It's only when you dig into the various editor panels that you start to notice some of the upgrades. Visually you would have a hard time distinguishing Kontakt 4 and Kontakt 5 in a side-by-side comparison, as there were no major changes to the interface this time around.
So what's new with Kontakt 5? Are the changes worthy of the full point upgrade? With alternatives like MOTU's latest version of MachFive re-emerging from the shadows and raising some eyebrows with its overhauled UI and new features, there is some pressure growing for Native Instruments to innovate. This soft-sampler powerhouse has been an industry standard for nearly a decade, but some interesting competition has been cropping up lately.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled forum browsing.Ĭlick to expand.Thank you, Profound. But that aside, I just feel that this was a bonehead move on NI's part, and I wanted to share my frustration. They could've helped me avoid the whole issue by just naming it what everybody in the world calls the damn thing: Kontakt Player.Īnd yes, I'm aware that I could also solve my dilemma by upgrading to Kontakt 6 and getting rid of the Player entirely. But really, it's stupendously easy to not distinguish between the two, especially since there are *6* versions of each clotting up my Add Instrument Track menu (for mono, stereo, etc.). But - and here's my vent - why the heck didn't NI name that player application so that it appears as "Kontakt Player"? I mean, I know the deal now, so hopefully I'll remember to choose "Kontakt 5" from now on when I need it instead of "Kontakt". So yeah, it turns out that I just chose the wrong instrument when I added those tracks. and discover that (in DP, at least) when I add a new instrument track, my Kontakt 5 is still there, but now Kontakt Player is a new available option *under the name* "Kontakt". I don't know how Kontakt Player opened instead of Kontakt, but I investigate a little bit.
Which means, of course, that some of my VIs won't load into it.
only to discover that it's not Kontakt 5 that opened, but my new install of Kontakt Player 6, instead. I open up a few instrument instances of Kontakt and run with it. So I open up DP and start a fresh new project.
But hey, smart me, I realized that I can download the newer version of the free Kontakt Player and use that for those libraries. I've recently purchased a few libraries that require Kontakt 6 which I don't yet have. I have Kontakt 5 which I usually run in DP 9. But I discovered something stupid and annoying, and I want to vent. And maybe one of you will be able to point me to a perfectly good solution that I didn't know about, or maybe I'll just learn to live with it. Sorry in advance, but I just need to let off a little steam tonight.