Kontakt 6 - worth an upgrade?

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I think you should look into your NI account.
Somewhere is a list of your unregistered items, if I remember correctly.

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No luck, alas. The only thing I found was this:
https://support.native-instruments.com/ ... ded-en-us-

For the rest, it all looks like a treasure hunt... :shock:

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ChamomileShark wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:55 am having watched the video and seeing it can't create it's own wavetables I suspect I'll stick to using Serum or Halion 6 for wavetables seeing as they can create and play wavetables.

Not sure in terms of wavetable playing that Kontakt gives anything more.(But maybe I'm missing something?)

Still looking forward to getting Kontakt 6 as part of the Komplete bundle.
From the video linked below, it appears that Kontakt does not have a wavetable editor, but it can turn samples into wavetables. The relevant part begins at 33 seconds.

If less is more, imagine how much more MORE will be.

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mheo wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:57 am Kontakt6 comes with three new "kontakt play series" libraries, right? How come I cannot find them? I followed the procedure ("install all" + refresh button in Native Acces), as by NI instructions (I'm on Komplete 12), but still nothing. Anyone?
You may need to register them

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Thanks, of course my Komplete 12 serial is under "Registered Products" (NI Account), nevertheless I can't find anything related to the three K6 "play series" libraries, neither there nor on "Native Access". It seems to be a common problem (as far as I can see here and on NI forums)? Maybe, that is because I installed Komplete only yesterday and it takes some time? Anyone?

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Donno. I know that when I register a serial I get a message 'this may take some time'. :lol:
That's a fair number of licenses.

I've deleted things I'd installed and which were activated, only later to find them under 'Not Registered' at my account. It's a brave new world.

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after installing the K6 upgrade , the three libraries were
in the ' not installed ' category of Native Access , and required separate installation ...
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they are separate for me, I don't know how Komplete licenses work however.

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Play Series are separate products even if you have Komplete. They should show up in Not installed section.

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mheo wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:57 am Kontakt6 comes with three new "kontakt play series" libraries, right? How come I cannot find them? I followed the procedure ("install all" + refresh button in Native Acces), as by NI instructions (I'm on Komplete 12), but still nothing. Anyone?
This drove me crazy too. Just installed the KU12 update and couldn't find those instruments anywhere.

Looked everywhere. Rebooted Kontakt 6. Searched my NI folder. Kept going back to Native Access. Nothing.

Finally went back to my actual NI account online. They are there and require separate registration and a separate download for each. [Would've been nice if they told you that somewhere.] Fortunately the file sizes are reasonable. But good to go after that.

Cheers
-B
Berfab
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BERFAB wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:03 pm
mheo wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:57 am Kontakt6 comes with three new "kontakt play series" libraries, right? How come I cannot find them? I followed the procedure ("install all" + refresh button in Native Acces), as by NI instructions (I'm on Komplete 12), but still nothing. Anyone?
This drove me crazy too. Just installed the KU12 update and couldn't find those instruments anywhere.

Looked everywhere. Rebooted Kontakt 6. Searched my NI folder. Kept going back to Native Access. Nothing.

Finally went back to my actual NI account online. They are there and require separate registration and a separate download for each. [Would've been nice if they told you that somewhere.] Fortunately the file sizes are reasonable. But good to go after that.

Cheers
-B
After I registered K12U update, they were not in Native Access. However, after I installed Kontakt 6, I got a generated email from NI saying the libraries and the creator package (or something like that) were added to Native Access. Sure enough, they were there.

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scott_free wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 2:16 pm
ChamomileShark wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 10:55 am having watched the video and seeing it can't create it's own wavetables I suspect I'll stick to using Serum or Halion 6 for wavetables seeing as they can create and play wavetables.

Not sure in terms of wavetable playing that Kontakt gives anything more.(But maybe I'm missing something?)

Still looking forward to getting Kontakt 6 as part of the Komplete bundle.
From the video linked below, it appears that Kontakt does not have a wavetable editor, but it can turn samples into wavetables. The relevant part begins at 33 seconds.

thanks for that. That might be a quicker route to wavetables for things I already have in Kontakt libraries.
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jsp1979 wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:23 pm
BERFAB wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:03 pm
mheo wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:57 am Kontakt6 comes with three new "kontakt play series" libraries, right? How come I cannot find them? I followed the procedure ("install all" + refresh button in Native Acces), as by NI instructions (I'm on Komplete 12), but still nothing. Anyone?
This drove me crazy too. Just installed the KU12 update and couldn't find those instruments anywhere.

Looked everywhere. Rebooted Kontakt 6. Searched my NI folder. Kept going back to Native Access. Nothing.

Finally went back to my actual NI account online. They are there and require separate registration and a separate download for each. [Would've been nice if they told you that somewhere.] Fortunately the file sizes are reasonable. But good to go after that.

Cheers
-B
After I registered K12U update, they were not in Native Access. However, after I installed Kontakt 6, I got a generated email from NI saying the libraries and the creator package (or something like that) were added to Native Access. Sure enough, they were there.
Never got an email from NI that I know of. Now that I'm aware of this, I'll check my spam folders, etc. to see if I did get something. Meantime, I never got a voucher email either, so I guess I'll have to double-check for that too.

What is the Creator package? I assumed that it was tools for those that would like to create new Kontakt instruments, and thus not something I would be interested in. Is there more to it?

Cheers
-B
Berfab
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Creator Tools is indeed developer-focused tools, like KSP debugger, scripted instrument editor, table/property-based GUI designer (for now).

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BERFAB wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:03 pm
mheo wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2019 11:57 am Kontakt6 comes with three new "kontakt play series" libraries, right? How come I cannot find them? I followed the procedure ("install all" + refresh button in Native Acces), as by NI instructions (I'm on Komplete 12), but still nothing. Anyone?
This drove me crazy too. Just installed the KU12 update and couldn't find those instruments anywhere.

Looked everywhere. Rebooted Kontakt 6. Searched my NI folder. Kept going back to Native Access. Nothing.
Odd, I got them through native access, doing a K11-->K12U upgrade.
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