Well, here's a first. I recently installed a non legit version of K 6.6.1. Initially, all seems fine, but then I noticed all my East West libraries (legit) were in demo mode, and eventually I was asked to activate them. Well, they ARE activated. You can see the details from my screenshots.If I click on the "activate library" I'm taken to Native Access and as you will note, the library/s in question are already activated.

Luckily, I also have Kontakt 5.8.1 installed, as a contingency. The EW stuff works fine in that. To be clear, all my other libraries (legit and non-legit) are working in 6.6.1: it's only the following...

All East West:
SOStrings Pro XP
SOWoodwinds Pro XP
SOBrass Pro XP
SOPercussion Pro XP
Stormdrum 1
Symphonic Choirs

I've tried trashing both forms of plist for each library to no avail. OK, at least I can get them to work in 5, but it's puzzling, and I would prefer to be using 6.6.1

Any thoughts/advice will be appreciated.

 

Last edited: Sep 22, 2021

same here on mac os catalina ... same version =(

 

We are not alone, then. I'm on Mojave, BTW. That is weird.At least we can get them to work in K5. Actually, I was previously on 6.5.3 and it was fine, but I want to move to the latest version whenever possible, or reasonable.

Thank you for sharing.

 

East West is so weird. I was legit subscribed to them because I was hyped for Opus but, aside from their super slow method of downloading all the libraries, they kept giving me "missing samples" even though I spent hours trying to download everything. They also say I can't leave the subscription plan for a whole year, so it feels like I'm paying for stuff I'm not really using right now.

good libraries, but questionable choices

 

This is a known problem for old/homemade libraries with v6.6.1 R2R. Haven't tried yet but there's people here who knows this stuff, @bobdule being one the best.

 

As I write, my only known problem company is East West. Obviously, their newer products are on their own players, which I have, but I still use the earlier stuff, because much of it is damn good. I think it's sensible to keep an earlier version of Kontakt available for any such issues.I expect this to be rectified in later updates.

Thanks for the replies/info, thus far.

 

I don't think it's that...

Because they had their own type of installer way back I think.
So something has changed in one of the K6 updates I guess.
@bobdule?

 

update EWQL nicnt's xml part to ras3 as they are writen in NativeAccess.xml

 

new OPUS software will make your life easier, it can download just the missing thing .. however it is still buggy with the EW Choir Platinum ..

 

Same bug here. Hard to resolve.

 

Thank you for that. I'm certain you know your stuff; unfortunately, I haven't clue what you're talking about. I have no idea what an ras3 might be.

But, for your reference, I took a look in the Service Centre folder and there are no XML files to be found for the East West libraries.

I'm going to do some research into this ras3 thing....

 

Last edited: Sep 23, 2021

open C:\Program Files\Common Files\Native Instruments\Service Center/NativeAccess.xml with a text editor
this is the all products list.

search Symphonic Choir inside

<Product version="6">
<UPID>def4e148-4338-47e7-86c0-fe84d751c80c</UPID>
<Name>Symphonic Choirs</Name>
<Type>Content</Type>
<RegKey>Symphonic Choirs</RegKey>
<SNPID>762</SNPID>
<AuthSystem>RAS3</AuthSystem>
<Relevance>
<Application minVersion="5.6.8" nativeContent="true">Kontakt</Application>
</Relevance>
<ProductSpecific>
<Visibility type="Number">3</Visibility>
</ProductSpecific>
<Company>East West</Company>
<NKSEnabled>true</NKSEnabled>
<Icon>eastwest</Icon>
</Product>

replace the xml data of nicnt by these one's AuthSystem>RAS3 & Product version="6"
kontakt will see it as the last version using jwt license, the ras3 auth system mode.

 

...but then I noticed you have a misunderstanding!:
All libraries are just shared.
There is no cracking involved.
Using shared libraries involves having a cracked version of Kontakt.

Do what @bobdule said.
Thank you for coming, bob.

 

Bob and SG are absolutely correct. Also consider as both have said in the past, that it is possible that if it is an older library, which it looks like, that it was pre-nicnt and will still scan and add without one. So if their suggestions do not work which they should, move the nicnt file you created somewhere else and try to add the library again. Also, check the snpid number in your nicnt matches the one in the NativeAccess.xml, as suggested because that has also been known to cause the same problem and also not display the library at all sometimes.

 

Lol, I have no misunderstanding, Mr. Smoove ;-). I know that libraries are not "cracked", and I never used that word. I write non-legit, or legit to clarify certain....states of ownership. Each to their own euphemism, I guess. As for Mr. Bob, what he kindly supplied was for Windows. I'm a Mac user. But in the end I did find that Mac equivalent file. However, as I said, none of the East West libraries show up in the Service Centre, so that means they are not present in the product list.

As I also said, they were fine in 6.5.3. Only in 6.6.1 have they disappeared, so it appears to me that it's not strictly a V.6 Kontakt issue. By that I mean (as Smoove Grooves wrote) it's occurred, somehow, in an update.

Many thanks to all for contributing. This is a great place to learn.

 

Last edited: Sep 24, 2021

Okay, but paid for or not has no relevance here.
Ergo clarifying "states of ownership" is also not relevant.
'I' said "cracked" yes; you didn't.

As I read! And yes, I have already heard problems like this on mac with this new version.
That's why I always hang back. Work too important.

Just to recap; please make sure you are not trying to add these EW libraries with a bespoke .nicnt.
If they have .nkc and .nkx, they acted like the later .nicnt.

Good luck.
Please come back and let us know if you ever get sorted.
Problems of this nature for mac users needs to be kept on top of.

 

Just seen this thread and posted the same kinda issue..

Have Kontakt 5.6.0 for adding libraries, and Kontakt 6.3.2 (Mac User Here)

All was fine, but had to update to 6.6.1 to use some latest NI Libraries. Update all fine and working.
However some East West and older libraries now no longer show in the tabs, but when loading K5 they are there?

Is it easier to use K5 and K6.6.1 together or is there a workaround to get these all in the latest K6.6.1 Kontakt working ok?

 

I originally had a custom nicnt I made for EWQLSO Gold Ed which I got rid of from your suggestion here, but now when I add the library using the .nks files, there's no .xml file created for the library. additionally, the library isn't showing in 6.6.1. Should I create one from scratch using the service center xml?

 

Yep. Look their data in SCenter xml and create a suitable nicnt just like Bobdule said.

 

Ok did everything by the book here, copied the code from native access.xml to the new xml file. Still no luck. I'm on a MacBook Pro 14" 2021 running OSX 12.0.1 using Kontakt 6.6.1. Everything works fine in Kontakt 5.6.0, but in 6.6.1 it's not showing the library and loads instruments in demo mode. Any more ideas? Posting the .xml code below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<ProductHints spec="1.0.16">

<Product version="6">
<UPID>0970f3df-ed14-4b3c-b0dd-f4e3f6ce2803</UPID>
<Name>EWQLSO Gold Ed</Name>
<Type>Content</Type>
<RegKey>EWQLSO Gold Ed</RegKey>
<SNPID>723</SNPID>
<AuthSystem>RAS3</AuthSystem>
<Relevance>
<Application minVersion="5.6.8" nativeContent="true">Kontakt</Application>
</Relevance>
<ProductSpecific>
<Visibility type="Number">3</Visibility>
</ProductSpecific>
<Company>East West</Company>
<NKSEnabled>true</NKSEnabled>
<Icon>eastwest</Icon>
</Product>

</ProductHints>