Kontakt 7 updated to v7.1.3

For a minor point update, there were a LOT a changes.

7.1.3 - 2022-12-12

New filters, purge all instances, browser features, KSP commands, bug fixes.

KONTAKT ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS:

  • ADDED Purge all instances when Kontakt 7 is running as a plug-in
  • ADDED 6 pole state variable (SV) filters
  • ADDED Tone Machine and Time Machine 1 Smooth parameter modulation
  • ADDED Reveal sample location via Mapping Editor edit menu and Wave Editor command menu (cog)
  • IMPROVED Maximum number of host automation slots increased to 1024
  • IMPROVED Flex envelope slope can now be modulated for the first 8 segments, and includes Loop and Oneshot parameters
  • IMPROVED Online KSP documentation can be directly accessed through the help menu
  • FIXED Right click to open Quick-Load not working
  • FIXED DAW key commands intercepted by Kontakt when running as a plug-in
  • FIXED Notes would auto repeat when holding a key when using QWERTY as virtual keyboard
  • FIXED Temporarily black performance view when loading Kontakt Factory Library 2 instruments
  • FIXED Plug-in window would not re-open after being closed in Renoise with Kontakt VST3
  • FIXED Crash using Quick-Load with a large number of entries. Number of visible entries has been reduced to 5000 as a consequence
  • FIXED Voices would hang with certain effects placed post amp
  • FIXED Time Machine Pro Legato would get out of sync when playing loops
  • FIXED Cabinet effect in Output section would cut off the sound
  • FIXED Excessive smoothing on group Tune parameter in wavetable mode
  • FIXED “Restore loops from samples” option in Wave Editor not working when using the same sample repeatedly
  • FIXED Auto-mapping using the “Make group name” token did not work properly
  • FIXED Pasting a group without samples would paste with samples, and pasting groups with samples was not refreshing the Mapping Editor
  • FIXED Loops 2-8 were not working in MP60, S1200 and TMPro modes

BROWSER IMPROVEMENTS:

  • ADDED Presets list now displays and sorts Instruments, Multis and Snapshots by their file type
  • ADDED Reset Browser filter state
  • ADDED Import multiple Custom Libraries in bulk
  • ADDED Customize name of imported Custom Libraries (using the Alias field)
  • ADDED Error messages for failed Library import
  • IMPROVED Tooltips display full text for Import Dialogue Folder path and Alias field, as well as Library tiles, in case when the text was truncated
  • FIXED Resized components are now correctly displayed when the Preset list is dragged horizontally

INSTRUMENT BUILDING AND SCRIPTING IMPROVEMENTS:

  • ADDED Convolution Auto Gain can now be accessed via KSP with $ENGINE_PAR_IRC_AUTO_GAIN
  • ADDED Time Machine Legato button can now be accessed via KSP with $ENGINE_PAR_TM_LEGATO
  • ADDED get_zone_id() translates the zone index to the zone ID
  • ADDED XY Pad cursor values can now be set and retrieved with set_control_par_real_arr() and get_control_par_real_arr()
  • ADDED New commands get_group_idx() , get_mod_idx(), get_target_idx(), deprecating the usage of find_group(), find_mod() and find_target(). These commands return $NI_NOT_FOUND when the queried object is not found
  • ADDED Additional math functions and logic commands: cbrt(), log2(), log10(), exp2(), signbit(), sgn(), bitwise .xor., boolean xor
  • ADDED Zone BPM can now be set and retrieved with $ZONE_PAR_BPM zone parameter
  • ADDED Zone sample rate can now be retrieved with $ZONE_PAR_SAMPLE_RATE zone parameter
  • ADDED Zone state can now be determined with get_zone_status() command which returns $NI_ZONE_STATUS_EMPTY, $NI_ZONE_STATUS_LOADED, $NI_ZONE_STATUS_PURGED, $NI_ZONE_STATUS_IGNORED and deprecates the usage of is_zone_empty()
  • IMPROVED From Script modulator can now have its value set without internal range clamping by using $EVENT_PAR_MOD_VALUE_EX_ID
  • IMPROVED Zone parameters can now be set with KSP for all zones when using snapshot modes 2 and 3
  • IMPROVED Modulo operation now also works with real numbers
  • IMPROVED Added real() and int() value conversion commands, deprecating int_to_real() and real_to_int()
  • IMPROVED Zone settings were not taken into account when using change_vol and change_pan, introduced mode 2
  • FIXED Crash with output_channel_name() when channel count is zero
  • FIXED Incorrect warning messages were displayed for any zone related commands
  • FIXED $MARK_28 is no longer used by the internal sustain pedal script
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Do you know if Kontakt 7 is able to import SFZ format - like Kontakt 5 can?

Not possible. But you can try Chicken Systems Translator 7 to convert an SFZ file to an NKI file. It’s expensive ($149). I don’t know if the free demo will do this translation. Worth a try.

Chicken Systems Translator 7

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I do not understand why they abandoned this function.

To eliminate code bloat? Like Rennie Deflatine for trapped gas.

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I use the Awave program for converting my old Roland S-50 samples to Kontakt formats. It supports many, many formats, SFZ being one. I’ve had this for years (First Roland S-50 format converters out there I knew of).

They have a shareware and a $90 full version.

and here is a list if supported I/O formats…