Hello everyone !

i'd be really happy if someone has a solution for this very annoying phenomenon :

recently i've installed a few 8dio-libraries (Kontakt version 5.2.1), and all of their GUI's are messed up;
faders with no description overlapping each other, and obviously there are images missing.
For example, when loading an Adagio Violins patch, it asks for a wallpaper.jpg, which is nowhere to find (in specified path or lib folder).
When loading a Steinway patch, it does not ask for images (and there is a background image), but the GUI is messed up, too.

I've read about some ppl having similar problems, but no one posted a solution for this.
Also - it is not possible to add these libraries to the tab ("no library found")....i guess this is unusual, too ?

Again, thanks a lot for help..love these libraries, but they're useless right now.

 

First Solution: Is that you have not installed or the wrong place, the Win or Mac Installeur for pictures.

For some libraries of 8Dio, you must install in (exemple) C:\Users\BlaBla\Documents\Native Instruments\Kontakt 5\pictures\8DIO_Piano1928

Second: 8DIO does not make NICNT File. Never. So, search about a wallpaper and NICNT File on the site.

 

Had the same problems. For the Steinway, you have to install the "Legacy_1928_UI_Installer_WIN.exe", and you have to be sure that the pictures which are installed are in the right place.

Stupid Windows 7 has different places depending on what you already have installed. On my machine e.g. I found those two paths for Kontakt:

Code:

C:\Users\..\Documents\Native Instruments\Kontakt 5\

containing:

Code:

Db
default
KConvert Logs
KConvert Temp
pictures
QuickLoad
Temporary Conversions
UndoBuffers

and

Code:

C:\Users\..\AppData\Local\Native Instruments\Kontakt 5\

containing:

Code:

Crashlogs
ir_samples
pictures
presets
scripts

Only one picture path was working, but I forgot which one. So just search for those locations and try it out. I just put the 1928 pictures in both paths, now it works. *yes*

 

Some of Windows7 software's default content locations

Program folder x86 / x64
ProgramData
User / Appdata
Local / Roaming
My Documents
C://
D:// !!
E:// ??!!!
behind the computer desk
in the broom cupboard under the stairs
down the side of the sofa with the tv remote
the kitchen drawer where everything ends up except kitchen utensils
the dustbin
etc etc etc

all good fun

 

Windows is a pain, but also the Native Instruments habit of installing so much crap into my boot partition. After having installed a lot of NI stuff I have so much garbage in moy c partition which I don't know whether to keep or get rid of.

 

wow, thanks guys for all the help !

now i see i overlooked that UI installer (how could that happen...i'm getting old ), installed it, but still - no images.
I traced the path given during installation, the K5 pictures folder is empty, as well the other
locations you suggested. I even checked SillySausages places (the 'kitchen drawer where everything ends up except kitchen utensils' is my default btw :P).

DokX, since you have the Steinway installed - would you do me a big favour and look up the exact name of one of the pictures ?
Then i could search by name ...i mean, something was installing there, just WHERE ?

And for the other libraries...i hope to find those nicnt's and wallpapers here, and tryout a library manager tool.

Thanks again !

 

This is my path to the pictures:

Code:

C:\Users\..\Documents\Native Instruments\Kontakt 5\pictures\8DIO_Piano1928

Names:

Code:

Bar_L.png
Bar_L.txt
Bar_R.png
Bar_R.txt
Bell_On.png
Bell_On.txt
Cover.png
Cover_3.png
Cover_3.txt
curve.png
curve.txt
Dial_Large.png
Dial_Large.txt
Dial_Small.png
Dial_Small.txt
Fader.png
Fader.txt
Guitar_On.png
Guitar_On.txt
Hang_On.png
Hang_On.txt
Hard_On.png
Hard_On.txt
Metal_On.png
Metal_On.txt
Noise.png
Noise.txt
null.png
null.txt
null_2.png
null_2.txt
Off.png
On.png
On.txt
Options_Cover.png
Options_Cover.txt
Pedal_Label.png
Pedal_Label.txt
Pipeharp_On.png
Pipeharp_On.txt
Prop_On.png
Prop_On.txt
Screw.png
Screw.txt
Slider.png
Slider.txt
Soft_On.png
Soft_On.txt
Softest_On.png
Softest_On.txt
Stac_On.png
Stac_On.txt
table.png
table.txt

 

fyi in earlier versions of kontakt the user pictures folder was in AppData. i don't know when it changed, but with K5 the user folder is in user/documents/native instruments/kontakt 5.

also some 8dio libraries have an installer that places resources in the user folder and some don't. for instance i have cellos, violins and postapocalyptic guitar. the only one with an installer was cellos, but all of them work fine.

 

thanks a million, DokX !!!

that solved it ! I found them in the "second" user folder (C:\Users\xxx\Documents\Native Instruments)
i forgot there are 2 different in win7 (whyever). Before i just clicked on the one in left explorer bar...which contained no images.
So i copied them there and in the appdata/local/... and now it works for 2 libraries

Too bad now, i realize, the Steinway sounds beautiful, but is mostly out of phase and dynamically unbalanced :/ (i thought the same about the violins btw...very unbalanced,
tho such a nice basic sound... can anyone confirm this ? ).

However, big thanks to everyone, problem solved

 

If I try to use the Steinberg, I get serious memory issues, though I have 8 gigs or RAM ready I'm still on Live 32bit, so I guess I have to upgrade some day. *yes*

 

thats strange...i'm running it with 4 gigs (Cubase7 32bit, Win7 x64), and it's "ok" (have to set latency to 512 though, otherwise lots of dropouts, despite Rme Aio and 4 cores )

 

I have this same problem with 8 Dio on a Mac Mini .7 Kontakt 3.5 and it is hit or miss what works and what does not. I bought wrenchenspiel and got the free Angels instrument with it. NEITHER work. I need a fix. If anyone has had the problem and solved it for MAC please let me know!!!