Authorizing a legacy library

jarly

I'm currently setting up a new computer with a fresh install, and I cannot for the life of me manage to authorize legacy kontakt libraries. I am old so I have this specific upright piano that I love and use since 2012 if not before :) It's in quite a few of my productions and I need to be able to open old projects to bounce stems etc.

I manage to load the NKI file manually but it loads as a demo with 30 minute limit. Nowhere within Native Access does this library exist, which results in old sessions cannot load as it is not an installed library.

Anyone know how I could do this? I've tried googling and maybe I suck at that, but so far I'm coming up blank? Installing a REALLY old version of kontakt (pre native access) and add it that way?

jarly

Here we go! I got the solution! :) It was less complicated than I anticipated! In Native Access there are a toggle under setting to show legacy products. You cannot download them but you can install them by locating the library folder. Amazing!

Case solved.

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000936549-Installing-the-Classic-Piano-Collection-with-Native-Access

dexl

Are you opening this piano library in a full version of Kontakt or a Player version? If the latter, the instrument in question will be in demo mode. Hope this helps you.

stephen24

Have a look at this

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006053397-Service-Center-and-Legacy-Products-End-of-Life

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/39921/authorizing-a-legacy-library

What dexl wrote above : "Are you opening this piano library in a full version of Kontakt or a Player version? If the latter, the instrument in question will be in demo mode. "

Else if you need something really old activated then you would have to ask N.I. Native Access and Installation Support if they can help do an off-line activation, In case that you need guidance contacting support : How to contact NI Support and How to get in touch with our Customer Care .

Otherwise then "Upright Intimate" appear to me as maybe having been part of a Kontakt library called "Upright Piano" (NI UPID : 6c115948-ca1f-468b-a367-12f020188ac0) which I think might be the one that were last seen as part of Komplete 9 . But an "Upright Intimate.nki" still exists on my computer though I do not know what present product that it is part of if any (?)

jarly

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/197532#Comment_197532

I have tried in Kontakt 5, 6 and 7, full versions all around with the same result in all of them. I still have the product working on an old computer but that one is getting retired so getting it to work on the new mac would be lovely as I won't have to keep the old computer around just for this reason alone.

jarly

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/197649#Comment_197649

Thanks for all these link resources! You managed to identify the library it is/was part of, it is indeed called "Upright Piano" and has 6 presets, "Upright Intimate" being one of them. I took your advice and contacted NI Support and they've connected me with a product specialist to investigate further.

I mean this library originally came out in 2009, and last update to it was in 2013, so it is by all metrics a legacy, if not vintage product. However, I've used it on quite a number of both released and unreleased recording with well established artists and would hate killing of the ability to ever open the sessions again. Worst case scenario I'll have to go back into all the old sessions on my old computer and print the parts. But that seems like a lot of work when technically I own the product and the only thing holding me back is the fact that it can no longer be activated by NI's default mechanism.

Hopefully this will resolve nicely :) Will update here for future reference.

Thanks to you all for great advice and support!

jarly

Here we go! I got the solution! :) It was less complicated than I anticipated! In Native Access there are a toggle under setting to show legacy products. You cannot download them but you can install them by locating the library folder. Amazing!

Case solved.

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000936549-Installing-the-Classic-Piano-Collection-with-Native-Access