Free 8GB drum library from Sennheiser(Kontakt Player compatible)

[sqigls]

the installer fails for me every time.
I've tried repairing permissions and downloading the file again, nothing works.
I'm on OSX 10.8.4, anyone with similar troubles, solutions?
Cheers

I tried most things, still fails at the end of install every time.

[chrisby]

Hi!

Has anybody the same problem?

Trying to install DrumMicA, I got an error from the NI-AwareWizard: "Please run this installer from the original DVD".

I got the serial number und the full download file. The recent version of Service Center is installed. Kontakt 5 Player is updated.

Thanks for any help.

I saw this too... Can't remember if it was because I didn't extract it or because I tried to install off a network drive but extracting and installing on a local drive cleared it up.

Great and a big "Thank you".

Cool... Glad it helped.

[frankz00]

So apparently this kit qualifies you for a Kontakt discount. I can get it for $249 vs $399. I wonder if this would have helped during the Kontakt sale. I'm kicking myself for not checking!

[Xenobt]

Don't kick yourself, frankz00, I checked during the sale and no 50% off crossgrades, or upgrades either! Boo!!! I even spoke with an NO, er, NI rep on the phone and he said half off should be enough at $199. I humbly disagree!

It seems with the price difference between Komplete and Kontakt being pretty slight for the VAST amount of stuff you get with Komplete, that Kontakt should be a LOT cheaper.

KVR/eSoundz: Xenobt

[pljones]

I've written a Kontakt Multiscript for CC4 to varying hi-hat, if anyone wants it... (See, hi-hat details... it might sound wonderful but without this the playability goes...)

Code: Select all

on init
	message("init")
	declare $last_cc4
	$last_cc4 := 0
end on

on midi_in
	message("")
	if ($MIDI_COMMAND = $MIDI_COMMAND_CC and $MIDI_BYTE_1 = 4)
		$last_cc4 := $MIDI_BYTE_2
		message("CC4 " & $last_cc4)
	end if
	if ($MIDI_COMMAND = $MIDI_COMMAND_NOTE_ON and $MIDI_BYTE_1 = 60 and $MIDI_BYTE_2 > 0)
		message("hihat - CC4 " & $last_cc4)
		select ($last_cc4)
			case 0 to 10
				set_midi($MIDI_CHANNEL,$MIDI_COMMAND_NOTE_ON, 64, $MIDI_BYTE_2) { open }
			case 11 to 64
				set_midi($MIDI_CHANNEL,$MIDI_COMMAND_NOTE_ON, 63, $MIDI_BYTE_2) { semi-open }
			case 63 to 96
				set_midi($MIDI_CHANNEL,$MIDI_COMMAND_NOTE_ON, 62, $MIDI_BYTE_2) { loose }
			case 97 to 123
				set_midi($MIDI_CHANNEL,$MIDI_COMMAND_NOTE_ON, 61, $MIDI_BYTE_2) { closed }
		end select
	end if
end on

[musikmachine]

Finally got it installed and had a play with it, like the options to choose mics for each drum part and the fx are good, like the transient shaper for blending the bass and snare drums. Nice and raw, will be great for rock/pop and acoustic stuff but i'll have to try processing it with some fx tomorrow. Nice to have all the options anyway. Only negative is the small gui but apart from that a great freebie.

[gamecat666]

dont know if anyone else noticed, but you can also request a dvd to be delivered. and it also appears to be free..

and it arrived yesterday... im stunned at how this is free, must be costing them a fortune!

[pljones]

I guess I'm now in a much better position to comment as I spent a couple of hours playing the kit with my TrapKAT earlier on today. Generally, the other people in the jams loved the sound -- possibly except the snare (which is down to taste: it's a taut, ringy, metallic sound rather than a woody, loose, thudding one). The dryness wasn't much of an issue - I like it but I did need some reverb at times (again, down to taste).

Having control over the mic selection and mix levels was really good as I could adjust the sounds nicely to the mood. The dynamics are pretty nice, though I found the top velocities surprisingly loud and I might have liked a bit more detail on the ride (mostly because I was using it so much).

The hi-hat remains a bit of an issue for me... The muting is a bit severe (e.g. pedal gently and even the hardest open hit cuts right off). I've yet to investigate how easy this is to address in Kontakt Player 5. But with the varying openness script, it wasn't unusable.

[ghettosynth]

dont know if anyone else noticed, but you can also request a dvd to be delivered. and it also appears to be free..

and it arrived yesterday... im stunned at how this is free, must be costing them a fortune!

As did mine, so, FYI, they will ship this to the U.S.

[Numanoid]

So apparently this kit qualifies you for a Kontakt discount. I can get it for $249 vs $399. I wonder if this would have helped during the Kontakt sale. I'm kicking myself for not checking!

No, I think I remember checking for cross grade opportunities, and they were not present.

It is quite rare that NI lets punters combine offers to get a greater rebate.

For example their e-voucher will not work combined with a sale they have on an item.

[pljones]

Sorry to bump this again (..!) -- I just got a second DVD from those nice Sennheiser people. Now, both the DVD and the covering letter look identical to the first one, so I'm just left wondering what happened...

While I'm hear I'll moan that it doesn't save settings to the project - it always reloads with "DEFAULT" selected and back to the original mics, so it's clearly a "demo" version. OK for free, I guess, still a little annoying. You can save and load user settings, though...

[frankz00]

Don't kick yourself, frankz00, I checked during the sale and no 50% off crossgrades, or upgrades either! Boo!!! I even spoke with an NO, er, NI rep on the phone and he said half off should be enough at $199. I humbly disagree!

It seems with the price difference between Komplete and Kontakt being pretty slight for the VAST amount of stuff you get with Komplete, that Kontakt should be a LOT cheaper.

KVR/eSoundz: Xenobt

Ah thanks for the clarification.... Wow. Slightly lower would have been a no-brainer for me. I didn't even blink when Reaktor was $99.

Oh well...

[EvilDragon]

While I'm hear I'll moan that it doesn't save settings to the project - it always reloads with "DEFAULT" selected and back to the original mics, so it's clearly a "demo" version. OK for free, I guess, still a little annoying. You can save and load user settings, though...

This does not happen over here. It's not a demo version, it restores in the project just fine.

[Melodyshine]

While I'm hear I'll moan that it doesn't save settings to the project - it always reloads with "DEFAULT" selected and back to the original mics, so it's clearly a "demo" version. OK for free, I guess, still a little annoying. You can save and load user settings, though...

I have the same problem with Samplitude. The Abbey Road Modern Drummer has got the same problem. Probably it's a bug within Samplitude
It seems to work with Reaper, although Reaper always shows the wrong preset name, namely "Default"

[EvilDragon]

Seems like it could be a problem with how those DAWs save plugin data chunks...


Melodyshine - I will test again about preset displaying "Default" always - this could be a simple scripting error.