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martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:37 pm

Borbolactic wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:23 pm The piano, harmonica and acoustic guitar and many others haven't been upgraded in a long time. Very disappointed.

I haven't upgraded my Yamaha grand piano since ages and I'm not disappointed. What am I doing wrong?

martiu · Post by **martiu** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:56 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:37 pm
Borbolactic wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:23 pm The piano, harmonica and acoustic guitar and many others haven't been upgraded in a long time. Very disappointed.
I haven't upgraded my Yamaha grand piano since ages and I'm not disappointed. What am I doing wrong?

you are not sad enough

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:09 am

martinjuenke wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:37 pm
Borbolactic wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:23 pm The piano, harmonica and acoustic guitar and many others haven't been upgraded in a long time. Very disappointed.
I haven't upgraded my Yamaha grand piano since ages and I'm not disappointed. What am I doing wrong?

Sell the piano and invest in a subscription service?

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:23 am

machinesworking wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 6:40 pmAre you still able to use Kompact, Impact, Spectral Delay, B3, Akoustic Piano etc, etc? From them? What surprised me the other day is loading Kompact instruments into Kontakt worked pretty well, even on Mac OS.

The only one of those that I own is Spektral Delay, and I stopped using it a long time ago, I’m not even sure I know where the installers are. I had it and Vokator. I should dig them up and see if I can get them going.

El°HYM · Post by **El°HYM** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:28 am

martiu wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:56 pm
martinjuenke wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:37 pm
Borbolactic wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:23 pm The piano, harmonica and acoustic guitar and many others haven't been upgraded in a long time. Very disappointed.
I haven't upgraded my Yamaha grand piano since ages and I'm not disappointed. What am I doing wrong?
you are not sad enough

Your piano skills are mediocre, please go and bake a delicious cake now.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:25 am

Is it just me, or does the new NI logo look like it wants to be Kia?

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:35 am

AI and graphic arts can have strange results. For all we know, there should have been a car maker named NIA, but the pointy haired bosses were too drunk to notice

mixyguy2 · Post by **mixyguy2** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:13 pm

I have heard that supposedly a new version of Kontakt is coming out which will FINALLY address the scalability issue; I'll believe it when I see it

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:39 pm

Kontakt 7 interface is zoomable now - but most of the libraries are not yet and that will take a while

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:33 pm

aMUSEd wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:39 pm Kontakt 7 interface is zoomable now - but most of the libraries are not yet and that will take a while

Any interface can zoom now. It'll get blurry if you overdo it, but really helps with old libraries like Spitfire Albion that are absurdly small. Bump those up to 125 or 150% and it's pretty good.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:38 pm

Echoes in the Attic wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:33 pm
aMUSEd wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:39 pm Kontakt 7 interface is zoomable now - but most of the libraries are not yet and that will take a while
Any interface can zoom now. It'll get blurry if you overdo it, but really helps with old libraries like Spitfire Albion that are absurdly small. Bump those up to 125 or 150% and it's pretty good.

Yes they can all be zoomed but with varying degrees of scalability; some newer libraries like Lunaris 2 that come with higher res assets already scale better while many of the older libraries look dreadful but it still helps - but what I meant is only the Kontakt 2 factory library and one other are actually made to scale well when zoomed into so far using NI's new interface technology for Kontakt libraries.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 7:30 am

BTW NI made some significant browser improvements in 7.5 that have tipped it into being almost useable, if still a long way to go. Thread in the Sampling section - viewtopic.php?t=599237

LFO8 · Post by **LFO8** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:14 am

On a side note.. does anyone know how the heck one can control the onscreen controls in Kontakt 7 with a mousewheel?? Even Guitar rig supports this.

teilo · Post by **teilo** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:41 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:25 am Is it just me, or does the new NI logo look like it wants to be Kia?

The Kia logo is idiotic also. It looks like КИ which are two Russian letters.

Or like KN Filters bought a car company and hired a dyslexic logo designer.

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:00 am

I have to admit some of the newer scripted Kontakt instruments are really cool. They are inspiring to me. Examples for me include Noire, Piano Colors, Playbox, and others. I still have some old favorites like the stuff from Soniccouture and Hollow Sun, too.

Sad state of Native Instruments