NKS Development Discussion

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  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 2,773 mod
    edited December 2022

    Hello, i have one question for those who are familiar with scripts.

    ok, we have the gulpfile.coffee for rename banks etc. however i notice that the syntax covers only NKS instruments (.nksf) and not FX (.nksfx)! Here is the relative code:

    gulp.src ["src/**/*.nksf"] -in 3 different lines

    so, by logic, i renamed it to gulp.src ["src/**/*.nksfx"]and i successfully fixed the effect banks.

    However, i have to always rename those 3 lines, if i have to rename an instrument and then, another effect etc etc. which is annoying.

    What i am asking is, if it possible to include both types in the same syntax.

    i tried this one gulp.src ["src/**/*.nksf, *.nksfx"] but nothing happened, so obviously is a wrong syntax... anyone can help?

    Thank you

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    UPDATE: ok, i found it, by trial and error! Here is the correct code, i hope you find it useful ๐Ÿ˜‰

    gulp.src ["src/**/*.nksf", "src/**/*.nksfx"]

  • Vagus
    Vagus Member Posts: 448 Guru

    There's a new folder in @Kymeia's Dropbox - which has the following for now (VST3 Only):

    BT Phobos VST3 update

    Output Thermal

    Unfiltered Audio: Lo-FI-Af

    Excite Audio: Lifeline Expanse Lite


    I'll have a few more going up soon, including:

    Output Portal

    Equator 2

    Spitfire Audio: Mercury

  • Mercury
    Mercury Member Posts: 102 Advisor

    Yes, thank you, very useful ! you are tenacious ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 2,773 mod
    edited December 2022

    yes i am ๐Ÿ˜‹

    ok, another task that i want to investigate is the utility (a Java script) from the bitwig-nks-preview-generator (which i don't use at all, because i don't own or use Biwig and i don't care so much about previews), named gulp-nksf2fxb.

    I have also no interest about it as is, but i am extremely interesting about the opposite, aka gulp-fxb2nksf!

    I will try to see if i can reverse the code somehow. If anyone likes to participate in this research we may find a working solution soon! ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • jggorman
    jggorman Member Posts: 165 Advisor

    I noticed something pretty interesting to me. The Komplete Kontrol and Machine support folders have the same files in them: komplete.db3 and Plugin.data. So I thought...what if...?

    Sure enough, they seem to be compatible.

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 4,628 mod

    I made a NKS template for the VST3 version of Generate since it doesn't migrate yet

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/x0t2u05uq7dtrn3/Generate%20VST3%20NKS.zip?dl=0

  • Kymeia
    Kymeia NKS User Library Mod Posts: 4,628 mod
    edited December 2022

    With Jester's very kind assistance my Voxworks bank for Omnisphere is converted to work with the VST3 version - complete bundle including Omnisphere patches here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/rczbfms10ryjyuq/Omnisphere%20Voxworks%20Komplete%202022.zip?dl=0

    ps afaik this was the first third party bank made for Omnisphere (and it shows, but I still find a place for them)

  • Vagus
    Vagus Member Posts: 448 Guru

    Yep - same database structure, so you can copy one to the other, and it works without issue. Saves setting up user library directories, for sure.

  • astavi
    astavi Member Posts: 11 Member

    Made some NKS of the Vanguard 2 factory bank. Only categorized presets included (please beware that tagging is loose / not entirely accurate).



  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 2,773 mod

    i am also working on this beast right now! ...hopefully i will manage to transfer all the legendary material from the old Vanguard

  • Brugio96
    Brugio96 Member Posts: 2 Member

    Sorry guys, I don't know if this has already been answered somewhere, but here is my question:

    if i have NKS for a VST3 Third Party Plugin, is there any way to convert them to their VST2 version?

    Thank you in advance ๐Ÿ˜š

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 2,773 mod

    I don't know why anyone would do such thing, since we are struggling for the opposite, but it might be possible, ONLY for the plugins that support migration. Check here which ones they are:

    Still, you have to experiment by yourself, since i don't know if anyone tried this thing before

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 2,773 mod
    edited December 2022

    Unfortunately this will be a hard task, since Vanguard seems that does not support VST3 migration.

    I just tested it. I created very easy all the Factory presets but sadly they don't work with VST3 version. So, for now, your work is most welcome. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Another thing is that, at least Maschine, does not recognize Vanguard NKS directory (for Windows is in Public Documents), so you have to add the location manually to your User Library.

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 2,773 mod

    Another very strange (yet extremely useful sometimes) thing that i noticed is that Vanguard created automatically NKS .previews (.ogg) for all my old Vanguard imported stuff (but no NKS files)!

    The strange thing is that only those from the imported banks are really working. All the rest (everything that imported as a preset), it has no sound, though it is there and occupy space (566 MB in my case). Yet the .ogg files are not empty, they do have sound, as i checked with a media player.

  • Brugio96
    Brugio96 Member Posts: 2 Member

    Thank you for the response. I'm still on Maschine 2.15 as i've read that in Maschine 2.16 VST2 won't load and i don't want to lose all vst2 nks that i have or not being able to use those plugins which don't have vst3 format. That's why I asked.

    Thank you again.

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