Is it safe to upgrade KK2.9 to KK3 now?

Rikk Show

I use Windows 10, KK 2.9, S49 MKII, Maschine Studio, Cubase Pro 13 (soon v14).

Can upgrade to the latest KK3, or are there still issues? Tried to scan the forum, but it is so much back-n-forth about issues, some Win, some Mac, I just don't know.

Please share if you know, NI too.

Matthew_NI

I would say yes.

Unless you prefer the side panel browser vs the overlay browser, being able to drag+drop one shots or samples from your library into a sampler hosted in Komplete Kontrol, and being able to load KK as a VST2, which are the three features some remain on KK 2.9.6 for, I'd suggest KK 3.3.3 has a ton of bug and stability fixes as well as new features.

Rikk Show

Thanks Matt, sounds great

JesterMgee

For what is fixed tho, there are new issues that we have to deal with (aside the reimagining of the browser) while it may work and improve a few things, based on my own experience and the Many comments around the subject, it may also cripple a lot of things for you too.

Loss of being able to select sub-banks if you use the user browser for one, an issue that has been known since release but still not acknowledged.

Seemingly slower scrolling of presets (overall less presets displayed on-screen due to increased space between preset lines) and less performance when fast scrolling

Inability to control the OSD browser from the keyboard (some may say this is a feature but I think it would be nice to have the option to have these views linked to save having to look down at the keyboard when you are editing on-screen.

You may find the improvements to foreshadowed by the losses.

DunedinDragon

I'm on Windows 10 and have been using KK almost exclusively since January with both my S49 MK2 and my S88MK3 in Ableton LIve 11 Standard. I never really had many problems other than initially getting my S88MK3 to initially load correctly, but that got resolved pretty quickly. I had a couple of minor glitches along the way but resolved easily and never slowed my work down.

I think a lot of the reason it was pretty easy for me is I upgraded all my stuff including Native Access, Komplete Kontrol as well as the new Kontakt 8, so everything was in sync with the latest releases. Since I work on this stuff weekly creating new projects about every two or three weeks I would have been pretty vocal if I was really held up, but I wasn't…at all.

For myself I think a lot was due to keeping my system well organized and maintained because I'm it's so vital to the work I do.

JesterMgee

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/192475#Comment_192475

Another reason you probably had a good run is you never owned a previous KK keyboard or used KK for years before using the latest. For anyone starting out you will be completely unaware of how efficient and fast things were, while you may feel it is quick and work fine with things, just imagine if in a few years the whole layout was changed on you and worked completely different and features you did enjoy went missing.

I envy those who are fresh to KK and don't know what they missed, would certainly make things less depressing.

trusampler

I upgraded to a Kontrol s88 MK3, and wish I could use the older 2.9 software , but to my knowledge I can't go backwards, and I'm stuck on Komplete Kontrol 3.3, it's alot slower.

I personally see no benefit of moving to 3.3. IMO it's all smoke and mirrors, just a new flashy screen, but the loss of actual workflow.

You won't be able to pin the browser, and fly through sounds, to actually produce. The way it works now is just aggravating. The browser goes away each time you load a sound to test. I promise whoever made the choice's to change Komplete Kontrol 2.9 to 3.3, is not a musician.

It's literally just a new screen without the workflow of 2.9 / and the MK2. I wouldn't recommend upgrading to anyone. No 3.3 is not better than 2.9 in anyway that I can tell, if you're actually used to using a better program like 2.9