Komplete 15 just got more creative — and more affordableAd feature with Native Instruments
Native Instruments’ mammoth software library, Komplete 15, has been supercharged with a string of creative updates to Kontakt 8.
The version includes a streamlined GUI and a host of powerful Tools to inspire your music-making. And, starting tomorrow, Komplete will be 50% off, saving you hundreds of dollars, alongside other NI products like Massive X.
“At its core, Kontakt is three things,” says Tim Adnitt, Native Instruments’ VP of products and sound design. “It’s an instrument player, a sampler and an instrument-building platform. For Kontakt 8, we wanted to zone in on what creativity means in the context of each of these.”
In the latest version of Kontakt 8, that creativity is further unlocked by additions to Tools.

Tools takes incoming MIDI notes and transforms them to generate musical ideas. Upon Kontakt 8’s initial launch, Chords and Phrases Tools let producers quickly experiment with hundreds of chords and melodies, respectively. Now, six new Tools are on board to spark even more inspiration. Plus, you can now chain Tools together for a deeper layer of creative MIDI, alongside the galaxy of instruments in Komplete 15.
Arpeggiator transforms simple chords into moving, rhythmic patterns, while Pattern tool locks in your groove with customizable rhythmic sequences that add momentum and flow. If you need a more organic feel, the Humaniser adds natural variation to timing and velocity for lifelike performances.
For composers looking to expand their harmonic vocabulary, the new Chord Builder allows you to shape major and minor voicings, choose roots, and stack extensions to craft chords exactly your way. Perhaps most excitingly, you can now chain these Tools together—feeding the output of a Chord tool into an Arpeggiator, for example—to create complex, evolving musical structures from a single key press, with any blend of Kontakt instruments you prefer.
As part of Native Instruments’ Black Friday sales, which run until 31 December, NI customers can claim a 50% discount on all editions of Komplete 15. Meanwhile, there are savings on Massive X, Circular, Claire and more, plus sales on partner products like U-he Diva.
This is the perfect time to grab some of the company’s coveted standalone releases.
Check out the full sale at native-instruments.com
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