Vastman
Oh, my!  Late on my mortgage...
and already have all of Kirk's stuff....
and just got Iceni, which is friggin unbelievable...
but it doesn't have those higher strings....
sure, I have ew's platnium orchestra but it's a pain and old and...
I just saw the email from Kirk while clearing out all the emails I'd missed and......
 
it'll be a perfect/state of the art complement to Iceni...
and I'm late on my mortgage, but what's a hundred bucks and....
guess I'll go back over there, even though he's swamped at the moment....
but I might forget and I'm late on my mortgage and...
I said I have enough and then I bought Aiyn's latest Diva patches which were perfect for my latest climate song and...
 
Ya know, this is the best addiction I ever had.  To think, decades ago it was speed! And, I could have ended up an alcoholic like my brother but don't go there... and all in all, I'm really healthy...
 
I luv this addiction.  Gotta go email Kirk my old purchase orders to get that last 5 percent!

@Dana It's been a while since we touched base. I hope you're well. But, please, if you're struggling to pay the mortgage, hold off on a library purchase. PM me before you purchase anything.

gustabo
Has anyone that bought Diamond tried doing a batch re-save and come up with missing samples?

Batch resave of the TVEC 4 instruments was fine but a batch re-save of the TVEC 3.1 instruments shows 200+ missing samples, specifically trombone.

Batch re-save of everything showed additional missing samples of the original instrument patches but at this time, I'm more concerned with the TVEC patches...

I think that I dl'd everything and none of my dl's were corrupt...
Without an sfv file to do a crc check, its hard to tell.

I purchased Diamond, but I'm still downloading. My free time is very limited these days, so I may not be done until next week. I was also concerned about not being able to do a CRC.

Guys, if you have any issues with your libraries, report them via email to Kirk (I would say post at the KHS Support Forum at KVR, but to be completely candid, from what I've observed, Kirk's a lot more responsive to email) and he'll get you sorted. I've witnessed posts from people using the same versions of KONTAKT where one has a great experience and another has all sorts of issues.

edrummist - thanks for your note on reporting questions.
 
I'm sure I'll get it sorted, but I downloaded Spotlight Strings (purchased version not a trial version) and followed the install directions.  It looked like after I save the registry key he's asking for you to email him the resaved registry license so he can follow up with another link.
 
Presently, I'm installed, have emailed him and am waiting to figure out what's next.  Spotlight Strings isn't running for me yet, but looking forward to figuring out how to get there.

gustabo
Has anyone that bought Diamond tried doing a batch re-save and come up with missing samples?

Batch resave of the TVEC 4 instruments was fine but a batch re-save of the TVEC 3.1 instruments shows 200+ missing samples, specifically trombone.

Batch re-save of everything showed additional missing samples of the original instrument patches but at this time, I'm more concerned with the TVEC patches...

I think that I dl'd everything and none of my dl's were corrupt...
Without an sfv file to do a crc check, its hard to tell.

I just tried doing a batch-resave on the whole Diamond library and came up with (I think) 292 missing samples.  Most of those were referenced by TVEC 3.1, but I don't know exactly how many.  The rest seemed to have something to do with Ruby.  I went ahead and skipped the missing samples, but I don't know what the impact will be, if any.
 

Silhan

gustabo
Has anyone that bought Diamond tried doing a batch re-save and come up with missing samples?

Batch resave of the TVEC 4 instruments was fine but a batch re-save of the TVEC 3.1 instruments shows 200+ missing samples, specifically trombone.

Batch re-save of everything showed additional missing samples of the original instrument patches but at this time, I'm more concerned with the TVEC patches...

I think that I dl'd everything and none of my dl's were corrupt...
Without an sfv file to do a crc check, its hard to tell.

I just tried doing a batch-resave on the whole Diamond library and came up with (I think) 292 missing samples.  Most of those were referenced by TVEC 3.1, but I don't know exactly how many.  The rest seemed to have something to do with Ruby.  I went ahead and skipped the missing samples, but I don't know what the impact will be, if any.
 

Yup, same error...

Kirk is, of course, the final authority on this, but from what I've figured out, this is not a problem if you have upgraded from TVEC3 or TVEC3.1 to TVEC 4.
 
What's happening is this... when you do a batch re-save Kontakt reads the NKI definition and updates the paths to the referenced sample files (wav, ncw, etc.) Now sometimes, when a developer updates an instrument they might skip certain samples, or even replace them, and in doing so they could also rename them. So that FF Middle C Pizz sample got a new name maybe?

If you keep the older (TVEC3 or 3.1)NKIs around when you do the batch re-save it will batch re-save them as well as the TVEC 4 NKIs. Not only does this take longer, it creates some confusion.

You want real confusion? There are at least two developers that leave unused samples in their packages. When you do a batch compress only the files that are referenced are compressed, so you end up with a bunch of files that don't get compressed. A real head-scratchin moment!


Now we'll wait for Kirk to correct me<G>!

edrummist,
Do you know if Solo Strings 2 comes with TVEC 4 and ESA?

gustabo
edrummist,
Do you know if Solo Strings 2 comes with TVEC 4 and ESA?

I actually didn't know that Kirk added Solo Strings 2 as a separate item (as it's part of Concert Strings 2) to the GB. It originally wasn't part of the GB. While Solo Strings 2 is part of Concert Strings 2, and Concert Strings 2 comes with TVEC 4 and ESA, I'm not certain if TVEC4 and ESA are also bundled when people only buy Solo Strings 2.
 
The page for SS2 states that it comes with TVEC 3 (http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/products_solo_str_ii2.html), not TVEC 4 or ESA. I put an email in to Kirk to find out for certain, but I know he told me Friday that he had out of town plans for this weekend, so I don't expect he'll be ask prompt in his reply as usual, but I promise to post the answer in this thread as soon as Kirk gets back to me. 
 
- Peter

edrummist

gustabo
edrummist,
Do you know if Solo Strings 2 comes with TVEC 4 and ESA?

I actually didn't know that Kirk added Solo Strings 2 as a separate item (as it's part of Concert Strings 2) to the GB. It originally wasn't part of the GB. While Solo Strings 2 is part of Concert Strings 2, and Concert Strings 2 comes with TVEC 4 and ESA, I'm not certain if TVEC4 and ESA are also bundled when people only buy Solo Strings 2.
 
The page for SS2 states that it comes with TVEC 3 (http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/products_solo_str_ii2.html), not TVEC 4 or ESA. I put an email in to Kirk to find out for certain, but I know he told me Friday that he had out of town plans for this weekend, so I don't expect he'll be ask prompt in his reply as usual, but I promise to post the answer in this thread as soon as Kirk gets back to me. 
 
- Peter

SS2 is listed at $64.50 at http://www.kirkhunterstudios.com/purchase.html so I figured I'd get that too but it doesn't specify what TVEC it comes with.
I already bought Pop Rock Strings during the last group buy, would it be wise to buy SS2?