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Regarding the migration issue (a very big one for any pro user), at least something NI could do is an easier way to copy preset/snapshot from one instance of Kontakt (K5 for exemple) to another (K8 for exemple).

Instead of being obliged to :

• open previous Kontakt version
• save the preset in a temporary "ad-hoc" folder (because these presets files can accumulate and will not be use ever again outside of a specific session you want to migrate)
• then open the new version of Kontakt
• click open a preset
• go to search the preset in the new temporary ad-hoc folder (that is, of course, not the default folder where Kontakt will search for new presets)
• open the preset
• compare both versions to verify if it sounds the same

NI could implement a simple feature of copying a preset directly from a Kontakt instance and paste directly into another, like if it was a text going from one document to another migrating through the clipboard. This way, it would bypass the create folder / access the folder procedure. And when you've got some dozen of Kontakt instances to migrate in a session (and dozen of sessions to process), any quicker procedure is welcome.

The Tokyo Dawn Labs plugins are working like that.

Of course, the iPluginCompatibility feature enabled would instantly fix the issue : but it's up to the DAW creators to implement it in their product…

+1, is there any solution or tool planned or at least being considered for microtuning and xenharmonic music in general? Kontakt's Factory Library 2 is locked, as are many if not all of the new libraries, so it is impossible to use scripts with them.

I am curious about how you save the snapshot in an ‘ad-hoc’ folder.

I assume you mean snapshot when you say preset? The NI terminology is confusing, you save a snapshot and then it appears in the snapshot view but also the preset browser. But I can't find a way to save a preset in any other manner. Saving a preset in Ableton Live saves something that is useless for this process because it saves the Kontakt version as part of the preset, so loading it loads the old Kontakt again.

The Kontakt 7 manual seems to think you can't change the User Content location. If you know better I would appreciate the information, because I'd like to permanently change my User Content folder to an external SSD which contains the installed libraries and user content like my Reaktor User Library.

(and if this is not possible, please Kontakt devs, make it so!)

I'd advise against ad-hoc folders generally, though. It seems messy and complicated for no real benefit. And also makes it difficult to re-use sounds. I know you say you don't need that but I think it's a nice option to have.

Without the use of ad-hoc folders the process with a snapshot is:

• save a snapshot in the default location (not given a choice here from what I can tell)
• can now load easily into any future version of Kontakt
• make sure that location is regularly backed up like everything else

But I get what you are saying about the way Tokyo Dawn plugins allow copying and pasting presets. I think what they have done is fantastic and one of many reasons I own almost everything they make.