KVR Audio

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:19 am

What a pile of crap ! Never before have I seen a more buggy and unstable method of keeping products up to date !

I just tried to upgrade Kontakt to the latest version only to have this stupid NA crash every time, upon reinstalling it, seems to only want to update certain things.

It's probably well documented how bad it is, but I need to rant about it, as I don't have a pillow on hand to scream into.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:34 am

Yep, its shite, as was the service center before it, and partly why i dont use any NI products.

There is no need for it at all, total bloat.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:36 am

No good if you're not a Native.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:01 am

Updated to 5.8 without issues over here...

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:15 am

Ditto. It was realy fast as well, I have had no issues with Access and find it realy useful.

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:34 am

Once you've it working right its fine IME, just wish it wouldn't keep the installers.
BTW, removing them will break it, similar to the way the OP describes.

beater · Post by **beater** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 9:59 am

I actually like it. Works fine for me and keeps things organized.

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:18 am

Hmm, it's been around for 18 months or so, gone though several revisions and still gives some users a whole load of problems.

Given that it is now core to NI's product management it really needs more attention and features.

Telematix · Post by **Telematix** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:33 am

I haven't had any issues with Native Access, but it's a shame that NI doesn't allow to download separate installers.

Dasheesh · Post by **Dasheesh** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:06 am

So they went to a WAVES type software manager? There is a reason I’m not using NI.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:32 am

Steve1974 wrote:I haven't had any issues with Native Access, but it's a shame that NI doesn't allow to download separate installers.

There's a workaround now that you can pause downloads. I can only speak from Windows perspective. Start your download and pause it. Now go to C: drive and show hidden files, you will see a hidden folder with "ni" in its name. Inside it you will find a "metalink" file, open it in Notepad. At the end of it is the download link, which you copy and paste in your browser. Cancel download from NA, close NA, download via browser, mount ISO, install.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:40 am

It still desperately needs a way to Add Library for NI's own stuff (as opposed to downloading), no way to do that at the moment AFAIK. Recently changed computers, and had to start with 5.6.6 to add all the NI stuff, then update to latest version. Nuts.

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:43 am

pekbro wrote:Once you've it working right its fine IME, just wish it wouldn't keep the installers.
BTW, removing them will break it, similar to the way the OP describes.

Aw damn really ? This could be it. Is there a solution to that ? Can I download the installers manually ?

Sahul · Post by **Sahul** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:49 am

In my particular case, Native Access threw an error message yesterday night every time I tried to update to Kontakt v5.8.0, something in the lines of "the original installation can't be found blah blah blah". I could finish the update afterwards by using the standalone version of the installer (which was not easy to find, by the way, as some people have already pointed out in this thread).

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:55 am

In fairness to NI, I posted a support ticket earlier and the reply was to use their removal tool for the offending software and try installing then, and so far it's working, 1/3 plugins are installed properly.