liinnerd
As I wrote in my earlier reply: if you use the 32bit version of kontakt 5.4 all your projects should open without the parse error. At least this worked for me.
Just remove the 64bit dll (or rename the extension) from your plugin folder on your harddrive and sonar automatically uses the 32bit version in your projects. This way you can uses platinum untill Cake or NI come up with a fix.

Thanks for a workaround solution liinnerd, do you have good performance with heavy kontakt projects with 32bit version of kontakt?

Hi Folks,
 
I heard back from NI. They are aware of the issue and its scheduled for development.
Apparently there is a workaround by switching OS localization settings but I do not have a lot of info on that. Perhaps you can directly check with NI support about this since they might have more information.

Awesome thanks for confirming that it resolves the issue!
English(UK) should also be ok I believe.

Also confirming that switching to english works :) yay thanks
Now we need the melodyne glitch fix, ETA on that fix Noel? :)

I was trying to reproduce that error, but I couldn't. Until I noticed that you were using X3E and I'm using Platinum. :-/
So I switched back to X3e to test it and couldn't reproduce it either.  
 
Did you try creating a new routing setup from scratch? and maybe use the vst version with 16 or 64 outputs?  
 

I don't know. The problem described in this thread is caused by a fault during the parsing of kontakt scripts. Because some line break or other piece of code gets interpreted wrong due to the difference in punctuation marks between English and Non-English language. (e.g. Date separated with a slash instead of dash, etc. )   At least that's my theory ;-). 
 
So your problem could be related, but I don't think so because I assume you're language setting is already on english. One other thing I noticed is the parsing error started occurring at version 5.4 so maybe you could revert to an earlier version and see if that helps. 

orhanproject
I will give up on this and uninstall platinum and install X3e because I really need a full working sonar, don't have the time to play a tester here really, loading projects with kontakt 5 in it complaining about "parse error" and I have to click 10-20, 30 times per project (depends on the project) on ok button turns me off ( and also I read there was some melodyne issues too in platinum?! ) so I will give platinum a break and wait a few months before I install it again (hoping in the meantime these issues are fixed)...

 I don't get why people do that with new releases.  Sonar.exe is not a large file.  I use to have S7 - X3 on one machine.
 
 BTW I don't seem to have this bug on W7.

Same parse errors here (German Win 7), latest Kontakt 5, Sonar Platinum.
The project still loads fine in X3E!

Showstopper so far ...
Michael

Yes, I've changed the date/time format to English(USA) and it works, but has impact on other applications.
 
Still wondering whether NI or Cake causes the problem, and who will fix it - and of course when it will be fixed ...
 
Michael

You don't change the language of the GUI with that workaround!!Try the workaround before and see by urself.

Loptec

KWILD
You don't change the language of the GUI with that workaround!!Try the workaround before and see by urself.

 
Still! It's a bug and needs fixing

Of course and i think they will fix ASAP but at least we can still use Kontakt before they fixit.

What is strange is that as a French based OS and Sonar version , everything works fine here ...
localistaion Paris Madrid ect
 

Hi Musikus,
 
You need to apply the changes to your Region Format before opening sonar. Did you click apply? Maybe it is caused by your German version of Sonar? I believe Sonar asks which language version it should install upon installation. 
 
Please try again and make sure you applied the correct settings in the Region and Language and click Apply --> OK (forgot to do this myself a few times while searching for a solution to this problem) ;-)
And remember to alway close Sonar and open it again after applying these changes. 
 
If this doesn't help you could try to install the english version of sonar. I know this is a pita, but I can't think of anything else right now until this problem is fixed by either NI or Cake. 
 
Good luck, keep us posted! 
richard
 
ps: Is there anyone else that has this same problem with the workaround not working for them?