Question about Kontakt 5 and libraries

I have bought several add on libraries for Kontakt. Although I can play the add on libraries fine, I'm having some difficulty in trying to get the graphics to display...instead I'm forced to look for the library in my file tree in order to load it. For instance I have Kirk Hunter strings....and I know others have the library and it has a graphic on the main Kontakt page which you simply click to access the library...when I loaded my library I never seen a graphic...all I have are the files which I need to search for. The Factory Kontakt libraries show up fine as a graphic to the left, things like Studio Drummer etc.
 
How do I get the libraries representations to show up?

I don't use the library feature even for registered libraries, preferring the file system since it's organized the way I want it to be. It can get cumbersome if you have a lot of libraries, but you always have the Favorites feature to organize and quickly find the ones you use most.

Honestly I have no idea. I think it's like doing a mile an hour over the speed limit. I doubt anyone is going to know or care. Certainly in my experience with NI they have no interest in inconveniencing or upsetting their customers, so doubt you would have anything to worry about. Not of course that I'm encouraging you to download my brand new 40 stop organ and create a library for it! (ok that was shameless) ;P
I'm looking at it as a small-time developer and explaining why Kirk Hunter's fine products, save Pop Rock, don't come that way.

jatoth
Bigcat, is it "technically illegal" for ME to create a Kontakt library out of the instruments I purchased for my own use? I own the full versions of Kontakt 4 & 5.

No, they can't stop you from doing what you want with your own software. The only way you could potentially get in trouble is if you were to distribute your libraries. Then you might run afoul of copyright/licensing. However for your personal use, you do as you please, doesn't matter what they think.

jatoth
Bigcat, is it "technically illegal" for ME to create a Kontakt library out of the instruments I purchased for my own use? I own the full versions of Kontakt 4 & 5.

Read the license agreement that came with your sample library. Every one I've bothered to read says pretty much the same thing: you can use the samples any way you like with specific exceptions. Those exceptions include distributing the samples and using them in a commercial sample library.
 
So as long as the library you create is for your personal use, you are in compliance with the terms of the license agreement. Have a blast remapping, mixing and matching and extending your purchased libraries! 
 
 

S.L.I.P.
I like using the database feature.  I'm not only able to find instruments I need really quickly, but I'm always finding instruments that I've totally forgotten I have.   
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUj9MUODEU
 

+1.  I also like using the Quick Load feature.  It works similar to how bookmarks work in your browser. 

Hi Bigcat,
 
Thanks for that info....in a few cases I may have loaded up my libraries the wrong way, didn't do what Ol Pal suggested in at least a few instances...probably pointed my files the wrong place. I wasn't aware that a developer had to pay to have a logo attached as part of the NI acceptance process.
 
I can  use the file tree but it also gets cumbersome on some libraries...and this involves a lot more than just a graphic I can click to go directly to the files...as an example , a few years back I purchased an electric guitar library...complete with plucks and squeaks and basically anything that makes an electric guitar sound like an electric guitar, now these sounds are all in their own little folder and I need to work some kind of magic to combine them into something like a guitar sound....if the library would have been organized into combined sounds ( and I think this is the way it was supposed to be) then I could use it...right now it's pretty much useless. I don't have an extra hour to pull 10 different sounds and make my own combinations. When I opened those files the maker said nothing about any particular sequence of installation...so I guess this is about more than just metadata...it involves sound grouped in a way that they are useful.
 
BTW- whats the link for your organ? I'll give it a try.
 
Thanks for the other comments!

Couldn't you just get the exact combo you want for your electric guitar and then "save multi as..." to create an nkm? I think that then it would be one click on the nkm and you would have the setup you saved.
 
http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/ will get you to the organ, pianos, all kinds of stuff.

I think they cover it in the Groove3 series, but it is pretty simple. 
Click on the quick load button on the top menu.
It will show up on the bottom under the instruments.
There are three tabs - instrument, bank, multi.  Click Instrument.
To make folders, you either right-click or double click on one of the cells.
Otherwise, just drag instruments from the file browser to quick load section.   Once you have them in the quick load, just drag them to the instrument area or click.
Adding multis and banks works the same way, but click on appropriate tab.
 
 

bigcat
Jimusic I've never gotten around to learning quickload any chance of a quick tutorial on it?
 

here is a link to a few quick load videos on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kontakt+quick+load
 
 
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUj9MUODEU

Thanks guys.

So then did you get it all sorted out there Star?

Starise
...Unfortunately I haven't sorted it out yet.... day job will be the end of me... 

Damn living!
Always gets in the way of our Lives. 

Starise
Last night I was playing with it...( Kontakt 5 that is...* ahem*)...pretty cool!
 
One other thing I tried that I had never done before- I loaded a rex and acid files into K5 and was having a blast with them. I tried a drum sample...you can tune it and a whole lot more.
Thanks for the generous offer Jimusic. 

No sweat Star!  Always happy to help where & when I can.
 
Glad you're enjoying it...( Kontakt 5 that is...* ahem*).     ~  
 
Click on the wrench icon [upper left] for additional options for each instrument.
 
[The icon may vary with each designers choice].
 
But there's a whole bunch of different options, filters, FX, etc. to mess with.
 
It's worth clicking around inside K5 even just for a few hours to get to know all that's available there.