Hi!

As you know, all old East West libraries (e.g. Stormdrums and Colossus) are appearing as "DEMO" in Kontakt 6 / 7 / 8...

In macOS Mojave I could solve this problem by opening these libraries in Kontakt 5.8.1! I added the library without the NICNT file in Kontakt 5.6.0, then removed the library, put the custom NICNT inside the library folder, added it again with Kontakt 5.6.0 and could open normally in Kontakt 5.8.1!

And as before these libraries appear as a demo in later Kontakt versions… I can live with it!

The problem is that now in macOS Monterey Kontakt 5.8.1 shows this message "This instrument belongs to a library that is currently not installed".

I believe this happens because the Service Center.app is not compatible with Monterey! I'm not sure...Or maybe the cause is that in Monterey’s Kontakt 5.6.0 the East West library (without the custom NICNT) is added, I can open the instruments with success but when I close Kontakt 5.6.0 and open it again the library disappears! It looks like a permission problem, but the folders have the permissions open... Strange…

I tried everything! Batchmod the service Center folder, use the preferences and .xml files that worked created in Mojave, use all apps or scripts to create a new NICNT and add the library without success! The same problem happens only on Monterey…


Is there any way to solve this problem or have we lost the old East West libraries forever?

Sorry for the question but I'm not able to solve my problem in any way...


MacBook Pro 2017 Intel and macOS Monterey


Thanks!

 

With old, official libraries of the pre-nicnt era, create a nicnt file for them is what make them showing up in demo mode.

Trash the nicnt file and, if created, xml from Service Center and plist from main library/preferences.

Then simply use the 'Add Library' button of Kontakt 5.6.0. Nothing else.

 

Hi, thank you for your help!
Yes, I know about the reason of the demo mode in kontakt 6.. it’s not a problem for me…
My problem is that in Monterey, when I add the library without nicnt with Kontakt 5.6 it works! But when I close Kontakt and open it again, the library disappears! It's not a SPIND conflict... I formatted my mac and installed only Kontakt and ONE East West library just to test, this library disappears in Kontakt 5.6 after I close it!
That's the problem... and it doesn't seem to be a permission problem too because the Service Center and Native Instruments folders have open permissions! This didn't happen before in Mojave...
how can i fix it?

 

For some reason in Monterey Kontakt 5.6.0 is not registering the library in any location... Does anyone know where the East West library record is saved?

From what I saw in Mojave (Where the East West library works) it's not in a .xml in the Service Center folder or in the com.native-instruments.Content.plist Preference that these libraries are registered...
It's somewhere else... Does anyone know where?