ok.. well it depends on what I'm actually converting.. if I want to use my reason stuff.. I convert it to kontakt.. then back out..

I uses "Extreme Sample Converter" http://www.extranslator.com/

as some companies don't offer a crossgrade for other formats, you previously have bought.. and want the full price again.. so thought sod that.. they should be glad of my custom

I just found out that Kontakt 5 is not supported for XP or Vista. It's W7-only. FYI.

Also, the new Studio Drummer library requires Kontakt 5 and will not run on K4.

Prediction: in 6 months there will be more major library releases but they'll require K6, and next year that will be obsoleted by K7. Welcome to the upgrade conveyor belt. Just shut up, hop on and hold your wallet out for the attendant as you pass.

yorolpal


Before it's over, everyone will adopt the Intuit model (which is also the modern printer model) in which they charge you next to nothing for the intial software (or hardware printer) then, quite literally, force you to buy either an expensive upgrade (or more expensive ink) in order to just keep operating.

Some Musicians think this is already happening. Looks like two options - 1. Keep buying or 2. Go back to hard gear.

BTW it was not to long ago you could buy a printer that just prints black ink - now you have to have color ink just to print black.

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The prime minister has flown back from Tuscany to explain how there is no social divide in the UK. I love Aussie humor. Wish we got more of it here in the U.S.

Getting in late on this one but feel the need to chime in.  I posted something about K5 awhile ago stating that there was really nothing in it for me to upgrade at this point. I think NI might have gotten themselves in a pickle if it is true it is only W7 compatible.

Third Party developers will stay with 4.2.x until W7 is the predominant OS and that will take year IMHO, so unless some KILLER library is released in K5 (don't do it 3P guys), all this just confirmed my sitting on the sidelines on this one.

I already keep K3 on an older machine to convert my commercial sample libraries to K3 if needed.  No way I am going to have 3 versions of Kontakt around.

And too bad GigaSampler wasn't nurtured once it was sold to the big guys from the little guys that started the company because I am sure that GS could have given NI a run for their money.

With all that said, Kontakt has just too much universal support (third party libraries) for anyone to make a serious commercial run at them now.

Jim

Going back to hardware - just what I'm doing too at the moment and its FUN

NI keeps saying that only W7 is supported, but that K5 works just fine on XP/Vista. Which I would expect to be the case. They're just weaseling out of having to guarantee it.

bitflipper


NI keeps saying that only W7 is supported, but that K5 works just fine on XP/Vista. Which I would expect to be the case. They're just weaseling out of having to guarantee it.

Given that NI staff have said they think it will work I suspect they have had it running on XP and Vista PC, but not fully tested it. The upgrade from Kontakt 4 to Komplete is $400 which is quite a bit to shell out without a guarentee it will work. Let's see what crops up on the forums wnen people start installing.

I don't have Kontakt 5, but have had K4 & K3 on the same machine (never tried to load both at the same time though).

BTW it was not to long ago you could buy a printer that just prints black ink - now you have to have color ink just to print black.

 
I had a color cartridge run out when going to print a FedEx label.
Even though I had plenty of black ink... couldn't print the label
That's enough to get your blood-pressure going...