Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
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Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
I don't use Kontakt that much, but have a collection of useful Kontakt instruments gathered from various sources that nothing else will play.
When K5 loads them it just about always tells me something is missing, either the sample files or a .nkr file. These are always in the same place as the .nki file, and everything I have for K5 is in the same general folder, but I have to go through the K5 process to locate missing files.
Once the files are found and the instrument is playing, I've tried using Save as... to resave instruments hoping K5 will be able to find them next time, but it never does -- it tells me they are missing every time.
How do you go about getting K5 to remember file locations?
When K5 loads them it just about always tells me something is missing, either the sample files or a .nkr file. These are always in the same place as the .nki file, and everything I have for K5 is in the same general folder, but I have to go through the K5 process to locate missing files.
Once the files are found and the instrument is playing, I've tried using Save as... to resave instruments hoping K5 will be able to find them next time, but it never does -- it tells me they are missing every time.
How do you go about getting K5 to remember file locations?
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
Same thing here. I usually rescan or reset the library in the host (Kontakt or M5) and that often solves it, but sometimes not.
Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
It sounds like you might need to rebuild the Kontakt database.bayswater wrote:How do you go about getting K5 to remember file locations?
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
These are not libraries in Kontakt's parlance. And I haven't figured out how to reference these instruments in the database. I read that section in the manual, but it was like reading the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit. Will defining them somehow in the database help?
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
Those that are not official Libraries (I have several) will not show up in the Libraries tab of course, but do properly load from the Files tab provided I've scanned the proper locations.bayswater wrote:These are not libraries in Kontakt's parlance. And I haven't figured out how to reference these instruments in the database. I read that section in the manual, but it was like reading the Kama Sutra in Sanskrit. Will defining them somehow in the database help?
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
OK thanks, that makes sense.billf wrote:Those that are not official Libraries (I have several) will not show up in the Libraries tab of course, but do properly load from the Files tab provided I've scanned the proper locations.
But when you move something, how do you get Kontakt to refer to the new location? E.g., I have piano in K5 format. K5 thinks an .nkr file in that patch is on an external drive thumb drive. I copied it to the same folder as the nki file, and resaved the patch using Save as... But it still thinks the nkr file is on the thumb drive.
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
bays, you can try batch resave also.
I'm constantly scanning the " missing files ". batch resave , usually helps- though you have to point to the correct file, or subfile.
I'm constantly scanning the " missing files ". batch resave , usually helps- though you have to point to the correct file, or subfile.
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
OK, I'll try that. I avoided it earlier because you get warning to do a backup first, leading me to believe bad things can happen.Tonio wrote:bays, you can try batch resave also.
I'm constantly scanning the " missing files ". batch resave , usually helps- though you have to point to the correct file, or subfile.
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
Based on my MFive experience, and my memory's being tested here, I seem to recall that the requirement for the .nkr files to either be contained in the relevant Sample folders or one level up switched from one to the other.
IOW, and I realise it may be a long shot, Stoivo, if they're in the Sample folders, maybe try moving them into the parent ones, and if in the latter locations, shifting them into the Sample folders.
You never know. Could be worth a stab.
IOW, and I realise it may be a long shot, Stoivo, if they're in the Sample folders, maybe try moving them into the parent ones, and if in the latter locations, shifting them into the Sample folders.
You never know. Could be worth a stab.
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
I'll try anything. I never liked Kontakt, and this was one of the reasons.monkey man wrote:Based on my MFive experience, and my memory's being tested here, I seem to recall that the requirement for the .nkr files to either be contained in the relevant Sample folders or one level up switched from one to the other.
IOW, and I realise it may be a long shot, Stoivo, if they're in the Sample folders, maybe try moving them into the parent ones, and if in the latter locations, shifting them into the Sample folders.
You never know. Could be worth a stab.
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Re: Finding Your Way Around Kontakt Files
Never liked it... and never even tried it! LOL
True 'though.
True 'though.
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