Kontakt will be updated to v1.5, apparently in the next couple of weeks. The update will be available as a special offer for $29/$49 for the first four weeks following release, after which it will cost $49/$69. Anyone that purchased Kontakt after August 1st will be able to download the update for free.
New features will include:
- Beat Machine - for slicing and syncing loops.
- Time Machine II
- Better sound quality when time stretching and pitch shifting samples
- Time stretching to sync drum loops to the tempo of the host sequencer.
- Accelerated Sample Analysis
- VST Automation.
- New Import Formats - REX, EXS MK II and Samplecell.
- OS X support: Core Audio, Core MIDI, Audio Units, VST and RTAS (For Windows too).
- Drag and Drop From Finder and Desktop.
- Locking Zones.
- Fine-Control of Master Tuning.
- Solo Latch, Solo In Place.
- New Copy Protection: NI Authorization System.
NI also announced NI Komplete, a package that includes Reaktor Session, Kontakt, Battery, Absynth2, Vokator, Spektral Delay, FM7, B4 and Pro-53 for 1499 $/EUR. NI Komplete will be available from October 17th for MacOS 9, Mac OS X and Windows.