Previous versions of recently updated Kontakt libraries / compatibility with K6 older libraries

@Jeremy_NI

Like @catch-22 I can't download the biggest files. I had to reinstall my OS (fresh install) and to reinstall all my NI libraries. I had previously archived a lot of them (copying the iso file at the end of download - another crazy DIY fix in order to archive NI files), but some of them were missing : Electric Sunburst Deluxe for exemple. I can't manage to download it.

I know it's not a problem for you (few pages ago, you answered you didn't have problem downloading, so this issue doesn't exist for you), but it's a problem for many of us and I don't understand it's not adressed in some way…

For your information, I tried with Safari and Firefox, but I'm pretty sure my issue is with my internet connection. It's pretty slow, and I guess Google interrupts the download after some time… I don't know if it's the same problem for other users.

Why do you use google drive ? Why don't you let us manage that with Native Access (choosing our version of the library) ?

I'm so tired of spending so much time on managing my NI assets…

@Jeremy_NI (cc @catch-22 )

Just to be more precise about my issue, I think the main problem is that my internet connection is slow : it's not fiber (yet) but good old ADSL, and I reach a 1.5Mo/s bandwidth at max (something like 12Mbps). Often much less. So it takes a couple of hours to download a 6Go file like the Sunburst library…

I'm not at all a tech guy regarding internet, but I guess the Google Drive servers are interrupting the download if it takes too much time, considering someone is abusing the service. I don't know exactly what happens, but it's not working for many of us, and I've got impression the common link is the low speed of the internet connection…

It could be nice to have some feedback from people downloading NI libraries from google drive : what's your internet connection bandwidth and do you have problems downloading or no ?

I don't have any problem with Native Access by the way. I was using NA1 without any problem and I recently downloaded NA2 : to my surprise it's working without any problem. So it's not about my connection : I never loose connection when downloading libraries through Native Access, or while using other apps like Spitfire Audio, Arturia, Sine and so on. It's only when downloading big files from Google Drive (I would say, weighting more than 4Go).

They should split the big files into smaller chunks to prevent completely failed downloads.

The download speed is another topic. On my system NA doesn't seem to use the full speed available, which isn't very fast to begin with.

That's not what i said. I proposed chunks for the Google Drive downloads, because downloading large files tend to fail there. The speed issue with NA is another, separate problem.

Though I’ve not had this particular issue, even if I went that route, it would behoove users and NI to have apps that perform like WinRar and 7-zip on the MacOS platform as well. I know MacRar can open .rar files but that’s it.

This is their mission statement

A little trick for those having issues downloading files because of their slow internet connection.

I installed Chrome on another laptop I've got (I don't want that ****** on my audio machine) and it actually let you re-start the failed download where it stopped (Firefox and Safari are theoretically able to do that, but it doesn't work with Google drive).

Thanks to that, I was able to download the Sunburst library…

This is ridiculous, should have a caution saying that the user has to update Kontakt to 7 to be able to use the library. I have downloaded the Kontakt 7 player, absolutely horrible since I couldn't use the Picked Acoustic to play normally anymore.