stay on Kontakt6! And at the moment there is no library I am missing. ?

[OutrageProductions]

Once I found that Kontakt 6.8 was only created  to put in a nag to update to 7, I reverted and stopped all NI updates.

And after following the cluster of UI/UX mistakes & buggy code issues, I think I'll wait a few more years for 8.x.

And then to have the audacity to basically make 7.7 into the Home Shopping Network was a bridge waaaayyy to far.

[Vernon Barnes]

I don't care for the new libraries tab much and have set the default view back to the way it was before the update. At least 50% of the libraries I use are third party ones that do not appear in the libraries and get loaded from the files view anyway.

[kitekrazy]

My biggest shock was having to update Native Asshat that 2/3 upgraded with no problem. 

Then it's a crapshoot upgrading plugins whether I have to use their registry tool.

[Jim Roseberry]

I run Native Access... and the update doesn't show.  ?‍♂️

 

EDIT:

Had to update Native Access.

Now the updates are available.

Edited November 10, 2023 by Jim Roseberry

[John Bradley]

File under “nothing works any longer”.

Why the updater ever needs to be updated just seems like bad design. It downloads files and puts them in places. Surely it can download and parse a manifest file of some sort.

[TheMaartian]

6 hours ago, John Bradley said:

File under “nothing works any longer”.

Why the updater ever needs to be updated just seems like bad design. It downloads files and puts them in places. Surely it can download and parse a manifest file of some sort.

If it were just an "updater", things would be easy. But the new generation of "updaters" is all about pushing ads for the products you don't own yet. UVI's is the worst, bu there are many examples.

[Magic Russ]

It's slightly annoying in the updater.  I might not mind if they had a button in the sidebar for promotions just under the one for updates.

It is just intrusive in the plugin.