Performance wise, is there any reason to downgrade to Kontakt 5 from 6?

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  1. CharlieCrizzle

    CharlieCrizzle Kapellmeister

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    someone today was really negging Kontak6 with stuff i really couldnt understand. What are some reasons that 5 would be better than 6. Dont know if it matters but i am on mac....
     
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  3. belalugosi

    belalugosi Producer

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    I'm running both versions.
     
  4. ninjabenbaby

    ninjabenbaby Member

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    Same here
     
  5. mrpsanter

    mrpsanter Audiosexual

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    Why do you guys keep both versions?
     
  6. ThugLife

    ThugLife Platinum Record

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    Most likely for compatibility reasons. Think of an older project you used k5 which was Named kontakt5.dll. k6 is Named kontakt.dll so you'd have to replace them all and rebuild the patches and settings within.
    Same goes for templates.
    And Personally i still prefer k5
     
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  7. K5 loads libraries and allows you to see them in K6. Library scrolling in libraries is faster in K6.
     
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  8. demberto

    demberto Rock Star

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    Imo K6 is way faster than 5 in all terms; starting, loading libs, stability of cked versions thanks to @r4e etc.
     
  9. Smoove Grooves

    Smoove Grooves Audiosexual

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    1. Project compatibility.
    2. On Mac, we don't have the Add Library app that is needed since Kontakt did away with the Add Library button, so we load new K6 libraries with Kontakt 5 standalone, and they will then show up in the Kontakt 6 standalone and plugs. Most use 5.6.0
     
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