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.nki Import

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'.nki' files are not on the list of file formats importable by M5v3.

Does anyone know of a way of pre-converting '.nki' libraries into a format the M5v3 will swallow?

Thanks for your advice. :D
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Re: .nki Import

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IIRC, older (perhaps V4) nki files did work with MachFive. So maybe that’s something you could do in NI or some more accessible utility. I had also done this using Logic — I was able to import the nki file then export to somthing MachFive could import. All this was a very long time ago.
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Re: .nki Import

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lampfilmusic wrote: Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:25 am '.nki' files are not on the list of file formats importable by M5v3.

Does anyone know of a way of pre-converting '.nki' libraries into a format the M5v3 will swallow?

Thanks for your advice. :D
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Re: .nki Import

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Thanks Bayswater and James for the suggestions. Much appreciated.

Will probably try to find a way to convert the files.
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There are at least six different Kontakt file formats. Plus .nki can be a copy protected file as well. M53 reads regular user created .nki files, but it cannot convert NI Kontakt factory content or most third party libraries.
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Thanks Michael
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