NKS compatible "Spitfire Audio Plugins" no longer shown in "Komplete Kontrol 3.0"

I'd agree that NKS should be an open standard, rather than a closed shop - even if there was NKS Compatible / Certified versions, so at least there was some functionality everyone could build.

The issue with Non-kontakt libraries, is they're often dedicated VST, and developers have to add specific code for the lightguide amongst other things. When some are using Juice, some, like Spitfire Audio build using other tools. Crow Hill & UJAM for instance, use Gorilla SDK. All of these offer fast development of audio tools, but none of them have NKS libraries built in for support from day one (which would be a treat if it were an open format).

Spitfire's bespoke plugin is built by UsTwo (who I'm seeing in person in July) so I might just ask them when Spitfire are going to get a move on. Considering Spitfire has changed massively since two founders exited, and the new labs is shocking - I don't expect NKS support is high on their list of things to do.

Well, not founder, but former CEO:
https://musictech.com/news/gear/former-spitfire-ceo-song-athletics-oss-plugin/#:~:text=Song%20Athletics%2C%20a%20company%20founded,and%20it's%20just%20%C2%A340.

Obviously for those who have been following Udio/Suno/Elevenlabs etc, the galaxy that's incoming at near-light speed to collide with the existing virtual instrument galaxy is completely generative AI music. I mean it looks like nothing is going to survive the collision at all. Need 50 cues by next week? You want to corral human musicians for this? Faced with this mortal a threat the two options are to abandon ship and go farm beets or instead improve the product offering to defend it as best one can.

I favor the latter approach, the times call for dramatic response, and open-sourcing NKS into an industry ecosystem anyone can make software and hardware for, with maybe a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval added by some stuffy bureaucracy if people care, might rekindle interest and stave off some amount of doom. Humans can prefer humans, if it's exciting enough, but it requires a total shift of attitude, from "FTU" customers-are-a-pain to "Wow there's someone actually paying us for this stuff!" which is a startup mentality hard to find in 25 year old amalgamated dinosaur firms.

Opening up an ecosystem can trigger that sort of enthusiasm because the territorial and ugly are too disempowered to put a swift end to it. It requires someone with enough taste imagination and authority to see it through and I ain't seeing any. "Our answer is…Kompanion!" Good luck.

FYI, for anyone having NKS issues with these specific Spitfire libraries, I implemented some fixes for:

• Albion IV Uist (Only Albion that had no NKS implementation previously)
• Appassionata Strings (broken implementation)
• Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions (broken implementation)
• Originals - Epic Choir (broken implementation)
• Symphonic Motions (broken implementation)
• Symphonic Strings Evolutions (broken implementation)

Hope this helps someone. Let me know if you have questions about what to do with these files.

Also now available:

• Eric Whitacre Choir (fixed)
• Eric Whitacre Contrast (new NKS)
• Fractured Strings (fixed)
  
  

I think with them returning to Kontakt somewhat, they might put more effort it - but ultimately, they've been poor on inplementation for the last 12 months or so.

Any word on getting the lightguide to work between BBCSO and Komplete Kontrol mk2? It was working fine for me, but I put in a new computer and downloaded all the current versions of plugins and my DAW, which naturally has led to issues. If I have to roll Komplete Kontrol back to version 2.x I'm happy to, but where would I even find a DL for that?