Damn.......Kontakt 5 is telling me that The Old Lady wave files can't be loaded or are corrupt.....what's up with that? Thanks

How does Old Lady & Emperor compare to the pianos in Kontakt -Berlin, Upright, Classic , Steinway?

About the same or much better?

Gaffpro


BTW: Since I'm now a customer, are there any additional discounts if I purchase anything else?

not currently, but whenever Per has a sale, he'll have a "pre-sale" to existing customers for an extra 10% (60% total) for a few days before the main sale if you purchase during that "presale" time.
 
regarding your other questions - if you purchased the Kontakt version you should be able to just copy the instrument into your library area then open with K5.
 
from your next post however, that doesn't seem to work for you.  are you sure you purchased the kontakt version and not the gigastudio, HALion or EXS24 version?

  Far better. I bought Akoustik when it was it's own package and never use it.

Beagle: I bought the Kontakt version and I did get it up and running. Thanks 

pathos

How does Old Lady & Emperor compare to the pianos in Kontakt -Berlin, Upright, Classic , Steinway?

About the same or much better?

Much better in my opinion.  The Old Lady in particular has a lot of character, very dark, warm and round; you should read bitflipper's comments on her earlier in this thread particularly about the instrument itself.  


One warning/piece of advice for the aged or those with arthritus--I ended up having to adjust slightly the velocity slider in Sonar for my SampleTekk pianos.  This has more to do with my aging weak hands and muscle deterioration.  Whereas the SampleTekk Black for Kontakt (the new one) has three velocity curves plus a velocity sensitivity dial right on the GUI, for the other/older SampleTekk pianos this is not built into the GUI itself, but velocity is easily adjusted by just moving the velocity slider on the midi input source channel in Sonar itself--but don't overdo it.  I had been cheating The Old Lady by not giving her the right touch.  Now that this adjustment is made, she and I are much happier partners with our tickling games (on the ivory of course).  I think that the Kontakt NY Grand and Berlin, etc... have a velocity curve option right on the GUI.  Having said this in my case, I find that the SampleTekk pianos to be fantastic and worth much more than they are charging for them right now on this sale.  


If you have doubts I would recommend to just buy one at this discount price ($25), try it out, and you will probably come back for more.  The sale lasts until July 27th; so you have time.

Just to be clear: Sales on throughout July!

I have been comparing the new black with old black ambient and to emperor. And boy does the new Black deliver! The only small quirk is that the velocity buttons for hard and soft are altered. This is my new favourite and for the current price it's a no-brainer...

Cool Smedberg, glad to sell a piano to a countryman!

I just picked up The Emperor (based on everyone else's enthusiasm for this piano).....I may get the newer Black Ambient...might be good for the pop/country stuff I'm doing