East West OPUS KOMPLETE NKS

Any update on NI support for EW Opus? I just got a NI S61 keyboard, and was truly hoping that it integrated with EW sample libraries. I can see by this thread that the error message stating that it cannot load EW Play libraries, and that no OPUS libraries show up in the selection menu on the keyboard is an artifact of the combination that NI both does not support OPUS libraries, and that PLAY libraries don't run on Apple silicon. This is very disappointing, and I hope that the original estimate of four weeks to support these libraries (made back in December) is close to Komplete! Please update this thread if there is more information or an ETA. Thanks.

Thanks for the response, Jeremy.

I have contacted East West. Here are my questions and East West's response:

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-----Original Message-----

From: Mark Indictor

Sent: 5/16/2023

Subject: Native Instruments NKS Compatibility for Opus, and Apple Silicon Compatibility for Play

Hello,

I am using Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol. It appears that Opus instruments are not NKS compatible, however some of the Play libraries show up in Komplete Kontrol and play snippets of the samples, but they cannot load. Here is an example of the message it displays:

"EW Silk could not be loaded, as it may not yet support Apple Silicon or VST2 to VST3 migration. Please contact the plug-in manufacturer for more information."

If I load Komplete Kontrol in Rosetta, Play instruments will load and play, but the scanner app crashed many times while Komplete Kontrol rescanned my plug-ins.

QUESTIONS:

1) Is Opus compatible with NKS, and if not, is NKS compatibility planned for Opus in the future, and if so, is there an estimate of when it will be?

2) Play seems to be NKS compatible, but only when running under Rosetta. Is Apple Silicon support planned for Play instruments, or only Opus?

I highly prefer EastWest samples, but this compatibility issue is making it difficult. I really like Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol's interface, but I REALLY do not want to run under Rosetta and I REALLY want to use the Opus library's samples. 

Thank you for any advice or information you can provide. 

Best Regards, 

-mark

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Hey Mark,

Play will never be M1 native. NKS Support for Opus is planned in the future - we've been waiting on Native Instruments to make an update to their NKS support build software so we can make Opus fully NKS compatible, but we've also been waiting on that for over a year so I can't speak as to exactly when that will be, but hopefully sooner rather than later.

For now you will have to continue using that in Rosetta until that's updated.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Best,

Michael

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So, Jeremy, I am sending this question back to Native Instruments... When does NI expect to fully support East West Opus with NKS compatibility?

Thanks again for your reply.

Best regards,

-mark

I just found out running the latest Opus 1.3.7 in Komplete Kontrol (Native under Apple Silicon) gives me working light guide for EW Symphonic Orchestra :)

however only when I load Opus in KK manually and choose the presets inside of Opus.

The NKS presets still bring up the "EW Symphonic Orchestra Strings could not be loaded, as it may not yet support Apple Silicon or VST2 to VST3 migration."

Hello !

I have just bought the NI KK S61 and wonder if Hollywood OPUS is now compatible with it, as we're now in june 2023 and people can fly with VR and you can get a piece of art with just one prompt to an AI :)

It is a big deal as either i go full NI orchestral instruments, but i prefer going full East West because i prefer their sounds... I won't use my S61 just as a basic midi controller lol

Thanks in advance for anyone giving any update about this big deal subject :)