rtucker55
I personally don't know but, I have a feeling if you have opened and saved any projects using 5.6.1 you are probably better off staying with 5.6.1.  It has to get better with the next update!

well, I haven't done anything serious with K5.6.1 due to the poor performance I get - so projects are not an issue, but it did update some libraries when it installed itself at K5.6.0 ...???

I just installed Native access and updated Kontakt, I seems to be working OK here. I loaded a project with 5 Orange Tree Evolution guitars, including the enormous Drakus and Scarbee Pre bass (which also had an update) I did not find the load time excessive but the OTS products are on an SSD. Once loaded it all works fine.
 
A lot faster the EW Play for sure!
 
PS, still dont like the new virtual keyboard colouring!

I'm used to projects taking ages to load in SONAR. I always have an instance of Kontakt loaded plus Trilian bass and Superior drums - so load a project and go make some coffee ;-)

Guyz a litlle out off tic , but is the access software knows where to update stuff ? I m still using the center here ...

Zo
Guyz a litlle out off tic , but is the access software knows where to update stuff ? I m still using the center here ...

Zo,
 
From my experience, NO, it does not.  It is set up different than the Service Center and it will not seek out your current installation paths. You can try going into the preferences in Native access and setting the paths but it seems to work for some and other it does not.  If you have your 'Content' sample libraries on multiple drives there is No Way to tell it that as it only allows a single path.
 
I would suggest doing some serious research on it prior to messing with it. Also, Make sure you have everything backed up and a system image just in case it trashes your existing installation. I think it needs some serious work from NI.  Just My opinion from my experience with it.

Batch re-saving is pretty much necessary if you want to load anything quickly.  It's pretty painless to do, or at least it was.  It makes a big difference on load times for a lot of non-player 3rd party libraries.  This new version of Kontakt is so awful though, I wouldn't be surprised if they changed things for batch re-saving too.
 
I also updated to Native Access to get this new Kontakt and to say I'm unhappy is an understatement.  Native Access deleted my copy of The Gentleman content and in order to get it back (without digging out my U10 Hard Drive) required I delete a bunch of registry entries by hand since even the running the Windows uninstaller wouldn't convince Native Access it should offer it for re-installation/download.  Half the time when starting NA it would spin for a long time show me my products for a second and then all the products would "vanish" from the list.  Sometimes the refresh would bring them back, but not often.
 
Just tried batch re-saving one of the new Sample Logic libraries I bought and it worked just fine, so that's a relief.  I do recommend doing the batch re-save in the stand alone Kontakt with no instruments loaded, just use the file menu option (and don't panic about the warning dialog it puts up).

so is the "batch resave" more a 3rd party library fix or does it also help with K10u libs (i.e. is this a defrag type of physical action or is it something like a better a indexing/assembly of non-stock libs which does not apply to something from the original vendor)?

The Kiosk Project
I have always used Service Center for all my NI updates - by 'Native Access' do you mean finding and installing the update from my NI account on their website from a browser? Not near my DAW right now to investigate.

Native Access is the new download manager from NI...Generally, msorrals problems not withstanding, it has been well received and to me it is far superior to the old Service Center.  I'd recommend downloading it and use it going forward... I routinely had issues with the SC and NA has been a pleasure to use for me and many out there.
 

Batch re-save does help the native/full libraries as well, some more than others.  The more complex/slower loading the library the more it seems to help.
 

It seems some, but not all of my third party Kontakt libraries are also affected.
 
I have opened support tickets with Embertone and NI (sweekstake on who will reply first ) and posted on the NI forum.
 
 

Vastman

The Kiosk Project
I have always used Service Center for all my NI updates - by 'Native Access' do you mean finding and installing the update from my NI account on their website from a browser? Not near my DAW right now to investigate.

Native Access is the new download manager from NI...Generally, msorrals problems not withstanding, it has been well received and to me it is far superior to the old Service Center.  I'd recommend downloading it and use it going forward... I routinely had issues with the SC and NA has been a pleasure to use for me and many out there.
 

 Thanks for the information Fastman, appreciated, and prevented me going off on a wild goose chase.

Fleer
Fastman!

Fastman / Vastman...ah, adjacent rows on the keyboard !
 

Update on my Embertone Dulcimer loading issue. I moved the library to a small (40GB) partition on the SSD drive and it loads in no time. Previously it was on the 1TB cached hard drive. I am happy to get it working properly but I do wonder what the issue could have been. I hope its not hardware related.