Native Instruments Kontakt 5 5.6.8 Latest + Crack and License is available at Softasm.COM for Download. Runs stand-alone and as a VST/AU/RTS Plug-in. Native Instruments Kontakt 5 is a robust and versatile softsampler that operates as either a standalone or as a plugin within your DAW. It delivers tremendous value for its price, but how much you get out of that depends on your musical goals and willingness to delve into the guts of the sounds you are working with.
Native Instruments’ latest super bundle Komplete is back with its eighth iteration and among the instruments getting a major-point upgrade is Kontakt, which jumps to version 5. This soft-sampler powerhouse has been an industry standard for nearly a decade, but some interesting competition has been cropping up lately. With alternatives like MOTU’s latest version of MachFive re-emerging from the shadows and raising some eyebrows with its UI and new features, there is some pressure growing for Native Instruments to innovate. So what’s new with Kontakt 5? Are the changes worthy of the full point upgrade?
Super-powerful sampler features. Extensive third-party library support. Top-quality SSL-style EQ/compressor. Some excellent new filters. MIDI file playback capability for scripters. Also, new higher quality timestretch mode. It runs as a standalone app and a VST/AU/RTAS plug-in. Note that the library comes ready-compressed this time, using Kontakt’s lossless audio format, resulting in a smaller 25GB disk footprint.
One of the few truly new features that Kontakt 5 brings to the table is the Time Machine Pro sampling mode, which was reportedly developed for NI by the time-stretching specialists at zPlane. This algorithm is pretty convincing for most audio material, allowing you to stretch a sample by as much as 600% or shrink by 50%. There are some examples on NI’s Kontakt page that show off the possibilities here. One downside to the Time Machine Pro mode is that automation of pitch either doesn’t work, or has been disabled intentionally.
The content is now arranged in large container files as opposed to individual WAVs. However, Kontakt addicts will recognise the same seven-category library (Choir, Band, Orchestral, World, Synth, Vintage and Urban) with over 1000 instruments.
Obviously, Kontakt is no big secret. For well over a decade, producers, sound designers and professional mix engineers have made expert use of it. During that time, it has been showered with high praise and deservedly so.