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NCW <-> WAV converter
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 11 Jun, 2004 from phoenix, AZ, USA
@ASTN, thank you very much for this converter.
FWIW, if you don't need to use any options, and just want to do the default conversion from NCW>WAV right there in a folder, copy the CONNCW.exe file to the folder the .NCW files are in, then select all the .NCW files and drag them onto the CONNCW.exe file right there in Windows Explorer. It will open a command prompt and do the conversions one at a time in that on it's own, and close itself when done.
Afterward, I then just delete the ncw files and the rest of the Kontakt instrument as I can't use it anyway. (none of the freebies or cheap libraries I have found work in the Kontakt Player, they all require the full version).
I don't have Kontakt, but there are apparently some free and/or cheap libraries out there that store samples in the NCW format, which this converter lets me then use as WAV files directly in SONAR to compose with.***
I wish there was something (other than Chickensys Translator, outside my nonexistent budget) that could do the other Kontakt formats.
***I have trouble controlling my body precisely enough to actually play instruments, but I can drag clips (and notes) around on a screen (or use keys to move them around) to create music with, like this latest WIP:
https://www.soundclick.com/amberwolf/?more=14885278
More:
http://amberwolf.bandcamp.com
and
http://soundclick.com/amberwolf
FWIW, if you don't need to use any options, and just want to do the default conversion from NCW>WAV right there in a folder, copy the CONNCW.exe file to the folder the .NCW files are in, then select all the .NCW files and drag them onto the CONNCW.exe file right there in Windows Explorer. It will open a command prompt and do the conversions one at a time in that on it's own, and close itself when done.
Afterward, I then just delete the ncw files and the rest of the Kontakt instrument as I can't use it anyway. (none of the freebies or cheap libraries I have found work in the Kontakt Player, they all require the full version).
I don't have Kontakt, but there are apparently some free and/or cheap libraries out there that store samples in the NCW format, which this converter lets me then use as WAV files directly in SONAR to compose with.***
I wish there was something (other than Chickensys Translator, outside my nonexistent budget) that could do the other Kontakt formats.
***I have trouble controlling my body precisely enough to actually play instruments, but I can drag clips (and notes) around on a screen (or use keys to move them around) to create music with, like this latest WIP:
https://www.soundclick.com/amberwolf/?more=14885278
More:
http://amberwolf.bandcamp.com
and
http://soundclick.com/amberwolf
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- KVRAF
- 4876 posts since 13 May, 2004
Look here, totally free:Amberwolf wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2024 7:44 pm I wish there was something (other than Chickensys Translator, outside my nonexistent budget) that could do the other Kontakt formats.
https://www.mossgrabers.de/Software/Con ... hMoss.html
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 11 Jun, 2004 from phoenix, AZ, USA
Thanks! I'll check it out. 
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- KVRist
- 76 posts since 3 Oct, 2004
The whole initiative is terrific, but unfortunately, it's 10% less efficient than kontakt's ncw compression, which isn't a deal breaker considering time efficiency it brings but a bit sad. This isn't about disk space, afaik ncw are stored compressed in ram too, correct me if I'm wrong. But it's perfect at least for ncw to wav, which is half the way, thanks for the tool that works.
Last edited by Exie on Sat Nov 16, 2024 12:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRAF
- 9586 posts since 5 Aug, 2009
stupid question, is there a possibility to convert also NKX files?
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 41 posts since 2 Nov, 2019
Not with my programm.Caine123 wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 8:34 pm stupid question, is there a possibility to convert also NKX files?
I used a plugin for TotalCommander which essentially treated NKX containers as archives, allowing you to add and extract files from there.