How can I get my old Kontakt 5 projects to work in Kontakt 7 in digital performer?

benaji

I have a new Mac and wanted to do all clean installs. I also upgraded from Kontakt 5 to 7. Now when I load an old DP project that contains an instance of Kontakt 5 it loads Kontakt 5 but all of the instruments show demo expired. I do see Kontakt 5 audio unit in my plugin in DP settings and it says it has passed. Also DP asked when I started if I wanted to upgrade problems that were related to legacy instruments. At first I denied that but ran into the demo expired warning. I then asked DP to deal with the legacy instruments (whatever they were) and DP crashed. Now I cannot load the project at all without an infinitely appearing warning that there is an issue with and un named AU. Any suggestions?

Also, I would hope that in the future I would be able to have old files automatically open in Kontakt 7. Is that possible in DP?

Jeremy_NI

@benaji You probably have a MAc M1 or M2, check this article: GUITAR RIG 5, KONTAKT and SUPER 8 R2 Open as Demo Versions on Apple Silicon / M-Systems

If you want to open old projectson the new computer you will need to run your DAW in Rosetta mode: How to Open Your DAW Using Rosetta

Milos

They show the demo on Kontakt 5 because you have a very new version of Kontakt, I suppose.

I think I can provide an alternative that can maybe help you.

Screenshot all the instruments that show as demo in Kontakt 5, then load Kontakt 7 instead.

And now, just load the same libraries from the screenshot to Kontakt 7.

I had a similar issue when I upgraded from K6 to K7.

Let me know if this helps you, good sir.

Sunborn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/20623/how-can-i-get-my-old-kontakt-5-projects-to-work-in-kontakt-7-in-digital-performer

Unfortunately, Digital Performer does not have the auto-migration option which is available in Cubase or Logic.

Any possible solution that might help you, can be found in this article:

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/12972701353757-Notes-about-Auto-Migration-of-Kontakt-Versions-in-DAW-Projects

mykejb

@benaji What instruments is it saying "demo expired" for? Are they from Native Instruments or third party? If they're third party they may need activating somehow on your new Mac.

-- Mike

benaji

First, I apologize as I am completely new here but I can't seem to see how to address comments individually. Perhaps I am only allowed to respond to the latest post? That said,

Milos, Kontakt 5 now always opens with all of the instruments in demo mode expired so I can't see them. It would indeed be helpful if I could see them though I have usually done effects and eq changes. Do you know why I can't get it to open for the usual 15 minutes of demo mode?

Sunborn, thanks for that... I will contact MOTU and whine.

mykejb, the are all expired from the moment I open my DAW. Can't figure that out.

Jeremy_NI

@benaji You probably have a MAc M1 or M2, check this article: GUITAR RIG 5, KONTAKT and SUPER 8 R2 Open as Demo Versions on Apple Silicon / M-Systems

If you want to open old projectson the new computer you will need to run your DAW in Rosetta mode: How to Open Your DAW Using Rosetta