sharke
The Absynth update is effing ridiculous - 1GB of download to "Save Absynth presets from within KOMPLETE KONTROL & MASCHINE 2"
I'm guessing the core of Absynth was poorly designed if they have to overwrite so many files just to add one simple function.
It's not that, it's because the installer has so many big samples. The updater uninstalls everything, including all those samples. It's a poorly designed updater. The same is true for Reaktor - all those Kore KSD files get removed and re-applied and all the factory ensembles get removed and added again, even if unchanged.
I get the feeling that someone, long ago, made these installers using a MS wizard, and no one wants to dig in and change anything nowadays.
If you really wanted, you could probably just extract the DLL and VST modules using 7-zip and manually replace stuff - but that path is fraught with peril.
On the other hand, some of the preset formats may have changed due to improved support for the new keyboard and Maschine 2, but still the samples probably are unchanged since they were first made long ago.